Noam Chomsky as a running mate?
Submitted by Nev3r0dd0rEveN on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 21:50
I say RP announces his running mate - and I say it should be Noam Chomsky. While the public may not know much about him, the intellectual forces in the U.S. know him very well. This news (if reported), will become a very popular topic for discussion. And I also believe that with Dr. Chomsky's knowledge of government, and his unwavering commitment to education and freedom of information, he could serve as a solid Vice President.
If you don't know him, check him out here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=676452061991429040&q...
He is a libertarian socialist, and most of his views on the important issues are directly in line with those of Dr. Paul's.
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Will never happen
Although I respect Chomp's academic skills, more people would vote against RP just to keep Noam shut up and off the scene. Overall he would be a big negative. RP is smart enourgh politician to pick a VP most likely to help him win like Pat Bucanun.
Picking Chomp would be similiar to Perot's pick and the kiss of death.
Please change the title of your post
Try something like: My suggestion for running mate.
Dumb people who skim this site looking to slam RP will read headlines only and think that this is true.
Or better yet, delete the post. Thanks
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No.
No.
1) Chomsky doesn't support Paul:
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/141986/index.php
2) This may be a bit far reaching, but I think Chomsky's role as whistleblower and exposer of some of the real nasty aspects of USA foreign and domestic policy would be threatened by a Ron Paul presidency (along with congressional and senate support) that *really* changed the dynamic of the USA. That's cynical, I know. But exposing the nastiness of a State sells books too.
Oh and btw - on Chomsky's reply concerning corporations(in above article). They used to be outlawed in the USA and when they were granted, they were done so only under very limited conditions. The simple reason is - corporations aren't punished the same as individuals running a business are when they violate other's human/civil rights.
We have to think bigger.
Come on people. Enough with the communist/libertarian/marxist/ linguist Vice Presidents. Huck-a-boob-job wants Jesus as his running mate. How do we beat that? I say we find Thomas Jefferson's grave, dig up his bones, extract the DNA and clone him. Voila - the perfect VP!!
Now can we let this thread die?
Noam Chomsky is a Libertarian Socialist
We should invite these folks to the party; however, no meddling in the free markets and nothing as lofty as Vice President for an academic. I would suggest Barry Goldwater Jr. as VP to stick more to our principles. It does not matter to me though - as I follow a Khan of virtue and who he appoints to his successor will also be a man of virtue. Noam is a man of virtue; however, he is mislead by the very oligarchy he points out. He doesn't even see the "manufactured consensus" as clearly as he describes its machinery.
"Walls are stronger than the men that defend them."
Ghegis Khan
"Walls are stronger than the men that defend them."
Ghengis Khan
We all know who his running mate is going to be
Berry Goldwater Jr., Or if he accepts Jesse Ventura
I doubt Jesse Ventura would endorse Paul
My apologies if I am out of the loop and he already has, but I don't think Dr. Paul is Ventura's kinda guy. Ventura is an extreme social liberal, and he quit the Reform Party over Buchanan winning its nomination.
RP2012!
Craziest idea
there are a few similarities, but for the most such differences: socialism vs free economy and do you think the GOP would ever vote for someone like this???
He is an academic and no politician. Please stop with such wild ideas and let us concentrate on getting precint leaders and canvassing, so that Dr. Paul can have the best performance possible and with Huck, we enforce a brokered convention, OK
This is sickening
I can't believe this is still here! You CANNOT cherrypick a complete SOCIALIST just because he might not like a few things we don't like. He is totally world order! It is making me sick to still see this in the sidebar.
HE'S A LEFTWING GATEKEEPER.
HE'S A LEFTWING GATEKEEPER. Never in a million years would that man hold a candle to RP.
Puppets come and puppets go but the world's stage is getting cluttered.
Chomsky is a LEFT-WING LOON!!! NO WAY!
He should stick to linguistics and GO AWAY!!!
Besides, Ron Paul is more known than he is.
Chomsky is like the intellectual equivalent of Nader (NO, don't even suggest it).
We need someone who will get us the nomination.
Only ONE person can do that - that is the Huckster.
He is a popular, skilled rhetoritician who has managed to stealthfully go from being a Marxist Minister to a total Ron Paul rip-off without anyone noticing.
He has the delegates we need. We pool our delegates and trample McInsane. Huckster gets VP - he is young - he'll accept that.
Besides, he is EASILY controllable - his CFR Senior Policy Advisor was only appointed back in December by the GOP. And still, on domestic issues he sounds more and more like Ron Paul every time he opens his mouth!
Do I like the guy? NO WAY! I'd love Pat Buchanan as VP, but we need someone with MOMENTUM - and only the Huckster has it.
Besides, we brokered that deal in WV to topple McInsane - that means there is already a standing alliance between Huck and Paul supporters that can be built on.
It's KILL McCain or Bust!
I may be a vegetarian, but I'll defend to the death my right to eat pork!
I may be a vegetarian, but I'll defend to the death my right to eat meat!
besides what everyone else
besides what everyone else has said an 'unknown' prematurely picking another unknown for a running mate serves no purpose.
The only reason I call RP an 'unknown' is because of the amount of people I have to educate about him. So please take no offense.
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Lee Iaccoca would be a tremendous VP for Ron
Where the haverhill..
...do you get this utter NONSENSE? Chomsky is a socialist/statist.
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why is that a flag? aren't
why is that a flag? aren't flags suppose to be for things that are very offensive? Chomsky does have some decent ideas.. Such as PEACE not War.
Not the only issue!
Ron Paul is not the 'peace' candidate. He is a republican who is against interventionism. There is a big difference. This is not an anti-war/military/defense movement to disarm us in preparation for the world government.
Chomsky hates Paul
You know Chomsky said he would support Hillary before Paul, right?
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/noam-chomsky-...
Not in a heartbeat
When I first started studying politics I was a die hard Chomsky fan, and I appreciate him waking me up to alot of issues. The fact of the matter is that Chomsky said it himself that he would never support Ron Paul for president and in my book that disqualifies him from being relevant. Drop this idea now because it will never happen. I like Noam Chomsky but not as a VP. That is my opinion.
Not my favorite
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Long ago I fell under the Noam Chomsky spell. I thought everything he said was pure gold and I lapped it up. No more. He's a one-world guy, against any kind of national sovereignty and certainly is - as you state - a socialist. The guy's a creep. A very clever, articulate creep.
In addition, it is just way too early for RP, or anyone else, to think about a VP candidate. The only person who might fill that bill, and assist RP's chances, is Dennis Kucinich. Yes, he's a Democrat, but he and RP have voted identically on most Congressional bills and have co-sponsored quite a few also. He's not my favorite pick, but RP could do far worse. Like, say, Chomsky.
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WHy too early to name VP?
It would be a bold move. Generate some old media buzz, put more boots on the ground, costs nothing, piss off the old guard, etc. RP should have done it last Oct.
But not Chomsky please :)
h-daddy
They should...
... add a magic 8-ball to the presidential ballot.
I'd vote for a magic 8-ball before i'd vote for McHillobama. And it would make better decisions statistically than Bush.
=)
No Way !
Left gate keeper. Chomskey advocates gun control, support for UNESCO, and the U.N. Conspicuously silent in his criticism of the Federal Reserve, World Bank or IMF, calls the CFR and Trilateral Commission "nothing organizations".
I seriously doubt Ron Paul would ever consider Chomsky as a running mate.
Dr. Paul...
.. would probably put a neocon on the ticket with him before he'd put a die-hard socialist like Chomsky..
Chomsky is considered an information gatekeeper of the left.....
He is very intelligent but never quite gets to the root causes of certain geopolitical issues.
Kinda like Michael Moore (farenheit 9/11) gets close,but no cigar.
ROFLMAO
ROFLMAO
Not a chance
While there are obvious congruences between Paul and Chomsky on foreign policy, they are poles apart on domestic issues. In fact when asked Chomsky said he would not vote for Paul because of his stand in favor of letting young people opt out of social security.
"libertarian socialist" is a contradiction in terms.
You are part right...
He is a socialist. There is no liberty in socialism. So in my would you would be 100% wrong, but with No Child Left Behind, I give you 50%
that's hysterical.
that's hysterical.
Good Lord, No!
How about Ralph Nader while we're at it?
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