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In response to Attack Dogs Unleashed on Ron
Paul; No Need to Rethink Endorsement; Plus Side of Attack Dogs I
received many emails informing me that Ron Paul did not walk out of an
interview with CNN with Gloria Borger.
The Daily Paul, posted the entire
CNN interview that shows a much different picture than portrayed by Time and
CNN.
Blatantly Biased Headline by Time Magazine
Play the video and you will see the interview was effectively over. Time
Magazine posted a very slanted headline Paul Walks Away.
Piling on the Nonsense
David Frum, CNN Contributor, piles on the nonsense Codger, crank or more?
It's
fair to say that almost no one who has followed the controversy believes that
Paul is telling the truth about any of this. The authorship of the
newsletters is an open secret in the libertarian world: they were produced by
a community of writers led by Paul aides Lew Rockwell and Murray Rothbard, who wrote a newsletter of their own at the same
time that expressed similar ideas in similar language. The racism of the
newsletters -- and the elaborate lying subsequently deployed to evade
responsibility for the newsletters -- say much about the ethics of Paul
himself and the circle around him.
Fair to Say?!
It's certainly not fair to make that claim. Can I see a poll please? Moreover,
Libertarians do not hold the racial beliefs stated by David Frum.
If someone wants to talk about ethics, it's just as easy for me to claim
"It's fair to say the vast majority of those following the Paul story
understand that CNN writers like Gloria Borger, David Frum,
and Wolf Blitzer do not care about the news, they only care about generating
sensational headlines, any way they can. Moreover, CNN openly support wars,
regardless of the ethics of war, because war is good for ratings."
I do believe that's "fair to say", although like David Frum I do not have a poll to prove it.
While on the theme of "fair to say" I would like to point out this
comment made by "EasyRhino" to Frum on the CNN blog: "Keep in mind Frum is a 5 star chicken hawk who defended the invasion
of Iraq and advocates regime change in Iran and Syria, everything Paul is
against."
Contact CNN
I might also point out that it's "fair to
say" the CNN writers must be cowards because they do not have a direct
way to contact them via email.
You can however, Send a General Email to CNN and let them know
what you think of their reporting.
Attempts to Turn Non-News into News
This biased reporting of "walking away" is a case of news agencies
attempting to "make news" where there is no news. Moreover, a
couple of questions by Gloria Borger, including the question of returning
money, were economically inane. There is no one to return money to, as Paul
pointed out.
Still when pressured by Borger, Paul should have been more direct with
something like "Sorry Gloria, things I did not say over 20 years ago
and have explained to CNN a number of times are not meaningful and are not
news, no matter how much you try to spin it so. What is relevant today is my
position on the economy, on troops in Afghanistan, and on reducing the
deficit, not things I never said, and more importantly never acted on in all
my years in Congress."
Six Reasons
to Vote for Paul
1.
Paul is the only one for a balanced budget and a
plan to get there
2.
the only one who would bring US troops home
immediately
3.
the only one who would end the Fed
4.
the only one who believes in the free market
5.
the only one who believes gold should be money
6.
the only one who would dismantle entire government
departments
As I have pointed out before, President Obama and Mitt
Romney are Nearly One and the Same!
This is not a case of the lesser of two candidates,
this is a case where one electable candidate and one electable candidate
alone has a platform that makes sense.
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