Ron Paul on The View today (12/4) at 11 AM EST

[motivez]

I think Edwards has the recognition he does because he was the VP candidate in '04, not so much because of his haircut.

[Ardentfrost]

Originally Posted by motivez

I think Edwards has the recognition he does because he was the VP candidate in '04, not so much because of his haircut.

I always thought people knew him b/c of "WHOOO"

[motivez]

Originally Posted by Ardentfrost

I always thought people knew him b/c of "WHOOO"

I believe it's Dean you're thinking of

[motivez]

I don't think he was as clear as he could have been on abortion, he could have said plainly that if the states choose to legalize it, then he would accept it as President, but still said what he believes personally as something seperate

His answer was kind of muddled. I also would have liked to have heard him spend more time explaining about people having to drive out of state to get an abortion, and what about poor people who couldn't afford to do that, etc..

Definitely didn't have enough time, he should have been given 10 or so minutes at least IMO..

[Fed Up]

Originally Posted by motivez

Definitely didn't have enough time, he should have been given 10 or so minutes at least IMO..

One aspect to this that you have to give Paul credit for, is he chose to go on a show that consitently takes a Liberal point of view. So what was the first line of questioning? Abortion. Who was the main questioner? The biggest blowhard Liberal on the show who took up more time than necessary on the issue.

If they were good at asking questions rather than fulfilling personal agenda's, they would have asked questions like, "Congressman Paul, How will you change America for the better?" "Dr. No, What can we do about the 9 trillion of debt our nation currently has?" "Senor Ron, what is your stance on Illegal Immigration?" "Dr. Ron, What would you do to solve the Health Care crisis in America?" "Ron Mon, what is your stance on the War on Drugs?" etc. etc. The "View"ers would have then got more out of the interview.

The View's days are numbered....terrible hosts....

Fed Up

[motivez]

You're wrong IMO.. abortion is an issue that many women care deeply about, she might have her personal beliefs, but her questions were very relevant for the audience of the show.

The idea that somehow it's about it being a liberal show is far off the mark.

If you go on a show targeted to women to talk about politics, it doesn't matter whether or not they're Republican or Democrat, you're going to spend a significant amount of time talking about abortion.. The only thing that will change is the opinion of the questioner.

[Fed Up]

Originally Posted by motivez

You're wrong IMO.. abortion is an issue that many women care deeply about, she might have her personal beliefs, but her questions were very relevant for the audience of the show.

The idea that somehow it's about it being a liberal show is far off the mark.

If you go on a show targeted to women to talk about politics, it doesn't matter whether or not they're Republican or Democrat, you're going to spend a significant amount of time talking about abortion.. The only thing that will change is the opinion of the questioner.

Fair enough...I do believe that abortion is a #1 issue for Conservatives. I was glad Ron Paul was able to answer the questions as he did.

But as far as it being a Liberal show, I don't take that back. There was no one there that stood up for the Conservative point of view but Ron Paul correct?

They have always had only one conservative voice for the last two years or so. And that voice was continually picked on...and also, that voice was not a good rep for the consrevative point of view IMO.

Fed Up

[motivez]

I don't think they claimed to be fair and balanced, they might be a liberal show, but it's immaterial to the fact that abortion was an issue they spent a lot of time on.. Which was my point.

That had more to do with the gender that makes up the audience.

[Ardentfrost]

Originally Posted by motivez

I believe it's Dean you're thinking of

Oops, my bad.

[Fed Up]

Originally Posted by motivez

That had more to do with the gender that makes up the audience.

I'll be honest...I really didn't consider this when I wrote my original post...probably because I was thinking like the alpha male rather than considering the female point of view...

Maybe that's why my wife left me!

Fed Up

[Ardentfrost]

Originally Posted by Fed Up

I'll be honest...I really didn't consider this when I wrote my original post...probably because I was thinking like the alpha male rather than considering the female point of view...

Maybe that's why my wife left me!

Fed Up

She told me it was b/c you were hung like a baby squirrel


j/k

[Fed Up]

Originally Posted by Ardentfrost

She told me it was b/c you were hung like a baby squirrel


j/k

Ha! It's good to lighten up all our defense of Ron Paul with some humor now and then!

Fed Up

[Fed Up]

Backstage with Ron Paul on The View

Posted by Tex MacRae at December 4, 2007 06:59 PM

This is an interesting article by Z. Byron Wolf, who was backstage with Ron Paul for his "The View" appearance:

Told that a "View" co-host would ask him about China, Paul said, "China? Did something happen overnight in China? I would have guessed they would ask about Iran and the intelligence report," he said. Paul has long been a critic of the Bush administration's foreign policy. At that moment the president was giving a news conference at which, despite evidence that Iran has abandoned its nuclear weapons program, he would not rule out a military strike against the Islamic country.
Paul considered China and what "The View" women could be preparing to ask him. Something about the dollar and how its weakening? His support for trade relationships? His aversion to economic sanctions? Lead in toys?

Ladies' Man: Ron Paul's 'View'

[DianaH]

Ron paul will be next president. His Views are really near to the common Americans.
Ron Paul for President

[JaJae]

Is there video of him on the View?

[AVengeance]

Originally Posted by motivez

I believe it's Dean you're thinking of

No, that would be rrrrRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHhhh.

[garbagemanlb]

I like how they take up half the time arguing about abortion. Guess I really shouldn't be surprised considering it is a woman's show.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by motivez

I don't think they claimed to be fair and balanced, they might be a liberal show, but it's immaterial to the fact that abortion was an issue they spent a lot of time on.. Which was my point.

That had more to do with the gender that makes up the audience.

I have to agree completely with this. If he goes on a liberal show geared towards women he can expect his questions to be targeted to their audience. As a show they have a duty to target their questions in such a way. Ron Paul knew where he was going and probably had a good idea of what was going to be asked. He went and he answered. Where most politicians would have tried to change the subject quickly he had no problems sitting there discussing it for however long they wanted to and on any topic of the issue. To me that shows class.

I thought the questions on abortion were fairly targeted and they followed up fairly well on his responses. I thought it was a healthy debate on abortion, nobody got heated and they all got some good points out and in the end it appeared they agreed to disagree with no hard feelings. That's much better than I would suspect other GOP candidates would have been able to do. I consider myself pro-choice, but found his views were very close to my own.

[lew]

Originally Posted by JaJae

Is there video of him on the View?

It's already been posted in this thread.