Paul to cross picket line for Leno appearance.
By on Jan 7th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Paul to cross picket line for Leno appearance.
Later today, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will become the second presidential candidate to cross a Writer’s Guild of America picket line to appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Tonight’s appearance will not be the first time Paul crosses a picket line for a TV interview. In December, he appeared on CBS’s The View despite the show’s striking writers. According to Reason, who asked Paul about the strike, he “doesn’t care about the unions or the pickets.”
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Of course he doesn’t care about his potential constituents, he’s an elitist Repukelican.
January 7th, 2008 at 9:55 amLibertarians only believe in moneyed liberty.
January 7th, 2008 at 9:57 amawesome!
ron paul says he doesnt give a shit about americans.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:01 amI’ll bet we won’t find many Paulists on this comment line. You see they feel just like him that is good and proper to cross a picket line. they are a drop in the bucket like their idol.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:05 amOf course he doesn’t believe in unions. It’s every man for himself in Paul’s world. Why liberals like him is beyond me.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:10 amTP, you’re seriously distorting this story. Here’s what the article linked says: “I asked Paul if he had any problem breaking the writer pickets to appear on the show. Silly question: He doesn’t care about the unions or the pickets.”
There’s NO Ron Paul quote there, just the author’s leap. That’s sloppy and shameful.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:11 amHuckabible is stealing some of Paul’s thunder right now, but the idea floated out there that the two have ‘morphed’ into one is ludicrous.
Yes, they’re both whacked, but share few similar views.
OTOH, 200 people shouting ‘Fox Sucks’ and then following Hannity back to his hotel shouting the same? PRICELESS.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:11 amPoint taken, Rep. Paul.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:14 amhe’s just appealing to his core base.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:15 amThis is consistent with Libertarian ideology.
Labor Unions are a Socialist concept that reward mediocrity. There should be protection and safeguards, for the wellbeing of workers, but corrupt Unions are the worst way to deal with the issue.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:15 am.
A character tell…
WHY DOES PAUL HATE UNIONS?
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January 7th, 2008 at 10:15 amRon Paul on Unions…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cImJmZX74g
January 7th, 2008 at 10:16 amI believe that Ron Paul is an honest man, and has no problem crossing picket lines because he truly doesn’t believe in unions. I can respect his honesty (although I most definitely don’t agree with his views), and that’s kind of refreshing when you put it up against Huckabee’s “I was unaware” BS.
I also agree that TP implied a Ron Paul quote where there was none. Even though we all know this is what Ron Paul actually thinks, he should not be quoted erroneously.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:16 amI wonder if the Republicans that like him only like him because he is the only Republican against the war…
The so-called liberals that like him cannot be liberals, or they would know that they would be buying a pig in a poke with Ron Paul.
and No, it doesn’t surprise me that Paul would cross a union line… every man and woman for themselves, we’re not all in this together in Paul’s world, so we shan’t be sorry when he exits the race.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:17 amUnfortunately, this is happening more and more frequently on TP.
Comment by good_golly — January 7, 2008 @ 10:16 am
boo-hoo. TP is finally taking a page out of the repuke playbook, and y8ou whine and cry. Too bad, get over it. You conservatives don’t deserve any better than you give.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:20 amLefty Patriot
I for one, would much rather TP didn’t degenerate into being as bad as Redstate.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:25 amHi all,
I’ve fixed the attribution on the Reason quote, making clear that it is the Reason writer’s characterization of Paul’s position, not his direct words. Sorry for any confusion.
Matt
January 7th, 2008 at 10:28 amI for one, would much rather TP didn’t degenerate into being as bad as Redstate.
Comment by Bruce Gorton — January 7, 2008 @ 10:25 am
i understand, Bruce, but these traitors need to be kicked in the balls as often as possible. We never win against them if we fight fair. The only reason we’re in this mess is because of republican lies, thievery and treason.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:33 amMatt: “I’ve fixed the attribution on the Reason quote…”
- – Uh huh. It’s still ambiguous as hell. Why not let these guys hang themselves instead of putting the rope around their neck?
January 7th, 2008 at 10:40 amKucinich files complaint on ABC debate
By DAVID BAUDER, AP
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.
Kucinich argued that ABC is violating equal-time provisions by keeping him out of the debate and noted that ABC’s parent Walt Disney Co. had contributed to campaigns involving the four Democrats who were invited.
** I’m still waiting for “Progressive” Think Progress to report on this story. You reported that Ron Paul was snubbed by Fox. Why are you silent as a pure Progressive like Kucinich becomes a victim of Corporate Media?? Your silence is revealing.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:47 amThe View has writers?
January 7th, 2008 at 10:56 amboo-hoo. TP is finally taking a page out of the repuke playbook, and y8ou whine and cry. Too bad, get over it. You conservatives don’t deserve any better than you give.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — January 7, 2008 @ 10:20 am
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The 24%s may not deserve it, but I sure as hell do. I come to TP for unreported unvarnished left leaning newsbites, not easy to digest and refute talking points.
Please TP, get on the ball.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:00 amI for one, would much rather TP didn’t degenerate into being as bad as Redstate.
Comment by Bruce Gorton — January 7, 2008 @ 10:25 am
I’m with Bruce. And with missmolly. And with (shudder) g_g on this one.
Not to leave out badmoonman, who was the first to expose TP on this crap.
Get with it, TP. We expect more integrity from you.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:01 amKucinich files complaint on ABC debate
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — January 7, 2008 @ 10:47 am
What logic does TP use to report on Ron Paul being censored from the Fox debate (last week) but remain silent on Kucinich and Gravel being excluded from the ABC debate? I’d love to hear your explanation. Is it the same twisted logic that you use to report on Valerie Plame but won’t touch Sibel Edmonds (which is THE story today).
Sorry, I cannot let this go. Something stinks at TP.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:19 amI really wonder why Paul and the libertarians feel that a corporation is a fine thing while a union isn’t.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:35 amBoth are organizations that restrict human freedom.
But I guess subjugation is OK in their eyes, while mutual compromise is evil.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — January 7, 2008 @ 11:19 am
Try the “contact” link in the upper right collumn.
Based on the troll hell-spray, not sure if they spend time actually “reading” what gets posted here…
January 7th, 2008 at 11:39 amHuckabee crosses the picket line and he is a scab, but Ron Paul does the same thing and Paul supporters harp on TP stretching the story. Interesting…..
January 7th, 2008 at 11:50 amRon Paul Has “No Intention” of Making Third-Party Bid
Do you believe Ron Paul’s decision not to Run on an Independent ticket will disappoint his supporters?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1465
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January 7th, 2008 at 12:14 pmLibertarians are anarchists with money.
I think it’s tragic, seeing so many (otherwise intelligent) people supporting this man and his “ideas”.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmAs I’ve pretty much decided that Paul doesn’t have any chance of winning the nomination (or even Veep ), I don’t see what Paul has to loose.
OTOH – as he’s running for Republican, could the backlash against his actions spill over onto the other Repub candidates ?
January 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pmLefty Patriot are you just a troll in disguise? Listen to yourself. Isn’t the reason we’re “in this mess” is because of the whole idea of “become our enemy to fight our enemy” and you think it’s okay to adopt misinformation tactics and whatnot because “they” do it? You try to fight like that and you’ve got no ground to stand on in my opinion. What right have you to call out republicans or anybody on their bullshit if you resort to the very same bullshit tactics yourself? Deserve’s got nothing to do with it, there’s right and there is wrong. I think maybe you’ve been watching a little too much 24.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pmTo justasking, the word you’re attempting to use is “secessionist”.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:47 pmThe reason I support Ron Paul is simply because he’s honest and wants to change things. I don’t agree with a lot of his ideas, most of them actually, I think we should all be living in some sort of socialist commune deal and taking care of each other, but he’d never be able to turn the US into the libertarian utopia/dystopia you guys keep crying about. We DO have a congress you know (I understand, Bush has made it easy to forget). He’s the only politician that I’ve heard that wants to actually FIX and UNDO some of the crap Bush has done. Not just take his place and “promise to be good” and not abuse the exective powers (existent and nonexistent) like Bush has. He might be a little weird but you know what, the big reason he seems so weird is he’s an honest politician. You can take the man at his word.
All of these corrupt institutions we have, they become harder to fix the longer they are around. We just get used to it, “that’s how it is.” What other candidate would actually have the stones to want to do away with the war on drugs. It’s the smart and logical thing to do, it’s not getting a damn thing done, but no one else wants to change things. They’d just toss money at it to try and fix it or add new “government programs” that are just going to be misused or abused. Who else has talked about how the Patriot Act is just a fascism indisguise, would the other candidates even acknowledge the existence of the Bilderberg group? No, everyone wants to just turn a blind eye, “look at my great new health care plan instead!”
Also, I haven’t seen any articles yet, like this one here knocking the guy, that hasn’t been distorted or misinformed in some way.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:48 pmAlso, I haven’t seen any articles yet, like this one here knocking the guy, that hasn’t been distorted or misinformed in some way.
Comment by driftwood — January 7, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
Try reading the newsletter the racist phuck published himself.
January 7th, 2008 at 2:04 pmTry reading the many comments on that article that debunked it.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm“Of course he doesn’t believe in unions. It’s every man for himself in Paul’s world. Why liberals like him is beyond me.”
It’s not every man for himself, It’s every man for America.
It’s basic principles that this country was founded on.
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy
It seems like most of Americans stand around with their hands out waiting for the government to support them. That’s why we are in such a money crisis. We should be supporting ourselves and freeing up the government to do the job they were first intended to do. There are legitimate needs that less fortunate people have, but that is what charities are for.
Instead of relying on the government to take care of my needs (i.e. nationalized healthcare, social security, etc.) I’d rather get out there and work hard and make my own way. The governments job is not creating charities for the world. That is the job of a good citizen. I give as much as I can to my church and charity, but I could give more if I wasn’t forced to hand over 15% of my check to the ill managed government “charities.”
I’m not necessarily a Ron Paul supporter, but instead a supporter of a free America. Wouldn’t you rather make decisions for yourself instead of a not so well oiled machine making them for you?
I believe I’m going to vote for Ron Paul because he shares my views on what the government should be. I just don’t see any other canidates who stand by what they believe over and over again. Just look at his track record. I just don’t see him flip flopping around. He is what he is.
I just kind of ran up on this site randomly, so I may or may not be back. I just thought I would contribute to this thread.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:51 am