Busted: Fox News Caught Faking CPAC Booing Reaction to Ron Paul Win

Good post, I was unaware it was this official. As I said, there should be... but apparently there are not any standards or punishments. Awesome, that's some policy, Fox. I wonder if that's in the mission statement on the CEO's wall.

 

how so? like when he voted to reduce mandatory minimum sentencing laws which disproportionally affected blacks? or when he voted to make MLK day a national holiday?

come around from what, exactly?

we have that now under republicans and democrats - if anything, following policies advocated by paul would get the giant, "too-big-to-fail" corporations under control by removing the corporate welfare (fascism) they have enjoyed under both political parties.

you really are not credible when it comes to discussing paul and his economic positions. here is something you recently said to me...

this statement alone takes away all credibility you have when speaking about paul - for the better part of 10 years he has been the biggest critic of 'conservative GOP economics'. the guy is the pariah of the republican party, which is why you have fox news deliberately trying to make him look bad, despite being one of "their own".

its a shame more democrats didnt stand up with him when he was criticizing bushs reckless spending for all those years and warning us of the housing bubble and the shortsightedness of current lending practices back in 2003-2004.

 

great post jomama

 

you must be a racist!

 

Is it true that in all the years he has been in Congress Ron Paul has only sponsored four bills that made it to the House floor for a vote?

 

Like repeatedly railing against the Civil Rights Act. But yeah, the bank holiday and felony probation are nice, too.

 

The one great thing I admire about Ron Paul is the fact that he is not bought like the rest of the establishment politicians. He does not bow down to the lobbyist, special interest and the multinational corporations. The establishment does not represent the people. Establishment politicians serve the special interest.

 

Like I've said, Gold Standard. That single idea would completely wreck the economy and there's no way I can support him because of that.

Also being a creationist really doesn't help, among others, and while he may not be as racist as you claim he is, he keeps company with them way too much for my liking.

 

It is almost impossible to report complete objectively but having some bias in the language that a story is reported versus out rightly misreporting, using footage from another event and claiming that is the even that you are reporting on, is another level.

 

They did the same thing when reporting on rallies in Washington DC. They showed images from a large gathering at least in part because the gathering they were covering was so much smaller than anticipated. TDS did a segment on it, the large gathering was on a completely sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. On the day of the rally they were supposed to be covering, there was no blue at all, completely overcast.

Fox = a bunch of liars.

 

Do you agree with his thoughts on the afterlife?

 

How does this affect our political process? IOW, why should I care what his views on the afterlife are?

 

I feel like you're trying to make a point, but I don't see it.

 

his arguments against the civil rights act are not based on racism, but rather private property rights. im not saying i agree with his position, but dont mischaracterize it as coming from a point of racism.

again, what in his voting record would indicate that he is weak on civil rights or a racist?

how about obama - putting naked body scanners in our airport is a massive violation of our civil rights. allowing warrantless wiretapping is a violation of our civil rights. paul is against both of these things, for the record.

thats fine - that is a legitimate point of contention. personally, i think having our currency based on something tangible rather than the way it is now where the fed can print money out of thin air with nothing to back it up is not a bad idea.

so what if he is? he isnt trying to legislate his beliefs on anyone.

what does "keeps company with them" mean?

playing the 'guilt-by-association' game huh? i can play that too - obama is a racist b/c he attended rev. wrights church for 20 years. obama also "pals around" with terrorists like bill ayers, which makes him a terrorist too.

obama went to rev. wrights church for 20 years, was married by rev. wright and both his children were baptized by rev. wright. and he claims he was unaware of his racist rants? i find that highly doubtful.

wright also said that the "jews" in obamas administration were keeping them apart - i guess if we want to play the guilty by association game we could say obama is an anti-semite too?

 

Like all politicians, he takes money from an array of PAC's with various agendas that dovetail with his own:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00005906&type=I

 

Gold has absolutely nothing to back it up with either. Gold has value because the market gives it value, just like the market gives paper money value. In short, both are objectively worthless, but one is a lot easier to make and can be regulated unlike one which can't which can lead to disasters like the Great Depression.

I frankly think that national education standards are a necessity so we don't have idiot states teaching creationist bullcrap in the schools. The idea of letting states and parents decide to teach is a nice sentiment, but it won't have things taught of true value, as the example of way too many teachers teaching creationism is a good example.

Frankly, the fact that there are way too many Ron Paul supporters I have met that subscribe to racist conspiracy theorist junk. It may not be his fault, but the fact that so many extremists gravitate to him is a really bad sign.

I submit that there is a difference between one's private sphere and one's public sphere, and Paul's public sphere has been way too closely associated with that crap. The Ron Paul Report and that little stunt he pulled with the Neo-Confederate a couple weeks ago at the Federal Reserve are examples.

 

In order to reverse this opinion, learn a bit about fractional reserve banking and the currency markets. The currency is backed by the "full faith and credit of the United States" and the value of the Dollar is completely transparent, you can see how much it is worth anytime you like at fxstreet.com.

 

BAM! +1 on this one.

 

I want your explanation on how today's fake system is not completely absurd, extremist thinking.