Ron Paul on T-Nation

Off Topic Politics and World Issues
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Among the delightful key debates (islam, libs vs neocons, gun ownership restriction etc.) in the jolly politics forum, one guy has trumped them all (1500+ replies in one thread alone).

Ron Paul causes so much controversy and heated discussions one has to wonder what’ really behind all this. Some call him a loon, for others he is the only real politician and TMan in the Congress.

As a German, I can only envy my american friends. You don’t find libertarians such as him in my country. As a member of this honorable board, however, I can make a bold proposition:

How about interviewing the man himself? His unfiltered opinion regarding many debated key issues (drugs & gun ownership especially) would be interesting for most T-Nation members.

What do you say?
-Schwarzfahrer

P.S. Let’s propose some questions, too!

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Interesting, but this really isn’t a political website. In fact when this place started the forum, political discussions started popping up, and this helped convince them to split the forum into thirds, creating an off topic forum so these political discussions didn’t invade the regular discussions.

The number of forums grew, and even the off topic was split to make the political forum even more separate.

Were not considered the important part of T-Nation, instead it is more like we are the bastard child they can’t get rid of.

(Somehow I like that.)

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If we’re to believe Mick28 and Zap, the majority of the PWI crowd are a bunch of 16 years old.

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I’m sure he’s inundated with requests for interviews, so T-Nation wouldn’t be a high priority. He takes shit from major media outlets like FOX for agreeing to interviews with so called conspiracy theorists. I can just imagine the fake outrage hard-ons that Hannity and Co. would be sporting if he agreed to an interview with a website that has a pragmatic view towards steroids and pictures of nearly naked women.

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[quote]lixy wrote:
If we’re to believe Mick28 and Zap, the majority of the PWI crowd are a bunch of 16 years old. [/quote]

That’s a little too old for your liking, No?

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[quote]Mick28 wrote:
I do think that he is the preferred candidate of the 16 and 17 year old crowd. Does that mean that the majority of Paul followers are 16 and 17 years old?

Once again your logic sucks along with most of your political ideas.[/quote]

You don’t like the guy and you made that clear. However, you just focus on ad hominems and making fun of his fan base instead of going after his arguments. You relentlessly call his followers nasty names and other derogatory terms. You insist on shouting from the rooftops that the man will never win.

It is obvious that you see Paul as a serious contender for the '08 presidential elections. Else, you wouldn’t actively (and, may I add vainly) try to undermine the growth of his movement.

I am no expert in politics and have never claimed to be so. I merely share my viewpoint. But if you must know my position, here it goes: a non-belligerent president whose program is bound to strengthen the dollar is a good thing. The Moroccan Dirham is linked to the US dollar (yes, the idiots!) and the recent down spiral is putting serious dents in my savings and investments back home. And of course, a world where an America can prosper (live and let live) without giving ammo to the radicals around the world, makes for a comforting vision; one of peace, love, and understanding. Call me every name in the book, but I do really do believe mitigating the US’ interventionist policy is a key issue in walking towards that goal. But I digress…

You say that Paul is “the preferred candidate of the 16 and 17 year old crowd” and infer that his ideas are childish. That’s the logic I have a problem with. If Ron Paul’s message is making kids interested in what’s going on in their country, more power to him. Making teenagers passionate about anything other than sex, drugs, and rock & roll is no easy feat. In a country where so little people bother to cast ballots, it is certainly even more impressive.

Quit propagating silly stereotypes. Ron Paul might not be the richest or the most present in the media, but his crowd is as loud as they could possibly get. They represent an organized grassroots movement to reclaim what America is about. Paul is just a figure and is taking a ride. Now please, stop your childish attitude, and try bringing real arguments to the table, or proposing alternatives.

And no, “he has no chance of winning” is not an argument. Open your eyes; Paul is having more support from T-people than any other candidate - by far!

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It’s clear that an Interview is very unlikely.
No need to point that out. But if enough people come forth and Tim Patterson or TC are silent supporters, maybe, just maybe, they’d consider it for a moment.
One can’t deny he has more to say about drugs and a lifestyle of choice then the rest of the candidates. After all, TNation is about controversy. The politics forum is here for a reason.

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[quote]The Mage wrote:
Interesting, but this really isn’t a political website. In fact when this place started the forum, political discussions started popping up, and this helped convince them to split the forum into thirds, creating an off topic forum so these political discussions didn’t invade the regular discussions.

The number of forums grew, and even the off topic was split to make the political forum even more separate.

Were not considered the important part of T-Nation, instead it is more like we are the bastard child they can’t get rid of.

(Somehow I like that.)
[/quote]

I only come here because I already know everything about lifting. :wink:

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[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
It’s clear that an Interview is very unlikely.
No need to point that out. But if enough people come forth and Tim Patterson or TC are silent supporters, maybe, just maybe, they’d consider it for a moment.
One can’t deny he has more to say about drugs and a lifestyle of choice then the rest of the candidates. After all, TNation is about controversy. The politics forum is here for a reason. [/quote]

I think it is pretty likely. The man is running for president and is granting interviews with every two bit publication out there.

T-Nation gets a lot of traffic. I am sure he would take 10 minutes to get the exposure.