Jay Leno had Ron Paul as his headlining guest last night on The Tonight Show.
It seems that this was done in response to Fox News not inviting Ron Paul to their New Hampshire debates, prompting a withdrawal of the New Hampshire GOP’s support for the debate. Ron Paul has collected more money than any other Republican thus far and polled equal to or higher than at least one of the guests that Fox News had invited (Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and John McCain). Kudos to Jay Leno and NBC for having Ron Paul on their show. Hopefully the exposure on The Tonight Show will counter any negative trends in the New Hampshire primaries.
This whole issues brings to my mind a couple of questions:
- Why do comedians seem to be the only source of actual news?
- Why is Fox News not being called out for electioneering?
On a side note, please check out Ron Paul’s website. While my mind is not entirely made up, Ron Paul is definitely a front runner
Yes! I’m so happy about this! I think the reason comedians report actual news is because they haven’t been paid off yet.
hi shane. while i always want to respect other people’s political beliefs, even when they differ from my own, ron paul suffers from what many libertarians and some republicans suffer from: selective privacy. so many republicans want government out of the little guy’s everyday life, yet they have no problem putting government interference front and center when it comes to health care and reproductive rights. and honestly, why do so many politicians (and people) quibble about the borders being unsafe when the times we’ve been “unsafe” had nothing to do with mexican or canadian borders but internal terrorism? this leads me to firmly believe that “tightening the borders” is not about public safety but about racist foreign policy.
The thing that I most like about Ron Paul is that he doesn’t let his personal beliefs get in the way of his political views. While he is personally against abortion, he understands that the federal government has no authority granted to it to place any limitations on abortion. While he may disagree with you about a whole host of personal beliefs and ideologies, he would not want the government, at least not the federal government, involved in regulating anything regarding your personal life. He is a strict Constitutionalist, if it isn’t in the Constitution the government has no authority to regulate it. As for health care, he feels that the federal government has no authority and therefore no right to engage itself in healthcare, that is an issue for the individual states to deal with.