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OVER THE PLACE.
TO CREATE A HUNTING
.EASON FOR THEM
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THE
NOW AND WHENTWEEN
A CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL COME
HERE.
PLUS KNOWN RON PAUL FOR 20-
YEARS.
I FOLLOWED HIS CAREER AS HE WAS
A LIBERTARIAN.
I THINK I EVEN GOT HIS
NEWSLETTER, HIS CONTROVERSIAL
NEWSLETTERS.
THOSE NEWSLETTERS WERE PRETTY
MUCH LIKE WHAT CONTEMPORARY
BLOGS ARE.
HE HAD AN E-MAIL LIST THAT
INCLUDED RADIO TALK SHOWS.
I WAS ON THE AIR IN CINCINNATI
PRE-INTERNET
NEWSLETTER DAYS.
KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME
FOLLOWED HIS CAREER FOR
A LONG TIME.
DISCUSSED LIBERTARIAN
ECONOMICS.
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD
APPLY." WOULD
IT HAS BEEN INTRIGUING TO WATCH
OBSCUREION AS AN
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN WHO WAS KNOWN
ONO, ALWAYS VOTING NO
THAT HAD TO DON
ISSUES.EY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL."
INWAS ALMOST THE ONLY ONE
CONGRESS THAT WAS THINKING IN
TERMS.
OTHERS WOULD COMPROMISE.
SUPPOSED TORE NOT
STUFF." THIS
"IF YOU WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE,
GO ALONG WITH THE
.QUOUS
IF YOU WANT THE GOOD COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS AND NOT THE
VOTENALIZE, YOU CANNOT
LIKE DR. PAUL DOES."
HE HAS STUCK WITH IT AND STUCK
AND FINALLY AFTER THE
AND A WHOLE
, ALMOST LIKE
NEXT --
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WOULD LOOKANDIDATES
NOSE AND CREATE -- "
KOOK."UST A
EVENTS HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH DR.
PAUL.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS COMMON-
SENSE.
MOST OF THE CANDIDATES EXCEPT
FARM POLICY ISSUES HAVE
ADOPTED RON PAUL'S TALKING
POINTS.
IN THEEITHER ONE OR TWO
POLLS IN THE STATE OF IOWA.
COULD WIN THIS
THING.
ORGANIZATION IS STATE OF THE
ART.
HE IS ORGANIZED DOWN TO THE
LEVEL, PRECINCT BY
PRECINCT.
THAT HE PUT INN
WAS PUT IN PLACE
REMAINS.
HE RON PAUL SUPPORTERS ARE
ZEALOTS.
THEY ARE TRULY PASSIONATE.
THEY HAVE AN EMOTIONAL BOND TO
CANDIDATE.
IT IS ALMOST SPOOKY.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE BOND THAT
SUPPORTERS HAD TO OBAMA IN
ELECTION.
IT IS AMAZING.
HE CAN FILL A COLLEGE CAMPUS
ROOM WITH KIDS WHO THINK HE IS
THING, THE LATEST
THING.
HIS MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED --
NOT CHANGED HIS MESSAGE IN
25 YEARS.
WE'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO JOIN US
STUDIO.
I HOPE HE DID NOT GET INTO A
CONTEST WITH MICHELE BACHMANN IN
HALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD WIN THAT
FIGHT.
I'MAME IS JAN MICKELSON
HOST.RNING SHOW
WATCHING US HERE ON C-
SPAN.
WHERE SIMULCASTING THIS MORNING.
THIS IS A VERY INFORMAL
RELATIONSHIP.
AS IDERSTAND WE'RE HONORED
OWANS.
I SAW GOVERNOR HUNTSMAN SAID,
NEWANS PICKED CORN,
HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE PICK
CANDIDATES."
BUT WE DO.
WE TRY TO ASK ALL THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS.
WE DO THE PRE-INTERVIEW PROCESS
GET THE STRONGEST OF THE
CANDIDATES SENT OFF TO THE NEXT
STATES.
GOOD MORNING, DOC.
YOUR SEAT IS ALREADY WARMED UP.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
OK.
.OU TIME THAT EXACTLY RIGHT
>> GUESS WHICH BOOK YOU GOT ME
READ?
"CURRENCY WARS."
PUTS IT INTO CONTEXT.
>> OK.
WELCOME BACK TO THE
CONVERSATION.
AND WE'REICKELSON
C-SPAN THIS
MORNING.
PAUL HAS JUSTN
IN THE STUDIO.
YOU'RE USED TO THE CAMERAS.
PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING YOU AROUND
SINGLEIBBLING DOWN EVERY
, AS IF YOU YOU
SOMETHING NEW OUT AFTER
YEARS.
>> EVERY SINGLE MORSEL I EAT.
PERCEIVED THE
FRONTRUNNER AND THEY ARE COMING
AFTER YOU BIG TIME.
GUY AT THE TOP.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
AND SEARCHING AND
SEARCHING.
>> IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THEM
THIS MORNING TO
GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO WORK
WITH.
--I WAS IN THE SIZE OF TODAY
SHOULDINDECISIVE TODAY --
OUTDOORSISE INDOORS OR
-- SHOULD I EXERCISE INDOORS OR
OUTDOORS?
>> WE WILL BE IN THE 50'S HERE
TODAY.
THAT WILL GIVE AN ADVANTAGE TO
ROMNEY, ACCORDING TO THE
HEADS.
IF THERE WAS A BLIZZARD, YOUR
YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA MUST BE
DESPERATE IF THE TEMPERATURE
WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE
WORLD.
MAYBE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT.TO
I HOPE PEOPLE ARE MORE SERIOUS
HOW THEY MAKE THEIR
DECISIONS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT,
TOO.
BOOK.YOU READ A
>> "CURRENCY WARS."
>> HE IS A GOOD ECONOMIST AND
A GOOD BOOK.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE
ASSESSMENT?
>> THIS IS PROBABLY A MORE
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THEM WORLD WAR
-TYPE FIGHTING.
THE BATTLES ARE ECONOMIC.
I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT US
SPENDING OURSELVES INTO SUCH
EBT.T D
THE CHINESE ARE BUYING UP
RESOURCES.
BUT THEN THE COMPETITION STARTS.
THERE IS A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR A
WAR AND THE CURRENCY WAR.
IT HAS OFFENDED THE CHINESE.
IT WOULD ALL BE SOLVED WITH AN
. MONEYTIONAL STANDARD O
YOU COULD NOT HAVE CURRENCY
WARS.
YOU WOULD NEED THE INTEGRITY OF
COUNTRIES ARE OBEYING THE RULES
VALUE ANDNG OF REAL
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THIS GOING
ON.
THIS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE REAL
GO. ARE GOING TO
THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEONE
MILITARILY ATTACKING US -- WE
ARE SO POWERFUL.
OUR MILITARY IS SO STRONG.
TIMEBOMBE FINANCIAL
ON. WE'RE SITTING
THE DOLLAR IS HOLDING UP RIGHT
NOW.
IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, WHICH
BROUGHT DOWN FOR
REASONS.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE
SOVIETS.
THEY WERE BROUGHT DOWN BY
REASONS.
>> YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE
PROTESTERS BANGING ON THE
WINDOWS.
>> I DID NOT HEAR THAT.
>> THEY DID THIS TO MITT
OFFICE.
A RUCKUS VOWING TO
AND DISRUPT THE CAUCASUS.
DID.ULD BE SAD IF THEY
THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 25 OF THEM.
THEY ARE TRYING TO OCCUPY YOUR
OFFICE.
>> LAST WEEK WE HAD A RALLY
OCCUPIERS -- AND THERE
THERE.CUPIERS
ANDS WAS NO
HANDS.RDS I SHOOK THEIR
AN OPEN VIEW POINT ABOUT THE
ATTACKING SOMED
THEY DO NOTS THAT
LIKE.
THEY DO NOT LIKE THE BAILOUT,
I DO NOT LIKE THE BAILOUT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN
ON.E
THEY DON'T TRUST GOVERNMENT
ANYMORE.
IF WE WERE IN
WARS, YOU WOULD
WON.
PEOPLE HAVE EVALUATED YOUR
PORTFOLIO.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS THAT REFUSED TO
A CONGRESSIONAL RETIREMENT.
THE REASON WHY YOU DID THAT?
>> I CONSIDER IT UNFAIR.
I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
WALL STREET AND THEY
THE PENSION FUND AND