Ron Paul on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 10-30-07

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Ron Paul Appearance on Tonight Show a Success?

The reviews are in on GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul's appearance on the Tonight Show. Posters at LewRockwell.com and DailyPaul.com write that the show was a success for Ron Paul. He was relaxed, humorous and apparently in his element. Jay Leno was prepped, courteous and interested.

From a campaign standpoint, Ron Paul's appearance on national programs such as the Tonight Show are most important to the campaign which still needs to establish name recognition for Jeffersonian conservative candidate. Fund-raising apparently receives a considerable boost following such appearances.

According to thestressblog.com, the line of people hoping for a ticket to see Ron Paul was the longest �in recent memory.� A video of the program can be seen at thestressblog.com, along with a succinct summary of some of the highlights.

http://thestressblog.com/2007/10/30/dr-ron-paul-on-the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/

- Jay asked all the right questions. Did his research.
- Had Ron on for 2 segments. Brought him back after the commercial break.
- Plugged his book A Foreign Policy of Freedom.
- A woman who has gone to every Jay Leno taping for the past 3 years said, �the only guests to have this many people outside hoping to get a ticket were George Clooney, Justin Timberlake, and the kid from Harry Potter. Possibly the longest line for tickets in Tonight Show history, at the least in recent memory.�
- Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols had a shout out to Ron Paul while on stage. After the show he told Ron it was an honor to meet him.
- Tom Cruise came by the dressing room and talked for about 10 minutes about legislation and came across very supportive.
- Jay Leno did the same and was very relaxed and friendly.�

Not all who watched Ron Paul were impressed with his performance. FMNN Feedbacker (and blogger) Jake Witmer - obviously an eloquent supporter of Ron Paul - has a different opinion:

(Feedback received early AM October 31)

Let me first say this: I love Ron Paul, and I thought it was cool that Johnny Rotten gave him props (kind of) during the Pistol's performance of �Anarchy in the UK�!

Were it for nothing other than Paul's fight for our freedom to self-medicate (his fight against the USA's coming induction into the �World Health Organization� based on mandatory compliance with �codex alimentarius�), he would be a hero to not just the freedom fighters of America, but to all Americans that want to live long healthy lives. He is also a hero to gunowners, of which I am one.

That said, Ron Paul fails miserably to do 2 things:

1) He needs to win the capitalists and freedom fighters in the Republican Party, in order to even have a chance of winning the R primary (and the game is pretty much over if he doesn't win that)! Moreover, if the game is not over at that point, (and he continues to run) he sabotages ballot access and support for the more consistent pro-freedom effort of the LP, long term. He should take a huge lesson in learning how to talk to pro-gun, pro-free-trade, pro-military people who are not necessarily pro-Iraq. I have yet to mention the fact that there are over 5 million gun owners in the USA, (and to loudly and publicly condemn the US government for waging war against them!

It would be easy to phrase this in a way that would please MANY liberals as well, such as: In a police state, the police hold powers that are superior to what the average citizen holds, and due process breaks down. When our government seized the guns from the residents of New Orleans, that amounted to an assault on the 2nd amendment to the USA. My message is clear: you can't pick and choose which rights you want to protect from the Bill of Rights!

I HAVE NEVER HEARD PAUL �WITH HIS SUPERIOR MAJOR MEDIA BULLY PULPIT� EVER ONCE REFERENCE THE BILL OF RIGHTS! HE SHOULD BE MENTIONING THE BILL OF RIGHTS EVERY TWO SECONDS! YET IT NEVER HAPPENS! HE NEVER SAYS �BILL OF RIGHTS� HE NEVER SAYS SPIRIT OF �THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE� HE DOESN'T SOUND PATRIOTIC OR CAPITALIST, UNLESS YOU ARE WELL EDUCATED!

2) The more intelligent Libertarian Party petitioners I've known would have replied to Jay Leno's softball questions better than Ron Paul did. Leno gave him questions that begged him to DEFINE HIS POSITION AS A CONSISTENT ONE. Leno MADE IT EASY FOR HIM TO DO SO. Ronald Reagan would have sounded more libertarian in his response to those questions than Paul did! Ronald Reagan would not have mentioned �Austrian Economics� (Unless it was a Reason Magazine interview, and not a major media TV interview!). He would have had the sense to say �I got interested in Economics, and became a big supporter of the Milton Friedman, and the Chicago School of Economics, which is roughly the �common sense� school of Economics. The basic idea, since I only have a few seconds here, is that you can't spend more money than you bring in! (smile) Right now� (blah blah blah, continue with foreign policy comment if you must�)�

Leno gave him a softball question: �But how would we pay for everything if there was no income tax?� All Paul has to do there is say something to the effect of: �The military is funded, like it was before the income tax was passed: with corporate excise taxes. The roads -right now- are paid for 100% by gasoline taxes. (Continue with his comment about getting along pretty well before 1913, and INCLUDE SOMETHING PATRIOTIC SOUNDING ABOUT AMERICA'S HISTORY, such as: The time period immediately preceding 1913 was the time when America rose to dominance as a powerhouse of trade and industrialization. The reason was: we were a capitalist nation that engaged with free trade with all, and we did not engage in unnecessary wars! We were the most capitalist and most noninterventionist then, and we achieved the most wealth because of it!)�

Another softball from Leno: �ARE YOU AN ISOLATIONIST?� Paul should have said �No, not at all, I'm a noninterventionist! There's a big difference!� �If you don't label what you are, all the uneducated idiots in the audience say to themselves: �Oh, he actually is an isolationist, he just doesn't want to say it!� PUT THE CONTRADICTION FIRST, ___THEN__ DEFINE IT! This is just basic human psychology at work here! It's basic toastmasters stuff!