Comments on: Ron Paul and Reason http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/12/18/ron-paul-and-reason/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ron-paul-and-reason @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: steve risher http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/12/18/ron-paul-and-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-3146 steve risher Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:17:05 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1376#comment-3146 <i>...and even snarky or critical coverage is better for a candidate than to be ignored,</i> I don't think it worked out that way for PJB in 1992. and 1996. I way I recall it the more coverage he got (almost all of it critical) the fewer votes he received. …and even snarky or critical coverage is better for a candidate than to be ignored,

I don’t think it worked out that way for PJB in 1992. and 1996. I way I recall it the more coverage he got (almost all of it critical) the fewer votes he received.

]]> By: MattSwartz http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/12/18/ron-paul-and-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-3131 MattSwartz Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:03:01 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1376#comment-3131 Reason puts out an interesting product. I don't think they were quite fair to Paul, that is, I think their factional beef with the Auburn libertarians led them to overstate how offensive the newsletter quotes were. I think they might have warranted one balanced story rather than the sort of tri-weekly feeding of the news beast that Reason gave them during the campaign. Reason puts out an interesting product. I don’t think they were quite fair to Paul, that is, I think their factional beef with the Auburn libertarians led them to overstate how offensive the newsletter quotes were. I think they might have warranted one balanced story rather than the sort of tri-weekly feeding of the news beast that Reason gave them during the campaign.

]]> By: Bill http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/12/18/ron-paul-and-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 Bill Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:06 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1376#comment-3113 I think the rivalry is healthy and believe Reason and the LRC wings both have complementary overlapping effects on the movement. That said I like to take shots at the other wing here and there. Enjoy the following: "Paul never sounds as certain as when he gets to link this all to monetary policy. He's rarely less convincing. Paul sees a direct link between central banking, fiat currency, and the economic crises that he argues wreck the average American's prosperity and empower thugs. A financial collapse, he prophesies, "becomes more likely every day....Paul's overheated worry about a Weimar Republic-style collapse kicks the legs out from underneath the argument." http://www.reason.com/news/show/126457.html Well I hope Weigel, as a "reporter first", finds Ron Paul a little more convincing now. I think the rivalry is healthy and believe Reason and the LRC wings both have complementary overlapping effects on the movement. That said I like to take shots at the other wing here and there. Enjoy the following:

“Paul never sounds as certain as when he gets to link this all to monetary policy. He’s rarely less convincing. Paul sees a direct link between central banking, fiat currency, and the economic crises that he argues wreck the average American’s prosperity and empower thugs. A financial collapse, he prophesies, “becomes more likely every day….Paul’s overheated worry about a Weimar Republic-style collapse kicks the legs out from underneath the argument.” http://www.reason.com/news/show/126457.html

Well I hope Weigel, as a “reporter first”, finds Ron Paul a little more convincing now.

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