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Bill O’Reilly To John Stossel: Is Rep. Ron Paul’s ‘Gobbledygook’ Hurting Libertarians?

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With Rep. Ron Paul remaining throughout the year a steady presence in 2012 Republican polls, Bill O’Reilly took some time to explore his impact on the field tonight. But O’Reilly wasn’t concerned with the Republican Party– he asked John Stossel whether he was concerned that Rep. Paul was doing damage to the libertarian movement with his claims President Obama could likely be impeached. Stossel didn’t seem to see the problem– “he’s not hurting the libertarian movement; he is the libertarian movement!”

O’Reilly’s concerns stemmed from the fact that Rep. Paul had been vocally opposing the killing of Al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki through the military drone program. Rep. Paul suggested that the unilateral decision by the executive to take Al-Awlaki’s life was unconstitutional. This seemed suspicious to O’Reilly, who asked Stossel to defend the claim. Stossel repied that he did find it concerning that the American government can “kill people without declaring war,” and that “it makes me uncomfortable to think that the executive branch can’t even explain what the evidence is” to kill Al-Awlaki.

RELATED: Ron Paul Doubles Down: ‘Very Dangerous’ To Celebrate Assassination Of Anwar al-Awlaki

O’Reilly then asked about the Iran question: Rep. Ron Paul has said repeatedly he does not believe it is America’s business to interfere with Iran’s quest for nuclear energy, a position O’Reilly described as “fine” with nuclear weapons. Telling Stossel he had asked Rep. Paul many times for clarification and “I got a bunch of gobbledygook,” Stossel retorted that he didn’t see an alternative– “we’re going to occupy a country two and a half times the size of Iraw and pry it from their cold, dead hands?”

RELATED: Jon Stewart Suggests Ron Paul Support War In Iran To Attract More Media Attention

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  • Valerie

    Nice try billy-its actually hurting the GOP!

    And John Stossel is an idiot. Case closed.

  • Anonymous

    Ron Paul’s ‘Gobbledygook’ is libertarianism.

  • Pablo

    Then why is he the only Republican that Democrats claim to like? He’s Crazy Uncle Ernie.

  • Valerie

    Clearly you don’t know what a “democrat” is and if you know somebody who claims to be a democrat and like Paul they have been making you the object of their jokes-I guess you didn’t get that.

     

  • Anonymous

    you either defend the constitution or you dont

  • Pablo

    Is your mouth always this far in front of your brain?

    http://tinyurl.com/3vllzfq

  • Mr Hyperbole

    If he will impeach Obama, he better prosecute the Bush admin for war crimes.

  • Valerie

     I don’t click on links left by morons so try again.

    or not.

    ;-)

  • Anonymous

    I agree with Ron Paul, Because if Obama can kill an American citizen, based on evidence but without a trial, then he can kill you. He can kill anyone he doesn’t like. The only thing he would have to do is say Eric Holder approved your killing in the middle of the night! Paul is 100-percent right in calling the targeted killing a “move toward tyranny.” I still have issues with Ron Paul’s Obey the Constitution at all cost, but when tyranny is the other choice, I will take the Constitution!

  • Friend of Libertarians

    I totally agree with Ron Paul and his spawns.

    Today we don’t need no stinking federal gubimmint… until tomorrow, when the stinking federal gubbimint goes back to the gold standard backed by… oh sht backed by the stinking federal gubimmint.

    Is that how it works, you gNOpig LIBERBARFIAN morons?

  • Billsbestfan

    Maybe we could send Oreilly over and he could smother the current regime with his fantastically over inflated ego!

  • http://twitter.com/usernamenuse sailing

    billly is bent out of shape because Ron said he wasn’t a real journalist….

  • Spammanspam

    Of course Ron Paul would impeach Bush for war crimes.  Ron Paul is one of FEW politicians who has consistently bashed both parties for 30 years.  Paul is not a partisan moron, he can think for himself.

  • http://twitter.com/usernamenuse sailing

    no one needs to back gold because it is accepted as money on the open market.  paper, oddly enough, isn’t, unless a government holds a gun to someone’s head to make the debt have force.

  • Anonymous

    Ron Paul doesn’t hurt the Libertarians, Ron Paul fans do.

    Most annoying cult ever.

    They are like Palin groupies without the hard-ons.

  • http://www.deadlywind.com/ Paintball Barrel

    Oreilly, just like on so many other things, you are dead wrong on this. Even Savage agreed with Ron today.

    If you were a polite person, I’d feel sorry for you, but it is not so…

  • Anonymous

    Bill O’Reilly is a moron. I will stand with Ron Paul over O’Reilly any day.

  • Pablo

    No wonder you’re such a one track sheep. No curiosity.

  • lr

    oooohhhhh you are hurting us with your left-wing intellect!  get a clue: Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who is even slightly consistent on any issue whatsoever. Obama the candidate: “war is bad! torture is bad!” Obama the president: “kill citizens without due process! start more wars!”

    idiot establishment sheep like you need to get a clue

  • Pablo

    You don’t defend it by pretending it says things that it doesn’t. Do you know what we used to do with pirates, regardless of whether they were Americans?

  • http://www.facebook.com/brookes.joe Joe Brookes

    There is no moral equivalency argument.  Stossel is a stooge and a phony.. he lets falsehoods fly by.

    The argument is that Israel has 400 nuclear missiles.  They already took out Iraq’s when they were building one.  It isn’t always up to us to send kids to die on the other side of the world to take care of everything.

    Israel has 400 nukes.  They can deal with Iran now, or they can wait, and dare Iran to launch something in the future.  I’m thinkin Israel can take care of itself just fine.  americans dont have to give up 50% of their money to support ludicrous leaders all around the world.  its insane.

    Also, Stossel says “I’m afraid….” instead of making it clear that the guy is a US CITIZEN.

    We protect REALLY BAD PEOPLE’s rights, because we know that the same tactics will be used against us, if we allow the executive branch to be the judge, jury, and executioner.

    This has all been figured out a long time ago.

    You just don’t let it happen.  Period. 

    They ALWAYS start with people who you DONT WANT TO DEFEND (brown people with beards in this country, instead of jews).

    It’s the same reason we protect freedom of speech, no matter what the horrible thing is that people are saying.  Because you cant trust politicians to not move the line toward DISSENTERS.  And we are obviously in a period of social unrest.

    “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t have anything to worry about.” – Famous last words of a free society

  • Vince Daliessio

    Ah, no. Not a gold standard (which is just as fake as Federal Reserve notes), but actual gold money. BIG DIFFERENCE. If you’d rather hold FRNs, then go right ahead.

  • For Truth

    “I didn’t want a two hour history lesson on the middle east” no bill you just want to vomit what ever it is that your bosses tell you to. does anyone remember when he ran up and down the networks screaming “we don’t need evidence, we all know that Iraq has WMD’s” wake up Riley fans – Once a puppet always a puppet 

  • guest

    O’Reilly needs to listen to the history lesson from RP…

  • http://twitter.com/bjewel35 bev

    Just look at the number of comments here!!  Majority of  them see exactly what Ron Paul is saying.  OReilly just doesn’t get it….  That kinda makes him look stupid doesn’t it?   Or is he just another politician who enjoys twisting things around to make them appear to be something they are not….

  • H 123

    O’Reilly is a tool.  He is a Neocon propaganda machine.  If the American people would actually read the Constitution and research their history, they would realize just how far we have fallen.  Quit the left/right power struggle and unite against the corporatist bankster cartel that has stollen our beloved Republic.  Small government, states rights, sound money, save America!  Wake up!

  • Mr Hyperbole

    Ok, as I liberal, I wouldnt mind voting for Ron Paul AS AN INDEPENDENT.

  • Anonymous

    Stossel should get hardship duty pay for going through that “interview” with O’Reilly.

    I love O’Reilly’s perspective: we don’t need to consider history when evaluating America’s policy of intervention in the Middle East.  Truth is, O’Reilly is too lazy to consider it, and too dim to understand it.

    Stossel reminded me of the ever patient volunteer teaching an older student in an adult literacy program.

  • Papa Bear
  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=559316325 Teshia Roy O’Keefe

    Perfectly stated! Thank you.

  • Anonymous

    “Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who is even slightly consistent on any issue whatsoever. ”

    You got that right.

    He is crazy across the board.

  • American Lie

    Pablo you obviously never read the constitution or the declaration of independence 

  • Anonymous

    John Stossel is not a Libertarian. He is a Constitutionalist. Bill O’Reilly is an idiot, and Ron Paul is a Republican….

  • http://twitter.com/TheKnowBuddies Mark Twain

    Bill 0 admitted that twitter is TOO technical for him. The Constitution and Bill of Rights is WAAAAY over his head. An awful lot of Anti-Constitution found here at Fox lately. Bill 0 also admits that he dropped Paul and Cain from his online poll because they got too much support. Called it “Entertainment Poll”. What is “Fair & Balanced”? Comedy Central has Jon Stewart and Fox has Bill 0, which one is the biggest Joke?

  • Anonymous

    Why do I even watch these little debates with Bill O’Reilly. All he does is talk over the guest and when the guest is about to make a point or needs a further second to explain his position Bill either yells over him or changes the topic. And another thing, Bill says all he got was gobalty goop from Ron Paul and then a 3 hour history lesson on the middle east like knowing the history of the middle east was stupid. Bill doesn’t want to know what the history of the middle east is, Bill likes to go on his gut and we see how good that did us for the last 10 years.

  • http://www.freemarketfan.com/ Free Market Fan

    Look up a youtube of Oreilly yelling at his staff.  Hilarious…..”Do it LIVE!”

  • Luvalz

    Vote for Ron Paul as for what he stands. Not because he is running as Republican. He said it himself, there is no democracy in America so why pretend the answer is a new very costly party. Just vote for the man with a perfect record of upholding and respecting the constitution. Grow up! Break from the partisan child games and man up and address the real issues.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AL43MBMCHUHL5DKMZ75QLALUFQ Mr. T

    This is pure lunacy. you defend it by honoring its principles. In this case, it is that NO American should be deprived of Due Process. REAL simple.   If they can try and then execute McVeigh, why not try and then execute Al Awlaki?  The point is, the “slippery slope”.. the “big picture”… once this VERY BASIC rule is ignored, You are no safer from it, than anyone else.  No proof, no trial, no “facing your accuser?” No problem!   Ron Paul is certainly not the “kook”, he is simply living the principles that SEEM outrageous, until you “get it” and realize it really does protect us all. that’s why his supporters are so enthusiastic, because we are Republicans, Democrats and Independents who simply “woke up” to the bigger implications. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AL43MBMCHUHL5DKMZ75QLALUFQ Mr. T

    You mean the wars that Obama promised to stop, but EXPANDED into even more wars against the wishes of the people of the united states, and at the behest of a foreign entity no less?  I agree with you, but if you feel that way, then you obviously must lump Obama in with Bush (and Obama has done FAR more beyond wars negating your rights by executive order).  

  • Luvalz

    Pablo if you can’t understand it in English maybe a translation might be useful and then you would understand the real issue here. Ron Paul is defending even your rights to not be assassinated without due diligence and proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AL43MBMCHUHL5DKMZ75QLALUFQ Mr. T

    I doubt it. We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who simply “woke up”.  Why do you think he has so much more support now than in 2008? I thought him kooky back then too, until I studies his points with an open mind and now I understand why his supporters are so enthusiastic, because I am one of them.   Use your critical thinking skills, and examine the “big picture”. 

  • Mike

    No, Ron Paul is a libertarian. He only runs on a republican ticket because he would never even get into a national debate if he didn’t.

  • Freespeaker

    This comment coming from someone represented by a picture of Biden?  Ron Paul supporters come from ALL walks of life.  We don’t have to “join a club” to understand the appeal of the Principles of Liberty.  Ron Paul is the only choice for ending the wars, saving the dollar (by ending the Federal Reserve banking cartel), and restoring our Civil Liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.  It’s PAUL or the FALL!  Ron Paul 2012!

  • Chipmonkcheetah

    A devoted congressman whose only desire in life has been to respect the constitution of the USA deserves more respect. Your comments are protected under the same rights Paul is trying to preserve for you although it is evident you have no idea of that is happening to your freedom and liberties. Ron Paul wants to eliminate the IRS and the Federal Reserve Bank. Make the federal government smaller and leave the people of the world to live their lives as it is their right. We have done a horrible job pushing our views over others just to control them and get richer at the expense of their blood. This has to stop. If Ron Paul is not elected the next revolution will not be as peaceful. You are annoying and ignorant, your family deserves better.  ;P

  • Joshua

    I would like to know where the outrage from the left is on this. The same people who hate torture and not giving gitmo due process are somehow ok with this? You have a left wing stooge like Bill Maher saying well if Obama has this power its ok we trust him but if a republican has this power o no. No one cares about the Constitution they care about there party winning. As usual Ron Paul is the only person with some balls. Bush was a war mongerer. A torturer. Obama is a war mongerer. A torturer. The end. Left or right has no defense for what I just said. I really wish Dennis Kuscinich would compete with Obama on the democrate side. Let’s get people in there who don’t lie about hating war.

  • Kempf5

    Fox News is the MSM. They misrepresent what is going on in the country and keep you all fixed to the boob tube watching news about trials overseas and irrelevant info. Read a book, look up things yourself. Seek the truth slaves. The media has been caught not telling you the facts. Don’t believe the spin and deceit. Look things up for yourself! Wake up!

  • http://www.consequenceofsound.net/author/jhpainter Harry Painter

    Hey. How do you know I don’t have a hardon for Dr. Paul?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4EZ4LVCQJRWU3RTP62CFX5EPOA InnaS

    Bill is a piece of you all know what! Such an arrogant moron, what makes him think he is the smartest out there? I f he actually listened to what Paul had to say he’s understand what it’s all about. I ignorance is a bliss as they say. Bill has been heavily “blissed”.

  • Nabra

    Ron Paul did not say that he wanted to impeach Obama the media spun that. Someone in the crowd asked him if Obama could be impeached and said “Maybe” he was just answering the question. Second Dr Paul did think that Bush should have been impeached. See Ron Paul is the only true antiwar candidate. We killed 1.5 million Iraqi people. Support our troops by bringing them home-Ron Paul

  • Anonymous

    I used to like and watch Bill O’Reilly; but somewhere along the line he changed into some kind of teleprompter reader instead of a man who thinks and speaks for himself. When he threw Paul and Cain out of his Fox poll, that was the last straw for me on Bill. That wasn’t a very fair or balanced thing to do, and I won’t trust him or Fox on anything now. Maybe I was naive to trust the TV news before, but I woke up, and tend to question the media these days.

  • Anonymous

    O’Reilly is a Dick. He’s the one that should be sent to Iran.

  • Angelo S

    Fox News reports the US citizen Obama assassinated, without any charges, had been interviewed by the FBI at least four times and was a guest of honor at the Pentagon, dining with US military commanders. What?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm5jd-PafcAPentagon operatives stupid? or insider job?
    You decide.
    Bill O’Reilly don’t have no problem with debt slavery to the FED and IRS. Trillions get siphoned off to the Military Industrial complex and America gets weaker. Economically, Militarily and in principle.
    Suck it up you Ron Paul bashers.
    If you had a brain you’d be a Ron Paul ‘cult’ member too.
    But you don’t.

  • Anonymous

    I would like to add to your great point. When you say “big picture” you are right. See, the big picture is Obama killed a “bad” American, and the sheep are loving it without realizing this was just a way to begin the process. By killing Alwakee, without due process is not the point to sheep, like Bildo, it’s his death they cheer, without realizing this was just a test to see how the sheep would react to a ”bad” American  citizen’s assassination!

  • Anonymous

    Bill O’Reilly is mostly a waste of time, but that changes to ENTIRELY when it comes to foreign policy since he refuses to educate himself on WHY some countries (like Iran) hate America. O’Reilly appears to be “right-of-center” but he’s not a Conservative, he’s a NEO-con, just like John McCain, and this “NEW” conservative party (post WWII) identifies more closely with Abraham Lincoln than with our Constitution and Bill of Rights, which may make them Republicans but they’re certainly not Conservative in their thinking.

    Eisenhower tried to warn us about the “neo-conservatives” when he warned against the “military-industrial complex,” but America wasn’t listening. Barry Goldwater warned us again in 1964, but once again, we didn’t listen, so we got LBJ and the Vietnam War as a result!

    Ron Paul, John Stossel and Gary Johnson are REAL Conservatives, but most of America doesn’t understand what that means, so we’ll get something less than a return to Constitutional government…

    Benjamin Franklin was the first to warn us against what’s happening right now…

  • reed

    We?  You love to identify with violent actions as many youngsters reared on video games do.  In real life the rule of law is what and a strong preference for peace makes civilization possible.

  • Mr. Hyperbole

    Haha Bush has done far worse and there would be no Obama without Bush…Bush started this path away from the Constitution

  • Glutton

    O’Reilly doesn’t get it.  This is not about killing a terrorist.  This sets a precedent for our country to kill American citizens without DUE PROCESS.  

  • Glutton

    O’Reilly speaks against Obama.  Should we drone bomb him?  Doubt if O’Reilly would be cool with that.  Nice try Bill, but you are a hypocritical dbag.

  • Glutton

    LOL @ Americans not interested in doing trade with Iran.  Um, oil, and the fact the Tehran stock exchange is doing a lot better than the DJI?  Nice try Bill.

  • Anonymous

    I would say the “GOP” is hurting itself by ignoring Ron Paul and the FACT he has an organized, dedicated, and growing following that is a significant portion of the voting populice. By playing their game of trying to decide what voters should think, they are deluting their own chances of beating Obama, by waking more and more people up to their bias behavior towards Dr. Paul. The MsM realizes if let’s say, they were to show Dr. Paul the same respect that they show to a Perry, Christie, or a Cain, then based off his current, die-hard supporters, his poll numbers would most likely skyrocket, and we can’t have that in a corporate, bank owned America now can we! 

  • Anonymous

    I would say the “GOP” is hurting itself by ignoring Ron Paul and the FACT he has an organized, dedicated, and growing following that is a significant portion of the voting populice. By playing their game of trying to decide what voters should think, they are deluting their own chances of beating Obama, by waking more and more people up to their bias behavior towards Dr. Paul. The MsM realizes if let’s say, they were to show Dr. Paul the same respect that they show to a Perry, Christie, or a Cain, then based off his current, die-hard supporters, his poll numbers would most likely skyrocket, and we can’t have that in a corporate, bank owned America now can we! 

  • priorities of compassion

    It doesn’t appear that Bill has allowed anyone to give him a history lesson, let alone Ron Paul. 

  • Anonymous

    exactly what office does Bill hold?  How has his opinion affected anyone in the last 10 years?

  • Anonymous

    that’s good cause bill will not be on the ballot, so that should help you a lot!

  • http://www.facebook.com/thaddeus.kaczor Thaddeus S. Kaczor Jr.

    What if YOU (or any American) were put on the ‘secret list’ for assassination by the President? Say it can’t happen, but then again, it’s SECRET! How many innocent people have been executed even AFTER their Constitutionally-guaranteed trials-  only to be exonerated after they are dead? Without trials, due process or even any form of explanation AFTER the fact, our government is no better in it’s tactics and results than the regimes and groups they purport to protect us from! Moral equivalency at it’s worst. The neo-con chicken-hawk war-drumbeat mantra has devolved into: “We had to destroy our Republic in order to save it!”

  • Jon

    How THE HELL would Bill O’Reilly know what would help or hurt the libertarian movement? He’s a despicable statist through and through. He’s also quite possibly the most unintelligent commentator on national television, and I’m saying that with complete honesty. His “debates” consist of ad hominem attacks and yelling over his guests when they try to make a point.

    Ron Paul currently IS the libertarian movement. You think he’s hurting the movement because he doesn’t support unilateral executions of U.S. citizens without due process? How goddamn stupid do you have to be to suggest something like that?

  • http://www.jobwaltz.com JobWaltz.com

    O’Reilly comes across as a complete buffoon in this “interview”. Stossel and Ron Paul are right; the greatest danger is when our government can target and kill American citizens without trial, and agitate for war with yet another Middle Eastern country. We should be engaging Iran with trade; most Iranians are pro-Western and they will topple their own regime unless we cause them to rally around it.

  • Mark_henry15

    Frankly, Bill O’Reilly is an IDIOT!

  • Anonymous

    I like how every media figure is programmed to repeat the moral non-equivalency line at every mention of Israel. It’s like a universal line of argument that all do in unison and never veer from. In Bill’s words, what gobbledygook. It’s a racist state based on religion that uses our tax dollars to murder farmers, confiscate their land and turn their families into refugee camps. That’s what Bill did not want to hear from Paul because it would sully his clean little ears and soul

  • Mgyster

    Yes, we issued Letters of Marquis in other instances Congress declares war.  There were and are ways to handle problems constitutionally.  It just so happens the executive branch doesn’t think it has to abide by the constitution.

  • Jonathan Nitzan

    Two wrongs don’t make a right. A Ron Paul does, though.

  • George Cottrell

    That is because he is a commentator. Always has been, always will be. Guess what Billy? I don’t care for your opinion.

  • http://twitter.com/a_george A G

    Bill simply has no argument when he asserts his opinion over rule of law.  Stossel does a poor job standing up to it.  The dangerous arrogance of Judge, Jury + Excecutioner is clear in Obama/O’Reilly.  Sorry Bill there are principles and even if they haven’t been boiled down into a McDonald’s jingle for you, they exist. You’re not fit to pass a 4th grade civics course, and your defense of Obama is frightening.  I’ll never consider joining the GOP until they fix their rule by man, mandate economy and business plan by force approach.

    Here’s a jingle for Bill:

    “Rule of Law gets stuck in your craw?  Get your head out of your tract and recognize a class act.”

  • George Cottrell

    Get your mind out of the false left/right paradigm.  It is only meant to divide us.  

  • George Cottrell

    Bill doesn’t listen to anyone. He talks over people, and cuts off their mic so he can spew vomit all over the airwaves.  

  • NadePaulKuciGravMcKi

    Neocon Bill O’Reilly will answer to the American Public
    for his 10 years of selling disinformation for a paycheck

  • Guest

    6% support for “Dr Paul” is not a growing voter base.  It is the same size as it was in 2008.

  • Guest

    Cops shoot amaerican citizens all the time without due process…..omg what is the country coming to?

  • Guest

    “there is no democracy in America”—-well I’m glad of that.    Seeing how we are supposed to be a republic 

  • Guest

     ”then he can kill you” 

    That true.  Just last night I had a team of spooks break into my house and try to kill me.  Fortunately I jumped out the window and got away.  

    Then on the way to work this morning, I saw a predator drone shoot a hellfire at a group of girl scouts.

    This is what you get ladies and gentlement when you allow the executive branch to order an attack on a delcared enemy of our country, who is out of reach from law enforcement, and activily facilitating attacks on America.

    Hey…anybody who wants to become a future terrorist leader…Just become an American citizen first, then move to a country where U.S authorities cannot detain you, and organize your terrorist attacks from there…..YOUR GOOD!  Especially if Ron Paul gets elected.

  • Guest

    “We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who simply “woke up”.  ”

    –Like Alice woke up in Wonderland.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Atkins/782809442 Mark Atkins

    Then complains because the ones he maligns won’t come onto his miserable show and bump his ratings!

  • The Bomb

    So, Bush is to LBJ what Obama is to Nixon.

    Therefore, like LBJ, Bush should get a pass and Obama, like Nixon, should be forever condemned by the history books.

    Somehow I see the liberal media being kinder to Obama. I wonder why?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Atkins/782809442 Mark Atkins

    O’Liely is the “controlled opposition”. He is only smart enough to read the teleprompter and draw a check! Hey, wait a minute, O’Liely could be president! He has the same qualifications as the one we have now!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Atkins/782809442 Mark Atkins

    He should have been in front of the drone that “killed” al Wahleki!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Atkins/782809442 Mark Atkins

    O’Liely is not smart enough to understand the history!

  • The Bomb

    The truth of the matter, that seems to be non existent for those that support this killing, is the Obama administration has no evidence.

    The administration was “supposed” to bring this *bad guy* to trial however they felt they lacked evidence to get a conviction. So, they just killed him instead.

    If they didn’t believe they have enough evidence to convict then how can you use the same evidence as justification for murder? Doesn’t pass the sniff test.

  • Dddienst

    The cops primary goal is to arrest and kill in self defense. Just as every American has the right of self defense. I don’t want the police using predator drones against protestors either.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Atkins/782809442 Mark Atkins

    Like “crazy” uncle Thomas (Jefferson) or “crazy” uncle James (Madison). We need more “crazy uncles” like them!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BBFPPCBJOPICQFUOIYBJT546LU Azrael

    If you care about keeping some semblance of a constitutional republic then support Ron Paul: http://www.blackthisout.com

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JVCHBN5Z5S5YQ3MXTQH6TSET4A Mand M

    I believe your 6% number is a bit askew. Try again! RON PAUL – 2012 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JVCHBN5Z5S5YQ3MXTQH6TSET4A Mand M

    ^ This! Well said Mr. T, Well Said.

  • Anonymous

    Ron Paul shouldn’t have to explain history to Bill O’Reilly. He SHOULD already know it. I’m betting it would take more than 3 hours to teach him anything on the matter. The man doesn’t even know about Keynesian economics for crying out loud.

  • Ryanorwell1984

    Bill O’Rilley is not a journalist, he’s nothing more than a bully that spins stories and asks questions to misdirect his viewers.  ”NO SPIN ZONE?”  sounds like something from 1984.  2+2=5  War is Peace.  To think some people actually think this guy looks out for the common good, he’s a fascist looking out for special interests.

  • Anonymous

    Whats Bill’s problem with Ron Paul, he has found it a task to smear him at any given chance. What a clown! 

  • Mark

    You can make fun of libertarians, Ron Paul and others, but what you are forgetting is the the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence was written by Libertarians. Yes, crazy uncle James Madison et al….. A lot of you younger folks have been brought up to believe one of two things.  What democrats tell you and what republicans tell you.  What they won’t tell you is how both parties have hijacked the laws by continuously enacting legislation, and decreeing executive orders that whittel away your rights.  O’Reilly, Hannity, Rush, Levin, all claim to be conservatives, but they also claim to follow the Constitution. They do not like Paul’s foreign policy, and they don’t like his approach to illegal drugs.  But they AGREE with him on just about everything else, and its on the points they don’t agree with him, he gets hammered.  Instead of looking at Paul’s comments in light of the original Constitution, they KNOW Paul is right, but bad for business. I know Paul’s views seem strange, and thats only because you have been spoon feed social engineering or war mongering.  If you haven’t noticed, we are now an imperialistic nation, occupying over 100 countries with military bases under the auspices of securing freedom and our way of life. last time someone did that to us, we declared our Independence and went to war.  Do yourselves a favor.  Put down what you have been brainwashed to believe for a moment, read the Declaration of Independence, and you will see that Libertarians are not only right, but the Libertarian values of freedom are exactly what created this great country. Either you will understand, or remain ignorant.  It’s your choice.

  • Mark

    You can make fun of libertarians, Ron Paul and others, but what you are forgetting is the the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence was written by Libertarians. Yes, crazy uncle James Madison et al….. A lot of you younger folks have been brought up to believe one of two things.  What democrats tell you and what republicans tell you.  What they won’t tell you is how both parties have hijacked the laws by continuously enacting legislation, and decreeing executive orders that whittel away your rights.  O’Reilly, Hannity, Rush, Levin, all claim to be conservatives, but they also claim to follow the Constitution. They do not like Paul’s foreign policy, and they don’t like his approach to illegal drugs.  But they AGREE with him on just about everything else, and its on the points they don’t agree with him, he gets hammered.  Instead of looking at Paul’s comments in light of the original Constitution, they KNOW Paul is right, but bad for business. I know Paul’s views seem strange, and thats only because you have been spoon feed social engineering or war mongering.  If you haven’t noticed, we are now an imperialistic nation, occupying over 100 countries with military bases under the auspices of securing freedom and our way of life. last time someone did that to us, we declared our Independence and went to war.  Do yourselves a favor.  Put down what you have been brainwashed to believe for a moment, read the Declaration of Independence, and you will see that Libertarians are not only right, but the Libertarian values of freedom are exactly what created this great country. Either you will understand, or remain ignorant.  It’s your choice.

  • MikeyC

    Apparently dumber then a box of rocks.  But I think thats insulting rocks cause we all know that Bill doesnt have a pair of rocks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tony.westover Tony Westover

    Because Ron Paul doesn’t think Bill O’Reilly’s show is all that important. Show hosts — particularly the ones with big egos — don’t take too kindly to this.

  • darkimagesoflight

    As a liberal, why don’t you act as a free thinker and look beyond parties.  Vote on the character and the individual.  If you like HIM, he will be Ron Paul regardless of what party he runs under.

  • MikeyC

    Please you are a idiot first class.  Look up Richard Jewell a accused terrorist for the bombing of the Summer Games in 1996.  Painted guilty by the media and looked guilty as sin.  But wait he gets a trial and oh he is now hailed as a national hero.  The law is put in place to protect this guy and others like him.  Not to protect a terrorist.  But 10yrs with no charges and no proof he was even a memeber of AL-Quida and you dont question a death with no trial?

  • MikeyC

    Yeah i cant stand people who actually love their representative.  Its not right to have someone who actually doesnt cheat on his wife or claim he didnt inhale.  God you mean to tell me that people still exsist who are tired of politicans selling out to the highest bidder.  You sir make me sick get a clue.  Cause your picture is old and this new generation of Ron Paul fans will have to take care of you.  Just pointing that out.

  • MikeyC

    Drink your kool-aid.  The FDA just approved lead in it cause the company paid a billion to the campaign choice.  But Ron is crazy.  Why?  or is this to hard cause you forgot your medication this morning?

  • MikeyC

    Yep and realized it wasnt a fairytale land the king had promised.

  • MikeyC

    This is just proof that the problem with a stalled gov and congress isnt the system its the party leaders.  Ron Paul has got plenty of Dems and mainstream Repubs to work together. 

  • Crashcrashbang

    I think the main problem for most people is the the constitution  and bill of rights are still so far ahead of their time. I mean collectively we are still having trouble with the all men are created equal part. I think that history shows that Ron Paul is in a class along with the greatest Americans of all time.  this class includes among others Thomas Jefferson and MLK. I think MLK would have been proud to see a “black ” president but his own libertarian views would have made it difficult for him to support Obama.

  • aj austin

    The only one O’Reilly is fooling with that brainwashed “Merika can do no wrong” rhetoric is my 84 year old grandma who does nothing but smokes and watches fox news all day. Logic is winning in America once again Bill, sorry.

  • smartguy

    If Ron Paul does not win the GOP Nomination I will be voting left again….. 

  • Tyson Lauby

    Yeah. They tried to capture them alive so they could try them. Idiot.

  • Anonymous

    http://independentlyrepublican.blogspot.com/view/classic
    Today’s Article: Ron Paul’s Problem

  • Anonymous

    O’Reilly calls about Ron Paul’s stance ‘gobbledygook’ because his attention span is too childish to understand history. 

  • Greeneyedannette

    You call it a cult, but in reality which you may not be a part of it is a movement that is growing and the best part it is making Mainstream so uncomfortable they are trying to ignore it as they are the Occupy Wall street movement. Which I think is amazing that the American people are ready to get in the streets and march as they did in the 60′s for their beliefs. Ron Paul realizes that Obama could now use his new policy of no due process against these movements.

  • Dferreira1975

    Yeah, most pirates were pretty much gone before America was its own country there genius…

  • Mr. Hyperbole

    well I wouldnt call myself  ’the mainstream liberal’

  • Dferreira1975

    You need to register as a Republican so you can vote for Dr. Paul in the primaries.  His biggest hurdle will be overcoming the media bias that doesn’t allow Americans to hear his real message.  They only provide sound bites and half truths so to marginalize Dr. Paul’s message.  He is the real deal and truly wants what’s best for Americans.  He doesn’t care about his own wealth or power.  He wants to restore America and he will do it when he becomes the president.

  • Dferreira1975

    Let’s not miss the fact that he also said that all presidents for the past 100 years could likely be impeached for something..   
    In other words, Ron Paul said Obama’s not the only rule breaker.  

  • Dferreira1975

    We can hold a trial still.  Do you think the Alleged terrorist would show up if he’s really guilty?  I think not.  What happens when you miss your court date?  Do you know?  You forfeit your right to a fair trial and are found guilty on the spot.  It is, at this time, that our President can order a drone attack on you..  
    Without the rule of law protecting citizens from their government we will be easily led to the slaughter.

  • Dferreira1975

    Ron Paul said he’d consider Kuscinich as his VP.. How great of a ticket would that be!!??  I see the word WIN all over that!

  • Refuse2fail

    6% is a fairytale number. Ron Paul takes landslide victories in online polls that have surpassed 100,000 votes. The currently silent majority of intelligent Americans are in favor of Ron Paul in 2012.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marvin-Cooley/100002526616172 Marvin Cooley

     Let me give a hint to anyone who wants to go into show business acting like a news commentator like Billy. Just have controversial topics to talk about. If you can’t find any controversial topics make some up. Neocon Billy loves controversy. He doesn’t believe his own drivel but it gets good ratings. He loves to talk about Ron Paul because he knows how many supporters are out there and they really lift his ratings. What a sad situation we find ourselves in. This is the very last time I listen to this idiot. I only did because of John Stossel was on.

  • Guest

    Might want to Google “Jefferson and pirates” or “ Barbary War” before you dig your hole too deep.

  • Gaoxiaen

    Did’nt O’Reilly say 10 or 11%?

  • Gaoxiaen

    Can’t be bothered by reading some quaint essay from 1787.

  • Gaoxiaen

    …to the shores of Tripoli.

  • Gaoxiaen

    Voting for him as a Republican is the same thing. I’m a 30-year Libertarian, but I held my nose and registered Republican just to vote for Ron Paul in the primary.

  • Gaoxiaen

    Statism/libertarianism is the real dialectic. The Republicans would prefer Obama to Ron Paul because he would upset the apple cart. Obama would keep the same game going, albeit with a few cosmetic changes. Lipstick on a pig.

  • Gaoxiaen

    Divergence from the Constitution is a slow and stealthy process. A lot of it started in 1913 with the beginning of the Federal Reserve. Roosevelt started Socialism or saved Capitalism,as you prefer to believe. Abandonment of Bretton Woods was the icing on the cake. This process has greatly accelerated lately because of War on Terror, Drugs, Poverty, etc…

  • Gaoxiaen

    I looked up “buffoon” in the dictionary a few days ago. They used O’Reilly’s photo as an illustration.

  • Anonymous

    Someone has some how hijacked my picture (avatar) and my user name (12voltman1) to make it looked like I clicked on the “like” button of messages.When I go to a message board now and before I even read a message It says I liked the post (with my picture/avatar) on messages I do not agree with! This has happpened hundreds of time since last night alone. I have e-mailed and informed Discus. They have not replied back to me yet. Beware-12voltman

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=43200426 Brittany Olsen

     Ha!  Same size as in 2008?  Have you been living under a rock?  Or maybe just listening to the corporate media?  Hmm.. probably both.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=43200426 Brittany Olsen

    Hmm, yes, quaint.  ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=43200426 Brittany Olsen

    Please please PLEASE, if you like Ron and you would vote for him, PLEASE switch your party to republican so you can vote for him in your state’s primary election.  In a way, the primary is more important because we must make him the repub nominee.  He needs EVERY VOTE he can get in the primaries.  I know, registering republican is a disgusting thing to do, but you must play the game in order to get him the nomination.  I had to hold my nose too and felt a little nauseated by seeing republican on my voter registration, but he is worth it.  Freedom is worth it.  Once you have voted for him in the primary, you can switch your registration back to whatever you want.

  • Refuse2fail

    Ron Paul needs the republican votes that will ONLY come with the GOP nod. People of the middle and the left; if you care about your freedom and fair chance at maintaining the American Dream alive, rally with us. Register Republican, even if temporary, and give Ron Paul your vote in the primaries.

  • Freedom4everyone

    Actually, it’s no person should be deprived of due process.  Doesn’t matter if you are american or not, or government is not to do anything to any person without due process of law.  Since it’s not the government who grants us our right and it’s not the constitution who grants us our rights, it doesn’t matter who we are or where we are from.  The US Government is not allowed to do certain things to people.  Everywhere you look in the constitution, it’s The right of the people.
    or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
    the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury,
    In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed  (notice this one says the accused, not accused american citizens only but merely the accused.  So anytime our government accuses someone of a crime, they have a right to be tried in court, not secret killings regardless if they are american or not)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G374F2MZ2I56H2FB4RTX6WS4S4 Phyllis

    O’Rilley is a pig

  • barefoot ed

    you made THE point. if AMERICA accuses ANYONE of ANYTHING, that person acquires the RIGHT to defend himself.
    we can always off that individual lateer on down the line.

  • barefoot ed

    AMEN brother.
    this  is how it works. all that fucker obama had to do is make it known that ” hey, al-awlaki, your court date is next month”.
    no show?
    im sending a “representative” to pick you up, “dead or alive”
    thats what ron is trying to say.
    do it LEGALLY.
    we have laws in this country, and they are what MAKE this country, this country.
    ron in 2012.

  • barefoot ed

    no, billy boy o’reilly is a great big piece of stinkin shit with a nice suit.

  • eric schuster

    I can think of no time in my life when the choice for President was more obvious. With the internet , we now have the ability to know the truth regarding a candidates history. All I needed to do was Google- The Real Newt Gingrich. Not only would I never vote for this New World Order Sock Puppet from the bowels of Hell, I would pity the soul of all those who do. This war mongering Neocon has never been the brightest bulb in any room. If you go there…bring a flashlight…you’ll need it!
    Most Neocons don’t even know they are a Neocon. They just think they are loyal Republicans…’cause Bill O tells ‘em so. It’s like Denny’s. No one goes there-they just end up there at 2am after the bars close. Google Neocons and Trotskyites if you believe Neocons are Conservative. They are not.
    Let’s assume for a moment that eye-of-Newt is intelligent. Great. Why would anyone vote for someone that uses that intelligence to lie to Americans about what is and is not consistent with the Constitution? Answer-because they don’t know and assume that a big lie must be true. How could anyone expect anyone to make such statements unless they were true. Worked for Hitler-The Big Lie Theory of propaganda.
    Even John McCain knows that water boarding is torture and torture is bad-Mkay. And torture does not work. Worse than that-it violates the Golden Rule. The price we will pay in bad karma has not even been calculated-the bill has not been sent…yet.
    Google- The Real Newt Gingrich and there you will find a 34 minute video exposing this polyp’s record.
    Google- Reality Check: Newt Gingrich Wrong Again – President’s Power to Assassinate. An 8 minute video that flushes this ass bite’s faulty logic back to the septic tank from where it came. I’m done with you Newt! And the visible candidates other than Paul spout the same nonsense. When I think of Bachmann, I can only come up with “Penis envy” for word association.
    Now a few words for Bill O… Fifteen Million Dollars a Year. To say…whatever. Done.
    I’m too angry to go on…I’m going out to the garage to “pow-wow” with my Everlast bag. I’m no tough guy…I practice with the bag because I’d probably get hurt sparring with a real person… and keeping anger in causes ulcers.
    PzOut!

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