Ron Paul finally speaks! (MSNBC)

[ColbertWatcher]

He is saying "we" are looking forward to helping people.

He even mentioned "federal money".

Does anyone know if the Constitution specifically mentioned federal money helping after hurricanes?

:sarcasm:

(EDITED TO ADD) P.S. Ron Paul is congressman for the Texas district that includes Galveston.

[Fran Kubelik]

1. Saw that.

He's got such a cheesy grin.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. And he's such a tool.

He has built his reputation on "Libertarian" (read: GOP-lite) ideologies and now he is faced with reality.

I wonder how he will consolidate the two.

[FLAprogressive]

7. His fans are worse

The way they idolize this dominionist, paleoconservative loon is sickening.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. They're misguided idealists.

They read Ayn Rand in HS and can't wait for Angelina Jolie to star in Atlas Shrugged (//www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/).

[MiniMe]

2. I thought Libertarians would just tell Congress "no"

Don't you agree Charlie?

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Yeah, I know.

He's gonna have a little struggle with that cognitive dissonance that's gonna slap him in the face, if it hasn't already.

[AlinPA]

5. ..or "Thanks, but No Thanks, Charleee"

[beac]

8. More likely, "No Thanks, but THANKS, taxpayers!" n/t

[FLAprogressive]

6. Hmm...I started a thread about him earlier

How he didn't vote for federal $$ after Katrina.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Right! I bet he sings a different tune now. n/t

[pokerfan]

11. Ron Paul in 2006

"Is bailing out people that chose to live on the coastline a proper function of the federal government?"

"Why do people in Arizona have to be robbed in order to support the people on the coast?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800966.html

[ColbertWatcher]

12. The Education of "Dr." Paul. Finally. Let's see if it takes. n/t

[pokerfan]

13. I will give him credit for predicting the housing crisis back in 2002

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr071602.htm

But of course it's different when it comes to his constituents. I hope someone throws his words from 2006 back in his face.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. He predicted a housing crisis in 2002? What did he do with this knowledge? n/t

[pokerfan]

15. The repugs (aka the looters) didn't care for his proposals

but as a member of the house finance committee, he does get to kick Bernanke in the balls on a periodic basis. There are some amusing youtubes out there.

Lots of people predicted this five or even more years ago. What did anyone do?

[ColbertWatcher]

16. "What did anyone do?"

I posted a poll earlier asking Who bears the most responsibility for the economy? and it seems the blame is goes to "the weakened regulatory agencies".

Gee, I wonder who weakened them?

Perhaps that's what people did: weaken the regulatory agencies!