Posted by
Catmman on Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:16:04 AM
Deciding to put a different spin on the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Here's the "only man who can save America" explaining he hasn't the time to deal with any new 9/11 investigation. It's too controversial and he's got too much to deal with. Watch the video:
Ron Paul has never specifically come out and said he's a "truther" per se. He has
shown solidarity with "Truther"organizations, not to mention his continued presence on Alex Jones' radio show, Alex Jones being the nations pre-eminent 9/11 Truther. He has stated that the reason for the 9/11 attacks was American involvement in the middle east, most famously during
a 2007 presidential debate. Ron Paul hasn't said he isn't a "Truther", but he definately exudes "
trutheriness".
Note: This clip is also demonstrative of Paul's "bi-polariness" (if you'll excuse the reference). Up until he addresses the 9/11 stuff, he sounds alright and makes some good points. When he addresses the 9/11 issues, he sounds like a wacko. It's almost a Jekyl-Hyde type reaction. This is Ron Pauls main problem. His embrace of wackos (and at least sympathy of their position) undermines what would otherwise be positions that make some sense. You can be 100% right about the IMF or the Federal Reserve, but the minute you start blamining America for everything and embace stories of the government pepetrating 9/11, your points about monetary policy are lost in the static of your conspiracist insanity.
Even if you were to say Ron Paul isn't a Truther, his evasion to the question is typical of a career politician who doesn't want to be nailed down by giving a specific answer. He has advocated a new investigation into 9/11, yet now has too much to deal with to investigate 9/11? Is that the answer of a responsible man truly interested in getting to the bottom of the murder of 3.000 Americans, or a career pol covering his butt?
Here is a real man dealing with a conspiracist nutcase:
Calling a man like Buzz Aldrin a "coward and a liar" isn't real smart. Of course the guy thinks we didn't land on the moon and that the whole program was a vast government conspiracy. Conspiracists like 9/11 truthers and those who think the moon landing were faked are sad, stupid people.
Here we have a study in the improper and proper response to their nonsense. One man, who obviously sympathizes with the nutjobs, and another man who won't stand for their nonsense and insults. If Ron Paul had an ounce of the courage Mr. Aldrin does, he wouldn't abide by the nonsense of the "truthers". As a politician, it wouldn't be smart to haul off and kick the crap out of them (though it would be deserved), but even embracing their nonsense belies the guys underpinning sympathy for their beliefs.