Political comedy gold with Ron Paul on the Morton Downey Jr. show circa 1988. It really gets cranking about five minutes in. Downey tells Paul he'd puke on him if he were in the Oval Office. But don't worry, Paul gets right into the flow of the ranting and raving show geared toward getting people to scream at one another. It looks like he gets so into it, he starts hamming it up at some points. Charlie Rangel even does a quick call in.
The topic is drug legalization and, yes, Paul does claim that George Bush and the CIA are drug dealers to finance their illegal wars.
Poor ol' nutty fruitcake...
Posted by: Ragspierre | Friday, January 13, 2012 at 04:50 PM
Actually, the CIA's extensive record of playing footsie with drug-dealers is extremely well-documented, dating back to the original 1972 version of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia.
Most of Ron Paul's conspiricism is typical off-the-deep-end stuff. But even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Posted by: Paul Rosenberg | Friday, January 13, 2012 at 05:47 PM
So the guy in the shades must be Romney.
Posted by: Jill | Friday, January 13, 2012 at 08:50 PM
Ann Althouse posted Paul on Firing Line with WFB.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/ron-paul-interviewed-by-william-f.html
Buckley and Paul, Ron.
Posted by: notquiteunBuckley | Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:27 PM
They were, and are, drug dealers. The whole war on drugs, is just a way to prop up the value of the drugs. Ron is utterly correct. Americans just don't want to hear the truth.
Posted by: Xiaoding | Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Ron Paul is now ready for the attic. He is an ANGRY WHITE MAN for sure & has been
always koo koo in the la la.
Posted by: Totally Domestic | Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 08:41 PM
"Ron Paul is now ready for the attic. He is an ANGRY WHITE MAN for sure & has been
always koo koo in the la la."
Are we to take you seriously?
Anyone who doubts the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking doesnt remember former LA Police Officer Mike Ruppert Confronted CIA Director John Deutch on Drug Trafficking On November 15, 1996 on CSPAN in town hall style meeting after the crack epidemic of the 90's. Here's the actual footage, watch it yourself. Watch the former director nervously stammer and give illogical responses.
http://youtu.be/UT5MY3C86bk
Posted by: Sander | Friday, January 27, 2012 at 12:37 PM