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Former Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul on State of the Union and the need for limited government.
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-- if only someone who really believed in limited government.
Someone who respects the dignity of the individual.
Individual freedom if only someone like Ron Paul would run for president.
-- he's here via satellite doctor Paul what are you run for president.
Well -- John that's interesting because I had a dream once I actually did and I had a dream that we I was doing very well.
And that guy won the primary in Iowa and -- look up that next morning I went out and watch -- TV.
My name was never mentioned so I guess it was all just a dream but -- thought about it so maybe someday I will.
And hence the point it -- joking introduction you were often ignore it by.
Not this program but many in the media but you did get in the Republican primary more than two million votes.
Yeah sounds pretty pleased of course.
You know well he always want to do better.
But I was very encouraged by the number of people especially the young people that showed up when I went to the university is that's where I have become.
More optimistic I have to admit I did watch some of the city in -- tonight.
And I didn't come out of watching that -- -- domestic that was rather depressing.
But it would go to college campuses which I will continue to do.
There's reason to be optimistic a lot of young people no way.
You have been talking about and so many others say it's so different than it was my first -- in -- politics in 1970.
A lot of people now do care about individual liberty.
And and limited government.
And you didn't attend many states of the union EU and a few other congressman it was.
I don't blame really just -- some of these guys show up ten hours early to be at the end of the IL so they can get their faces on TV it's a big suck.
Fast.
Thought it was terrible I watched a little bit of that tonight and I keep thinking of -- I mean it's it's like a circus a joyous occasion.
In rushing in nearing getting -- seasonality.
They'll go in there and occupy the seat they are very early on -- hours and hours before.
But the jumping up and down in the ritual that they go through.
Should the Republicans get up on this -- should they sit on my hands all this is one where everybody gets up and down.
And it sounds like the world has been saved if you if you are locked in just being on that floor it would be so distorted.
But that's about the way Washington isn't so distorted that I live in their own little bubble.
In -- don't know that there's anybody like you or anybody -- your audience that might have questions about what's going on in this country -- certain.
I'm reading getting answers tonight.
And I -- that it is no requirement that they hold these.
-- celebrations.
That the constitution just says the president -- from time to time -- give congress information on the state of the union.
Thomas Jefferson wrote -- is and that's what happened for a hundred years George Washington said 800 words.
Obama -- several thousand words.
That the press -- mean I'm I'm I'm gonna drop that are there are younger members of congress now you have retired other younger people who give you hope.
Oh yes certainly the numbers aren't great -- you know there's -- six to twelve that are gonna do a very good job and -- a lot more.
Then there had been -- -- -- -- many years and I was there so that's that's very encouraging.
But you you -- doors of blue -- representative -- on March senator Ted Truman.
Thomas Massie and take your whole Harry -- -- -- low Steve Stockman.
Yeah -- and that's that's a real good that's a real good start.
And we do need a lot more bad that the truth -- I don't think weakens after listen to a speech like that you -- should be convinced that this spending isn't going to quit before we have a calamity that's what I think's gonna happen.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't stop trying to change people's minds.
But to think that next year and -- two years from now we're gonna have.
More members of congress who were finally gonna come to our -- -- -- we're gonna vote against some of this largesse for all the special interest and we're gonna bring our troops home.
And they're going to repeal.
And restrain the president from assassinating American citizen his his so called right to do that.
That's not gonna happen there's going to be a serious problem economic and a crisis here.
-- there will be a decision made by the people mostly the young people right now they're in college and getting out of college and what kind of a system we have.
We have an -- it's been around -- -- the constitution.
-- if we would go in that direction once again we could solve some of our -- But right now is not going to be gradual I think we're it's inevitable we're gonna have this financial crisis which is going to be very very serious.
