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Ron Paul's latest silly statement
Jim Geraghty, National Review

Hot Air has the video, here's the transcript, of Ron Paul's reaction to Mike Huckabee's Christmas ad, given a short while ago on Fox News:

STEVE DOOCY: Mike Huckabee has started running an ad in Iowa, where you're at right now, also in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in the back, it's a windowpane but it also looks a lot like a cross. And, and, we had a guest a little while ago who said it was inappropriate to be using religion for political purposes. Congressman, I'm just curious what you think?

RON PAUL: Well, I haven't thought about it completely,
. . . but that won'ts stop me!
but you know, it reminds me of what Sinclair, uh, Lewis once said, he said "when Fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross."
So Ron agrees with the Rosie O'Donnell view of Christianity, eh? Kinda goes hand-in-hand with the anti-Semitisim.
I don't know whether that's a fair assessment or not,
"Oh crap!" Ron thought to himself, "did I just call Christians fascists? In a Republican primary? Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB! Gotta think of something!"
but you wonder about using a cross like he is the only Christian, or implying that subtly. So, uh, I don't think I would ever use anything like that.

DOOCY: So, uh, Congressm-- you know, uh, Governor Huckabee is not selling fascism.
"God, are you a blithering idiot!" Steve thought to himself, mustering every ounce of his self control to maintain some semblance of journalistic detatchment.
He's -- simply sending out a Christmas message, anyway, just curious how you felt about that. Congressman, if you would sit right there in Des Moines just for a moment, we're going to take a quick time out...

Advice to Ron Paul: better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

Personally, I don't get why everyone's all spun up about the Huckabee ad. It's pleasant, inoffensive (unless you find Christanity offensive), scores some warm fuzzy points for the candidate, and he obviously means what he says--and I say that as someone who will not vote for him.

Posted by: Mike 2007-12-19
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