Raw Story and Reason.com on the Iowa Caucus

Megan Carpentier (Exec. Editor of the progressive Raw Story) and Matt Welch (Editor in Chief of the libertarian Reason.com) discuss the results of the Iowa Caucus vote

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Iowa
• Ron Paul
• Iowa Caucuses
• libertarian
• progressive

[dayadog]

WHY ARE THE TOP COMMENTS REMOVED AND DIFFERENT ONES PUT IN THERE??? AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL OF "NEWS". THIS IS JUST BIZARRE. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?

[TheRealNews]

@dayadog We have no control over this. It's a function of You Tube.

[TheGoyChannel]

Wow, fake "progressive" Megan Carpentier sounds just like the neocons with her mealy-mouthed, bullshit double speak. Just say it, Megan. Just say that you support Israehell even though it's not in America's best interest. Quit pretending you have any other concerns about "foreign policy."

Neither of these lame bloggers are articulate. They don't do TRN justice.

STOP ALL FUNDING TO ISRAEL. TOMORROW.

[1960HONEYBUNNY]

DO NOT DONATE TO THIS NETWORK BEFORE WATCHING SEVERAL VIDEOS. Maybe

Megan is bitter about having an abortion in her past. I don't know. It's obvious she does not represent the mainstream Republicans. She is behind the Republican "Establishmen" all the way! .

This Real News is no different than cnn msmbc nbc abc fox or any of our other bought out media!

[hadith04]

SANTORUM beat ron paul, because he want ZERO tax on manufacturers.

[bbburton]

@dayadog Preaching to the choir, my friend. I'm with Ron Paul all the way. So what are you carping about?

[mcwong1]

Stay focussed: Ron Paul CAN stop the wars and PREVENT war w/Iran. These are Presidential wars; the President can stop them.

Paul CAN NOT take action on his own in the areas the Left are worried about -- those are Congressional areas Paul would never be able to act on.

He CAN stop the wars; he CAN'T stop domestic policy, because Congress would override him.

Choose: Republican warmonger candidates, a sitting President engaging in those wars -- or Ron Paul, the only anti-war candidate.

[soulwam]

just wanted to comment from the UK, on the discussion about Ron Paul. Its a relief to hear conversation about the issues and the dynamics of the process. Here in the UK, the mainstream political debates are childish, with much from the BBC being simplistic posturing.

So thank you Paul Jay for your approach and thank you to Ron Paul for his brave insistence on the issues.

[randumbusername]

Ron Paul is against assassinating US citizens, against NDAA, want to end drug war.

Progressive: but those newsletters.

Hey when you are assassinated, locked up for drugs, or have to live with the possibility of killing an innocent person in a war that is of no interest to your country, smile, those newsletters trump all of that.

[randumbusername]

Love to see the bloated one defend Obama's associations. Betcha she says you are being unfair. Luckily for her the corporate media the left loves to gripe about is protecting their guy.

[mtanousable]

@dayadog Well, technically, a corporation is a group of people - like a union, or a PAC, or an advocacy group like MADD. My solution to the problem of money in politics is rather simple - transparency. If you don't like, say Wal-mart, donating to candidate X, then you stop going to Wal-mart. If they would rather get that guy elected than your business, then they both have less money for that election and profit. The real problem, IMO, is UNIONS, as they can force you to join in some states.

[OzarkAggie]

The attitude that being pro-life is anti-women is preposterous when Gallup's most recent shows that 51% of women are pro-life, and 42% pro-choice. (+/- 3 points)

Further the civil liberties issue goes to the heart of libertarian principles, and that's not just for men. Perhaps Ms Carpentier should consider that without our civil liberties the right to abortion can be curtailed as well. Links to this video were pulled by Raw Story after only 4 comments.