largely ignored by the mainstream media now in our earlier broadcast i spoke with journalist michael tracey on wrong paul's prediction of the direction our country is headed here's what he had to say . this of this is something that ron paul for quite a while i think i remember an interview with him in two thousand and seven where he said that you know the state of the country is too soft fascism so i don't think he's trying to say that the united states is on a path to ask. suppression. you know the way that he characterizes the situation i think speaks to a growing apprehension that a lot of people have about the country is headed in i think you know ron paul has gained traction not because he's remarks but because he you know shoots from the hip and some of the that as you say the growing apprehension and some of those concerns have been articulated in the last several months by the occupy wall street movement i wondering michael do you think that paul is sort of reaching out to these people letting them know people who identify themselves as the ninety nine percent versus the one percen

media so we thought we'd take some time to talk about this more in-depth let's go to journalist michael tracey in montclair new jersey michael as someone who has yet to win a primary in this campaign these are seen by some people as strong words derogatory words even offensive by many why do you think ron paul felt the need to say this about the direction that the u.s. is heading. this is something that ron paul saying for quite a while i think i remember an interview with him in two thousand and seven where he said that you know the state of the country is too soft fascism so i don't think he's trying to say that the united states is on a path to or ask. suppression. you know the way that he characterizes the situation i think speaks to a growing apprehension that a lot of people have about where the country is headed and i think you know ron paul has gained traction not because he's and remarks but because he you know shoots from the hip and some of the that as you say the growing apprehension and some of those concerns have been articulated in the last several months by the occupy wall stre