ron paul speaking of political theater this is a video and it's ron paul asking ben bernanke in congress interrogating him very quickly if you could answer another question because i'm curious about this you know the price of gold today is fifteen hundred eighty dollars the dollar euro these last three years was neither you know almost fifty percent when you wake up in the morning you care about the price of gold but the price of gold but i think it reflects a lot of things and it reflects global uncertainties i think people are the reason people hold gold is a protection against what we call tail risk really really bad outcomes and to the extent that the last few years of me people move worried about potential of a major crisis then they have gold as a protection. money no but this is a fantastic video clip because it shows you really now forty years after the closure of the gold window it took forty years for wonks and policymakers and fed chairman to completely this is associate money from gold in their minds and this is the root of the global problem is that they think that their aca

if i haven't i was conservative event or, why would i vote for ron paul -- ron paul instead of .hicag> in 2003, he said explicitly that the housing bubble is going to get bigger and we will crash. is because we are subsidizing fannie mae and freddie mac and telling people to buy houses with no down payment. he has also been somebody who has been a little different than some republicans in that he believes our foreign policy should be constitutional. we should not go to war simply on the word of a president but you should have congressional debate and congressional authorization for war. that is what the constitution says. many in republican party are coming in his direction on this. the debate over libya really shows the influence of ron paul in the republican party. >> libya is supposed to be on the senate floor next week. you said you'd like to filibuster would it ever is on the floor to bring up the debt. does that mean you would filibuster a move to bring the libyan resolution to the floor? >> i have been one of the most vocal in the senate for debating libya and bring it to the f

two thousand and twelve i hate ron paul writers writes there is no point for ron paul serve another term in congress unless ron paul is elected president this country is doomed and even if ron paul wins the presidency this country is still probably doomed and corporatists that control congress will still be in power and will surely try their hardest to impede any dressing changes paul wants to make and finally an e-mail from an anonymous specialist that's the rank of specialist serving in the u.s. army first of all as a soldier i want to say thank you i've researched around and it seems or you're the only revolutionary if you will that isn't that a scandal your speech woke me up and i seen the revolutionary change and got me angry at the right people for a change i respect everything you're doing and i come to you with a question what can i as a soldier in the army do until nihilism is over after hearing that speech i shredded my old unit future as i removed the combat action badge from my ac use as well as the combat patch i had my parents and wife are moved out of th

right it's a good point let's go to side i think both of the individuals bernanke and ron paul were correct ron paul is right that the average american has not seen the benefit of the stimulus money that has been put to good use and we're seeing that in unemployment rates we're seeing that in the last luster g.d.p. growth and it's impacting middle america mainstreet very significantly they haven't reached the benefits of the last two years chairman bernanke is point in that they bailed out the financial institutions and they have the more and more solid footing that's correct as well so in many respects you've got wall street that's been successful you have large conglomerates that are posting record earnings but yet mainstream middle america you me we are not feeling it in jobs our incomes not expanding we are home values are still declining it's very much a different story when you talk to the man on the street and i think what you heard in that synopsis is ron paul representing the common man and ben bernanke he representing wall street both can be right but it still doesn't get us where do we ne

paul. >> ron paul? who sits at 9% in our poll. he doesn't ever grow, though, he just sits there.it for this edition of "the daily rundown." tomorrow on the show, among my guests democratic senator chris koonce. next is chris "jansing & co." then andrea mitchell, joining her debbie wasserman schultz who had quite a dust-up questioned with a tea party republican. see you tomorrow. in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all and knows what to keep in, and what to keep out. outsmart the threats. see how at cisco.com cisco. but it's our job to make them say something interesting. so how about this weekend we learn some new tricks of the trade... then break out our doing clothes and get rolling. let's use some paint that helps us get the job done in record time and makes a statement when we're finished. we're lowering the cost of a new favorite color. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. glidden premium

one candidate has always been true ron paul cut spending well into the budget no good. no deals ron paul has said no repeatedly to the question of raising the debt ceiling he and many others have raised the question is this necessary so i'm even asking is this all simply a scare tactic and to making some significant changes into the way this government spends its money also talk more about that i've got l. randall ray in annandale new york he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri and kansas city. well let's talk about this i know that you argue that in fact this notion of a shock doctrine you wrote that president obama has joined forces with republicans who want to use the debt limit to remove the last vestiges of f.d.r.'s new deal the last of the rooseveltian inspired programs social security medicare and medicaid and you say it's up to obama to kill those so talk about this i mean are we in the midst of a crisis that as everyone says we are. well we're in a credit created crisis but it's a political crisis not an economic crisis. we're sorry and government does not

paul after this. no idea. the ron paul crowd i think makes ron paul's candidacy very interesting if you know the reason because they're so loud. at all the debates and. i think it would be really sad if he you know just kind of gave up after that as we were arguing about it earlier and it was pointed out to me that he's kind of really old but at the same time you know he's just now starting to get legitimacy or he's in a he's in his seventy's but i mean sure it might be a little sad but i think you know he's leaving his son behind a couple other progeny so. he was made a difference here let's move on to another thing everybody is freaking out over what is said there from arizona to take a look. an arizona lawmakers under fire today after pointing a gun at a reporter that reporter arizona republic's richard ruelas says republican state senator laurie klein pulled out a grass very painful review ruger from her purse then pointed it out of his chest and think she must know what true story. she is she would be doing this if it was a reckless thing to do. i don't even know i like the fact that the gun was very pink

and in fact, ron paul, pawlenty and michele bachmann are sort of in this heat for third place. yet ron paulre money than michele bachmann, matt, but michele bachmann is getting way more attention, why? >> look. ron paul raised a lot of money last time. there are a lot of dedicated donors out there who are true believers. they go online and vote. that's why he wins all these online polls. they donated a lot of money to him. i think michele bachmann everybody knows has a much better chance of winning and winning iowa. let me say something about the real problem that tim paw lenty faces. this is very serious. this is a guy who was perceived as being a front runner early on. he has his major problem. it's sort of a catch-22. it's this, you can't raise money until you show that you're doing well in the polls. you have to spend money to do well in the polls, which means you don't have money which means you have to spend money. it is a vicious cycle. >> speak of money, according to "usa today" only one in five elite gop fundraisers who backed mccain have given any money to the 2012 republicans. th

will also be joined by robyn curnow who is leading the second wave of ron paul supporters into the g.o.p. and just in time for ron paul's announcement that he is all for the presidential race and will be returned to congress in two thousand and thirteen win or lose we've got violence in mexico a new facebook contest and a special appearance from our friends at anonymous. only on adam vs the man. how can one grow government impede individual liberty and claim to be conserving anything asking that same question is presidential candidate gary johnson who has taken a stand against the so-called family leader pledge that republican presidential candidates are being asked to sign you know the one that it least alludes to banning porn quote government should not be involved in the bedrooms of consenting adults i have always been a strong advocate of liberty and freedom from unnecessary government intervention into our lives the freedoms that our forefathers fought for in this country are sacred and must be preserved the republican party cannot be sidetracked into discussing these morally judgment the issues such a discussion i

flash back total from the entire campaign it back four years ago again ron paul until until the end of the primary season ron paul had more campaign contributions from active duty service members then all other primary candidates put together including barack obama back then so here's the latest. two thousand and eleven military donations we've got ron paul mitt romney cain and bachmann they're nice to have a little visual effect to put that in perspective. in mother russia your votes don't pick presidents presidents pick your own as that's not right that's not right in mother russia naked chicks the side elections it seems that while ron paul is inspiring scores of activists to build money bombs and take to the political cannons for his presidential primary battle russian pm vladimir putin is inspiring another kind of fan and that occasion stripping an all knowing campaign of unknown origin manifests into the intro abs and its message is simple young attractive girls should serve in support of a putin presidential run the video entitled putin's army appeared on the blog of a russian lawmaker this past weekend sh

will keep a close eye on what ron paul continues to do that was of course title senate representative and republican presidential candidate ron paul whether you like it or not the government is providing for those in need but the numbers and they stop you nearly two dollars out of every ten dollars that went into americans wallets last year were payments from the government my jobless benefits food stamps social security and disability that's according to a report by moody's analytics so what happens when steyn federal benefits run out by the end of this year could be a pretty dire situation joining me from more from our new york studio is economist and radio host richard wells hey there richard you know here in washington there is so much back and forth talk about what's best for the economic health of this country but the bottom line is real americans are going to be affected by whatever the decision is i guess i want to start out by asking you how you interpret by what we're seeing with all this conversation over the debt ceiling and what needs to change there. well i think to be brutally honest that neither side neither the pr

and the three you're talkg is mitt romney and ron paul, the libertarian candidate, and who is number three? >> number three would be tim pawlenty. but ron paul raised $4.5 million. that's very good number for ron paul. he's a long shot. texas congressman. great libertarian. following online. but tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota, raised less than that. $4.2 million. that number was a real surprise. because he had been working very hard to raise money. a lot of time in may was -- locked away behind closed doors. mitt romney at $18.3 million. way ahead of pawlenty who was supposed to be the alternative to romney. >> jeanne, what's the importance of these reports? if you're not a hard core politico type and watching these closely what does it he will you? >> first of all, in the past, in typical elections, they use these first reports to show strength. to gain momentum. and so there's always somebody going to come out on top. people knew romney probably would be that guy. even though he came in still $4 million less than what he raised in just 2007. but he is ahead. but pawlenty and the others, this is a breakaway moment. if pawlen

walking around with the sign that says who is ron paul i remember driving to vegas from san diego looking at a hillside that same question who is ron paulon the side of a hill i don't think anyone's asking that question this time around what do you think has changed in the four years that's made your name in your voice so much more prominence but i think a lot has happened i think we got a lot of the message out four years ago when people became aware of what i was saying and it was it was met with a lot of resistance there it was not accepted but because of what i was saying it became important because it. concerns i had for the economy were you know they are down and what happened we did have a financial crisis the foreign policy has gone to the dogs i mean we're still at war wars are being added and we're facing a bankruptcy the federal reserve has been on the defensive because we point out that the fed is so responsible for so much we've had so the the conditions of the country have changed dramatically but the the free market economists that i followed have been completely right on on their concerns and what's happening so it is a

one candidate has always been true ron paul could spread well into the budget deal. no deals ron paul has said no repeatedly to the question of raising the debt ceiling and many others have raised the question about whether it's necessary some even asking is this all simply a scare tactic into making some significant changes to the way this government spends its money to talk more about that i spoke earlier to l. randall rae professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city i asked him if we are in. in our close to a crisis and politicians say we are or is this all just hype here's his response. well we're in a. creative crisis but it's a political crisis it's not an economic crisis. but sovereign government does not face the solvency constraint if it does to bolt on debt it will be a political decision that's not going to be something that is forced by markets. so you think that this is perhaps just an excuse by you know the forces out there to to try to get rid of some of these new deal social security medicare medicaid. fortunately i think the democrats helped to cre

quarter totals so despite the naysayers representative ron paul seems to think the republican nomination for president could be in his grasp i spoke to ron paul just a short time ago and i asked him how he came to this decision not to seek reelection here's his response. well you know i didn't come to it lightly i've been thinking about it for quite a few bonds but thought the once i made my decision it was appropriate to. constituents know so i did talk to the newspaper this morning and really said that i would not run and that i would not be you know campaigning for two different offices i would concentrate on just the presidential run i'm wondering if you've got any pushback from people who say you know you've been serving us for nearly twenty four years if you don't win you know the presidential office you know we feel a little hurt that you're abandoning us have you have you heard anything like that well no but i guess if i did it would be flattery. no i haven't heard that of course you know it's it's only been out for a few months but nobody's indispensable that's what i know so somebody will have to fill you know. i will just be there

martha: alan colmes for ron paul. >> i like ron paul a lot. i happen to be a liberal democrat.a: if if you work hard and you can achieve success and happiness that would be what most of us consider to be the american dream. but there is a dropoff in the number of americans who think that dream is still attainable. our power panel will take on that issue next. a small neighborhood has a bookstore, then it gets taken over by borders and barnes and noble. but now they are in big trouble as well. are we seeing the death of the american bookstore. say it isn't so. maybe it is. we'll talk about that. and he's just 7 years old, this little boy. he doesn't play with toy cars. he decides to get behind the actual real thing. a not so smooth joyride is what fald. we'll show you next. >> reporter: where were you going? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: how did you learn how to drive? [ birds chirping ] [ male announcer get ready for e left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety

bill: alan, what do you think about ron paul's momentum? i like ron paulliberal-tarian, not a libertarian, but with his momentum i can't imagine the republicans giving him a nomination when he's out of sync with mainstream republicans even with the debt ceiling, most economists and mainstream republicans acknowledged we need to raise the debt ceiling and ron paul doesn't want to do that, consistent with his message we need to cut and have less government which i respect and understand, but, i can't imagine that he has enough momentum to overcome what is considered mainstream republicanism in the year 2011-2012, i can't see that happening. alisyn: mary katherine, talk about his fund-raising, he has been raising money in iowa and the latest campaign is called, cleverly, ready, ames, fire and he raised a respectable $5 million in the last quarter, does it make him less fringe? >> he's certainly raising a lot of money and when you are organizing, as "the new york times" reported he's getting buses and he can bus people into the straw poll and they are offering

pat buchanan was then the ron paul of the republican party, running hopeless campaigns for president that won him a lot more votes than ron paulould ever dream of. >> tim, did we factor buchanan into this at all? if republicans abandon dole, do they revive the buchanan candidacy? perhaps tim is taking a coffee break. that's okay. do you think buchanan can go to the convention now and say i'm still here? >> buchanan is doing that. he's in the paper today says ross perot can take my voters. what he means by that is republican party better pay attention to me or my voters are going to go to ross perot. that's a strong argument at this point, and the republican party has to desperately figure out what to do with buchanan. >> pat is going to say wait a minute, if bob dole drops down in a throe-way race, what difference would a four-way race make? i don't think that will happen in the end. pat buchanan wants to be president of the united states, he's going to run in 2000, he doesn't want to antagonize people by being disloyal, but with bob dole perceived as a "weak nominee," pat buchanan is going to give him a tough time at the conv

host: "the daily caller" has a story about ron paul, as our caller and also -- ron paul calls on supporters to lobby leadership for no compromise. ron paul blasted top house republicans for lack of called on supporters to pressure top g.o.p. officials not to cut a back room deal with president obama. in an e-mail sent thursday evening to supporters of his presidential bid he couraged backers to help republican leaders make up their mind. the republican leadership is us is exceptible -- susceptible to our pressures. i need help to show some backbone and say no to any business is usual status quo to raise the debt ceiling. that's ron paul today. a few e-mails from viewers. host: next phone call from detroit. joseph, republican. good morning. caller: thank you. the first thing i'm shocked about is the only place they can kind places for reduction of expenses is the social security. the whole budget has to have millions of things in there for cutting back costs and they keep picking on social security. that's -- i have no idea, trying to figure that out that just aggravates me. and then the oth

ron paul and michele bachmann. she said it didn't go far enough. ron paul said it was an empty promise. the presidential contenders are urging a hard line without offering any specifics. gwen: because they don't have to. >> they don't have to and if they do they run the danger of getting crossways with the establishment republicans who are terrified of a default, and the tea party. so they're essentially merely arguing pretty much of a hard line. about the president himself? do you think his political fortunes have improved in the last two weeks? gwen: we saw a poll today that has him at 40% approval, the lowest of his presidency. >> he was at the lowest last week at 43%, weekly average, 40% now. gwen: is this about disapproval of the president's handling of this or are the sides dirtying each other up. >> the gallup poll on both parties is bad, so it's pox on both your houses. >> he's managed to alienate his base, antagonize his foes and not accomplish his goals and you can see the frustration in his conversation. gwen: whose base is the most unhappy tonight? >> this is the central que

ron paul, mr. obama beats paul by 4 points. 41% to 37%. >>> time is 7:47.alls for an oregon congressman to resign after a california teenager accused him of an unwanted sexual encounter. the report that he was involved with the 18-year-old daughter of a friend and campaign donor in california. it reportedly happened during a visit over thanksgiving. according to the oregonen, the democratic representative said it was consensual. >>> a retired army general has died. he was one of president clinton's military advisers. he retired a stroke in 2004 and died yesterday from complications. he was 75 years old. >>> walter reed army medical center is preparing to close its doors. a farewell ceremony will be held on wednesday. the hospital will close down for good in mid-september. the facility is more than a century old and has served presidents and thousands of wounded troops. in 2007, the hospital was found to have substandard conditions and long waits. patients will sooning treated at a new hospital in bethesdamaryland, that will also be named walter reed. >>> ab

$50,000,000.20000000 dollars, the next four candidates according to these figures, tim pawlenty, ron paul, jon pawlenty, ron paulntsman, that does not even add up to 15 million. it is still seen as a slow money raising cycle? guest: because mitt romney had done the things that were necessary to get off to a fast start. relative to the rest of the field, however, when you look at this point in the 2008 cycle, mitt romney raised more than $20 million. rudy giuliani, $17 million. john mccain, the eventual nominee, $11 million. three big guns out front, competing against an open democratic field, we did not know that president obama's fund-raising operation would be the juggernaut that it turned out to be. at that point, with an unknown opponent, there was more fund- raising by individual candidates and folks using the gop nomination than we see at this point in a comparable cycle where we do know who the opponent is going to be. they know that money will be important and yet the numbers are substantially behind. it is disappointing. it has to be a letdown for the republican field. host: kenneth vogel we're talking

i let one last question finally the latest polls show that ron paul could possibly beat barack obama twenty twelve is it too late for ron paul and his promise to end the fed i.r.s. cia for military bases except. yes i do know that let me give you the short answer that a very slightly longer one which is now i don't think we have time for the longer i know very quick don't go anywhere near the government do you don't want to be promoted to captain of the titanic after the ship is just about to go down because in all anyone will remember as a libertarian was in power when everything went down it will discredit freedom for another thousand years so i say stupidly of the mess stand back speak the truth don't get involved all right steven miller thanks so much again for being back on the kaiser report thanks to all that's all the time we have for this week oh the kaiser report with me max kaiser i want to thank my guests stefan molyneux if you want to send me an e-mail please this kaiser report r d t v are you until next time this is max kaiser saying buy off. tonight belgium's breakup blues irreconcilable differences between the

all right one last question finally the latest polls show that ron paul could possibly beat barack obama points ralf is it too late for ron paul has promised and the fan i.r.s. cia foreign military bases etc yes. i you know that it let me give you the short answer that a very slightly longer one which is i don't think we have time for the longer one i know for a quick don't go anywhere near the government you don't want to be promoted to captain of the titanic after the ship is just about to go down because then all anyone will remember as a libertarian was an hour when everything went down it was just credit freedom for another thousand years so i say stupid of the mess stand back speak the truth don't get involved all right stephen dollar thanks so much again for being back on the kaiser report page all that's all the time we have for this week oh the kaiser report with me max kaiser our thank my guest stefan nolen if you want to send me an e-mail please this kaiser report r t t v are you at all like scientists and nice guys are saying by our. home.

only meant about one point five million and as for the ron paul liberty loving freedom movement we have this is a quote from ron paul we have raised four have million dollars in the second fiscal quarter of two thousand and eleven we are making history once again never our lifetimes have we seen such a grassroots movement for individual liberty sound money and interventionism and you actually see his donation figure as they come in at ron paul two thousand and twelve. and when we come back we'll have a special announcement from anonymous and some long words from virginia beach engaging in civil disobedience tomorrow we'll see if i'm up for rolling along with stay tuned you're watching out of vs the met. life the world the fear mongering used by politicians who make decisions compelled to breakthrough had to put it made who can you trust no one who is you maybe you do with the global mission that we see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called. when nobody dares to ask we do you are a key question morning. you know sometimes you see a story of the six so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse s

ron paul could possibly beat back. obama twenty twelve is it too late for ron paul as promised and the fat i.r.s. cia for military bases except for a yes i do know that. a short answer that a very slightly longer one which is now i don't think we have time for the longer one i know very quick don't go anywhere near the government do you don't want to be promoted to captain of the titanic after the ship is just about to go down because then all anyone will remember as a libertarian was in power when everything went down it was discredit freedom for another thousand years so i say stupid of the mass stand back speak the truth don't get involved all right stephen miller thanks so much again for being back on the kaiser report thanks all that's all the time we have for this week oh the car's a report with me max kaiser i want to thank my guests stefan molyneux if you want to send me an e-mail please this is the report r.g.t. argue until next time this is nice guys are saying. brightening. from silence to. start on t.v. don't come. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice

. >>> republican hopeful ron paul is on the campaign trail. paul has been focused on the nation's growing deficit and says the debt ceiling should not be increased. fellow gop mitt romney show the former massachusetts governor has $12.7 million in cash reserves, that is three times more than his closest rival, congresswoman michele bachmann and the reports show that romney raised $18 million in the past three months. >>> the feared carmageddon traffic jakjam has yet to materialize in los angeles. hal eisner with a close-up look at the construction project and joins us live from look. it's been smooth sailing. >> reporter: absolutely, some calling it carmaheaven instead of carmageddon. tabe a look at some of the work going on. it's so interesting to look at and i if any it's just construction work and heavy- duty equipment, but you never see this on our freeways in los angeles, where all the cars were told to go somewhere else. they have shut down ten miles of the freeway, all because they have widening the freeway and to widen the freeway, you have

ron paul could possibly be fair. obama two thousand and twelve is it too late for ron paul his promised and the i.r.s. cia for military bases etc i guess i do know that you have let me give you a short answer that a very slightly longer one which is now i think we have time for a longer one i know very quick don't go anywhere near the government you don't want to be promoted to captain of the titanic after the ship is just about to go down because then all anyone will remember as a libertarian was in power when everything went down it was credit freedom for another thousand years so i say stupid of the man stand back speak the truth don't get involved all right stephen all there thanks once again for being back on the kaiser report thanks all that's all the time we have for this week oh if the kaiser report with me max kaiser i want to thank my guest. if you want to send me an e-mail please this is a report at r g t v are you at all next time this is my starter saying i are. bringing you the latest in science technology from the realm of. the future covered. the official policy of the case joining so

paul is elected president i mean i liked it right i think he just kind of put some policies adds to shame he just one upped him but i'm wondering about a little unconventional for ron paul who all of the usually is the unconventional candidates start just doing the same all of hollywood where thing that everyone else is yeah i actually checked out some of his videos from last time and they look like kind of local cable thrown together commercials for carpet stores or whatnot so this is actually a big step for him this is like produce and i half expected to see i half expect to see it for harry potter tonight and you know i really could use some explosions maybe some gun fire a car chase i don't know i mean it is a little sad to see ron paul moving away from his you know shoelace kind of low budget production values that i really came to love about ron paul he's just kind of you know i think he's i think he's been turned by the washington establishment making big bucks in hollywood so we'll see how this is go big or go home oh maybe because we know he had als that he's not going to run again for his congressional seat that's going to put all his eggs in the basket of the presidency. right now so it's just go big or go home here it is apocalypse but we're talking about him so i guess like he's with us just like how we arrived at the conclusion that his anti-establishment is so ridiculously establishment absolute because everything is saying it is still anti-social because he's saying go for your convictions and do not compromise which at the end of the day i'm assuming we are going to compromise although it's kind of a big headache right now this whole debt ceiling debacle of the next thing also g.o.p. presidential candida

one last question finally the latest poll saying that ron paul could possibly beat barack obama in two thousand and twelve is it too late for ron paul has promised an affair i.r.s. cia foreign military bases etc yes i do know that if you let me give you a short answer then a very slightly longer one which is that i think we have talked a lot oh i know very quick don't go anywhere near the government do you don't want to be promoted to captain of the titanic after the ship is just about to go down because in all anyone will remember as a libertarian was in power when everything went down it was discredit freedom for another thousand years so i say stupidly of the mess stand back speak the truth don't get involved. all right stephen molineaux thank so much again for being back on the car is a report at thanks all that's all the time we have for this week oh the cars the report with me max kaiser i want to thank my guests stefan molyneux if you want to send me an e-mail please this at kaiser report at r t t v are you at all like sinus and nice guys are saying why are. the official. i pod touch from the dumpster. like. the. old girl. sa