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LIE:Ron Paul
is a member of the so-called "9/11 Truth Movement." TRUTH:Ron Paul
has never said anything supporting the ideas promoted in the “9/11 Truth
Movement, and in fact has said that he doesn’t see any factual basis for such
claims. The
so-called “9/11 Truth Movement” is a movement that started almost immediately
after the events of September 11th, 2001, and promotes the belief that the
United States was directly responsible for the attacks on that day; that the
government in one manner or another orchestrated the events of that day for
its own ends. This belief has become more and more popular, mainly via the
Internet, but also through rallies and other grassroots communications, and
popularized by the documentary “Loose
Change” and distributions such as websites, documentaries, and radio
programs produced by Alex Jones and Alex Jones Productions, including InfoWars.com and PrisonPlanet.com. Without getting
into the legitimacy of such claims, the point is that Dr. Ron Paul himself has
never said anything promoting such claims. His being labeled as a
part of this movement instead stems from 1)
his comments made about blowback in the 2)
his appearances on Alex Jones radio program, and 3)
the fact that
a percentage of Ron Paul’s supporters
personally believe in some form of
a conspiracy surrounding 9/11. His
comments about blowback have already been addressed in another article, but suffice
it to say that Ron Paul never said that the As
far as appearing on Alex
Jones’ radio program, or the fact that Ron Paul has supporters who
subscribe to 9/11 conspiracies, neither of those, clearly, have any bearing
on Ron Paul’s own views on the matter. Rather it is an issue of being “guilty
by association.” The fact of the matter is that questions about the events of
September 11th are being asked by more and more people, and the people
suspected of involvement are often neo-conservatives who are in power. This
is not to say those views are correct, but it still translates to more votes
from a specific segment of the American people, especially for a candidate
that is at direct odds with the administration, and those that support that
administration. Thus, difference in political views plays a role. Furthermore,
the idea that because Ron Paul has been interviewed on a certain show,
somehow translates to the person being interviewed holding the same views as
the interviewer, hardly even deserves discussion. Interviewing provides a
forum for a person to discuss their views, their personality, etc. There are
countless times when a person is interviewed because that crowd happens to
agree with them on a certain issue or issues, or even when that person being
interviewed is at complete odds with the views of that show’s audience or
host. Ron Paul has also been interviewed on ”Real Time” with Bill Maher,
”The
Colbert Report” with Stephen Colbert, ”The
Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, by Tucker Carlson on MSNBC,
various shows on CNN, including ”Lou Dobbs Tonight” and
“CNN Sunday Spotlight”,
and various shows on Fox News including “Red Eye” with Greg Gutfeld
and “The Neil Cavuto
Show” with Neil Cavuto. With that same kind of logic, one could easily
insinuate that, simply by his appearances on those shows, Ron Paul must agree
with all of the views put forth on all of those shows and
networks, including Fox News! The reasons viewers of Alex Jones’ radio
program have such interest in and support for Dr. Paul is completely
unrelated to 9/11, but instead have to do with Ron Paul’s stances against the
war in Iraq, abuses by the executive branch under the Bush administration
(and the risk of abuses by succeeding presidents), issues with the legality
of the Federal Reserve, and the invasion of privacy and other attacks on
people’s rights by the government, among other topics of discussion. Ron
Paul has never said anything remotely to indict the |
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