CNN’s Martin Defends Ron Paul
Rudy Giuliani was widely praised for his demagogic smackdown of Ron Paul during the second Republican debate, feigning shock and outrage at Paul's explanation of "blowback." But Giuliani's performance, while a crowd-pleaser, exposed the superficiality of his terror-fighting credentials. As CNN's Roland Martin writes: "Giuliani must be an idiot to not have heard Paul's rationale before."Rudy Giuliani was widely praised for his demagogic smackdown of Ron Paul during the second Republican debate, feigning shock and outrage at Paul’s explanation of “blowback.” But Giuliani’s performance, while a crowd-pleaser, exposed his terror-fighting credentials as a farce. As CNN’s Roland Martin writes: “Giuliani must be an idiot to not have heard Paul’s rationale before. That issue has been raised countless times in the last six years by any number of experts.”
Wait, before you go…CNN:
After watching all the network pundits laud Giuliani, it struck me that they must be the most clueless folks in the world.
First, Giuliani must be an idiot to not have heard Paul’s rationale before. That issue has been raised countless times in the last six years by any number of experts.
Second, when we finish with our emotional response, it would behoove us to actually think about what Paul said and make the effort to understand his rationale.
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