Gillespie Takes on O’Reilly
I just finished watching the O’Reilly factor where Nick Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief for Reason Magazine, discussed the exclusion of Ron Paul from the upcoming Fox News debate/Interviews — which, by the way, is absurd given that Dr. Paul is polling higher than Giuliani in Iowa and Fred Thompson in New Hampshire; both of whom will be included.
Gillespie stood his ground and did a relatively good job of defending Ron Paul’s non-interventionist foreign policy which frightens Bill. He also defended the right of Fox News, a subsidiary of a private corporation, to exclude any candidate they choose, for whatever reason.
here’s the balanced discussion(?)…90% Bill and 10% his guest:
O’Reilly followed that segment with another attack on Ron Paul. The guest, a retired Lt. Colonel, used the typical approach of calling Ron Paul a lunatic (or something to that extent). He then implied that others before him have had the same crazy ideas, and they ultimately led to the attacks on 9/11.
The attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, are a prime example of the retaliation by extremists that are irritated by the unwarranted (not to imply that their actions were just) intervention in foreign affairs. The attacks occurred during a period when our foreign intervention is at its most intrusive levels in history. Why would anyone use this as an example of the failure of non-intervention? Those responsible for the attack — undoubtedly deserving to be brought to justice regardless of their intentions — gave explicit reasons for the attack, and it had everything to do with our meddling in their affairs: Affairs that were no threat to our national security.
I’ll be renewing my subscription to Reason Magazine and continuing to regard Fox News as a poor source for accurate, unbiased reporting.