Politics

Ron Paul on Bill Moyers Tonight

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Check your local listings for Bill Moyers Journal, but here's the big item for tonight's show, which is an interview with Ron Paul:

Perhaps the biggest surprise development of the election cycle is the grassroots potency of the Ron Paul (R-TX) campaign. Just days after raising over $4 million on the Internet in one day, the Libertarian Congressman joked during a debate:

"We're struggling to figure out how to spend the money. This country is in a revolution. They're sick and tired of what they're getting, and I happen to be lucky enough to be part of it."

Representative Paul has since broken his own fundraising record, collecting over $6 million in less than 24 hours in mid-December. Although official reports aren't due until January 31st, most analysts agree that Paul likely collected more money than any other Republican candidate in the 4th quarter.

More info here. Look for Moyers to be critical but very sympathetic to many of Paul's issues and concerns.

reason on Ron Paul here.

Me on Moyers' show last year.

Is it just me, or does Ron Paul look a bit like Timothy Leary, who raised money for the Texan's LP presidential run in '88?