“Those who try to remain viable in the mainstream by denigrating 9-11 research or aiding and abetting other conspiracies of silence end up with neither victory nor a clean conscience, as the case of the defunct Ron Paul campaign demonstrates, says Jason Erb at Faux Capitalist.
“Lee Rogers of Live Free or Die Radio on Oracle Broadcasting has been at the forefront in the true alternative media in questioning whether Ron Paul’s campaign has been intentionally set up to fail, in saying that he wasn’t supporting Ron Paul in 2012 because of what happened in 2008.
Lee Rogers is no armchair quarterback when it comes to Ron Paul, as he conducted an interview with him in the run-up to the 2008 campaign, and he later revealed that Ron Paul said he had asked him tough questions.
Since Ron Paul didn’t win the nomination, the argument that Ron Paul should throw 9/11 under the bus again in 2012 is moot, since he didn’t win, regardless.
On April 29, 2011, I posed the question, will Ron Paul throw 9/11 Truth under the bus again, like he did in 2008?, and was met with a mostly hostile reaction on RonPaulForums.com. While I didn’t hear of him throwing it under the bus in 2012, he also didn’t embrace it or even say that those seeking a full independent account of what happened on 9/11 had some legitimate points in doubting the official story.
The fact that avoiding 9/11 Truth didn’t win him the nomination confirms the futility of that strategy, and the same strategy of any subsequent libertarian presidential candidate. To say that if he had embraced 9/11 Truth, he would’ve lost even more is like saying that it’s better to lose less in a contest where winning is the goal and there’s only room for one winner.
Dr. Stan Monteith has said that “most of the conservative organizations have been infiltrated,” and I don’t think Ron Paul’s campaign is any different.”
That is hardly a revelation. Conservative movements have been infiltrated, for sure. The real news is that so has the libertarian movement. At least, that is the mildest interpretation of events.
I for one think it is much worse. I think many “libertarian” leaders are controlled opposition, compromised in some way, working against their expressed goals, cozy with the kleptocracy, or otherwise operating in bad faith, not just from ignorance.
I’m sorry to think that. But I’ve learned to respect my gut instinct. And that is what my gut instinct tells me.
In Ron Paul’s case, I get the feeling he is being “handled” by others, and either can’t or won’t stand up to it.
It hardly matters which at this point.