While laying around in bed this morning, I caught three of the Presidental hopefuls being interviewed on various Sunday morning news shows. Barack O’Bama and the bat-shit insane Mike Huckabee on Face The Nation, and then Ron Paul on Meet The Press.
I have largely ignored the campaigning so far, deciding to wait until closer to the Massachusetts Primary time to start following more closely.
That said, it has been hard to ignore the buzz surrounding Ron Paul that has been all over the web. He seems to be striking a cord with a lot of people, and he is raising silly amounts of money, so when I came across his interview this morning, I wanted to see what he was all about.
He didn’t impress me.
Tim Russert tripped him up several times on some really basic stuff, and Paul really seemed like he was on the ropes under some pretty light questioning. I am all for a shit-stirrer in the campaign, and I love someone who can mix it up amongst the Stepford-style candidates we are all used to, but I was really hoping for a little more “umph” behind Ron Paul’s more comparatively radical viewpoints. Instead he came across as sort of….well…crazy.
*and a usability note to MSNBC. If embedding videos is “coming soon” and is not available yet, why even show the “embed” button?