A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: The Cincinnati Tea Party

Anonymous Finch — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:30:59 +0000

MUST SEE: Ayn Rand on Phil Donahue (circa 1980)

Anonymous Finch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:55:21 +0000

I stumbled upon this on YouTube, and I have to say it is utterly fascinating and such a remarkable contrast to America in 2009. The whole thing is worth watching, but the most interesting part is when she takes questions from the audience. Contrast the way she deals with the audience, particularly the first questioner in Part IV, with the way a certain chief executive recently dealt with a somewhat similar situation. I include the clip I’m referring to at the end.

Part I:

Part II:

Part III:

Part IV:

Part V:

By the way, Phil Donohue is actually pretty good here. Instead of playing the angry-Naderite that he has been in recent years, he is fair to Rand, asks decent questions, challenges her appropriately, and gives her a fair hearing. Imagine if Rand were alive today and invited onto The View!

And for the sake of contrast, here is the now-famous clip of President Obama with Henrietta Hughes at a townhall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida on February 10, 2009 :

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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: The Cincinnati Tea Party

MUST SEE: Ayn Rand on Phil Donahue (circa 1980)