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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 326 What I Told the Washington Post About Secession

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

News, Politics, Government

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I knew there was a Washington Post writer in the audience at the Mises Institute‘s event on secession this past weekend in Houston, and I knew exactly why he was there: to write an article about the “extreme” Ron Paul, as a way of causing problems for Rand. Now that you know that, you’ll better understand the tone and content of my remarks, which were in large part directed right at him. In the resulting article, he didn’t quote me at all. No wonder.

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0:00.0

In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits.

0:05.2

Now's not that time.

0:06.4

And Republicans.

0:07.9

I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.

0:12.2

You need a voice of liberty.

0:15.0

Look no further.

0:16.7

You've found it.

0:18.4

Tom Woods.

0:21.2

Beware, citizen.

0:22.9

You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.

0:26.9

The Tom Woods Show.

0:33.9

Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 326. Over the weekend, I was in Houston, as you guys know, at the Mesa's Circle event on secession.

0:45.3

And joining me there were Mises Institute President Jeff Diced, historian Brian McClanahan, who's a faculty member at My Liberty Classroom.com,

1:00.1

Lou Rockwell, the founder and chairman of the Meesa Institute, and Ron Paul, who of course needs no introduction. But, and here's why I think you're going to enjoy today's episode,

1:05.7

also joining us, but in the audience, was a Washington Post reporter, who we all knew was there to do a story

1:15.1

smearing Ron and smearing all of us because, as you know, the idea of secession is not on the

1:21.0

three-by-five card of allowable opinion. So we knew what the story was going to be. You know,

1:26.7

Rand Paul is trying to be respectable and his crazy old father is talking about secession.

1:31.8

We knew that.

1:32.5

I was tempted to go up to the podium, actually, and say, look, I know the article you're going to write.

1:37.9

I could write it for you.

1:38.9

In fact, you could go out and enjoy Houston for the afternoon, and I'll just write your article.

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