Leno To Ron Paul: “FOX News Needs Their Ass Kicked”

Last night on the “The Tonight Show,” (see left) before Jay Leno introduced guest Ron Paul, known by his followers as “Dr. No,” Leno discussed why he invited the “maverick” presidential candidate to visit the show.

Paul was excluded from the FOX debate Sunday, Leno said, even though “Dr. No” polled 10 percent in Iowa, compared with Rudy Giuliani’s 4 percent. Based on Paul’s showing in Iowa, there was no legit reason to keep the good doctor out of the debate when Giuliani had an invitation. Because of the exclusion, the New Hampshire GOP withdrew its sponsorship of the debate.

From the L.A.Times:

Leno said, “I’m trying to figure out why Fox News chose not to put you on.”

“You know,” Paul replied, “we tried to find that out. But they didn’t return our call.”

“You seem like a gentleman,” notes Leno. “You don’t seem like the type, but it seems like you should be kicking somebody’s ass right now.” [Laughter] [Applause] “You’re being extremely polite for something I think you got screwed over, quite, you know, …. “I mean, I might not necessarily agree with you, but I think, as an American, we like to see everybody get an equal shot.” From: Pol Position

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Big-Time Gangsters Set Up McCain’s Family Fortune

Bronfman family behind the organized crime empire in Arizona that spawned the political career of John McCain

By Michael Collins Piper

In 1976 a crusading Phoenix reporter, Don Bolles, was murdered by a car-bomb after writing a series of stories exposing the organized crime connections of well-known figures in Arizona, including one Jim Hensley.

Five years later “Honest John” McCain arrived in Arizona as the new husband of Hensley’s daughter, Cindy. “From the moment McCain landed in Phoenix,” according to Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity, “the Hensleys were key sponsors of his political career.”

The fact is, the people ultimately behind the Hensley fortune are even more interesting and controversial

While it is well-known McCain’s father-in-law is owner of the biggest Anheuser-Busch beer distributor in Arizona—one of the largest beer distributors in the nation—the media has had nothing to say about the origins of the Hensley fortune that financed McCain’s rise to power.

The Hensley fortune, in fact, is a regional offshoot of the big time bootlegging and rackets empire of the Bronfman dynasty of Canada, founded by Sam Bronfman, an early partner of Meyer Lansky, longtime “chairman of the board” of the international crime syndicate. (The Bronfmans cover all bases. Sam’s son, Edgar, today—at least publicly—supports George W. Bush.) (more…)