Gee, I’m So Intimidated by These Experts!

Posted by Tom Woods on April 6th, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Here’s Princeton’s Sean Wilentz writing about nullification.  Here’s my reply, which exposes him as an uninformed propagandist.  (“Uninformed” is exceedingly kind, as you’ll see.)  Much more where that came from in Nullification, my forthcoming book.

And below is a YouTube version of my appearance on NPR, opposite Duke Law School’s Neil Siegel.  Siegel acknowledges none of my arguments, each of which undermines what he is trying to say.  We get a lot of the usual propaganda about the sinister intentions of those who oppose the regime, with Siegel solemnly informing us about how deeply concerned he is, blah blah blah.  His defense of the constitutionality of the health-care bill consists of an irrelevant aside about the Committee on Detail, but never points to an actual constitutional clause.  He seems unaware of the purposes for which nullification has been employed in the past.  If this is the best they can do, we are going to keep steamrolling them.

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6 Responses to “Gee, I’m So Intimidated by These Experts!”

  1. Mechanized Says:

    April 8th, 2010 at 8:59 am

    Obfuscation, historical distortion, and outright omission by those without the truth are the only tools within the opposition’s intellectual armory. You appear to have little trouble dismantling their arguments Mr. Woods.

  2. Matthew Says:

    April 9th, 2010 at 11:32 am

    Impressive performance, Mr. Woods! Siegel’s nonsense was driving me crazy. You would make a good politician statesman. You wipe the floor clean in a debate on any subject, thanks so much for your work! This country needs your leadership!

  3. Jason Says:

    April 12th, 2010 at 7:57 am

    Wow! That was painful! The fact that Siegel is considered an “expert” an anything is beyond me. Those kind of people remind me of deconstructionists, always trying to make any phrase in the constitution mean anything they want in order to impose their agenda on the citizens. I am impressed how effective you were in refuting the opposition given how little time you were given compared to the other guy. Keep it up!

  4. Dave Says:

    April 15th, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    Out of 37:33 what did they give you? 3 minutes total? I love how Siegal keeps saying “well if social security and medicare is consitiutional then so is this.” Well guess what Neil, neither of those things are constitutional either. He made my head hurt.

  5. Sean Malone Says:

    May 6th, 2010 at 12:31 am

    Seriously Tom… You need to interrupt asshats like Siegel. I found it primarily aggravating to listen to the host constantly direct time to Neil and virtually never you. I also find it irritating that you didn’t just get aggressive about it.

    Butt right in next time.

  6. woods Says:

    May 6th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    I would have, and have done so in other cases, but I never, ever listen to NPR, and for all I knew no one ever interrupts and I would have looked like the biggest jerk in the history of the network. But next time, you are right.

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