CNN: Ron Paul "Comedy Strategy"

[specsaregood]

They are just covering their asses. They've been telling people all this time that Dr. Paul is a cranky old man; when most of us knew the truth of the matter. Last night the american people got exposed to the real him and exposed the media as liars.

 

[Acala]

I honestly beleive they are flummoxed. None of their usual manipulations have worked. They ignore him, he gets stronger. They smear him, he gets stronger. They dismiss him, he gets stronger. His support doesn't vary with their machinations and they don't know what to do about it. The MSM is no longer running this show. But we have decades of propaganda to cut through in the minds of the voters.

 

[Nathan Hale]

Yea, it's a weird angle, but it's better than other angles CNN throws at RP.

I think its a good strategy. The fact that it's being covered as such is kind of ehhhh, neither good nor bad, but as a strategy I think it's one of his best debate strategies. When he gets digs in and is funny he wins - I'm no fan of Paul's typical debate style, so I'm not always running around saying "he won the debate" after every debate. That said - he won last night's debate.

 

[trey4sports]

lol, i think they are kind of right. Ron is trying to be a bit more comedic. I laughed at the "there are laws against age discrimination" line.

 

[Havax]

Maybe they aren't completely corrupt. Maybe it isn't completely a conspiracy. Maybe they were just reporting what appeared to be evident.

 

[ScotTX]

They're doing it on The Five on Faux right now, too. The little guy said "I'm really starting to like Ron Paul!"

 

[trey4sports]

Maybe they aren't completely corrupt. Maybe it isn't completely a conspiracy. Maybe they were just reporting what appeared to be evident.

NEVER!~

This was obviously a ploy by the NWO/Illuminati to undermine their previous accusations because of course, they control every thing.

 

[centure7]

Gingrich has the best comedy strategy.

Gingrich: I'm not a lobbyist.
Audience: Laughs, then commits their vote to him.

 

[normal_rc]

It's a good strategy. It increases the likelihood that news media will show clips of Ron Paul, when they're showing a 15-30 second summary of a debate.

 

[trey4sports]

They're doing it on The Five on Faux right now, too. The little guy said "I'm really starting to like Ron Paul!"

The fake libertarian, Gutfield?

 

[swissaustrian]

So now they're trying to ridicule him... Fighting didn't work so well. Ignoring is imposible.

They only serious guy on stage...

 

[RonPaulMyPresident]

I prefer when there is laughter on stage. I don't like it when politicians get so emotional and angry like Santorum was getting last night.

The last thing America needs is an emotional President. We need someone calm to lead this country out of crisis.

 

[Andrew Ryan]

The fake libertarian, Gutfield?

yeah, him.

 

[Nathan Hale]

I wouldn't call it ridicule (I haven't seen the tapes, I'm speaking strictly to their decision to call it a 'comedy strategy'). It's simply an acknowledgement that Paul has decided to pepper his answers with more humor in this past debate. I think it's a good strategy on his part - one of the biggest stereotypes about Paul is that he's this crotchety old guy chasing kids off his lawn, so showing a funny side can make him more endearing. As we saw on The Five, it's already endearing him to Gutfield.

 

[Nathan Hale]

I prefer when there is laughter on stage. I don't like it when politicians get so emotional and angry like Santorum was getting last night.

The last thing America needs is an emotional President. We need someone calm to lead this country out of crisis.

good observation - I would like to see Paul say THAT in a debate.

 

[KramerDSP]

Ron Paul's using the Rodney Dangerfield strategy and killing them with kindness.

 

[jkr]

Way to diminish his performance, CNN.

oooooooooooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo a PRE-EMPTIVE CLOWNING!

 

[kathy88]

CNN keeps pushing Ron's debate performance yesterday as a "comedy strategy" to make himself more likeable. They also keep saying he had the best "one-liners" of the night and is pushing himself to be the charismatic alternative to the two frontrunners.

They actually referred to him as an alternative?

 

[Occam's Banana]

Their "angle" is that Ron Paul is not to be taken seriously and that his campaign is a joke.

They may not come right out and say it that bluntly (well, most of them won't, anyway) - but that is *exactly* what they mean & that is the idea they intend to plant in people's heads.

When RP has a not-so-stellar performance, they have no problem with marginalizing & dissing him outright.

But they can't take that tack when he has a fantastic performance - as he did this time - because even some of the sleepiest sheep will react with, "Wha? Huh?"

So they have to damn hiim with faint, faux-friendly & left-handed praise

 

[Carole]

CNN is now trying to tell the people not to take Dr. Paul seriously because he is a clown.

Just another form of marginalization.

They are back to the ridiculing angle.