Don't be fooled, Ron is doing great!

[RonPaulNLiveFree]

Just think about it...

- his 60 minutes interview was not aired
- his larry king interview wasn't aired
- he was exluded from a debate
- he's barely mentioned in the news
- he's lconveniently left off the scientific polls

- he's raised more money than any other rep. in the 4th quarter
- he has the single day fundraising record
- he got 10% in IA and 8% in NH

call me crazy, but i think that's pretty frickin good for a guy that is barely mentioned on the news. i think the #1 reason they dont' support him is they don't hear who he is.

 

[hillertexas]

+1

 

[abruzz0]

Let's take a look here.

Brownback, Gilmore, Tancredo, Dodd, Biden, Richardson, Hunter, Kucinich, and Gravel.

DID ANY OF THEM GET 10% IN IOWA AND 8% IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?

Ron Paul has overcome incredible odds to be where he is at now. We must keep working hard. We have more states coming up, so let's get to it.

 

[Opulen]

bump!

 

[travismofo]

I have to admit my hopes were shattered momentarily on both Jan 3 and Jan 8. But I still have hope. Hell even Faux News is going to include him in the next debate because they realize that he has lots of support and is not going away soon. I'm sure is support is going to still grow.

 

[Minuteman2008]

Yeah, good post. He's done much better than initially expected.

Now is the time to come up with new strategies to take him to the next level.

I hope people can remain open minded to new ideas and not accept 10% as the best we can hope for though.

The grassroots has done wonders. Now is the time for the official campaign to be inspired and come up with strategies to increase Paul's percentages to get to the next level.

Just think, the first three primaries could have three different winners. The race is still wide open. At least at the state level we've seen candidates come up with one issue and ride it to the top after being way down in the polls. Paul needs something like that.

 

[wildflower]

bump - to get that horrible other thread off the main page.

 

[zerogod1989]

ya i was thinking about it like that the more the media hides him the better he must be doing.

 

[tfelice]

call me crazy, but i think that's pretty frickin good for a guy that is barely mentioned on the news. i think the #1 reason they dont' support him is they don't hear who he is.

The reason the "don't hear who he is" is because he never managed to climb out of the basement in the polls. The only reason he has been covered at all is because of the money bombs, internet presence and the occasional angry mob. If it were not for those things Paul would likely be covered as much as Hunter, Tancredo, Keyes, Gravel, Dodd, etc.

I'm not an apologist for the MSM, but let's be realistic here. There have been 21 candidates (9 Dem, 12 GOP) that have been official candiates for the nomination. Not all of them can get the same amount of coverage. The media reports on those candidates that rise to the top of the heap.

Look at Huck, for example, a couple of months ago he was hardly a household name and was in single digits nationally, and didn't get all that much coverage even though he had come in second in Ames and 2nd in the Value Voters Poll. But then he broke through in mid Novemeber and now is leading nationally. He made news and got coverage and used that to grow.

Conversely, even though he has been on the Tonight Show twice and many other major media appearances, Paul has not been able to break through. Do you honestly expect the media to spend any time on a candiate that has been in the basement the first three contests?

Paul needed to break through in December. To do something to create media interest and cause people to take a strong look at him. This didn't happen and the campaign suffered for it.

The grassroots should actually be thankful for the coverage he has gotten. There are a lot of candidates who have received less.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Look at Huck, for example, a couple of months ago he was hardly a household name and was in single digits nationally, and didn't get all that much coverage even though he had come in second in Ames and 2nd in the Value Voters Poll. But then he broke through in mid Novemeber and now is leading nationally. He made news and got coverage and used that to grow.

Conversely, even though he has been on the Tonight Show twice and many other major media appearances, Paul has not been able to break through. Do you honestly expect the media to spend any time on a candiate that has been in the basement the first three contests?

Huckabee was ELEVATED by the media, and did NOT break through on his own. Paul won most of the state straw polls through the fall and the MSM SUPPRESSED coverage of it. I honestly expect Paul to be given time after three contests if Giuliani has been given the time after bottoming in the first three contests. Rudy got free national TV time the night of the Iowa caucuses when he finished at 3%, while Paul got less at 10%. Thompson has also bottomed out other than Iowa, and also gets more time.

 

[Jeremiah]

Look at Huck, for example, a couple of months ago he was hardly a household name and was in single digits nationally, and didn't get all that much coverage even though he had come in second in Ames and 2nd in the Value Voters Poll. But then he broke through in mid Novemeber and now is leading nationally. He made news and got coverage and used that to grow.

The extra coverage for Huckabee may also have something to do with the fact that he appointed Richard Haas, the president of the CFR as an advisor. You think?

 

[tfelice]

The extra coverage for Huckabee may also have something to do with the fact that he appointed Richard Haas, the president of the CFR as an advisor. You think?

Possibly, but I don't think everything that occurs is because of a grand conspiracy. There have been other CFR members that have run for the nomination in the past that did not automatically get media coverage.

Biden, Dodd and Richardson were all CFR but I didn't see them getting massive coverage

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Just think about it...

- his 60 minutes interview was not aired
- his larry king interview wasn't aired
- he was exluded from a debate
- he's barely mentioned in the news
- he's lconveniently left off the scientific polls

- he's raised more money than any other rep. in the 4th quarter
- he has the single day fundraising record
- he got 10% in IA and 8% in NH

call me crazy, but i think that's pretty frickin good for a guy that is barely mentioned on the news. i think the #1 reason they dont' support him is they don't hear who he is.

He had an interview on 60 minutes?

Huh?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

The extra coverage for Huckabee may also have something to do with the fact that he appointed Richard Haas, the president of the CFR as an advisor. You think?

No doubt. Just like the speech he gave in front of the CFR in Sept. That was when he went up in the polls from 1%

 

[athlon64bit]

Possibly, but I don't think everything that occurs is because of a grand conspiracy. There have been other CFR members that have run for the nomination in the past that did not automatically get media coverage.

Biden, Dodd and Richardson were all CFR but I didn't see them getting massive coverage

Just because they are members of the CFR doesn't mean that they are trusted by the elites. I reckon most of the members of the CFR don't understand the full agenda of CFR and the trilateral commission. Most members of CFR probably are brainwashed and or corrupted by business deals (many members of CFR are well connected in the business world) to think in a certain way with propaganda.
Hillary clinton and romney I think are the chosen ones and the trusted elite to take the presidency so MSM is touting them to the exclusion of others and even diebold favours them to.
The main problem is the fiat based monetary system of the federal reserve. It is what enslaves america and just about every major country in the world and leads to centralised government, loss of liberty, corporatism, death of the middle class and transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich.

 

[Jeremiah]

Possibly, but I don't think everything that occurs is because of a grand conspiracy. There have been other CFR members that have run for the nomination in the past that did not automatically get media coverage.

Richard Haas is the PRESIDENT of the CFR not simply a member. Sometimes coincidences actually do mean something. Certainly the winning of the Values Voters' Debates and Chuck Norris' endorsement helped energise the evangelical base but the additional MSM coverage has more to do with Haas' appointment, in my opinion. After all you can be sure that Haas has a Rolodex full of MSM contacts.

Do you think that the fact that Dick Cheney was the CEO at Halliburton had nothing to do with that company getting most of the contracts in Iraq? I'll say it again, sometimes coincidences actually do mean something. We had a saying in the 1960's - "Just because you are paranoid does not mean that no-one is plotting against you".

One last thought. The MSM and other enemies of freedom love to use the "conspiracy nut" epithet to shut down their opposition. Do not fall into their trap.

 

[Cleaner44]

I have to admit my hopes were shattered momentarily on both Jan 3 and Jan 8. But I still have hope. Hell even Faux News is going to include him in the next debate because they realize that he has lots of support and is not going away soon. I'm sure is support is going to still grow.

Those who want us to fail are hoping we will get downand quit. We will not quit, this is what they don't understand. We will not start backing Huck or McCain becuase we want to be with a "winner". We know the truth.

 

[DrCap]

One should assume the MSM are trying to work in THEIR own best interest, not ours, and not America's best interests. Thus they get their jabs in about each other (for instance CNN talking about Fox forum) but then when covering NH CNN staff show Richardson in the pie chart with 2%, but leave Paul out even when he was at 9% and pretty much tied with Guili.
They want to 'be friends' with the next administration, so they cover people when it is in their best interest. They are just hedging their bets when they give time to Huckster or Thompson. They feel RP can't win, so why bother? And even if he did win, they probably know he would not be 'friends' with them, so why bother.

All the more reason to double up again on donations and your precinct.

 

[rfbz]

Nothing gives me more hope than seeing the other candidates we have to choose from. Romney spent a fortune in Iowa and NH. He can't win on his background because it's full of flip flops, and apparently spending himself crazy isn't really overcoming that much. McCain is a niche candidate that only does well in a few areas, and the republican base actually despises him (immigration, not supporting Bush tax cuts, him "selling out" and supporting Bush in 2000). Thompson is pretty much done (1% in NH?), Giuliani is essentially a Neocon liberal (he turns off the base with pro-choice views) and Huckabee turns people off with his overuse of the Christian card. Not to mention his record of raising taxes and being sympathetic to illegal aliens.

 

[Brian in Maryland]

I think Dr. Paul is doing great. Other candidates are going to start dropping out. Dr. Paul will start getting more exposure.

My wife and I have just made a new financial commitment to increase our donations every week.

I keep seeing negative posts from "tfelice". What does this mean? It looks like he is from another campaign to me. If not, start being positive.