The Ron Paul Media Blackout Is Back On

[Tyler_Durden]

Drudged

Yes!!

 

[WD-NY]

In Tampa Bay the last 7 days ABC, NBC and CBS just show 3 candidates and 3 reporters and just ignore Dr. Paul the entire week. Can that possibly be random?

Has Ron Paul been to Tampa Bay in the last 7 days?

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

regardless if Ron does well or not... he will be blacked out >.<;;

i hope when Ron gets into office, he would try to encourage some laws to be passed that make elections more objective and make it so third parties have a fighting chance. that is the only way we can make things right. making sure the next president is elected without influence by MSM and by biased reporting. i think Ron paul knows all too well about this. he needs to pave the way for future presidents who are honest, decent, and honorable.

 

[WD-NY]

You said before SC. Ron did go off the trail after, but what if he is doing debate prep? Not to mention he is still a Congressman. I'd like to have seen him on the trail this week, and he will be on Friday, but 'just being at the debate' also involves flights, and he's done media. He is in it for the long run and I have to assume he is pacing it now while he is going to get no delegates from winner take all Florida anyhow, knowing how crowded his schedule is about to be. It isn't going to be one contest at a time, going forward.

I know and agree - I don't mean (or want) to be be such a negative-voice and we'll try to tone it down. The only reason I'm making such a stink is because Ron's advisors definitely read this forum daily and I want to make it clear to them that we expect them to campaign like they intend to win.

I get the long-game... Ron's campaign is paving the way for Rand to win in 2016. The $4million seeded to Campaign for Liberty after the '08 election generated an incredible (and potentially historic) ROI in just 4 short years. Imagine what $8m-$12million could do.

There's nothing wrong with this strategy... in fact, I think it's brilliant... but that's why I'm so frustrated with the lack of effort being exhibited by Ron right now.

If Ron is in it to win it, then taking all of this time off doesn't make any sense. If Ron is in it to set Rand up for '16, taking time off doesn't make any sense because the more attention Ron gets, the more $$ he raises... and the more $$ he raises, the more money he'll have left over at the end of the campaign to send to C4L.

We had so much momentum coming out of NH... and lost it all because Ron went home. The grassroots needs to make clear that we need and expect every day (except Sunday) to look like tomorrow's schedule in Maine:

The grassroots can live with losing as long as Ron gives it his all. What they can't live with is a replay of 2008, which created a lot of jaded, apathetic, 'never again will I let myself get sucked into fighting for Paul' supporters. And if losing them wasn't bad enough, imagine what "losing because we didn't fight" will do to all '07ers who decided to give Ron another shot this election... the choruses of "fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me" will be devastating to the movement.

 

[PolicyReader]

Pick your battles

This article was written on Jan 13th... so 13 days ago. How many days has Ron taken off since this article? I don't count days where all he does is show up to the debate.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_new...n-paul-the-candidate-and-his-relaxed-schedule


Does anyone here NOT think that if Ron had been on the trail instead of heading back to TX before SC he could've sqweeked out 3rd? How about FL?? Who here thinks that Ron wouldn't be in a solid 3rd place right now if he had spent this week hosting town hall events in all the major local media markets??

Lots of people read their local paper and watch their local news. Right now, Ron isn't in either because he isn't on the trail. That's a ton of "free press" being left on the table... and potentially, the difference between 3rd and LAST PLACE.

The goal of the race is securing the nomination not engaging in a state by state grudge match. So while I agree that being on the trail helps improve support in the local markets hitting Maine, Nevada, Minnesota matters more than than moving up one place in Florida. For simplifies sake lets just say that being on the trail has the same effect in each state (clearly an oversimplification however..) skipping FL and thus getting extra time in those other states before/beyond the other candidates is mathematically (based on delegates) more valuable. This is compounded when we move past the 'all states equal' weighting and consider that Dr. Paul has a much greater likelihood of securing votes in the states he's focusing on than in SC or FL. He's run before and he/his advisers have read history and run the numbers. Why fight an uphill battle in Florida's expensive market for 50 delegates when the same resources can be used to seek the more amenable votes for the 28 in Nevada and 40 in Minnesota?
This also makes sense from a perceptual standpoint because while low tier finishes in SC and FL don't help Dr. Paul he needs high tier finishes, honestly likely first place finishes to break some of the media blackout and dispel the narrative of being "unelectable". He is much more likely to attain those in these upcoming Caucus states than in SC or FL.
Let Mitt and Newt continue to spend tens of millions fighting for FL, all that time and energy focused there by the other candidates will actually give Congressman Paul an edge in upcoming states.

 

[maxxgraphix]

Anon DOS on CNN

Speaking of media blackout, anyone hear about Anon planning an attack on CNN servers for tonight's debate? Might it be wise to disavow any association with that group in case they actually do it?

 

[truthspeaker]

So when is the Black This Out Feb. moneybomb?

We need to start pushing this ^^

More $$ for ads in caucus states, fliers, etc.

 

[awake]

Too funny, the best part is the "news lady" trying to look like she didn't just get her a$$ handed to her and humiliated in front of millions of people. The stupid 'blue steal' zoolander look didn't protect her...lol.

He'll be back. They want to ask him if he's Rick Perry's stripper.

Seriously. They asked him that!

 

[musicmax]

Here is a direct link to the Pew study: http://features.journalism.org/campaign-2012-in-the-media/ron-paul/

The charts are pretty interesting.

We need a positive twitter bomb tonight.

This chart suggests that the % of "negative" articles didn't increase during the pre-Iowa newsletter smear campaign.

 

[WD-NY]

The goal of the race is securing the nomination not engaging in a state by state grudge match. So while I agree that being on the trail helps improve support in the local markets hitting Maine, Nevada, Minnesota matters more than than moving up one place in Florida. For simplifies sake lets just say that being on the trail has the same effect in each state (clearly an oversimplification however..) skipping FL and thus getting extra time in those other states before/beyond the other candidates is mathematically (based on delegates) more valuable. This is compounded when we move past the 'all states equal' weighting and consider that Dr. Paul has a much greater likelihood of securing votes in the states he's focusing on than in SC or FL. He's run before and he/his advisers have read history and run the numbers. Why fight an uphill battle in Florida's expensive market for 50 delegates when the same resources can be used to seek the more amenable votes for the 28 in Nevada and 40 in Minnesota?
This also makes sense from a perceptual standpoint because while low tier finishes in SC and FL don't help Dr. Paul he needs high tier finishes, honestly likely first place finishes to break some of the media blackout and dispel the narrative of being "unelectable". He is much more likely to attain those in these upcoming Caucus states than in SC or FL.

Let Mitt and Newt continue to spend tens of millions fighting for FL, all that time and energy focused there by the other candidates will actually give Congressman Paul an edge in upcoming states.

Agreed 100%. But tomorrow's trip to Maine will be the first visit Ron has made to any of the 4 caucus states in months (no visits since at least Dec. '11)... so I don't see how Ron is "gaining an edge" or "focusing" on the upcoming states.

Skipping SC and FL wouldn't have rubbed anyone the wrong way if Ron had spent those days campaigning in the upcoming caucus states.

 

[rprprs]

And the blackout extends right into the Oval Office.
Tonight on the ABC World News, Diane Sawyer aired an interview she did with Obama. She bought up some accusation which had been made against him by Gingrich. He began his response by saying it didn't matter if Gingrich had said it, or Romney, or Santorum, or... (get ready)... any one of the other ones.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

And the blackout extends right into the Oval Office.
Tonight on the ABC World News, Diane Sawyer aired an interview she did with Obama. She bought up some accusation which had been made against him by Gingrich. He began his response by saying it didn't matter if Gingrich had said it, or Romney, or Santorum, or... (get ready)... any one of the other ones.

Hahaha! Obama got the Memo....

Woulda been classic if he said "or any of the other one"

 

[affa]

SNIP
I get the long-game... Ron's campaign is paving the way for Rand to win in 2016.
SNIP
We had so much momentum coming out of NH... and lost it all because Ron went home. The grassroots needs to make clear that we need and expect every day (except Sunday) to look like tomorrow's schedule in Maine:
SNIP
The grassroots can live with losing as long as Ron gives it his all. What they can't live with is a replay of 2008, which created a lot of jaded, apathetic, 'never again will I let myself get sucked into fighting for Paul' supporters. And if losing them wasn't bad enough, imagine what "losing because we didn't fight" will do to all '07ers who decided to give Ron another shot this election... the choruses of "fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me" will be devastating to the movement.

A) Ron Paul is in it to win it. We're all out 2012. The only way 2016 is even meaningful is if we get stuck with Obama again.
B) Ron taking a couple days off did NOT cost us all of our momentum. It was the dang holidays, nobody was paying attention. We were -never- going to do well in SC or Florida. This hit to our momentum was foreseen by most here, and certainly the campaign.
C) Anybody that isn't back in the game from 2008 yet wasn't serious the first time. It's plain as day we're millions of miles ahead of last time.

More importantly, it's also clear, with 20/20 hindsight, that Ron Paul did the right thing in 2008. He didn't wear out his welcome, he saved the cash, and now we're doing far better than we had any chance to in 2008.