Media Ignores Ron Paul

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Corporate Media Ignores Ron Paul's Second Place In Louisiana
Congressman's silver in another state goes unreported

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thurs day, Jan 24 , 2008

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has finished second in yet another state caucus this week yet there has barely been a murmur from the mainstream media once again.

The Louisiana Republican Party announced the preliminary results yesterday in a press release that was roundly ignored by the corporate media:

Delegate candidates endorsed by US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appear to have won more state convention delegate positions than any other presidential slate at the Louisiana Caucuses.

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Supporters of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) appear to have captured the next highest number of delegate positions.

"I applaud the supporters of Congressman Paul for their enthusiasm and superior organizational ability," Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. said. "Our Party needs the infusion of new activists who have both political skill and a passion for protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution," he said. "I left the caucus with a renewed commitment to promote our core Republican principles of limited government and individual freedom, thanks to the zeal displayed by Congressman Paul's Louisiana supporters," Villere said.

Mitt Romney came in third, and no mention was made of Huckabee or Giuliani in the LAGOP's press release.

Despite a smattering of wire reports on McCain which mentioned Ron Paul's second place in passing and as ever described the Congressman as "longshot" or "outsider", the media has acted like the caucus never even happened.

The New York Times ran two main stories, one of Giuliani winning over Florida voters, another on Mitt Romney's ill will.

CNN reported on McCain courting veterans, Giuliani banking on Florida and Thompson dropping out.

The Chicago Tribune ran the headline "McCain, Romney in close race for Florida".

Ron Paul has been placed higher than Giuliani in every single caucus and primary thus far, yet the media still blanks him in favor of reporting on Giuliani.

Despite the total lack of media coverage and the fact that all other candidates decided not to campaign in Louisiana, Ron Paul was there meeting and greeting residents on Monday, a testament to his commitment and drive to deliver his message to every American.

Paul's Louisiana success comes on the back of his second place finish in Nevada at the weekend, which was also completely ignored by the media.

The ever reliable Neocon mouthpiece Fox News put up a graphic showing the results from Nevada devoid of any information on Paul! They failed to mention the #2 candidate, although they covered #1, #3 and #4!

The New York Times �official results page� on its website failed to even list Ron Paul as a candidate on Sunday, though it has since replaced Fred Thompson with Paul after the former actor dropped out of the race Tuesday.

After two second place finishes and strong showings in New Hampshire and South Carolina, it is clear that Ron Paul is a significant player in the 2008 race, yet your so called free press seemingly does not want you to realize this fact.

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[William Joyce]

RP schools Giuliani in almost every state, but the one you always see on TV is Giuliani. I have my suspicions about why that is.

 

[pegwinn]

I am not as educated on RP as say, Paultics (sp?) or some others. I think the reason the media ignores or distorts things rests on his candor and his supporters actions.

I'm glad he isn't dropping out.

IF it gets to a convention then we will get some real entertainment.

 

[William Joyce]

I am not as educated on RP as say, Paultics (sp?) or some others. I think the reason the media ignores or distorts things rests on his candor and his supporters actions.

I'm glad he isn't dropping out.

IF it gets to a convention then we will get some real entertainment.

Yeah. He's on the ballot in my state, thank God. There are RP signs and stickers everywhere I go. And when I travel, it's the same, from rural Missouri to suburban D.C. to Pennsylvania. There is definitely an RP phenomenon, but the media will not cover it.

 

[Paulie]

Here's ABC's Super Tuesday coverage plan:

http://abcnewsradio.com/08election/advisories/supertuesday.html

How the most intriguing, interesting, and surprising story of this election year will not be getting any coverage is beyond me.

Nader, Buchanan, Perot, they all got fair coverage. Everyone knows who those guys are. Why is RP different? Why is the media so afraid to regard him as a possibility?

Giuliani's going to be dropping soon for sure, but they give him coverage as though he hasn't stunk up the joint already.

 

[CharlestonChad]

Yeah. He's on the ballot in my state, thank God. There are RP signs and stickers everywhere I go. And when I travel, it's the same, from rural Missouri to suburban D.C. to Pennsylvania. There is definitely an RP phenomenon, but the media will not cover it.

The media only covers the candidates with a chance to get into office. McCain was left for dead until his national numbers picked up. Same with Huckabee.

All of the signs and other shit are put up by college kids with too much free time. I don't drive down the road and see an Obama sign at every intersection, yet he's the front runner for the presidency. So that kind of kills your idea that sign concentration equals support.

 

[jillian]

I am not as educated on RP as say, Paultics (sp?) or some others. I think the reason the media ignores or distorts things rests on his candor and his supporters actions.

I'm glad he isn't dropping out.

IF it gets to a convention then we will get some real entertainment.

They "ignore" RP to the same extent they ignore any other second tier candidate... same as they did Joe Biden and Bill Richardson, either of whom was probably far more deserving of attention than what they got.

 

[pegwinn]

They "ignore" RP to the same extent they ignore any other second tier candidate... same as they did Joe Biden and Bill Richardson, either of whom was probably far more deserving of attention than what they got.

Second Tier? Interesting that he is consistently doing well in the primaries. Had Kucinich beaten Hillary in NH I think the media would have gone ape. Same, Same.

 

[Paulie]

The media only covers the candidates with a chance to get into office. McCain was left for dead until his national numbers picked up. Same with Huckabee.

Um, no, actually, Huckabee's numbers didn't start going up until the media started talking about him regularly and reporting him as the "evangelical candidate". McCain's didn't start going up until after Bhutto's death, when they started propping up the candidates who "had the most foreign policy experience", in which case they focused mostly on McCain. Week or two later, and his numbers skyrocket.

Chad, the media's been picking our presidents for us for decades. How exactly do you know who the candidates "with a chance" are, until the media starts propping them up when the election year approaches. How would you know Hillary, Obama, and Edwards were the front runners, without the media REPORTING that to you about a year and a half ago? They could have literally reported on anyone like that, and those candidates would be the "front runners". If they'd have started out with Biden, Obama, and Richardson, and told you that those were the candidates had the best chance to win, that's what people would believe.

It's evidenced by the countless people who tell me they're voting for someone because that's who's on TV. People are easily influenced.

All of the signs and other shit are put up by college kids with too much free time. I don't drive down the road and see an Obama sign at every intersection, yet he's the front runner for the presidency. So that kind of kills your idea that sign concentration equals support.

In my area, our meet-up group consists of mostly middle aged people with a family, discontent with current politics-as-usual. The support base is diverse.

You used to be a RP supporter, you should know that.

 

[CharlestonChad]

Um, no, actually, Huckabee's numbers didn't start going up until the media started talking about him regularly and reporting him as the "evangelical candidate". McCain's didn't start going up until after Bhutto's death, when they started propping up the candidates who "had the most foreign policy experience", in which case they focused mostly on McCain. Week or two later, and his numbers skyrocket.

Chad, the media's been picking our presidents for us for decades. How exactly do you know who the candidates "with a chance" are, until the media starts propping them up when the election year approaches. How would you know Hillary, Obama, and Edwards were the front runners, without the media REPORTING that to you about a year and a half ago? They could have literally reported on anyone like that, and those candidates would be the "front runners". If they'd have started out with Biden, Obama, and Richardson, and told you that those were the candidates had the best chance to win, that's what people would believe.

Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Paul doesn't have as much national support as you think he does. I think a candidate like him comes around every election.

In my area, our meet-up group consists of mostly middle aged people with a family, discontent with current politics-as-usual. The support base is diverse.

You used to be a RP supporter, you should know that.

I know his voting base, and it's not diverse at all. Sorry about forgetting the middle aged white vote. So he's got the racists, the conspiracy theorists, college kids, and middle aged whites in western states.

If he's supported by the most ignorant (racists) and most naive (college kids) and most politically frustrated (western whites), then maybe he isn't the best choice for president since his supporters aren't the best fit to be picking the leader of the free world.

 

[eots]

Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Paul doesn't have as much national support as you think he does. I think a candidate like him comes around every election

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then you clearly have no idea what your talking about

I know his voting base, and it's not diverse at all. Sorry about forgetting the middle aged white vote. So he's got the racists, the conspiracy theorists, college kids, and middle aged whites in western states

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again just stupid statements not based in reality just spin and you forgot to mention more donations from active military than any other candidate

If he's supported by the most ignorant (racists) and most naive (college kids) and most politically frustrated (western whites), then maybe he isn't the best choice for president since his supporters aren't the best fit to be picking the leader of the free world.[/

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or maybe if he can bring educated youth ,old time constitutionalist,black leaders,active troops and conspiracy theorist all to the same table he is indeed the best choice to lead AMERICA and maybe one more reality you need to deal with is these so called conspiracy theorist have lead this country's nuclear programs are decorated fighter pilots ,high level CIA leading professors of major university's etc etc...why do you pretended otherwise ?

http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/


John J. Farmer, Jr., Senior Counsel, 9/11 Commission – Former Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. Former Chief Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Former Commissioner of the State Commission of Investigations. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Washington Post Article 8/2/06 - "Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission and the public rather than a reflection of the fog of events on that day, according to sources involved in the debate. ...

"I was shocked at how different the truth was from the way it was described," John Farmer, a former New Jersey attorney general who led the staff inquiry into events on Sept. 11, said in a recent interview. "The tapes told a radically different story from what had been told to us and the public for two years. ... This is not spin. This is not true." http://www.washingtonpost


Editor's note: Despite the many public statements by 9/11 Commissioners and staff members acknowledging they were repeatedly lied to, not a single person has ever been charged, tried, or even reprimanded for lying to the 9/11 Commission.


Bio: http://www.klng.com/professionals/detail







Peter Rundlet

Peter Rundlet, Counsel for the 9/11 Commission – Former Associate Counsel to President Clinton. Former White House Fellow, serving in the Office of the Chief of Staff to President Clinton. Currently Vice President for National Security and International Affairs, Center for American Progress.

Essay 9/30/06: "A mixture of shock, anger, and sadness overcame me when I read about revelations in Bob Woodward’s new book about a special surprise visit that George Tenet and his counterterrorism chief Cofer Black made to Condi Rice, also on July 10, 2001 ...

If true, it is shocking that the administration failed to heed such an overwhelming alert from the two officials in the best position to know. Many, many questions need to be asked and answered about this revelation — questions that the 9/11 Commission would have asked, had the Commission been told about this significant meeting. Suspiciously, the Commissioners and the staff investigating the administration’s actions prior to 9/11 were never informed of the meeting.

The Commission interviewed Condoleezza Rice privately and during public testimony; it interviewed George Tenet three times privately and during public testimony; and Cofer Black was also interviewed privately and publicly. All of them were obligated to tell the truth. Apparently, none of them described this meeting, the purpose of which clearly was central to the Commission’s investigation. Moreover, document requests to both the White House and to the CIA should have revealed the fact that this meeting took place. Now, more than two years after the release of the Commission’s report, we learn of this meeting from Bob Woodward.

Was it covered up? It is hard to come to a different conclusion. ... At a minimum, the withholding of information about this meeting is an outrage. Very possibly, someone committed a crime. And worst of all, they failed to stop the plot." http://think


Editor's note: Despite the many public statements by 9/11 Commissioners and staff members acknowledging they were repeatedly lied to, not a single person has ever been charged, tried, or even reprimanded for lying to the 9/11 Commission.


Bio: http://www.americanprogress.orgl

Letter to Congress regarding the 9/11 Commission Report 9/13/04, signed by the following 25 military, intelligence, and law enforcement veterans: http://www.pogo.org/


"[W]e the undersigned wish to bring to the attention of the Congress and the people of the United States what we believe are serious shortcomings in the report and its recommendations. …

Omission is one of the major flaws in the Commission’s report. We are aware of significant issues and cases that were duly reported to the commission by those of us with direct knowledge, but somehow escaped attention. …

The omission of such serious and applicable issues and information by itself renders the report flawed, and casts doubt on the validity of many of its recommendations. ...

The Commission, with its incomplete report of "facts and circumstances", intentional avoidance of assigning accountability, and disregard for the knowledge, expertise and experience of those who actually do the job, has now set about pressuring our Congress and our nation to hastily implement all its recommendations. ...

We the undersigned, who have worked within various government agencies (FBI, CIA, FAA, DIA, Customs) responsible for national security and public safety, call upon you in Congress to include the voices of those with first-hand knowledge and expertise in the important issues at hand. We stand ready to do our part." http://www.pogo.org/


Edward J. Costello, Jr. – Former Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI. Former Judge pro tem., Los Angeles, CAA.


John M. Cole – Former Intelligence Operations Specialist, in the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. In charge of FBI’s foreign intelligence investigations covering India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.18-year FBI career.


Mark Conrad, JD – Retired Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs, responsible for the internal integrity and security for areas encompassing nine states and two foreign locations. Former Federal Sky Marshall. 27-year U.S. Customs career. Currently Associate General Counsel, National Association of Federal Agents. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Troy University.


Rosemary N. Dew – Former Supervisory Special Agent, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, FBI. Former member of The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and the Electronic Commerce/Cyber Crime Working Group. 13-year FBI career.


Bogdan Dzakovic – Witness before the 9/11 Commission. 14-year Counter-terrorism expert in the Security Division of the Federal Aviation Administration. Team Leader of the FAA's Red (Terrorism) Team, which conducted undercover tests on airport security through simulated terrorist attacks. Former Team Leader in the Federal Air Marshal program. Former Coast Guard officer. (See also individual statement above.)


Sibel D. Edmonds – Witness before the 9/11 Commission. Former Language Translation Specialist, performing translations for counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations, FBI. (See also individual statement above.)


Steve Elson – Former Special Agent with the U.S. Navy and the FAA. Specialist in Counterterrorism, Intelligence, and Security. Twenty-two years military experience, primarily in Naval Special Warfare and nine years Federal service with the FAA and DEA. Retired Navy SEAL. (See also individual statement above.)


David Forbes – Former head of Thames Valley Police Fraud Squad, trained at New Scotland Yard. Over 30 years experience in law enforcement, commercial and industrial security-related risk management, and service sector business management. Currently Aviation, Logistics and Govt. Security Analyst, BoydForbes, Inc.


Melvin A. Goodman – Former Division Chief and Senior Analyst at the Office of Soviet Affairs, CIA,1966 - 1990. Senior Analyst at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department, 1974 - 1976. Professor of International Security at the National War College 1986 - 2004. Currently Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author and co-author of five books on international relations. (See also individual statement above.)


Mark Graf – Former Security Supervisor, Planner, and Derivative Classifier, Department of Energy. Former Chairman of the Rocky Flats (DOE) Physical Security Systems Working Group from 1990 through 1995.


Gilbert M. Graham – Retired Special Agent, Counterintelligence, FBI. 24-year FBI career.


Diane Kleiman – Former Special Agent, US Customs.


Lt. Col. Karen U. Kwiatkowski, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret) – Former Political-Military Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Also served on the staff of the Director of the National Security Agency. 20-year Air Force veteran. (See also individual statement above.)


Lynne A. Larkin – Former CIA Operations Officer. Served in several CIA foreign stations and in the CIA's counter-intelligence center helping chair a multi-agency task force and seminars on coordinating intelligence among intelligence and crime prevention agencies.


David MacMichael, PhD – Former Senior Estimates Officer with special responsibility for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the CIA's National Intelligence Council. Former Captain, U.S. Marine Corps.


Raymond L. McGovern – Former Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates, CIA, responsible for preparing the President’ Daily Brief (PDB) for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 27-year CIA veteran. Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. (See also individual statement above.)


Theodore J. Pahle – Former Senior Intelligence Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency. His 37-year intelligence career was exclusively as a HUMINT (Human Intelligence) operations officer with DIA, Office of Naval Intelligence and U.S. Army Intelligence. He is a Middle East and Latin American operations specialist. Today, he continues to support the HUMINT effort as a contract instructor.


Behrooz Sarshar – Retired Language Translation Specialist, performing Farsi translations for counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations dealing with Iran and Afghanistan, FBI.


Brian F. Sullivan – Retired Special Agent and Risk Management Specialist, FAA. Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Military Police.


Commander Larry J. Tortorich, U.S. Navy (ret) – Former Deputy Program Manager for Logistics – Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. 24-year Navy career in the fields of aviation and counterterrorism. Two years as a federal employee with DHS/TSA in the fields of security and counterterrorism.


Jane A. Turner – Retired Special Agent, FBI. 24-year FBI career.


John B. Vincent – Retired Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI. 27-year FBI career.


Fred Whitehurst, JD, PhD – Retired Supervisory Special Agent / Laboratory Forensic Examiner, FBI. Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer.


Col. Ann Wright, U.S. Army (ret) – Retired Army officer and former U.S. Diplomat. Served 13 years on active duty with the U.S. Army and 16 years in the U.S. Army Reserves. She was a member of the International law team in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada and served in Panama and Somalia. She joined the Foreign Service in 1987 and served as Deputy Chief of Mission of U.S. Embassies in Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Afghanistan. She helped reopen the US Embassy in Kabul in December, 2001. One of three U.S. State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003. (See also individual statement above.)


Matthew J. Zipoli – Special Response Team (SRT) Officer, DOE. Vice President, Security Police Officer's Association, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 

[CharlestonChad]

Oh God, it's raining conspiracy theory!
lolololololol

 

[jillian]

Second Tier? Interesting that he is consistently doing well in the primaries. Had Kucinich beaten Hillary in NH I think the media would have gone ape. Same, Same.

What's doing well. He's not in the league of McCain, Huckabee, or Romney. Same as Biden wasn't in the league of Clinton, Obama or Edwards. Just the reality of the situation.

Kucinich is a fringe candidate too... he wasn't ever going anywhere.

 

[eots]

Oh God, it's raining conspiracy theory!
lolololololol

ya yuk it up clown boy

hummmm your intellect and expertise vs these patriots.. wow tough call

 

[eots]

What's doing well. He's not in the league of McCain, Huckabee, or Romney. Same as Biden wasn't in the league of Clinton, Obama or Edwards. Just the reality of the situation.

Kucinich is a fringe candidate too... he wasn't ever going anywhere.

he has beaten both huckabee,rommney and goulyannie twice now what are you talking about and this is with the the media blackout on ron paul

 

[CharlestonChad]

Eots, you remind me of myself a year ago. I too was dazzled by the jargon of Paul, and I truly thought he could change politics. Then I started to seriously look into his stances, and they are just simply outdated. What might have worked in the 1800's doesn't mean it will work in the 2000's. The federal government has had it's fuckups, but it's also made this country as great as it is right now.

I still like some of Paul's ideas, but I think/know that he has no chance in a national election even if he's getting equal coverage as Clinton or McCain. Simply put, people aren't living all that poorly in America. We want to change many things, but we don't want to destroy what we have and hope our new ideas work out, because if they don't then every American gets screwed.

 

[Lookout]

Oh God, it's raining conspiracy theory!
lolololololol

Dude...Wake up...get a clue!!!
The only conspiracy theories are those perpetuated by the U.S. Government and the main stream media. Have you a clue about what pres bush has done to the constitution? Hope you don't wear blue jeans and have a cell phone because that makes you a terrorist. Bush is part of the Elite and the N.W.O. When he signed the patriot act you kissed your liberties goodby. They used fear to take away your freedom , your rights and your liberties. Hope you don't home school your children cause that makes you a terrorist. Hope you aren't a Christian gun owner cause that makes you a terrorist. The thought police are alive and well...Documented FACT! You now live under a dictatorship and tyranny. There is no more habeas corpus. You can be inprisoned if they just THINK you might commit a crime. We now live in a police state run by the money moguls and you can laugh it up all you want funny boy but that doesn't change the fact you are wrong or that YOU ARE OWNED by Bilderberg, the Illuminati of which your political system is controlled by...Do some research dumbass!!! There are thousands of declassified documents out there that support the real truth.

 

[CharlestonChad]

Dude...Wake up...get a clue!!!
The only conspiracy theories are those perpetuated by the U.S. Government and the main stream media. Have you a clue about what pres bush has done to the constitution? Hope you don't wear blue jeans and have a cell phone because that makes you a terrorist. Bush is part of the Elite and the N.W.O. When he signed the patriot act you kissed your liberties goodby. They used fear to take away your freedom , your rights and your liberties. Hope you don't home school your children cause that makes you a terrorist. Hope you aren't a Christian gun owner cause that makes you a terrorist. The thought police are alive and well...Documented FACT! You now live under a dictatorship and tyranny. There is no more habeas corpus. You can be inprisoned if they just THINK you might commit a crime. We now live in a police state run by the money moguls and you can laugh it up all you want funny boy but that doesn't change the fact you are wrong or that YOU ARE OWNED by Bilderberg, the Illuminati of which your political system is controlled by...Do some research dumbass!!! There are thousands of declassified documents out there that support the real truth.

As I've already stated, I was in your shoes just a year ago. I know ALL about the patriot act, NAU, and all of our losses of liberty due to bush's fear mongering. BUT that doesn't mean I believe in some grand conspiracy that a president who's boarder line illiterate has masterminded a scheme to get a terrorist group to attack us so that the US government can gain even more power throughout the world.

How would binLaden have been better off with the Bush admin blowing up every cave like structure in the middle east? How does islamic extremism better itself with the greatest military in the world watching their every move?

There are soooooo many holes in the 911 conspiracy theory that you really should look into your beliefs from a cynical perspective and not believe everything you like to hear. You might even find that with the ignoring of certain facts, any kind of conspiracy theory can be painted.

 

[pegwinn]

Eots, you remind me of myself a year ago. I too was dazzled by the jargon of Paul, and I truly thought he could change politics. Then I started to seriously look into his stances, and they are just simply outdated. What might have worked in the 1800's doesn't mean it will work in the 2000's. The federal government has had it's fuckups, but it's also made this country as great as it is right now.

I still like some of Paul's ideas, but I think/know that he has no chance in a national election even if he's getting equal coverage as Clinton or McCain. Simply put, people aren't living all that poorly in America. We want to change many things, but we don't want to destroy what we have and hope our new ideas work out, because if they don't then every American gets screwed.

I feel ya. But I came about it the opposite way. I see that his stances like Twain. The older I get the smarter the founders get. My fear is that my Grandkid will grow up in a world where our Nation is a footnote in history because we have become socialist.

 

[CharlestonChad]

I feel ya. But I came about it the opposite way. I see that his stances like Twain. The older I get the smarter the founders get. My fear is that my Grandkid will grow up in a world where our Nation is a footnote in history because we have become socialist.

Can you tell me, without going on wikipedia, what it would mean if our country became socialist?

I hear that term thrown around in a great percentage of posts on this forum, but there are so many definition of socialism I'd like to know what you guys are considering it would mean if America became socialist.

We claim capitalism, yet the ones who are the loudest against socialism don't seem to mind corporate welfare and other federal regulations of good and service.