Nonsense
it was quislings like you seeking the lowest possible price that empowered china and handcuffed America
from you Bloomberg link celebrating the growing trade deficit with china:
” Once China got the virus under control, demand for medical equipment and work-from-home gear expanded its trade surplus with the U.S. despite the levies.”
instead of US companies investing in America by making those products here they prefered to buy from china instead
So you note that nothing changed under Trump? Bravo. That has ALWAYS been the problem. The only way to address that is to address the businesses themselves. You expect China to turn business away? Also, these products bought from China are from US companies.
Things would have changed under Ron Paul, which is why he was ignored by the press
You see, those whom the media is preoccupied with, like Trump, should be viewed with suspicion because as the saying goes, any press is good press in terms of selling people to the public.
Things would have changed. It wasn't the press that ignored him. It was the electorate.
Nope. If you watched the video you would see that even though Ron Paul came in second or even first in certain primary states, he was completely ignored. They talked around him.
I submit that without help from the press, you can't win an election.
Our democracy is only as good as what the media wants.
The media didn't want Trump.
I submit they did.
Again, they talked about him 24/7, and they still do. And they gave him years of press via his reality shows, etc.
Like it or not, they wanted this.
We always want to blame someone else. We did not vote for Paul and hence he did not win.
I merely point to how Ron was treated, even when doing well with the voting.
Ignoring a politician will end their career. There is no way around it and the media knows it.
Ron really believed in a limited government. The free hand outs and never ending wars were in jeopardy. But corporate globalism was threatened and he had to be extinguished.
At least he was not elected and had to go out JFK style.
Ron Paul never did well with the voters. I say this as someone who would have voted for him. Doing nothing is far better than doing the wrong thing.
From Wiki:
The
2008 presidential campaign of Ron Paul,
Congressman of
Texas, began in early 2007 when he announced his candidacy for the
2008 Republican nomination for
President of the United States. Initial
opinion polls during the first three quarters of 2007 showed Paul consistently receiving support from 3% or less of those polled. In 2008, Paul's support among Republican voters remained in the single digits, and well behind front-runner
John McCain.
[1]
During the fourth quarter of 2007, Paul was the most successful Republican
fundraiser, bringing in approximately $20 million.
[2][3] He also received the most money from the armed services of any candidate in the fourth quarter.
[4] His campaign set two fund-raising records: the
largest single-day donation total among Republican candidates and twice receiving the most money received via the
Internet in a single day by any presidential candidate in American history.
[5] Paul's run for president is also noted for its
grassroots social networking, facilitated by the Internet.
[6] Paul's enthusiastic supporters were noted by the media, who called them "Paulites".
[7][8] Paul received most of his contributions from individuals, at ninety-seven percent; compare to other candidates.
[9]
As of February 5, 2008, Paul had won sixteen
delegates to the
Republican National Convention, placing him last among the four Republican candidates still in the race at that time.
[10] The campaign projected on February 6 to have secured at least 42 delegates to the national convention.
[11] On March 4, 2008,
John McCain earned enough pledged delegates to become the Republican
presumptive nominee, but Paul decided to continue his run.
[12] Paul released
The Revolution: A Manifesto on April 29, which collected essays based on thoughts that arose from his experiences running for president in 2008. The book went on to be a number 1
bestseller among political books on
Amazon.com[13] and
The New York Times nonfiction list.
[14]
On June 30, 2007, in
Des Moines, Iowa, Iowans for Tax Relief and the
Iowa Christian Alliance invited all Democratic Party candidates and all Republican presidential candidates except Paul to a presidential candidates forum. Six candidates appeared:
Mitt Romney,
Sam Brownback,
Jim Gilmore,
Mike Huckabee,
Tommy Thompson, and
Tom Tancredo.
[25] In July,
The New York Times wrote that Paul's "message draws on the noblest traditions of American decency and
patriotism."
[26]
In
Missouri, some 145 "suspected" Paul supporters were barred from participating in the state selection process or from being delegates to the national convention by local GOP party leaders. That led to accusations of procedural violations on the part of state GOP leaders by Republican voters.
[81][82]
In polling conducted at the Utah GOP convention on June 9, 2007, Paul placed second behind Mitt Romney.
[92] Paul also placed second in the straw poll conducted at the National Taxpayers Union conference, following
Fred Thompson.
[93] Paul placed second, polling 17 percent, in a
Cobb County GOP straw poll on July 4, 2007.
[94]
Ron Paul was very popular, but the media would rather talk about no bodies like Huntsman who had virtually no support.
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