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What makes Ron Paul, Ron Paul.

From the article: "no one seemed to notice who he was". That pretty much sums it up for me.
 
Yeah, we'll see. If smugness were a virtue in and of itself you guys would be saints.
 
marksman said:
From the article: "no one seemed to notice who he was". That pretty much sums it up for me.
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Yes, this pretty much sums it up how fair&balanced the US-Media
is, thanks for confirming my suspicion. ;)
 
What happened to your reverence for Obama? There's a difference between supporting a candidate and having a gratuitous spammy "be-my-savior" hard on for a candidate you know.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2330784

billydkid said:
Earlier, on the way to pick up my son's friend for skiing, I heard some of Borack Obama making his announcement to enter the presidential race and I have to say I felt inspired. Humbly, I have to say that I have been somewhat perspicacous in some of the predictions I have made in here. My feelings about Obama is that he is going to be a huge historical figure. I can remember being a young boy when JFK was running for President against Nixon and, frankly, I have not felt about a political figure the way I felt about Kennedy (even at that young age) until Obama appeared. I told my son to remember this moment, because one day it will reveal itself to be an important moment in your life and in American history.

I predict here that Obama will become the POTUS and he will transcend every President who has served since Kennedy. Now, I am a libertarian and disagree with Obama about many things, but he is my man this go around and I think he will inspire the millions in a way that no president has since JFK. These are fairly extravagant pronouncements, but I have never been afraid to stick my neck out or to be spectacularly wrong.

Speaking of the Libertarians - they now have an offer available to anyone who donates $2000.00 to the Libertarian presidential campaign effort to appear as a speaking character in a South Park/Libertarian presidential promotional campaign. YOU could BE a South Park character.
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Oliver said:
Yes, this pretty much sums it up how fair&balanced the US-Media
is, thanks for confirming my suspicion. ;)
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Oliver, why don't you just make your sig:
- the rah-rah US media are government shills
- the US is not a democracy
- there is no terror threat

Then you can make your opinion known without derailing threads, of course it will require you to say something actually on topic for your sig to be seen.
 
More proof that nobody is taking Ron Paul seriously.
 
WildCat said:
Oliver, why don't you just make your sig:
- the rah-rah US media are government shills
- the US is not a democracy
- there is no terror threat

Then you can make your opinion known without derailing threads, of course it will require you to say something actually on topic for your sig to be seen.
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Well, our media is obligated to give the same amount of
airtime to the parties in elections. There is no way to throw
someone under the bus without legal consequences.

Anyway: The reason why Paul isn't more famous simply is
that the Media doesn't want him to call a Frontrunner and
therefore: doesn't promote him as much as the others.

CNN's political ticker, for example, is a good example for that:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

(It's almost a wonder that they mention the blimp)
 
Oliver said:
Anyway: The reason why Paul isn't more famous simply is
that the Media doesn't want him to call a Frontrunner and
therefore: doesn't promote him as much as the others.
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So if the media isn't paying attention to Paul because they don't want to call him a Frontrunner (:rolleyes:), why aren't they paying attention to Dennis Kucinich? Same reason?
 
Oliver said:
Well, our media is obligated to give the same amount of
airtime to the parties in elections.
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In the US we have freedom of the press. It's enshrined in the Constitution, you know, that thing you and Ron Paul claim to know so much about?
 
Cleon said:
So if the media isn't paying attention to Paul because they don't want to call him a Frontrunner (:rolleyes:), why aren't they paying attention to Dennis Kucinich? Same reason?
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He's a Frontrunner in every internet poll, which is kind of like those simulated games perpetually injured Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior pitch all summer long during their rehabs. I hear they win all their simulated games, maybe the Cubs even win a simulated World Series!
 
When everyone has the Internet, Ron Paul will use it to take over the world.

Scary. Some sort of tinfoil protective device is indicated.
 
Oliver said:
Well, our media is obligated to give the same amount of
airtime to the parties in elections. There is no way to throw
someone under the bus without legal consequences.
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The Australian government media is obligated to give each party the same amount of airtime (in the form of a 5 minute political broadcast) and their news reports are suppossed to be unbiased but there is no regulation about giving the same amount of news coverage to each candidate.

I would be very surprised if newspapers in Germany had to give equal coverage to each party. Do you have a source?
 
Oliver said:
Anyway: The reason why Paul isn't more famous simply is that the Media doesn't want him to call a Frontrunner and therefore: doesn't promote him as much as the others.
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That's what you think. You're jumping to conclusions, again.

The media is a reflexion of what's going on in the real world. The reason why Ron Paul isn't covered by the media is most probably because he hasn't had any impact outside of the internet, he hasn't done anything, outside of the internet.

Don't imply malevolence when another rational reason can explain it. If you have proof that the media is deliberately trying to silence Ron Paul or diminish his campaign, then show it.


(It's almost a wonder that they mention the blimp)
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There, your example contradicts you.
 
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Oliver said:
Yes, this pretty much sums it up how fair&balanced the US-Media
is, thanks for confirming my suspicion. ;)
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Yet again, Oliver alluding to a system that would be antithetical to Paul's platform and firm beliefs.

The media is entitled to cover whomever they want, however they like. It's called freedom of press and Paul gets more free press than anyone on the internet. As I have previously explained, groups of Paul supporters have actually conspired to manipulate social news sites such as Digg to promote their guy while systematically burying all other candidates. I find it annoying and ultimately not in their self interest, but I'll begrudgingly give them credit for organization and crafty exploitation of mob mentality. The hype and sensationalism behind Paul is beginning to peter out in the final stretch thanks to gadflies that have turned off far more undecided Republican primary voters than they have drawn in. It's important to remember that Paul is running for the Republican nommination here, no registered Dems, Libertarians and Constitutionalist , no independents and certainly no German citizens will be voting.

Paul is a still a long shot and he's too old to run again next cycle. He gave the primary campaign season a little more flavor and honestly did make the other Republican candidates look foolish on foreign policy. And, that's really about it. You would be better served advocating libertarianism in Germany rather than continuing with this bizarre fantasy...just a thought. If you love the man so much why don't you look for a German politician with similar beliefs and do some campaigning?
 
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latent aaaack said:
What happened to your reverence for Obama? There's a difference between supporting a candidate and having a gratuitous spammy "be-my-savior" hard on for a candidate you know.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2330784
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I still like Obama, but when I came out for Obama, Ron Paul was not yet in the race - or I had not yet heard he was running. I read Obama's book and admire him, but disagree with him fundametally about the nature and purpose of government. I still think he is an, basically, an honest man with some integrity - but I also think he has been co-opted by the system to a certain degree and because of this his message has gone flat. Once Obama became more popular he adopted some of the cowardice that can come with success.
 
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