Filed under: 2008 Election, Bill Maher, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Frank Luntz, GOP, Media, Media Fear, neocons, Neolibs, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, planted audience, Propaganda, Psyops, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, smear champaign, vote scam, voter fraud
Bill Maher smear campaign against Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDY73rz1PbE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-j8f3Et_tw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R0mS35mqnRE
Frank Luntz Used Planted Actor In Focus Groups
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=5888
Filed under: Dennis Kucinich, Diebold, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, iowa caucus, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, princeton, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Official Statement from Ron Paul On New Hampshire Recount
Ron Paul
Prison Planet
January 13, 2008
After a careful investigation, I have decided against seeking a recount in New Hampshire. I am confident that not asking for a recount is the right decision.
I carefully considered the arguments for and against a recount before instructing my campaign staff not to pursue it. Without a firm belief that vote fraud had taken place, and without the possibility that a recount would have increased the chances for success of our campaign, a recount would have diverted campaign resources, time, and energy away from crucial battles elsewhere.
We have taken concerns about vote fraud seriously. In Iowa, campaign volunteers carefully monitored the caucuses. Campaign staff placed Paul supporters in every precinct to watch and verify the voting and count. We had supporters phone in results from their precincts to a campaign hotline while others ensured that those numbers were reflected on the official display board at the Polk County Convention Center. The numbers our caucus watchers reported agreed with the official tally, and both results also aligned with the campaign’s internal polling. In relatively pro-Paul counties, our sampling pegged support at 11.5%. This is consistent with an overall 10% finish for the entire state.
In New Hampshire, while I would have hoped for a better result than eight percent, I am convinced that vote fraud played no role in this result. Rumors of vote fraud were investigated, and in the end they proved to be the result of errors in early media reports that were not reflected in the official numbers. In one notable case, when a campaign staff member contacted an individual who had on the evening of January 8 claimed that his vote had not been counted, the person said that he had made a mistake and that the next morning the error in reporting on a newspaper website had been corrected both in the media and — most importantly — in the official tally.
Many have expressed concerns that those ballots counted by machine yielded a 2% lower total than those counted by hand. However, machine counted vote totals were more than 2% lower for both John McCain and Mike Huckabee. Hand counted votes were more likely to be cast in rural areas. Results almost always vary between urban and rural areas.
My campaign staff and I have analyzed the numbers in New Hampshire and I have reached the conclusion that it was the high turnout — not vote fraud or counting errors — that left us with eight percent of the vote. Our total vote count of over 18,000 votes was well within what we projected given the efforts of our extensive statewide get-out-the-vote program, giving me no reason to believe that vote fraud played any role in the results of the Granite State’s primary.
In both Iowa and New Hampshire there is much to be proud of. Taking both states together, I am honored that over 30,000 people cast their vote for me — more than either Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson. Unlike many other candidates’ efforts, our campaign for freedom is growing and our message is spreading.
Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Our resources must be spent on the upcoming primaries and caucuses, and on ensuring that, with your help, we organize every state yet to vote with our Precinct Leaders program.
We can’t win primaries and caucuses that have already happened — but we can win those yet to come. To become the Republican presidential nominee, a candidate must have 1,191 delegates. Iowa, Wyoming and New Hampshire determined only 32 delegates, so we have much opportunity remaining.
Today, I ask you to join me in focusing on the battles ahead as we continue our fight for liberty and our Constitution.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
Olbermann On NH Recount
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLD0MzmRuYc
Related News:
http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2008/pr011108.htm
Republicans, except Ron Paul, are pro-war
http://alaskareport.com/upi5/u41318_republicans_love_war.htm
Kucinich: Surprise Hillary Victory A “Mystery That Needs To Be Solved”
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011108_kucinich_mystery.htm
Diebold Programmers Were Allowed to Access Vulnerable Optical-Scan Systems Throughout NH Election Day
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2..andidates-push-for-a-nh-recount/
http://www.dailymail.co…tml?in_article_id=507558&in_page_id=1811
http://mparent7777-2.blo..nh-vote-count-corruption.html
Princeton University Exposes Diebold Flaws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZws98jw67g
Clinton employing voter suppression tactics right out of Rove’s playbook
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/01/tough-guy-pol-1.html
Ron Paul Air Corps Over Grand Rapids
Ron Paul’s backers keep his campaign humming in Nevada
Diebold Again: Did Hillary Really Win New Hampshire?
Nancy Tobi: Need To Eliminate Secret Vote Counting
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, 9/11 commission, 9/11 Truth, Carl Cameron, Draft, Economy, european union, False Flag, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, Greenback, inside job, Military, New Hampshire, Norman Podhoretz, North American Union, Preemptive Strike, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, south carolina, south carolina primaries, Troops, US Economy, We Are Change
Fox ambushes Ron Paul with ‘9/11 Truthers’ question
Raw Story
January 11, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lxZmrqLxU
“Well, it doesn’t do me any good,” answered Paul, “so if they care about me they should, but the only thing I have control over is what I believe and what I say. I can’t tell them what to do. … So please, could I participate in the current debate …”
This remark was met with cheers and applause, and Paul went on to argue that the Republican Party has lost its way.
“I don’t think we’re fiscal conservatives any more,” Paul stated. “Look at what we’ve done over these last 10 years. We finally got control of the government, and we became big government people. … And then we turn around and we talk about liberty, and we’ve undermined the Fourth Amendment and personal liberty and personal privacy. … We’re policing the world … at the same time our economy is suffering. … So no wonder our coalition is breaking up. We actually have lost our way.”
A full transcript of the debate is available here.
Ron Paul: 9/11 Commission ‘Hid Ineptness’ Just as Most Government Investigations Usually Do
Warns that fighting a war “for no good reason” will lead to a draft, expansion of troop numbers and a collapse of the dollar
Jones Report
January 10, 2008
Reporters from WeAreChange.org confronted Ron Paul in a New Hampshire spin room about supporting victim’s family members in pursuing a new 9/11 investigation. “Yes, I support more investigation,” Paul responded.
The Presidential candidate indicated that the full truth was still not known “because ineptness was hidden” in the 9/11 Commission investigation.
“This is generally what government investigations do,” Ron Paul said. “They hide inefficiencies and ineptness.”
He further criticized those in charge who “can’t and won’t admit” that the country is “fighting a war for no good reason.” “They’ve dug their heels in and they’ll lose everything they’ve said,” he said about war hawks.
Paul commented that Giuliani’s intention to expand the military by 200,000 troops would lead to a draft and the printing of more money. “Get ready. They’re going to draft you– all you young people,” Paul warned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9nOWnp5G0
“They’ll print it and the dollar will go bust– and everyone going to get poor– and then we’ll bring our troops home. I don’t want to wait to that point I want them bring home in a more logical fashion,” Paul said.
Other reporters asked about Giuliani’s odd dismissal of history as a factor in current middle-east foreign policy. “He’s been saying that for a long time,” Paul told cameras, “but I’ve given my explanation and I bet a majority of Americans agree with me.”
Giuliani and his advisors have consistently refused to even discuss foreign policy or address the consequences it could have.
WeAreChange.org asked Norman Podhoretz— a Giuliani advisor– about the U.S.-led overthrow of Iran in 1953. Podhoretz dismissed the incident as “ancient history,” when reporters brought up its impact in current tensions. Yet, Podhoretz advocates a pre-emptive strike on Iran.
Ron Paul also addressed his concerns about the emerging North American Union, stating that “there are people who would like to have it, like a European Union.” But, he said, “the American people are waking up to this and are resisting it.” Paul urged people to “join the Ron Paul Revolution.”
Ron Paul has been the only presidential candidate unafraid to stand up to WeAreChange.org questions and give an explanation without avoiding the issues. Others on the campaign trail have deflected or even run away.
It isin’t Ron Paul’s nature to police 9/11 Truther’s viewpoints
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018533.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Afghanistan, airstrike, al-qaeda, Fox News, Fox News Debate, George Bush, GOP, Iran, Iraq, iraq deaths, John McCain, Military, military strike, nation building, NATO, neocons, occupation, Pullout, Ron Paul, Saddam Hussein, south carolina, south carolina primaries, Troops, Turkey, War On Terror
Bush: We Could “Easily” Be In Iraq For Another 10 Years
Huffington Post
January 11, 2008
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday the United States would have a long-term presence in Iraq that could “easily” last a decade, but that it would be at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
In an interview with NBC News, Bush was asked about recent comments by Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain that it would be fine with him to have a U.S. military presence in Iraq for 100 years.
John McCain Lies at Fox Debate and is EXPOSED by Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsqDAafTaFc
McCain: Permanent Presence In Iraq Is Fine As Long As Iraqis Are The Ones Dying
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/0..the-war-is-fine/
Iraq to reinstate Saddam party followers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Bush: No Guarantee On Iraq Troop Reductions
http://www.washingtonpost.c..01/12/AR2008011201121_pf.html
Turkey pounds northern Iraq
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=38318§i..351020201
NATO used Afghan children to detect land mines: ex-German soldier
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0801113311094602.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, poll, Republican Debate, Sean Hannity, south carolina, south carolina primary
Ron Paul wins Fox News debate text poll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICXSaiQExE
http://www.point-spreads.com/poli…ey-san.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11 Truth, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, heckled, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, south carolina, south carolina primary
Mitt Romney gets booed for attacking Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuN46nmTYI
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11 Truth, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, Ron Paul, south carolina, south carolina primary
Ron Paul Highlights of the South Carolina Debate – (1/10/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjhNa6PGLk
The Ron Paul Knockout in South Carolina
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-011208.html
Ron Paul offers Remedial lesson on being a Republican
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvMx_6DaV8
Fox Debate Was Establishment Propaganda
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=5988
FOX to Ron Paul supporters: stop emailing us!
http://www.newshounds.us..porters_stop_emailing_us.php
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/308330.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Daily Show, Fox News Debate, jon stewart, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
Jon Stewart defends Ron Paul against Giuliani advisor
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VyDhhNH4Geg
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, 9/11 Truth, 9/11 whistleblowers, False Flag, Fox News, Fox News Debate, inside job, jack blood, meet the press, neocons, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, tim russert, We Are Change
We Are Change Confronts Tim Russert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOb6KRrwrCw
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, Dissent, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, heckled, neocons, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Protest, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity Flees From Ron Paul Supporters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9uBLqz958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BWTDmjluIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LGO6sNKN1c
Filed under: 2008 Election, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Frank Luntz, GOP, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, planted audience, poll, Psyops, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Fox News Used Planted Actor In Focus Groups
Lee Rogers
Rogue Government
January 7, 2008
The credibility of Fox News is pretty much close to zero. It was bad enough that they refused to allow Ron Paul in their NH debate forum, but now they have been caught planting an actor in their supposedly random focus groups. Frank Luntz one of the chief propagandists for Fox News who organizes these focus groups has been caught planting people in focus groups in a clear attempt to distort reality. During tonight’s Fox News GOP debate, Luntz organized a focus group to provide feedback from so called random Republican voters. However, one of the people in the focus group was also used in a previous focus group Luntz organized for the September 5th, 2007 GOP presidential debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFL-LubDF9c
Frank Luntz Confronted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HJaxDt0EbY
Filed under: 2008 Election, CNN, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Frank Luntz, GOP, jay leno, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, tonight show, Wolf Blitzer
Paul Trades Fox for Jay Leno
Reason
January 7, 2008
MANCHESTER, NH – Well, the choice was sort of made for him, but 24-odd hours after being bounced from the Fox News five-man forum, Ron Paul will be appearing on the Tonight Show. He’s en route to Los Angeles to shoot the show for Monday night. Ron’s son Rand and his friend ex-Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. will be filling in at Paul’s campaign events until he returns Monday night.
I asked Paul if he had any problem breaking the writer pickets to appear on the show. Silly question: He doesn’t care about the unions or the pickets. And at his speeches at a Republican brunch (attended by almost 1000 people) and the Liberty Forum (attended by hundreds) But Paul backers in the state were enraged at the Fox shutout. At the Liberty Forum, so many people were organizing a Fox protest that Operation Live Free or Die sent out a request that Paul supporters chill out and devote their energy to an afternoon town hall instead. Some listened, but more than 200 materialized on Elm Street in Manchester to chant “Fox News Sucks!” and reel in local news teams. The Paul crowds were close to Frank Luntz’s debate focus group; after it was over, Luntz got the crowd to bet him $1000 that Paul would score 20 percent in the primary.
A little more from this afternoon: Paul will campaign at least until Feb. 5, by which time he’ll “reassess” the race.
Ron Paul Hosts Televised Townhall With Undecided Voters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxldrCsVByA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQcpmfT0f4
Fox News Uses Police To Fend Off Paul Supporters
Primary Source
January 6, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhNfkFKpgRk
Ron Paul on CNN’s Late Edition – (1/6/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVKSNIgKPg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fr3bauSyM
RON PAUL exclusive @ The Candidate Cafe: aired 1-6-08 on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsA0reahQAc
After the debate, Ron Paul does the unthinkable. Goes into the spin room himself instead of sending in the soundbite people
http://www.nyobserver.com/2008/ron-paul-spins-alone
Are Ron Paul Supporters Really Hurting Fox News Parent Company Shares?
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Fox-News-010608.html
Fox says Ron Paul is a ‘Real Republican’
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=408
Paul Rides Wave Of Loyal Following
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?he…9-ada0-459a2dc1778c
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Chris Wallace, Fox News Debate, Fred Thompson, GOP, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, new hampshire primaries, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
Ron Paul Highlights of the ABC Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ7CRYsoB6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7paYyU0WrE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaiIWWefv4c&e
Ron Paul at ABC Republican Debate, Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8RMYxhqbw
McCain:”We’re Going To Miss You Tomorrow Night Ron!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGLwgwOcrxA
Ron Paul: A Man Among Boys at ABC Debate
http://www.nolanchart.com/article764.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, Media, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, poll, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions
“Uninvited” to participate in FOX’s debate Sunday, Ron Paul decided to purchase an hour-long television slot that evening, because ‘I can afford it’
Union Leader
January 5, 2008
Ron Paul said yesterday that taking winning 10 percent of the Republican caucus results in Iowa puts him in solid standing for the New Hampshire primary, with its large contingent of independent voters.
Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas, said he captured 29 percent of the independent vote in Iowa, and “when we saw those statistics, we knew the obvious opportunities in New Hampshire” with its 44 percent of independent voters.
His supporters on the streets at midday yesterday were handing out miniature copies of the U.S. Constitution, led by the staccato of a drummer in Colonial dress and a tri-corner hat and chants calling for a revolution.
Last night, about 40 people at a house gathering heard Paul explain his plans for restoring constitutionalism, a political theory that he says means a major reduction in military commitments, ending trade agreements supported by subsidies and abolishing income tax with no proposed substitute.
Homeowner Linda Lagana and neighbor Cathy Whalen said they don’t have a second choice on the ballot, and Stephen Szewczyk of Nashua said he wouldn’t even vote in November if Paul doesn’t get the nomination.
Lagana said she was fed up with government spending and inflation, and if Paul did not get elected, a movement to get the support of legislators for stable economic policies would continue.
“This is not going away,” she said.
After being “uninvited” to participate in FOX’s debate Sunday night at St. Anselm College, Paul decided to purchase an hour-long television slot that evening, because “I can afford it.” (Note: When originally posted, this story misidentified the debate. Paul is in the January 5 ABC debate.)
He raised $20 million in the fourth quarter, more than any other Republican campaign.
Paul said he is going after the Republican nomination and has no interest in a third-party ticket.
He told his audience last night, “We are $2.7 trillion in debt, and history tells us that all great nations collapse due to economic reasons. It starts when the currency goes down, and right now on some days the Canadian dollar increases higher than the U.S dollar, and that should tell us something.”
Paul said the borrowing and printing of money creates economic inequities, because the people who get the printed and borrowed money first, notably the government, bankers and financial institutions, get to use it first, and that is an advantage.
He wants to transitionally abolish the Federal Reserve and its money-printing operations and many of the governmental institutions and their programs, such as military occupation, that create a need for foreign debt credits to restrain inflation and reinstitute local controls.
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Censorship, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Media, Mike Huckabee, Military, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, PBS, poll, rasmussen, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, Troops, veterans
NH GOP Withdraws Support From Fox News Debate
Daily Paul
January 5, 2008
CONCORD – New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen releases the following statement regarding Sunday’s Republican forum on FOX:
“The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary serves a national purpose by giving all candidates an equal opportunity on a level playing field. Only in New Hampshire do lesser known, lesser funded underdogs have a fighting chance to establish themselves as national figures. Consistent with that tradition, we believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums.
This principle applies to tonight’s debates on ABC as well as Sunday’s planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed.
While we understand that FOX News continues to move forward it is with regret, the New Hampshire Republican Party hereby withdraws as a partner in this forum.”
New Hampshire GOP has quit as a co-sponsor of tomorrow night’s nationally televised Fox News Debate
Union Leader
January 5, 2008
Manchester – The New Hampshire Republican Party has quit “with regret” as a co-sponsor of Sunday night’s nationally televised GOP forum on FOX News.
The 8 p.m. event at Saint Anselm College — the last debate before Tuesday’s primary — became controversial when FOX refused to include Ron Paul.
In a press release, state Republican Party chairman Fergus Cullen said on Saturday afternoon, “We believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums. This principle applies to tonight’s debates on ABC as well as Sunday’s planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed.”
FOX News issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon from its vice president of news, David Rhodes: “We look forward to presenting a substantive forum which will serve as the first program of its kind this election season.”
“The New Hampshire Republican Party did the right thing by pulling its sponsorship,” said Ron Paul 2008 spokesman Jesse Benton, who called FOX’s continued refusal to admit his candidate “unfair.”
Paul is included in tonight’s ABC/Facebook/WMUR debate among top Republican contenders, which begins at 7 p.m.
Paul Doubles Polling Numbers, Third In New Hampshire
Ron Paul has doubled his support in New Hampshire over the past 15 days, according to Rasmussen Reports.
Nolan Chart
December 5, 2008
A daily poll by Rasmussen is showing Ron Paul has doubled his share of the vote in New Hampshire, jumping from 7% up to 14% in just 15 days. Obviously, this is major news. The Rasmussen website was so jammed with Ron Paul supporters earlier today trying to get to it right now that no one can get through. That alone shows the power of the Ron Paul revolution. We’re not talking about a boycott or a bunch of angry activists. We’re just talking about tens of thousands of people trying to view a web page because news has spread like wildfire throughout the net that Ron Paul is now polling in third place in New Hampshire.
While the Rasmussen page remains under seige from all the demand, you can read the actual numbers at pollster.com.
YouTube Censors Veteran Supporting Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY40_ZAGh0g
NH Ron Paul Supporters Chant: “Let Him Debate!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6fDy6B2dM
Huckabee Supporter: “I’m proud to support Ron Paul..”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzvME9-TY9s
Ron Paul Air Corps Makes its Inaugural Flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGV90X-jaI&eurl=
Related News:
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/04/ron-paul-defends-liberty-on-pbs/
http://memosphere.wordpress.co..he-last-chance-for-peace/
Paul Counting On Independent Voters
http://www.unionleader.com..058-4717-8fe7-088c94e59755
Of The 16 Presidential Candidates, Only Three Have Supported Abolishing The Death Penalty: Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, And Mike Gravel
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/264926
Ron Paul Releases New TV Ad Highlighting Military Support
http://www.reuters.com/article/…0%2B04-Jan-2008%2BBW20080104
Political signs can lead to fines, jail
http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters/story/122395.html
ABC relents. Ron Paul Included in Tonight’s Debate
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/ready-set-new-h.html
Ron Paul Gets 14 Percent in Eastern Iowa
Moore: Caucus results are ‘deafening’ repudiation of war
Ron Paul is front-runner at fundraising
Ron Paul Radio Ads Hit the Air in California
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Chris Wallace, democratic debate, Dennis Kucinich, FCC, Fox News Debate, GOP, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions
Ron Paul to Participate in ABC News Debate
Marisa Guthrie
Broadcasting & Cable
January 4, 2008
ABC News finalized the roster of participants for Saturday’s Republican and Democratic debates in New Hampshire, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) — who has a small but vociferous following and finished ahead of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the Iowa caucus Thursday — will participate in the debate along with Giuliani, Rep. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
The face-off begins at 7 p.m.
The Democratic field is decidedly smaller with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Texas Gov. Bill Richardson.
Sens. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) dropped out of the race after dismal showings in Iowa. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) did not meet ABC News’ criteria for inclusion, which included placing at least fourth in Iowa or polling 5% or higher in one of the last four reputable random New Hampshire or national surveys.
Sunday’s Republican forum hosted by Fox News Channel has drawn criticism from the Paul camp for excluding the long-shot candidate. Fox News invited Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Thompson and Giuliani to the New Hampshire forum, which will be moderated by Chris Wallace.
During coverage of the Iowa caucuses, Fox News’ Shepard Smith wondered out loud if his network shouldn’t reconsider inviting Paul to participate in the forum. Fox News has yet to announce any changes to Sunday’s forum.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080104/D8TVCFK00.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Alex Jones, Congress, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, House, Iowa, iowa caucus, Iran, Media, Mike Huckabee, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Nuke, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, Troops
New Hampshire Republican Party Launches Active Campaign To Have Ron Paul Included In The Fox News Debate
Daily Paul
January 4, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZulZ07uoY
Note: Not all these State Reps are actually supporting Dr. Paul, some are, some aren’t, and some other Rep supporters are not listed but I have contacted them so they can add their names too. They are for the kind of fairness we are used to in NH. – J
Fergus Cullen
New Hampshire Republican Party
January 3, 2008
Dear Fergus:
We, the undersigned present and past New Hampshire House Republican State Representatives, respectfully request that unless Fox News agrees within the next 24 hours to invite Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter to participate with the other candidates at their Forum on Jan 6, 2008 you:
1) Pull all Republican cooperation from the Fox Forum,
2) Ask the candidates included to back out, and
3) Go public with a formal press conference denouncing of the exclusionary anti-representational policies of Fox News
Sincerely,
Hon. Paul Ingbretson
Hon. Al Baldasaro
Hon. Howie Lund
Hon. DJ Bettencourt
Hon. Jason Bedrick
Hon. Moe Villeneuve
Hon. Dan Dumaine
Hon. Andrew Renzullo
Hon. Duncan Chaplin
Hon. Laurie Boyce
Hon. Paul Hopfgarten
Hon. Lynne Ober
Hon. Steve Hellwig
Hon. Paul Mirski
Hon. William O’Brien
Hon. Jordan Ulery
Hon. Pamela Manney
Hon. Dan Itse
Hon. Bob Boyce
Hon. Mike Harrington
Hon. Nancy Elliot
Hon. Bob Mead
Ron Paul: Fox News Is “Beyond A Joke”
Presidential candidate slams decision to exclude him from forum
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 4, 2008
Speaking to The Alex Jones Show today, presidential candidate Ron Paul commented on the controversy surrounding his exclusion from a Fox News January 6th presidential forum by encouraging supporters to keep up the pressure on the network to reverse their decision and slamming the network’s claim of being fair and balanced as “beyond a joke”.
“People are outraged and a lot of them are coming to our defense including the Republican Party up there so we haven’t heard the last word about that yet,” said Paul.
The Congressman identified the main reason for his exclusion as Fox News’ fear that he would express strong anti-war opinions, which they see as a “threat” when coming from the most conservative member of the house.
“They have to realize that what the numbers are and if it’s hurting them, if it’s not in their interests I think they’re in a bind, I don’t think they have any easy way out and they dug themselves into this situation so hopefully they wake up and realize that they have to come around to be much more fair and balanced, it’s gone beyond a joke for them to advertise they’re fair and balanced when they’re just the opposite,” said the Congressman.
Discussing the broader success of the campaign, Paul said, “Everybody’s upbeat and they wanna win but they are also very realistic to know what is the future regardless of what’s gonna happen….how can we keep working this, how can we keep our group together….I think we’ve really opened the eyes of a lot of people so there’s reason to be optimistic,” said Paul.
The Congressman added that the New World Order must be defeated not with weapons but with ideas and that the movement which he is now the figurehead for is much larger than he ever dreamed it would be.
“Most people thought that you’d have to be part of the establishment to get money and support but the supporters have proven that not only will they work hard and go out and do the legwork that is necessary but they’ll also send in the money and they’ll also be very creative,” added Paul.
Click here to listen to the MP3 of the interview.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/010408_rudy_hillary.htm
Ron Paul Campaign Manager: We Are About To Go Into Orbit
http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2008/040108Orbit.htm
Paul Campaign Manager Urges Boycott Of Fox News Sponsors
http://www.prisonplanet.com…0308_urges_boycott.htm
Ron Paul Plans Counter-Event To Fox Forum
http://www.fmnn.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=53337
Politifact.com Judges Ron Paul Most Truthful Candidate
http://prisonplanet.com/arti…10408_most_truthful.htm
Paul Finishes in Iowa Top Five, But No Room for Him on the “Debate Bus”
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1526
NH cacuses next, right? Wrong, Don’t Forget Wyoming
http://ap.google.com/article/…JqGsF2uBwQL9gD8TUHQQO0
AP Claims Ron Paul Could Be “An unpredictable factor in New Hampshire”
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=142
Richard Viguerie to the Fox News Channel: Have You Joined the Enemy?
http://www.prnewswire.com/new…4730103&EDATE
Paul Points To Huckabee’s Tax Hikes In New Hampshire Mailer
http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2008/040108Mailer.htm
Ron Paul Vows to Take Campaign to NH
http://ap.google.com/article…hMxRlVNz3jpD9HizwD8TURE6G0
Why should ABC and Fox get to decide who is a viable candidate for president?
http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2008/01/02/they-report-they-decide/
Fox News Guard Decks Ron Paul Supporter
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e35_1199365426
BLOWBACK FOR RON PAUL: BOYCOTT FOX NEWS SPONSORS
http://mparent7777-2.blogspo…paul-boycott-fox-news.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Iran, Media, neocons, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Nuke, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Troops
Bill O’Reilly Admits He Is “Frightened” By Ron Paul
Fox News talking head says he agrees with decision to ban Congressman from presidential forum
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 3, 2008
Talking head blowhard Bill O’Reilly admitted on Fox News last night that Ron Paul frightens him and that he completely agrees with the decision to exclude him from a Fox presidential forum this weekend.
“Ron Paul, when you look at the totality of his positions, is a pretty frightening guy,” barks O’Reilly.
O’Reilly then proceeds to play a clip that proves the Congressman completely right and makes Billo look ridiculous.
The clip is from O’Reilly’s September 2007 interview with Paul in which he dismisses the Iranian threat and voices his opposition to the Neo-Cons spreading the war further throughout the middle east.
The fact that the CIA’s National Intelligence Estimate, which was released less than three months later, concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, is lost on Bill, who claims that Paul’s desire to bring American troops home puts the country in danger.
Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie ably puts Bill in his place.
Watch the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWde-xYYZdA
The Lord of Loofahs schooled by a kid….AGAIN
http://realtruthonline.blogspot.c..ofahs-schooled-by-kidagain.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Fred Thompson, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, poll, republican caucus, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, zogby
Ron Paul Will Finish 3rd in Iowa
Nolan Chart
January 2, 2008
Zogby currently shows Ron Paul tied with Giuliani and Thompson at 8%, and 3 points behind McCain in Iowa, among likely Republican caucus voters.
Another Zogby poll in November showed that Independents and Democrats represent 60% of Paul’s support nationwide. From the last paragraph of Zogby’s press release:
“Paul was the big winner among that universe of voters, winning 33%, compared to 19% for Giuliani, 15% for Romney, and 13% for Thompson.”
If this poll is at all reflective of Paul’s true support, and holds true in Iowa, then his real polling number in Iowa is closer to 20%, which would give him at least a 3rd place finish.
After that, all the rules may change.
Ron Paul Running Third in New Hampshire According to Oddsmakers
Gambling911
January 1, 2008
He may have been excluded from participating in an upcoming Fox News New Hampshire debate, but that hasn’t stopped the betting market from overwhelmingly giving US Presidential hopeful Ron Paul a third place finish in the “Live Free or Die” state, well ahead of both Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani.
The oddsmakers at BetUS.com had Ron Paul listed with +1000 odds to win New Hampshire one week before the primary. Compare that with Mitt Romney as the slight -120 favorite and John McCain at even odds. For those of you unfamiliar with how to read the American betting odds displayed at BetUS, +1000 simply means that a $100 bet would pay out $1000 or a $1 bet would pay out $10.
Political prediction markets provide us — the consumers of this information — with a way to cut through this clutter.
A prediction market is a bit like the stock market, except that you are buying shares whose value depends on the success of a political candidate, rather than the profits earned by a corporation. And just as stock prices are a useful barometer of the health of a company, so too the price of a prediction contract is a barometer of the health of a political campaign.
A third place finish in New Hampshire would be something that Ron Paul supporters savor since it solidifies their candidate’s true popularity in the race while putting to rest once and for all the idea that Paul’s supporters are nothing but Internet bots that just happen to be able to raise nearly $20 million in a single quarter.
Gambling911.com reporter, Jennifer Reynolds, believes that if Ron Paul is not seen as a viable candidate, people will simply vote for the individual they believe can win (i.e. a Mitt Romney or a Rudy Giuliani), even though they have a preference for the long time Texas Congressman.
“I have never subscribed to the ‘who is most popular’ method of picking a candidate, I prefer to choose based on substance, but there are many who still believe that it is wasting a vote to vote for the man you want to win if you think he could lose and instead choose a lesser candidate with more of a chance.”
A third place or higher finish in New Hampshire would instill confidence in voters that Ron Paul does indeed have a fighting chance.
Christopher Costigan, Publisher of the Gambling911.com website, points out that this information will have many a Ron Paul supporter extremely delighted in the face of his exclusion by Fox News.
“We have gotten so many emails related to an organized boycott of Fox News and it’s obvious the new year got off to a bad start for Ron Paul supporters with the news about his exclusion,” Costigan said. “As we get closer to a particular race like the New Hampshire primary, these odds tend to become more accurate and there is some suggestion that the Fox ‘controversy, which CNN is starting to capitalize on, will only help to increase his chances of a win in New Hampshire.”
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, CNN, Des Moines, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Fred Thompson, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Joe Scarborough, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, morning joe, MSNBC, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, Pat Buchanan, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, tim russert, Wolf Blitzer
Tim Russert predicts Paul could beat Giuliani in Iowa
Raw Story
January 2, 2008
Republican presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) could be poised to beat Rudy Giuliani — once perceived as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination — in Thursday’s Iowa caucus voting, according to NBC’s Tim Russert.
Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program for a discussion about the latest Iowa polling numbers, Russert said Paul could realistically score a fourth place showing in the state.
“Having gone around and watching this thing,” said Russert, “to say for example Huckabee wins, Romney is two. McCain comes in third. Thompson is out — he has already said if he’s not two, he’s out. I think Ron Paul has a chance of coming in fourth here. I really do.”
Assuming former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) took fifth, Russert added that it appeared likely Giuliani could slip to a lowly sixth place finish.
Conservative pundit and two-time Republican presidential aspirant Pat Buchanan said he believed the former New York mayor was now facing an uphill fight for his party’s nomination.
“I think Rudy is toast…I mean, you can’t go 0-4, 0-5, and come back and win Florida,” said Buchanan of the possibility that Giuliani could fair poorly in the opening contests of the primary season.
Giuliani has not campaigned heavily in Iowa, choosing instead to adopt a national strategy focused on other states, such as Florida, that vote later in the primary process. More than twenty states, including New York and California go to the polls on February 5.
“When you get to Florida and the February 5th states,” Giuliani told Fox News, “we’re ahead in some cases by large percentages and in some case by closer percentages. We believe it’s a good strategy and it’s going to work.”
The latest poll from Iowa’s Des Moines Register tallies Giuliani’s support in the state at five percent. Paul and Thompson each notch nine percent.
MSNBC: Ron Paul interviewed on Countdown to Iowa
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KtNY4jaNW6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO9grvgeW6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chsPYuHdTfU
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-02-paul_N.htm
Ron Paul supporters sell off of NewsCorp stock en masse in retaliation against Fox News
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2..l-supporters-sell-off-of.html
Fox Snub Boosts Ron Paul
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/fox-news-decision-to-exclude.html
ABC Now Considering Banning Ron Paul from Debates
http://www.opednews.com/art…ny__080102_abc_now_considering_.htm
Republicans pissed with Fox News? Believe it
http://mparent7777-2.blogspo…-pissed-with-fox-news.html
An Open Letter to Iowa Skeptics
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/muratore7.html
Disrespecting Ron Paul
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=158418
Ronulans Causing Drop in Fox News Stock Price???
http://www.thirdpartywatch.com…ing-drop-in-fns-stock-price/
Caucus For Ron Paul In Iowa – Where To Find Your Precinct
http://people.ronpaul2008.com/iowa/2007/12/10/find-your-precinct/