Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, 9/11 Truth, CFR, Child Abuse, George Bush, Guantanamo, john yoo, minnesota, Mitt Romney, neocons, North American Union, SPP, Torture, We Are Change, wtc-7
We Are Change Confronts Mitt Romney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlwKfn-SQuI
Filed under: 2008 Election, Bill Kristol, Bush Sr., Cindy McCain, DEBT, FEC, George Bush, GOP, John McCain, keating 5, lobbyists, Mitt Romney, nation building, neocons, occupation, scandal, Sex Scandal, Troops, Vicki Iseman, War On Terror
NY Times: McCain had possible relations to Female Lobbyist
NY Times
February 21, 2008
Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
When news organizations reported that McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.
McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity.
It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory problems had nearly ended McCain’s political career by ensnaring him in the Keating Five scandal. In the years that followed, he reinvented himself as the scourge of special interests, a crusader for stricter ethics and campaign finance rules, a man of honor chastened by a brush with shame.
But the concerns about McCain’s relationship with Iseman underscored an enduring paradox of his post-Keating career. Even as he has vowed to hold himself to the highest ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity has sometimes seemed to blind him to potentially embarrassing conflicts of interest.
McCain: I did not have sexual relations with that woman
Nick Juliano
Raw Story
February 21, 2008
‘Disappointed’ in NY Times piece; ‘It’s not true’
Republican presidential candidate John McCain faced the explosion of a long-ticking timebomb Thursday morning when the New York Times revealed allegations of his questionable conduct with a woman who lobbied for the telecommunications industry.
In a 9 a.m. press conference, McCain denied the Times report, saying he was disappointed with the paper of record’s handling of the story.
“I’m very disappointed in The New York Times piece,” McCain said. “It’s not true.”
The Arizona Senator flatly denied that he had a romantic relationship with the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, and he said campaign aides never warned him about speculation the two were having an affair nor intervened to keep her from campaign events.
While he said he was unaware whether aides discussed the alleged relationship amongst themselves, McCain said he never heard the concerns personally. He went on to pan the Times‘ sourcing of the article.
“I do notice with some interest that it’s, quote, ‘former aides,’ that this whole story is based on anonymous sources. … I’m very disappointed in that,” McCain said.
One former top campaign aide, John Weaver, did speak on the record to the Times and the Washington Post, which produced its own story on McCain and Iseman Thursday.
Weaver told the papers he met Iseman in person at Union Station in Washington, DC, to warn her to stay away from McCain. In his press conference Thursday, McCain said he had not spoken about the Times investigation with Weaver before it was published and he denied knowing about the Union Station meeting.
Right off the bat, McCain was asked about the most salacious implications of the Times article.
Q Senator, did you ever have any meeting with any of your staffers in which they would have intervened to ask you not to see Vicki Iseman or to be concerned about appearances of being too close to a lobbyist? SEN. MCCAIN: No. Q No meeting ever occurred? SEN. MCCAIN: No. Q No staffer was ever concerned about a possible romantic relationship? SEN. MCCAIN: If they were, they didn’t communicate that to me. Q Did you ever have such a relationship? SEN. MCCAIN: No.
McCain also acknowledged speaking to Times editor Bill Keller while the paper was reporting its story, but he said he never tried to dissuade him from publishing it.
“I called him up when the investigation was going on and I asked him basically what was happening and that we hoped that we could bring this to closure,” McCain said. “But it was a very brief conversation.”
At one point, Cindy McCain took to the microphone to share her own criticism of the paper.
“My children and I not only trust my husband but know that he would never do anything to not only disappoint our family, but [to] disappoint the people of America,” she said. “He’s a man of great character, and I’m very, very disappointed in The New York Times.”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ueSREqe3qc
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4056
McCain Statement Repudiating NY Times Piece
http://www.electiongeek.com/blo..-repudiating-ny-times-piece/
Why Did The NYT Hold McCain-Lobbyist Story?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..the-nyt-hold-mcca_n_87704.html
Employer of McCain linked lobbyist Vicki Iseman removes her bio from Web but doesn’t understand concept of Internet Archive
http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/20..io-pulled-from-web/
McCain and the Lobbyist – Is This Why Romney Only ‘Suspended’ His Campaign?
http://www.pensitoreview.com/20..-lobbyist-relationship/
Kristol: Fear is a pretty good argument for McCain
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-more-occupations/
McCain: I Could Send U.S. Troops ‘Anywhere’ For ‘A Long Period of Time’
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-more-occupations/
McCain’s Advisors Don’t Appear Too Close To Bush
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/../16%2BUdc/9dQPxJLHa2A
Bush 41 Endorses McCain
http://ap.google.com/article/A..Jn95tAD8UQQHM80
Filed under: 2008 Election, DEBT, GOP, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney
Ron Paul Wins Nevada GOP Caucus
Connie Talk
February 17, 2008
Ron Paul is winning the state of Nevada. With 1,750 of Nevada’s 1,789 precincts reporting, the results of which are available Nevada GOP’s website: Mitt Romney would have taken the state at 51%, but has since dropped out of the race, making Ron Paul’s 13% currently the winner. Ron Paul has 5,802 votes; 192 more than John McCain’s 5,610, and 5% more than Mike Huckabee’s 3,519.
Here is a list of reasons I’ve heard from both Republican voters and on-the-fence voters – from he doesn’t have enough support, to people aren’t interested in him, to people aren’t voting for him – followed up with facts. Au contraire, mon frère!
“He doesn’t have enough support.”
Ron Paul has 1,613 meetup groups in 1,191 cities.
Mike Huckabee has 508 meetup groups in 444 cities.
John McCain has 8 meetup groups in 8 cities.
“People aren’t interested in him.”
Ron Paul consistently (and substantially) outranked both of his GOP competitors – Mike Huckabee and John McCain – in Google searches in the last 12 months. Google is the 1 search engine in the world (though the link above just measures the U.S., for purposed of who may be qualified to vote).
“His campaign won’t have enough money.”
In the last quarter of 2007, Ron Paul beat his own fundraising record of $4.3 million in 24 hours, and made national history with the highest fundraising amount in one day in the U.S. presidential race, ever: $6 million in 24 hours.
“He can’t fix the economy.”
Whether or not you agree with his ideas on how to revive America’s economy, there is no question on the fact that Ron Paul is the only candidate of the Republican and Democratic parties left in the race whose campaign has $0 in debts to any company or individual. Look at the debts column. Paul leads by example when he preaches on not borrowing what we don’t have.
“He hasn’t won any states.”
Ron Paul took 1st place in Montana and Nevada, and 2nd place in Alaska, North Dakota, and Louisiana thusfar. Many of the primary and caucus results for the states that have voted already are incomplete or not yet available, and what many people are assuming is fact are just projections by the media.
“I don’t know enough about him.”
You watch too much television, then.
Alright, that last one was a joke…sort of.
2/18/08 UPDATE: 100% of the precincts have now reported. Ron Paul won at 14% of the vote (6,084); McCain was 2nd place at 13%; Huckabee at 8%. As of right now, the results page is stating “last updated” on January 19th at 7:00 pm; this must be a misprint, as the data reflected 97.8% of the vote being in yesterday (2/17/08), and then was updated before midnight to reflect 100%.
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, Afghanistan, Bill Kristol, Britain, California, Coup, David Rockefeller, delores alfond, election fraud, Europe, european union, False Flag, George Bush, global elite, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, Israel, jack abramoff, John McCain, military strike, Mitt Romney, neocons, NIE, Nuke, Propaganda, Saber Rattling, Sanctions, Shock and Awe, Tehran, veterans, Vietnam, vote scam, voter fraud, washington
What Vietnam Veterans Think of John McCain
This is the “REAL” John McCain in living color seen belittling Delores Alfond, head of the National Alliance of POW/MIA whose brother went missing in action in Vietnam . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CazKanlYDg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFM1xqqTX_g
McCain: Sanctions, attacks await Iran
Press TV
February 8, 2008
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the US and its European allies will adopt unilateral sanctions against Iran.
He stated that if the UN is not prepared to impose stronger political and economic sanctions, the United States and its European partners will take such measures.
He also said that a military solution should remain on the table as a last resort and that Iran is playing ‘a game it cannot win’.
“I intend to make it unmistakably clear to Iran that we will not permit a government that espouses the destruction of … Israel . . .and pledges undying enmity to the United States to possess weapons to advance their malevolent ambitions,” Suddeutschen Zeitung quoted the senator as saying.
The recently published US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) has confirmed that Iran is not developing nuclear arms.
Iran says under the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) it is entitled to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and that its nuclear activities are aimed at civilian purposes.
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1906
McCain wants more EU troops for Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne..ws/2008/02/10/wafg110.xml
John McCain, To Get Signaled Support From President Bush
http://www.huffingtonpost.com..ets-implicit_n_85666.html
McCain Got $100,000 From Abramoff’s Old Firm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/12/mcc..-_n_86245.html
Romney To Endorse McCain
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWBT00839720080214
Bill ‘PNAC’ Kristol is new McCain advisor
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/104/story/27096.html
Did The Republican Establishment Steal the WA Primary for McCain?
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2..hment-steal-wa-primary.html
If you read this article on John McCain’s official website you’ll notice he was pushing hard for war with Iraq 6 months before 9/11
http://mccain.senate.gov/publi..2&Region_id=&Issue_id=
McCain’s win in CA questioned
http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/.-win-in-ca-questioned.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, 2nd Amendment, Al Gore, andrew Napolitano, CPAC, DEBT, Economy, election fraud, Global Warming, John McCain, Mitt Romney, New York, Republican Debate, republican forum, Ron Paul, ron paul blimp, Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, US Constitution, US Economy, vote scam, voter fraud, War On Terror
Ron Paul – CPAC Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWdtMftHTtQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMtjgMTYE1Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SblfSHWHnM
Ron Paul blimp apparently slashed
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/in..ntly-slashed/
Ron Paul Decides Not To Run 3rd Party
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=6554
‘We Are Acting Too Much Like Democrats,’ Paul Says
http://www.cnsnews.com/..rchive/200802/POL20080208a.html
Ron Paul Defends The Second Amendment
http://infowars.net/articles/february2008/080208gunban.htm
Paper: Ron Paul Supporters, We Were Wrong
http://www.montanakaimin.com..article/ron_paul_supporters_we_were_wrong/
Romney Leaves 36 Million in Debt, Ron Paul Has Zero Debt!
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008
Ron Paul’s Name Crossed Out On New York Ballot Papers
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/070208_crossed.htm
Ron Paul Running Mate Short List Includes Judge Andrew Napolitano?
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-.tano-020708.html
Congressman Paul Cosponsors Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.js..nav=Groupspace
Ron Paul: McCain friends with Feingold, Kennedy
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/n..ron_paul_mccain_friends_with_f.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, colorado, Denver, Economy, GOP, John McCain, Maine, maine caucus, Minneapolis, minnesota, Mitt Romney, money bomb, moneybomb, republican caucus, republican primaries, RNC, Ron Paul, ron paul delegates, Seattle, super tuesday, US Economy, washington
Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates
In the race for delegates, Ron Paul appears to closely trail Romney for first place
Ron Paul 2008
February 4, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain. However, the Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron Paul.
Ron Paul Second in Maine State Delegates with 35%
Romney has 52% of the vote while Paul has secured 35% of the state delegates who will allocate Maine’s 18 national delegates in May.
Gary Wood
Nolan Chart
February 4, 2008
The final State Caucus before Super Tuesday is projected to be won by Governor Mitt Romney based on 74% of the presidential preference poll votes in Mitt Romney has 52%. There’s a battle for second place, in popular votes, going on between Ron Paul and John McCain. As of 4:34est the Maine Republican Party website showed there were just 154 votes separating the two with over 25% of the caucus locations still to report in.
According to a press release by Jesse Benton, of the Ron Paul campaign, the Texas Congressman, with his message of liberty and freedom, has already picked up 215 of the total 608 Maine state delegates. This number could increase as results come in from the final 6 counties. 35% of the state delegates place him second behind Mitt Romney even though McCain has a slight lead in the popular vote. There is no way for John McCain to catch Ron Paul in state delegate count even if he holds on to his slim lead in polling simply based on cities and caucus locations already won by Ron Paul
Although many major newspapers are giving all 18 Maine National Delegates to Mitt Romney that is not the case. State delegates in Maine are non-binding. The actual allocation of the 18 national delegates will not be determined until May 2 when the Maine Republican Party State Convention is going to be held and the state delegates will then decide.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
Paul Draws Big Denver Crowd
Denver Post
February 3, 2008
Longer Version: Click Here
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HlhjRReedkk
The alarm in the Colorado Convention Center employee’s voice was verging on panic.
“That room is packed so tight it’s not even funny,” he shouted into a radio Friday night as the Segway he was riding hummed and swerved down a wide carpeted hallway.
The crowd for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was so large it surprised his own organizers. They were forced to hurriedly open partitions to double the size of the ballroom space minutes before Paul’s scheduled appearance in the Four Seasons Ballroom. When that wasn’t enough hundreds of people stood rimming the hall that sits 1,536.
“I’m just totally dumbfounded,” Paul said as he began his speech before a raucous sign-waving crowd. “The enthusiasm seems to be growing. Freedom is popular.”
Many of his supporters boldly predicted he would win more delegates in the state then front runners Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though Paul has yet to win a majority in any state primary.
“He’s real strong in Colorado,” said Vince Holcomb, 45, a massage therapist from Centennial. “Ron Paul is a lot higher in the polls than the mainstream media publicize.”
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Washington-State-020408.html
http://online.wsj.com/article_emai..4MDAyNDAwODQ0Wj.html</a
Ron Paul Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota Draws 4,000
http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/379859.html
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=4716
Ron’s Speech about Economics in Seattle
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=4711
Tech workers’ money is on Paul
http://www.eetimes.com/n..ml?articleID=206102068
Filed under: 2008 Election, alaska, atlanta, Colbert Report, Denver, GOP, John McCain, Maine, maine caucus, Military, military donations, Mitt Romney, NAFTA Superhighway, New Hampshire, new jersey, republican caucus, republican primaries, republican straw poll, Ron Paul, st. louis, super tuesday, Texas, trans texas corridor, Troops, TTC
Ron Paul Gets A VERY Close Third in Maine
Andrew Malcolm
LA Times
February 3, 2008
Former Gov. Mitt Romney convincingly won the Maine Republican caucus tonight with about 52% of the vote.
The current GOP front-runner, Arizona Sen. John McCain, is running a distant second with 22% and Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded longshot, is in a very close third with 19% of the vote. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is trailing badly with only 5%.
With nearly two-thirds of the votes counted, Maine Republican Party Vice Chairman Scott Kauffman said, “It is very sure that former Gov. Romney wins the contest.”
Although Maine does not carry the political clout of many other states, it could provide a helpful psychological boost going into nearly two dozen crucial Super Tuesday contests this week for Romney’s forces, who lost to McCain in Florida, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Nearly half the delegates necessary to win the Republican nomination will be chosen Tuesday.
In a statement tonight, Romney, who was campaigning today in the upper Midwest after attending the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the president of the Mormon church, in Salt Lake City, said, “Today the people of Maine joined those from across the nation in casting their vote for conservative change in Washington.”
The actual number of Maine delegates he won in the non-binding caucuses will be determined at a state convention in May.
It was a disappointing night for Ron Paul. The campaign of the 72-year-old, 10-term congressman from Texas with the well-financed campaign had hoped to pull an upset in independent-minded Maine. And he did come close to embarrassing McCain for second place, which Paul also won in the Louisiana and Nevada caucuses.
Maine Democrats hold their statewide caucuses next weekend.
Ron Paul Sweeps Northern Maine Caucuses
Fort Fairfield Journal
February 3, 2008
Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul scored a stunning upset win over all three of his opponents in the Aroostook County Presidential Preference Survey during the weekend caucuses just concluded. It also would appear that Dr. Paul’s supporters won the lion’s share of the delegate seats to the Maine Republican Convention in early May from the county.
There were 3 undecided voters in Aroostook County with regard to the presidential preference. This vote is a non-binding survey merely intended to indicate Maine Republicans’ preference for President. Delegates were also selected for many towns to the Republican State Convention.
Aroostook County volunteer coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 effort, and Vice-chairman of the county Republicans, Steve Martin of Amity, had this to say about the upset results. “I love Aroostook County people. They are the most independent-minded and deeply-considerate folks in Maine. It is clear that Dr. Paul’s message of reduced government, lower taxes, personal liberties and non-interference in the internal matters of other nations struck a cord here in Aroostook County. Dr. Paul’s opposition to a Northern Maine National Park coupled with his deep respect for private property and gun rights also played a part in sweeping all three caucus locations.”
The county Republicans will be meeting again for their regular monthly meetings at the Presque Isle Inn & Convention Center on Saturday morning, February 16th at 9:00 AM.
With all Aroostook towns reporting, the results were as follows for Aroostook’s 3 caucus locations:
Fort Kent:
Ron Paul 3
Mitt Romney 2
Mike Huckabee 2
John McCain 1
Houlton:
Ron Paul 16
Mitt Romney 11
Mike Huckabee 8
John McCain 4
Presque Isle:
Ron Paul 29
Mitt Romney 27
John McCain 17
Mike Huckabee 16
Aroostook County totals with percentages:
Ron Paul: 48 votes 34.5%
Mitt Romney 40 votes 28.8%
Mike Huckabee 26 votes 18.7%
John McCain 22 votes 15.8%
Undecided 3 votes 2.1%
Ron Paul scores 1st in Bergen County straw poll
John Holl
The Star-Ledger
February 3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZEX0hYOZIg
Ron Paul, the conservative Texas congressman and long-shot presidential hopeful, pulled off a small and symbolic upset in Bergen County today by winning a straw poll leading up to Super Tuesday.
The vote, sponsored by the Bergen County Republican Organization, drew more than 100 people to Hackensack, and included a boisterous contingent of Paul supporters, many from outside Bergen County. They listened to four representatives for the four remaining GOP contenders before casting votes, giving Paul a 52-40 victory over Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney placed third with 27 votes, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee got just one vote.
Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) spoke on behalf of McCain (R-Ariz.) and like others, invoked the memory of Ronald Reagan and wore a tie given to him by the former president embroidered with the words “democracy is not a spectator sport.”
He used that as a transition, saying McCain “is a man resolved to do first and foremost what is best for this country no matter the cost to him politically.”
State Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) stumped for Romney and, echoing a feeling from many of the old Republican guard in the room, said it was time to focus on the two “serious” GOP candidates, McCain and Romney.
However it was the Paul supporters who yelled the loudest, waived the most signs and eventually cast the most ballots.
Colbert: Ron Paul is insane – thinks the Earth moves round the Sun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsC_0fMjr0
Ron Paul news story from KSDK St. Louis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwvMSDpFA8Y
Ron Paul has a lot of friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayi5LJwHWy0
Paul Needs 3.2 Million by February 5th for TV/Radio Ads
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/02/0..l-needs-84-million-for-tvradio-ads/
Paul touts importance of Alaska in Super Tuesday
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/..-importance-alaska-super-tuesday/
Ron Paul receive more donations from soldiers than McCain and Romney combined!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019097.html
Paul: Secretive Elite Control America
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41302§i..3510203
Video: Ron Paul at Denver Convention Center
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/020208Denver.htm
NH Paul Supporter May Run For Congress
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=6397
Paul: No federal funds for TTC
http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2008/01/31/news/top_story/topstory.txt
Rand Paul Atlanta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHitwJtB4VQ
Ron Paul Speaks In Victoria, TX
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/030208Victoria.htm
Ron Paul Is Popular at the Super Bowl
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/0..t-the-super-bowl/
Cop to Ron Paul supporter: ‘Well, you be careful. I wouldn’t want you to get shot’
Ron Paul’s Big Chance For Modest Splash
Ron Paul speaks on economics – Seattle
Ron Paul and How the Media Pick the Candidates
Paul would change fraudulent system
Dr. Ron Paul’s Freedom of Health-Care Plan
Paul supporters launch online petition: demand apology, banning of Cooper from future debates, and fair treatment
National Tax Payer’s Union Study Says Ron Paul Only Candidate Who Would Cut Spending
Ron Paul biggest GOP fundraiser last quarter
Aside from Ron Paul, all other candidates are liberals
Protect America From Protect America Act
Ron Paul’s Tax Adviser
Filed under: 2008 Election, anderson cooper, Censorship, CIA, cnn debate, GOP, John McCain, lou dobbs, Media, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Republican Debate, Ron Paul
Ron Paul Cheated Again During CNN “Debate”
Corporate media engages in mass public deception as Congressman receives just a third of the questions given to Romney and McCain
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 31, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLGMLpA-20
Ron Paul was cheated for the umpteenth time last night, this time by CNN, as the corporate media once again engaged in mass public deception by advertising their spectacle as a “debate” when in fact it was nothing more than a staged punch and judy show.
CIA trainee Anderson Cooper directed just five questions at Congressman Paul as well as two half-questions, the answers to which he interrupted on both occasions.
In comparison, Mitt Romney fielded 17 questions and John McCain got 15, not including the time the two spent bickering with each other about their past statements.
Again, just as with the previous MSNBC debate and numerous others before it, Ron Paul was given less than a third of the questions as the other candidates.
The primary definition of a debate is, “A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints.”
Since Ron Paul is the only candidate expressing opposing viewpoints, the corporate media’s deliberate ploy to relegate, marginalize and restrict his opportunities to speak amounts to overt public deception. These farces should not be referred to as debates because they are merely PR stunts that are conducted with a deep-seated bias towards the establishment candidates.
As we have repeatedly emphasized, this is how frontrunners are created, this is how the establishment promotes its own candidates at the expense of others. The only solution is to continue to strike at the root of America’s corporate media monopoly by creating our own forms of media and eventually eclipsing their influence which, slowly but surely, is beginning to happen with the aid of the Internet.
Here’s the breakdown of Paul’s participation time courtesy of the Lew Rockwell blog.
Question 1 on the economy: 1:19 minutes
Question 4 on the environment: 0:41 minutes, because Anderson cut him short and assured him “2 minutes, in 2 minutes we have a question for you. I promise”
Question 5 on income tax rebates and “make work” schemes: 0:49 minutes
Question 11 on Sandra Day O’Conner: 0:09 minutes, I kid you not. Cut short by Anderson
Question 15* on McCain’s “100 years in Iraq” statement: 1:39 minutes (only question directly asked to Dr. Paul)
Question 18* on how X would handle the military as commander in chief: 1:50 minutes
Question 19* on a Reagan endorsement: 0:46 minutes
The highlight of the night came when Ron Paul slammed the punch and judy spat between McCain and Romney over Iraq, both of whom fully support endless occupation, with the Senator making it clear this week that a McCain presidency would mean more wars.
Lou Dobbs reminds “repeater” that Ron Paul is still running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w07Dh9W0bEI
Ron Paul shortchanged on debate time again
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019030.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11 Families, 9/11 Firefighters, Censorship, Credit Crisis, DEBT, Dennis Kucinich, Economic Collapse, economic depression, Economy, florida, florida debate, florida primary, Great Depression, Greenback, Inflation, John McCain, Louisiana, louisiana caucus, louisiana primary, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, national id, Pennsylvania, Real ID, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican straw poll, romney cheating, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, Stock Market, tax rebates, US Economy
Ron Paul Highlights at the Florida Debate – (1/24/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTh-jhcI51c
Text message results from MSNBC Florida Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXJTiLN_JRI
Mitt Romney admits “he doesn’t care about the voters”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YigcyWXI30
Rudy Guiliani thinks we need REAL ID to get online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhli-ZI_8es
FAU Debate – 9/11 Firefighters Detained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0RV-UeWkY
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012508_paul_shunned.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6023993791127074908&hl=en
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fKO7BxNNhMk
http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2008/240108Louisiana_ignored.htm
Ron Paul Gets Least Amount of Time to 1Speak
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/24/607035.aspx
Ron Paul Unveils a REAL Economic Stimulus Plan
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/240108_stimulus.htm
Paul: ‘Momentum is going to continue’
http://media.www.cw.ua.edu/media/..m.Is.Going.To.Continue-3165083.shtml
Rep. Ron Paul a surprising contender
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/460248.html
Don Luskin Named Economic Advisor to the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign
http://www.businesswire.com/porta..0080124006228&newsLang=en
Calling All Kucinich Supporters: Vote Ron Paul
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne.._all_kucinich.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, Fox News, Fred Thompson, GOP, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, nevada, nevada caucus, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, south carolina
Nevada Caucus – Fox News: Ron Paul nonexistent with 14%
Third Party Watch
January 20, 2008
For some reason, Fox News continues to disregard the fact that Ron Paul is one of the GOP presidential candidates and he didn’t ignore Nevada like most of the presidential candidates.
I received the graphic above in my e-mail (click to enlarge) and don’t know to whom the credit is due. However, this screenshot was obviously taken of Fox News coverage of the Nevada results. For some reason, they failed to mention the 2 candidate, although they covered 1, 3 and 4.
Of course, most folks can easily figure out that Ron Paul was the candidate they “accidentally” forgot to cover.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sFXqUgRxtzY
Considering Paul’s exclusion from the New Hampshire debate, this incident, and a variety of snide remarks made by Fox commentators, it’s starting to look like Fox News has a political agenda. I wonder how this squares with campaign finance regulations, as corporations aren’t supposed to be making in-kind contributions to federal campaigns. I may disagree with the regulations, but it seems that John McCain shouldn’t be able to benefit like this from a regulation which bears his name.
UPDATE: It looks like Fox is continuing with the same general level of distortion regarding incoming South Carolina results. I’ve been watching the results come in at CNN and haven’t seen any point around the time this particular screen shot was taken when Giuliani was ahead of Paul.
Ron Paul Bags Second In Nevada Caucus
Small Government Times
Januay 19, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVWAXKl9dg
So-called long shot candidate Ron Paul managed to finish 2nd place in the Nevada caucuses held today, which proves the Texas Representative may have more support around the country, and especially out west, than he’s getting credit for.
Romney destroyed the competition in Nevada with over 50% of the vote and finished first. Ron Paul came in second with 13%, and John McCain finished third, also with 13% but with fewer popular votes than Paul.
Independents overwhelmingly supported Paul in the western state, which clearly helped propel Paul into a much needed second place finish. Normally, independents support the much more liberal John McCain.
Fred Thompson finished fourth, Mike Huckabee fifth and Rudy Giuliani, again falling far short of popular expectations, came in a distant sixth place. Duncan Hunter rounded out the GOP candidates with a seventh place finish, barely picking up 2% of the vote.
Nevada ABC News Claims McCain Finished In Second
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxRrzLkn66Q
Ron Paul also ignored by Swiss TV Station
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RXmP4zNfB0w
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012108_giuliani_dropout.htm
Fox & Friends Blow Through Ron Paul 2nd Place Finish
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fanp5_zfRR8
Ron Paul coming SECOND in Nevada. Beats McCain and Huckabee
http://politics.reddit.com/info/65zon/comments/
This is how Al Jazeera International reported the results of the Nevada caucus
http://i25.tinypic.com/29qfx2h.jpg
Paul Happy With 2nd in Nevada
http://ap.google.com/article/AL..29q9BYF8hGozAD8U9C0F00
Paul camp says Nevada GOP caucus in ‘chaos,’ requests delay; Nevada GOP dismisses Ron Paul complaint
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pa..da_caucus_delay_0118.html
Delegate Count: MSM Gets it Wrong Again
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018753.html
Ron Paul Celebrates Nevada Second
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2..ntry3732071.shtml
GOP Caucus Complaints Emerge
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/13919082.html
Nevada GOP Dismisses Paul Complaint
http://www.boston.com/news/politics..008/01/nevada_gop_dism.html
NYTimes Censors Ron Paul
http://www.charlotteconservative..s-censors-ron-paul/
Filed under: 2008 Election, al-qaeda, Chris Matthews, Fred Thompson, glenn beck, GOP, Hardball, Iran, Iraq, Joe Scarborough, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, morning joe, MSNBC, Propaganda, Psyops, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
Ron Paul compared to a Terrorist on National Television
MSNBC Hack Describes Ron Paul As “The Al Qaeda Wing Of The Republican Party”
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
January 18, 2008
MSNBC correspondent David Shuster today compared Ron Paul to a terrorist on live television commenting that the presidential candidate represents “the Al Qaeda wing of the Republican party”.
Shuster, a regular on Hardball with Chris Matthews and other MSNBC programs was responding to comments Matthews himself had made during an appearance on the Jay Leno show.
Matthews stated that the GOP candidates could be compared to tribal factions in Iraq, commenting that that that Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson are like “the fanatics, the Shia wing” while Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are “the more moderate Sunnis”, with Romney as “the Kurd”.
To describe Rudy Giuliani as “more moderate” is a joke in itself but that is beside the point.
When this exchange was reviewed this morning on MSNBC with Joe Scarborough, Shuster waded in and blurted out “I think it’s a great analogy, I mean Ron Paul is the Al Qaeda wing of the Republican party”. Shuster then began to smirk and laugh as the two anchors attempted to wriggle their way out of the situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEcUTYbuDvY
Shuster goes even further than Glenn Beck did last November when he declared Ron Paul’s supporters to be terrorists. Beck and CNN were flooded with complaints, will this happen to MSNBC? (click here to politely complain and demand a retraction)
Despite the fact that Ron Paul is the only GOP candidate who advocates a complete withdrawal from Iraq, despite the fact that Ron Paul is the only candidate advancing a humble foreign policy, despite the fact that Ron Paul is the only candidate to denounce the concept of preemptive war, he is somehow compared to terrorists.
At the core of Ron Paul’s message lies the unimpeded freedom of the individual in America, the very aspect of life we are told on a daily basis by the same mainstream media is the reason “Al Qaeda” wants to kill us all.
Never mind, Ron Paul is Al Qaeda, just accept it. The sad thing is many people listening to Shuster’s idiocy will.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=39437§i..3510203
Filed under: 2008 Election, GOP, lobbyists, Mitt Romney, neocons, republican primaries, south carolina, south carolina primary
AP Reporter Confronts Romney On Lobbyists Claim
Reuters
January 18, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdGUSjd3Tmo
“I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my …”
Associated Press journalist Glen Johnson interrupted at this point to say that Ron Kaufman, one of Romney’s top advisors, is a lobbyist.
“Did you hear what I said, Glen?” a clearly irritated Romney said. “I said, ‘I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,’ and he’s not running my campaign. He’s an adviser. And the person who runs my campaign is Beth Myers, and I have a whole staff of deputy campaign managers.”
Kaufman is a registered lobbyist for Dutko Worldwide. His clients have included Fedex, Sprint Nextel, Union Pacific and United Health Care.
“My campaign is not based on Washington lobbyists,” Romney said. “I haven’t been in Washington. I don’t have lobbyists at my elbow that are arguing for one industry or another industry and I do not have favors I have to repay to people who have been in Washington for years or scores I have to settle.”
Television showed a member of Romney’s media staff telling Johnson after the briefing that he was “out of line” and not to be “argumentative” with the campaign.
The presence of lobbyists on a campaign team has become a issue because of the perception that they distort policymaking, making it beholden to industry and business interests.
Democratic candidate John Edwards tells audiences he has never taken money from Washington lobbyists in a bid to distinguish himself from rivals Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Romney has raised at least $229,475 from lobbyists for his presidential bid as of September 30, 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit group that tracks money in politics. Only Sen. John McCain has raised more among Republicans, it said.
Romney has been criticized for changing positions on policies such as abortion and over the accuracy of some of his statements. In December, Romney said he had seen his father march with civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Campaign aides later said he was speaking figuratively.
Romney: I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign.The truth: They do
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ROMNE..ULT
Edwards and Obama LIE about not taking money from lobbyists
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/..ing-money-from-lobbyists/
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, Barack Obama, bev harris, Censorship, cocaine trafficking, democratic debate, Diebold, digg, ebay, election fraud, Fox News, GOP, Hillary Clinton, joe rogan, John Edwards, LHS, lou dobbs, Meg Whitman, Mitt Romney, nevada, nevada caucus, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, paypal, recount, republican caucus, republican primaries, republican primary, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Russia, south carolina, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
Huge Diebold Disparities Uncovered In New Hampshire Recount
Memory cards missing as attorney voices concerns about transparency
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 18, 2008
Huge disparities between votes cast on Diebold electronic voting machines and actual hand counted tallies are emerging during the New Hampshire recount, with Hillary Clinton gaining the most from over a hundred unaccounted for votes in one Manchester Ward.
The recount in Manchester’s Ward 5 revealed a disparity whereby establishment candidates received over a hundred ‘black hole’ votes between them that could not be tallied during the hand count.
| Diebold Result | Hand Count | |
| CLINTON | 683 |
619
|
| EDWARDS | 255 | 217 |
| OBAMA | 404 | 365 |
At the moment there is no indication of where these extra votes came from, but the figures again cast the accuracy of Diebold voting machines into severe doubt and provide further evidence of the need for a return to hand counted paper ballots only in all federal elections.
Brad Friedman at The Brad Blog continues to provide great coverage of the recount, unlike New Hampshire’s foremost news outlet WMUR, whose “only source seems to be whatever (New Hampshire Secretary of State) Gardner tells them,” according to Friedman.
In addition, 550 ballots in Stratham were not read by the Diebold machines at all and were rejected as blank ballots.
Voting Rights attorney John Bonifaz also told Friedman of his deep concerns about the transparency of both the initial election as well as the recount.
“I’m very concerned that this is not a fully transparent process that is happening there,” he said.
Diebold memory cards used in New Hampshire, which have been proven to be vulnerable to hacking and could easily be used to steal an election, are “missing” according to state officials.
Bonifaz, “Says he was told by Secretary of State William Gardner that his office doesn’t get involved in tracking what happens to those memory cards. Some have reportedly been returned to LHS, and may have had their memory erased already,” reports Friedman.
“When you have a private company counting 80% of the votes, and you later learn that the memory cards are unaccounted for, you have a serious question about the transparency and accountability in that process,” Bonifaz said.
Federal law mandates that all materials from elections be preserved for 22 months thereafter, so if the memory cards have been wiped then LHS Associates, who it was revealed last week had hired a narcotics trafficker to a high-level executive position, would be facing criminal charges.
In another shocking development, vote fraud expert Bev Harris witnessed first hand that a majority of ballot boxes had 8 inch slits in their side. Election Defense Alliance’s Sally Castleman followed the boxes back to the ballot vault and also noticed the cuts. Read Bev’s report here.
New Hampshire ballot boxes found slit
Black Box Voting
No worries, say New Hampshire officials when cuts up to eight inches long are spotted in newly delivered ballot boxes. “The only seal that counts is the one on top.” Except the seal on top can be peeled off without leaving a trace, then reaffixed.
I confirmed this morning that many if not most of the boxes scheduled to be counted today had slits in them. I went out when a vanload of ballots arrived, and saw that they were slit at the time they arrived by van. Susan Pynchon and I drove to two nearby towns and watched as they handed over their ballot boxes to “Butch and Hoppy”, the two men who drive around in the state in a van picking the ballots up. We observed as they loaded boxes of ballots into the van with no slits at all in them. We videotaped each of these up close. They arrived at the destination without slits. The label on the top was affixed, but in some cases was crumpled, or also damaged.Of course, the label affixed to the top can be removed and reattached without telltale signs.No vault tonightA significant departure from the normal chain of custody path occurred tonight. They decided not to use the vault to store the ballots.
Ron Paul: South Carolina Primary Already Stolen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpN5GaOjkY
Joe Rogan talks about Ron Paul and Diebold
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oKi_VrYbeBg
Russian Media Covers Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzdcDroNH2E
Related News:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011708_digg_caught.htm
Ron Paul Campaign Concerned About Incorrect Caucus Locations Provided by the Nevada State Republican Party
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/13861937.html
Ron Paul and 9/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NhUexbY98s
Did Ron Paul Break Faux News?
http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=5323
A Simple Way Paul Voters Can Beat Fraud
http://www.nationalexpositor.com/News/919.html
Ron Paul Excluded, AGAIN
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=1890
Paul a hit with young voters
http://news14.com/content/top..oung-voters/Default.aspx
Bill Advocates Paper Ballots and Audits
http://channels.aol.ca/news/article.adp?id=20080117043809990004
Paypal Freezes New Hampshire Recount Funds
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011608_paypal_freezes.htm
‘Romney Steering Committee Member Blocks New Hampshire Vote Recount’
http://mparent7777-2.blogsp..e-member-blocks.html
PayPal/Ebay Owner Meg Whitman Donated $2300 to Romney’s Campaign and serves on his Finance Team
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=1806
Ron Paul Air Corps Covers Lancing, Michigan
Reasons Why Ron Paul Opposes a National ID Card
Diebold Machine Failures Found Across NH
Paul campaign hopes to attract Upstate voters with blimp
California Experiences Problems with Voting Machines
The mainstream media detests Ron Paul
Richard Viguerie Goes Online for Paul
Filed under: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Diebold, election fraud, FEC, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, John McCain, las vegas, michigan, michigan primaries, michigan primary, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, nevada, nevada caucus, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Russia, vote scam, voter fraud
Ron Paul Beats Fred and Rudy in Michigan
Paul’s 4th Place Finish is a sign to the lesser candidates to make a move or get out.
Nolan Chart
January 16, 2008
Watching the Michigan returns come in on CNN and Fox News, it was clear that Ron Paul wasn’t going to get more than about 7% and finish in fourth placed after Romney, McCain, and Huckabee. For a candidate that wasn’t worthy to get an invitation to the Fox News debate before the New Hampshire primary, he finished ahead of two other candidates who did.
In a previous article, I mentioned that there is a Ron Paul Mendoza Line, where a candidate must at least beat Ron Paul, or should consider getting out. As of tonight, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and Duncan Hunter have all fallen below that line. Unlike Paul, with his fanatical grassroots supporters, these candidates do not have backers who will raise millions of dollars in a single day to keep a second-place or worse finish going. Even Mike Huckabee ought to be bleeding at the edges of his campaign coffers by now. We’ll know at the end of the month when the FEC reports come out. Paul and Romney are the only ones with the cash to keep going beyond Feb 5–even if they don’t win another state by then.
Russia Today Reports on Diebold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzBFIH-96O4&e
Ron Paul “Paul-A-Palooza” Las Vegas
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1j6H9livLdk
Ron Paul supporter on Nickelodeon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19drkJwBjk
Related News:
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011608_paypal_freezes.htm
http://www.nolanchart.com/article1192.html
Ron Paul the Second Biggest Winner in Michigan?
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-011608B.html
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-011608.html
Rudy gives shout-out to Ron Paulites
http://www.palmbeachpost.co.._gives_shoutout_to_ron_pau.html
Ron Paul Supporters to Raise Funds to Advertize in Jones vs. Trinidad Fight
http://infowars.net/articles/january2008/140108Knockout.htm
Most Republicans: There’s a Nevada caucus?
http://www.lasvegassun.com/n..cans-theres-nevada-caucus/
Michigan primary vote fraud underway
http://mparent7777-2.bl…primary-vote-fraud-underway.html
Passion of Ron Paul’s fans knows no bounds
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI…37/0/NEWS04
FreeAtLast2008.com Now is the Time to Rise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kURSoo-u5Mo
Ron Paul is the Real Candidate for Change, Not Barack Obama
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com.te-for-change.html
WSJ Disapproves of Ron Paul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018605.html
Ron Paul Could Capitalize on Michigan Primary Gaffes
Ron Paul draws a crowd in Carson City
Ron Paul: Legislative Forecast for 2008
The Battle for Michigan: Ron Paul Revolution
Filed under: 2008 Election, CNN, Coup, False Flag, Fox News, Fred Thompson, George Bush, Gulf of Tonkin, Iran, Media, Mike Huckabee, Military, military strike, Mitt Romney, navy, neocons, Nuke, Pentagon, Propaganda, Psyops, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Revolutionary Guards, Rudy Giuliani, Saber Rattling, south carolina primary, staged provocation, Strait of Hormuz, Tehran, Troops, War On Terror, ww4
Neocon Selectees: Deliver Iran to “Gates of Hell”
Kurt Nimmo
Truth News
January 12, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyUXdkrwrd4
During the Faux News “debate,” actually a tightly scripted soap opera, the Huckster said Iran would see the “gates of Hell” if it dared confront U.S. warships parked off its coastline in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Law and Order, faux good ol’ boy Fred Thompson, agreed whole heartedly. “Mr Huckabee has faced grave doubts about his foreign policy experience, his greatest vulnerability, but got one of the biggest cheers of the night when asked about the incident last week when Iranian boats swarmed US navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz,” reports the Times Online.
Asked whether the American commanders on the scene were right in not attacking the Iranian boats, Mr Huckabee said he backed their decisions, before warning Iran: “Be prepared, first, to put your sights on the American vessel. And then be prepared that the next thing you see will be the gates of Hell, because that is exactly what you will see after that.”
Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and Law & Order star who is banking all on victory in South Carolina to revive his campaign, said of the Iranian boat crews: “I think one more step and they would have been introduced to those virgins that they’re looking forward to seeing.” The crowd cheered.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, said: “I think an incident like this reminds us that we shouldn’t be lulled into some false sense of confidence about Iran.”
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor seeking to become America’s first Mormon president, said: “I believe it was a very serious act.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7SFPxOd_jM
In fact, it appears the neocon propaganda spinners exploited the fact “that in the Persian Gulf, the ‘bridge-to-bridge’ radio channel used to communicate between ships ‘is like a bad CB radio’ with many people using it for ‘hurling racial slurs’ and ‘threats.'” Porter writes that a “veteran U.S. naval officer who had served as a surface warfare officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Gulf sent a message to the New York Times” indicating that his “first thought” was that the message “might not have even come from one of the Iranian craft.” Pentagon officials later sheepishly admitted to the New York Times that they could not rule out that the broadcast might have come from another source, not the Revolutionary Guard.
In other words, it is certainly not out of the realm of possibility that the entire affair was made up, as the neocons are infamous for making things up as a pretext for mass murder.
Of course, none of this matters because, thanks to the corporate media, a lot of people now believe Iran was ready to attack our precious warships. All it takes to “catapult the propaganda,” as the neocon tool Bush would have it, is to run a few hours of sensationalistic and bogus sound bites on Faux and CNN, rerun file footage of destroyers and fast boats, and of course ominous images of mullahs and fanatical Revolutionary Guards marching in formation.
Bingo, zingo — you have another Gulf of Tonkin, or something perilously close.
Thus serious catapulting as a matter of course occurred during the “debate,” with the selectees pounding their chests like primates and making not so veiled threats against a country that has done absolutely nothing to the American people, not that any actual threat is the reason the neocons have made so much noise about Iran. It has nothing to do with reality. It has everything to do with the neocon plan to deconstruct the Muslim Middle East by way of bunker buster and cruise missile.
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, 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, Barack Obama, CNN, Fox News, Fred Thompson, George Bush, George Stephanopoulos, GOP, Greta van Susteren, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, iowa caucus, Jack Cafferty, John Edwards, John McCain, Larry King, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, poll, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Rudy Giuliani, Sean Hannity, Wolf Blitzer
Ron Paul’s 10% In Iowa Shocks Establishment Media
Even Fox News’ own talking heads think decision to exclude from presidential forum should be reversed
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 4, 2008
Ron Paul’s double digit support in Iowa has shocked establishment media figures who have long derided the Congressman as an insignificant candidate with just 2 or 3 per cent of the vote. Even Fox News’ own talking heads now agree that Paul should not be excluded from the upcoming presidential forum as campaign momentum builds.
Dr. Paul blew “national frontrunner” Rudy Giuliani out of the water, who got just 4% of the vote, and is handily placed behind McCain and Thompson heading into New Hampshire.
The Congressman’s strong showing has led to new calls for Fox News to reverse the decision to exclude him from the January 6th presidential forum, not from Ron Paul supporters but from Fox News’ own flagship hosts.
“Should Fox News reconsider?” asked Smith, to which Susteren responded, “I’m not sure why he’s out of it (the forum).”
“Here you have a candidate that 10 per cent of the people caucused in his party really want him and it’s not like he’s an insignificant player,” she added.
“He didn’t just drop in yesterday to the process, he has been running for president for a long time, and certainly many of the issues he’s raised are rather provocative and certainly stimulate the debate, that’s not a bad thing – and why not pull up another chair?” Susteren concluded.
Watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_XBgzHxQs
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Larry King also noted Paul’s double digit finish during a discussion last night.
“Ron Paul I think is gonna be a factor in New Hampshire on the Republican side much more than he was in Iowa given all the Independents there so let’s not neglect Ron Paul when we’re talking about this,” remarked Blitzer.
Watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UFKSPw550
Analyzing the Ron Paul Numbers in Iowa
There are a number of reasons to be encouraged by Ron Paul’s showing in Iowa.
Nolan Chart
January 4, 2008
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The morning after Ron Paul’s stronger-than-expected 10% showing in Iowa was no surprise to Paul supporters (and probably disappointing to some), but it had to come as a bit of a surprise to most of the pollsters. Over the past week, most pollsters had Paul in the 5-8% range. So 10% pushes the limit on “margin of error” and suggests that Paul supporters have been right all along. His support is underrepresented in the polls.
Paul wasn’t the only candidate the pollsters were wrong about. Rudy Giuliani was consistently polling in mid-teen double-digits up until about a week ago, but he ended up at 4%. He had fallen to the 5-8% range within the past few days, but 4% has to be considered a monumental drop for him. Mike Huckabee’s poll numbers were consistently 5 points lower than what he actually got. The other candidates were pretty much in line with what the pollsters thought they would get.
It’s not a surprise that Huckabee picked up extra points the night of the caucus. People love to vote for the likely “winner,” which is probably where his extra 5% comes from, but the Giuliani and Paul numbers should give pollsters pause to reconsider. Essentially, it looks like Giuliani lost the lion’s share of his support to Paul and Huckabee.
CNN entrance polls are even more interesting when you look at them up close.
For instance (and not surprisingly) when asked to rate their feelings about the Bush administration, Paul supporters represented 54% of those said they were “angry” at Bush out of all “angry” voters. These represented only 5% of the overall totals, which is also not surprising given that most Republican activists are Bush supporters, but it’s very helpful in terms of understanding how much pull Paul could have among the overall electorate who tend to hold our current King George in relatively low esteem.
Paul was also the clear winner among Republican caucus goers who view themselves as being “independent” rather than identifying with the Republican party, with 29% of that group’s support (well ahead of Romney at 19%). Independents accounted for 13% of overall Republican caucus goers.
Paul’s support is stronger among lower-income Americans. He tied for third with John McCain with 14% of people making less than $50,000 a year, and scored a high of 18% (second place) among those making $15,000 to $30,000 annually.
He also finished a strong third among young Iowans. Voters in the 18-29 age range picked Paul 21% of the time, just one tick behind Romney who was in second place.
One thing I couldn’t find was any reference to what the results were among cell phone users. We may have to wait awhile before this information comes out, but it would be very interesting to see how much of Paul’s extra support came from voters who have cell phones but not land lines.
The Stages of Ron Paul
Ron Paul’s showing in Iowa is only a phase in a larger picture.
Nolan Chart
January 4, 2007
The Caucus held in Iowa last night is an important stage of the Ron Paul movement and cannot be discounted. Although the Mainstream media will ignore/discredit his numbers, they really do show positive hope for him. Here are 7 stages of his candidacy.
1- The first stage is when he announced he was running. this was about 9 months ago. He had few followers, (I was in this group) and was not taken seriously at all.
2- The second stage is the “few internet spammers” stage. This is when he was accused of having a few 16 year old kids in their moms basement as his supporters.
3- The Internet phenomenon. Online polls started picking up. The meetup groups started forming. It soon became apparent that he was a force online. This soon converted to the straw poll stage. Of course still not taken seriously.
4- The mass fundraising stage. Guy Fawkes says it all. The Boston Tea party showed the world that there is a real revolution going on… Still not taken seriously by MSM.
5- This is the stage we are in now. This is the stage where we find out if internet support can convert to real votes. It appears in Iowa, where Ron Paul did not campaign that much and has views unpopular for farmers had a very well outcome. This is the stage where the rubber meets the road so to speak.
6- The rising star stage. hopefully New Hampshire will propel him into the underdog gone mainstream status.
7- The Viable electable stage. He has the money already. He has a fervent base. He has proven he can bring people to the polls. He just needs the push to get here.
I say this to encourage. I cannot predict the future, but it seems like it could be well with him. Even when the MSM is gloom and doom, it is only spin, and might not be consistant with reality.
Ron Paul on Sean Hannity’s Radio Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQIlNVbttuM
Ron Paul on Larry King Unaired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08RJ2_o_MM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1oKtMS-LE
Ron Paul on American Morning – (1/3/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXYnpM8OoU
Fifth-place finish fails to rattle Paul
http://www.desmoinesregister.com…EWS04&template=printart
Look on the Bright Side Ron Paul Supporters
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-010408.html
Ron Paul Wrongly Listed as Democrat on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks5Lti4x8E0
Paul wins GOP precinct in Ames
http://www.desmoinesregister.com..062/-1/SPORTS09
What We Really Learned From Iowa
http://www.nolanchart.com/article922.html
KMPH covers Ron Paul supporters Iowa Caucus party Fresno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_NIkzMwoY
Paul Beats Giuliani
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/…t-runner-in-iowa/
Obama, Edwards Plow Ahead of Hillary Clinton: Ron Paul Hits Double Digits in Iowa
http://www.gambling911.com/Obama-…-Ron-Paul-010308.html
Video: Ron Paul vs Mike Huckabee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uk-T46soz8
Tucker – Ron Paul and interesting Huckabee discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3zkc5xBKyU
Ron Paul Iowa Caucus Eve Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOA0x4kEoU
Ron Paul reminds Stephanopoulos of his bet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTQADyb5D0
Paul Top Pick In MySpace Poll
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVGsKhnKk2EFpF-VAK6blSJzokpg
McCain Campaign Distraught By Ron Paul Strength
http://www.alternet.org/wire/72541
PHOTOS: Ron Paul Air Corps Flies High Over Iowa
http://prisonplanet.com/articl…008/030108_photos.htm
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/
Filed under: 2008 Election, 2nd Amendment, anti gun, Assault Weapons Ban, brady bill, Gun Control, meet the press, Mitt Romney, NRA, Oil, shell, taxes, tim russert
Russert on Romney’s Gun-Control Record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pcDA9sZES0
Russert to Romney: Are You A Flip-Flopper?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com…ney-are-you-a-flip-flopper/
Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld…-home-center
Filed under: 2008 Election, boston, Boston Tea Party, California, CNN, FEC, Founding Fathers, Fred Thompson, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, John Kerry, John McCain, LA, michigan, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, New Hampshire, republican primaries, Ron Paul, ron paul blimp, ron paul meetups, Rudy Giuliani, Texas, tim russert
Ron Paul Sets All-Time Fundraising Record
Nolan Chart
December 17, 2007
This screenshot was taken 3 minutes after the fundraiser ended
Unofficially, the Ron Paul campaign raised $5.92 million dollars on-line yesterday. That’s the largest amount every raised by any candidate on-line in any electoral campaign ever, anywhere. Over 57,668 Paul supporters can be justly proud of themselves and delighted about what those kind of funds can bring to their campaign.
The Boston Tea Party blitz “broke the thermometer” on the $12 million campaign quarterly goal within the first few hours. Reporters and columnists will probably be quibbling about what records it actually broke for the next week, while they’re taking rides on the Ron Paul Blimp. Volunteer promoter Trevor Lyman will probably be getting more than his 15 minutes of fame.
Campaign Records
Candidates are not required to record contribution receipts on the day they are received. They are only required to exercise “due diligence” in entering the data prior to the end of the quarter, for reporting to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Campaign offices may have stacks of checks received during the course of a week, before allocating staff to do the required data entry before a reporting deadline.
As a result, there is no way to tell, from FEC reports, what day the contributions were sent or received. The only thing known is when they were entered into the computerized reporting systems. The last day of a quarterly reporting period may be the most hectic. That’s when Hillary Clinton’s campaign entered $6.2 million dollars of contributions: June 30, 2007. At the time, her campaign publicized several million-dollar fundraising events in the prior week, but took no credit for any one-day record for receipts.
Ron Paul beat that record too! In addition to the on-line contributions, he received over $400,000+ in off-line contributions on Sunday, bringing his verified record one-day fundraising total of $6.32 million.
On-Line Receipts
In the 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry took in $2.7 million from on-line contributions (automatically recorded into their systems on that day) two days after he “locked up” the nomination: March 6, 2004. That record was broken by the November 5th Ron Paul Money Bomb that brought in $4.2 million.
However, FEC records indicate that the Kerry campaign entered an additional $3.0 million on the same day. There is no way to tell when those additional funds were sent or received. Nevertheless, the total of $5.7 million has been reported as a one-day fundraising record for Kerry. Ron Paul total receipts broke that dubious record by more than a half-million dollars.
Quarterly Records
The 4th Quarter FEC reports are not due until ten days after January 1st, 2008. Given Ron Paul’s totals, it is unlikely that any competitors will be bragging about their quarterly totals before the numbers are released by the FEC, well after the Iowa and Wyoming caucuses and the New Hampshire and Michigan primaries.
At this point, the Ron Paul effort is projected to raise over $21 million for the fourth quarter. That exceeds the third quarter totals reported by every other Republican candidate for President. None of them have reported their receipts so far this quarter, although Mike Huckabee was delighted with breaking a $2.0 million campaign goal last week. At the beginning of this quarter, Ron Paul had more cash on hand ($5m+) than any other Republican candidate except Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. Both Romney and McCain were in the red, due to debts incurred by their campaigns (for Romney, three loans from his own pocket).
For too many months, reporters have discounted Ron Paul’s credibility. He either couldn’t raise enough money (“the mother’s milk of politics”) or he couldn’t develop enough grass-roots support to turn out voters. On the first count, Paul is now the apparent leader in Republican Presidential candidate fundraising. He will undoubtedly be hiring more staff and buying more advertising. But, for real grass-roots activists, none of the campaigns even come close to the 77,949 real people who are participating in MeetUp events around the country. That’s twice as many committed supporters as all of the other campaigns (Republican and Democrat) combined. There are a dozen other social internet groups with tens of thousands of Paul supporters. In terms of grass-roots activism, nobody even comes close to the Ron Paul rEVOLution squads.
Next Sunday, Tim Russert will not be able to say “You can’t win” to Ron Paul’s face. That hour-long appearance on Meet The Press will expose millions more to the Ron Paul message. What astounds the other campaigns is that Ron has no “handlers” to “prep him” for this major appearance. He doesn’t need them. He’s been practicing for 30 years and never varied in his principles. He is naturally eloquent and he can be totally honest, because he respects voters and knows the facts. There will be a lot of people astounded by the successes of the Ron Paul campaign. And they will be astounded again when the January election results start arriving.
Ron Paul Tea Party Los Angeles,Ca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGB8BeUWtwA
International Ron Paul Support at Strasbourg Teaparty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BuFDG18lo
Austin Tea Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHbYr011UoI
Dec 16th Ron Paul donation day coverage on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCrvxZAsO8
Related News:
Ron Paul Surpasses Fund Raising Record Held by John Kerry
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/071217-rutherford-localronpaul.html
How Ron Paul Has Already Won
http://www.nolanchart.com/article561.html
Ron Paul: CNN Early Tea Party Coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn8t86aN_hk
Ron Paul’s $6.3 million tea party
http://www.homelandstupid…n-pauls-63-million-tea-party/
Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20…v5WoVxyVfJWGpp24cA
Ron Paul Money Bomb Raises Over Half a Million in First Hour
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1292
Ron Paul Set To Smash Fundraising Record
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/december2007/121607_ron_paul.htm
Paul: Americans embrace reform
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=35252§i..3510203
Would Ron Paul Be Endorsed by the Founding Fathers? Lawyer Says Yes
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/december2007/161207Fathers.htm
Poor College Students Sacrificing Precious Christmas cash for Ron Paul
http://jeffreyharmon.net/2007…hristmas-cash-for-ron-paul/
Congressman Ron Paul Introduces the Property Tax Deduction for All Act
http://pressmediawire.com/article.cfm?articleID=4273
IRS defense attorney to speak at Ron Paul rally in Las Vegas
http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=200846
Attacks Don’t Work, Now They Mimic Us
http://www.nolanchart.com/article542.html
Ron Paul ‘Listen to what he has to say’
Austin is a stronghold for Ron Paul campaign
Ron Paul promises to rescue the republic, and drink tea…
It May Very Well Be Ron Paul’s Time
The man behind Paul’s fundraising curtain
Ron Paul Excluded from Bill O’Reilly Poll
Filed under: 2008 Election, corruption, election fraud, glenn beck, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, neocons, Rudy Giuliani, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity
Mitt Romney to Buy Clear Channel Communications
LRC Blog
December 13, 2007
What would it cost to buy the support of just about every nationally-syndicated neocon talk show host in America? About $19.5 Billion, which is what Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners have agreed to pay in a leveraged buyout agreement with Clear Channel Communications, the largest radio station owner in the country.
Clear Channel owns over 1,100 full-power AM, FM, and shortwave radio stations, twelve radio channels on XM Satellite Radio, and more than 30 television stations in the United States. Premiere Radio Networks, which is the largest syndication company in the United States, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel and is home to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and many others. Sean Hannity recently signed a large multi-market contract with Clear Channel, as well.
From an anonymous email:
“I’ll bet those hosts won’t reveal that conflict of interest, but it’s worth noting when you hear them begin hyping Romney, which has already begun. A lot of GOP supporters will support whomever they are told to support, so be prepared for a big push for Romney. On the bright side, Romney has more vulnerabilities than Rudy, based on his record. Look at this as the GOP establishment doing us a favor. Rich men can bankroll their own campaigns (a la John Kerry), but it takes a special breed to use investors’ money to buy entire networks that can operate as passive wings of a presidential campaign.”
Romney buys the support of almost every nationally-syndicated neocon talk show host in America
http://www.clearchannel.com/Cor…x?PressReleaseID=1824
Romney Supporters Caught Voting Multiple Times In Florida Straw Poll
http://noworldsystem.com/20….ultiple-times-in-florida-straw-poll/
Filed under: 2008 Election, Diebold, election fraud, florida, florida straw poll, GOP, Mitt Romney, neocons, poll, republican straw poll, romney cheating, Ron Paul, stolen election, voter fraud, voting scam
Romney Supporters Voting More Than Once (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wjJieSib0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjPY_ngxNU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCcGWX2SuU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOerHpPEMJ4
Romney Supporters Caught Voting Multiple Times In Florida Straw Poll (Part 1)
http://noworldsystem.com/2007/12/0….es-in-florida-straw-poll/
Romney, GOP FL Big Poll Questions?
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52000
Filed under: 2008 Election, Diebold, election fraud, florida, GOP, Mitt Romney, neocons, poll, republican straw poll, Ron Paul, stolen election, voter fraud, voting scam
Romney Supporters Caught Voting Multiple Times In Florida Straw Poll
St. Petersburg Times
November 29, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS9Mas0Kt8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljdFb5OjyE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFnrLvszFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVOgsLwDZc
Mitt Romney bought himself a victory in the straw poll for Republicans at a rain-shortened barbecue in Vinoy Park. Romney got 893 votes, besting second-place Ron Paul’s 534 — despite Paul’s shuttling in supporters on a rented trolley and shuttle. The campaign had a plane sporting pro-Paul slogans and a boat touting him, too.
In fact, Paul supporters dominated the crowd, which reached an estimated 1,000 people. Tickets for votes cost $20 each.
So how did Romney do it?
“I voted 20 times,” Derek Gyongzois, 38, of St. Petersburg exclaimed after casting ballots.
He said he works as a volunteer for the Romney campaign (and begged a reporter not to print his 20-vote tally). Did he buy the tickets?
“I don’t have that kind of money,” Gyongzois said.
He wasn’t the only person voting more than once. Paul supporter Mike Wagner, 57, of St. Petersburg: “This thing is rigged.”
Before rain cut short the event, Paul supporters were voting multiple times, too.
“This is the best election money can buy, anywhere,” said Pinellas County GOP chairman Tony DiMatteo, a Rudy Giuliani supporter. Giuliani received 39 votes, followed by Mike Huckabee’s 37 and Fred Thompson’s 21. John McCain had 12; Duncan Hunter, 4, Alan Keyes, 2; and Tom Tancredo, 1.
Filed under: 2008 Election, CNN, cnn debate, election fraud, Fred Thompson, glenn beck, GOP, john mayer, john robert, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, poll, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, tucker carlson, youtube debate
Ron Paul’s 30th Drive Reaches More Than Half a Million
The Rudy’s Reading List money “bomb-let” won’t produce the kind of numbers that the 5th of November money bomb produced, but it’s creating a nice little fundraising tweener for the Ron Paul campaign.
Walt Thiessen
Nolan Chart
November 30, 2007
Halfway through the day today, there has been a definite jump in donations for the Ron Paul campaign. According to this graph at Ron Paul Graphs, donations for the first half of the day are about $200,000 higher than normal. The counter at Rudy’s Reading List shows about 2,300 committed donors. Since the 5th of November money bomb produced total revenue of $4.3 million from roughly 20,000 committed donors (plus an additional 20,000 or so who didn’t commit via the website) a reasonable extrapolation would suggest that $430,000 might be expected from today’s money bomb-let.
While well below what organizers of today’s fundraiser were hoping for, it’s still a respectable number. For contrast, consider that Howard Dean’s best fundraising day in 2004 was $700,000, so the Rudy’s Reading List bomb-let is still in very respectable company as far as online political fundraising goes. Also, there is very little doubt that the Paul campaign will appreciate today’s cash influx. An email they sent out a little more than a week ago pleaded with donors to give sooner than the Tea Party money bomb scheduled for December 16th, because they need to purchase advertising now for January. TV and radio stations don’t wait…they give their timeslots on a first-come, first-served basis.
There’s no word yet as to whether Rudy Giuliani has actually read any of the assigned reading given him by Dr. Paul last Spring. At this late date, it appears likely that Giuliani has probably blown off his homework entirely.
As for the aforementioned Tea Party money bomb, that site currently shows nearly 22,000 donors have signed up to-date. If donors on that day give the way that donors gave on November 5th, Dr. Paul could be looking forward to more than $5 million in one day, which would break his own one-day record, and that’s if the fundraiser were to happen today. With 16 days left before that fundraiser makes its own waves among the mainstream media, Dr. Paul could be looking at a $10 million day. Given the fact that his campaign reached the $10 million mark for the 4th quarter, it would mean a total quarter haul of over $20 million. Early January should be very, very interesting between the large media buys, the 1,000+ volunteers descending on New Hampshire, and a blimp flying around the country with Dr. Paul’s name plastered on it.
And that’s only based on what we know so far. Who knows what else those wonderful Paulites will come up with over the next 30 days, as the start of the primary season approaches.
John Mayer arguing with Justin Long about Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYg7IEpT_A
Post-Debate Interview with CNN’s John Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smDEz9ovUao
Glenn Beck’s Open Invite to Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEgkAshNnI
$10 million Raised since October 1st
http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/301107Fundraiser.htm
http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=181791
Ron Paul Raises Half a Million Dollars in One Day, Again
http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/g.._day_again_47827.html
Ron Paul to Top Giuliani’s 3rd Quarter Ceiling at 2 Month Mark of 4th Quarter
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/301107_rp_4q.html
Fundraising Closing In On Thompson & Romney
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/…1/pushing-ron-pau.html
CNN: American Public Can’t Be Trusted To Vote On Debate Questions
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/28/cnn-debate-youtube/
CNN Attempts to Fix Its Own Poll Against Ron Paul
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1042
Tucker Carlson receives my ‘Smarmy Award’ for smearing Ron Paul
http://www.opednews.com/artic…tucker_carlson_recei.htm
Paul did not get to speak until 30mins into Debate
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/28/486055.aspx
Video: Post-Debate Rally – (11/18/2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8oJAm-06oQ
Ron Paul Storms Another Round Of Debate Polls
http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/291107Storms.htm
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