Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11 Truth, Big Brother, bin laden, Censorship, civil liberties, civil rights, CNN, glenn beck, GOP, Iraq, jesse ventura, John McCain, Media, Minneapolis, mtv, nation building, neil cavuto, occupation, RNC, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, sarah palin, secret service, steven colbert, US Constitution | Tags: john king, rally for the republic, Ramsey County, republican platform committee, st. paul
Ron Paul Rally For The Republic MN
Ron Paul: RNC slot would have cost ‘everything I believe in’
Ron Paul on Glenn Beck – (9/4/2008)
McCain Campaign Tries to Block Ron Paul From Convention Floor
September 2, 2008
The Washington Times reported today that the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have been “negotiating with Rep. Ron Paul to win his support and acquire the names of his sympathizers among the 4,607 delegates and alternates at the Republican National Convention.”
However, when CNN’s John King asked Paul this morning whether such reports were true, Paul laughed. “I wouldn’t put it in those words,” he said. In fact, he said the RNC seemed to be trying to keep him off the convention floor, even though as a congressman, he should be able to get floor passes without a problem. Watch it:
Paul was barred from speaking at the convention “because the congressman would not change his position on the war in Iraq, which he opposes.” The Washington Times also reports that Paul “was denied permission to address the Republican Platform Committee last week” after “the McCain forces who controlled the platform proceedings, as well as the Rules Committee and the Credentials Committee, objected.”
The McCain campaign’s stonewalling of Ron Paul may not have the support of his vice presidential pick, Gov. Sarah Palin. In an interview with MTV earlier this year, Palin expressed support for Paul, saying that he was “cool“:
He’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I. The party machinery, on both sides of the party, ya know, Americans are tiring of the incessant partisanship that gets in the way of just doing the right thing for this country.
Paul will at least be welcome at a “counter convention” held in Minneapolis for his supporters, where he is speaking today. Paul said he expected around 18,000 people to attend today’s rally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFeWXSx3W8
Ron Paul to Make Major Announcement Next Week
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=456
Secret Service confiscates books & buttons from Ron Paul delegates
http://www.dailynewscaster.co..books-button-from-ron-paul-delegates/
Black hats’ keep lookout for troublemakers
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/60366
Ron Paul supporters’ magical disappearing act
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/ron-paul-suppor.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, George Bush, GOP, Impeach, John McCain, Minneapolis, nevada, Reno, republican forum, RNC, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul delegates, Ron Paul Exclusions
Nevada GOP cancels convention so Ron Paul can’t win
RGJ
July 18, 2008
The Nevada Republican Party decided Thursday not to reconvene its scuttled state convention this month, claiming it couldn’t generate enough interest to reach a legal quorum to elect delegates to the national convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Instead, the party’s executive board, in a private conference call July 25, would decide who from Nevada will attend the Republican National Convention to formally nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain.
The state party abruptly ended its state convention in April to head off a delegation of Ron Paul supporters who had captured control of the proceedings and appeared on track to elect a majority slate to the Sept. 1-4 national convention.
Ron Paul supporters SUE Nevada GOP panel for picking McCain
RGJ
July 22, 2008
A group of disaffected Republicans trying to get to the national convention are asking a Reno judge to halt the party’s efforts to appoint a national delegation in a private conference call scheduled for Friday.
Dr. Wayne Terhune, a Sparks dentist leading a contingent of Ron Paul supporters, said the state party broke the law when it canceled the reconvening of the state convention planned for Saturday.
“They are illegally appointing delegates behind closed doors in private phone calls,” Terhune said Monday. “State law says you have to have a convention.”
Ron Paul Votes for Bush Impeachment
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/7503
Ron Paul: The political elite are in for a surprise [Minneapolis events]
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=213
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/ron-paul-gets-b.html
Filed under: 1st amendment, 2008 Election, Censorship, Dissent, free speech, Media, Naomi Wolf, North American Union, Police State, Protest, rally, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul blimp, ron paul excluded, Ron Paul Exclusions, ron paul march, Ron Paul Media Blackout, US Constitution, Washington D.C. | Tags: march, Michael Scheuer
Scenes from the Ron Paul Revolution March on D.C.
Naomi Wolf at Ron Paul Rally
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=10631
More Videos from the Revolution Rally
http://www.prisonplanet.com/scenes-from-the-revolution-rally.html
http://infowars.net/articles/july2008/140708Rally.htm
15-20,000 People MARCHED on DC July 12th 2008
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=12d_1215959644
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, David Petraeus, GOP, nevada, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul delegates, Ron Paul Exclusions, Texas | Tags: corpus christi, Mike Bertuzzi
Ron Paul Delegates Forced out of GOP Convention
Restore The Republic
April 28, 2008
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUbtwSsSxIk
At the Nueces County Republican party convention, March 29th, in Corpus Christi Texas, Ron Paul supporters walked out in protest and held their own emergency convention in the parking lot. Republican party Chairperson Mike Bertuzzi grossly violated party rules by announcing new delegates to the morning’s roll call who were never elected as precinct delegates on the night of the Republican primary, then again by ignoring repeated objections by party delegates, which he is required to recognize.
Mr. Bertuzzi claims that he avoided a ’party takeover’ by unruly Ron Paul supporters, but a recently released audio tape of the event clearly shows otherwise. As a blatant violation of convention rules is underway by the Chairperson, many delegates can be heard rising to voice objections with no avail until a local man, Paul Hunt , is escorted out by the Sergeant at Arms..
The following morning, the local news rag, The Corpus Christi Caller Times, reported only one side of the incident, by claiming that a GOP party takeover had been thwarted while presenting Chairperson Mike Bertuzzi as some kind of political hero for violating the rights of local Republicans.
GOP Walks Out On Their Own Convention In Ron Paul Fiasco
Rule change had given Paul supporters bigger influence but officials simply cancelled event
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
April 28, 2008
After Ron Paul supporters managed to get a rule changed positioning them for more national convention delegate slots than expected, the Nevada GOP simply cancelled their own state convention and left, in what political observers are calling an unprecedented fiasco.
“After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention,” reports the Reno Gazette Journal.
“I’ve seen factions walk out, I’ve never seen a party walk out, I’ve never even heard of that,” said Jeff Greenspan, regional coordinator for the Paul campaign.
Earlier in the day, state delegates supporting the Texas Congressman’s pursuit of the nomination “voted through a rules change that forced the state party to abandon its pre-set ballot of potential national convention delegates and open up the race to the rest of the state delegates,” according to the Gazette Journal.
As the convention neared its end, chairman Bob Beers claimed that the party’s contract for the hall at the Peppermill Resort Casino had expired and the event would be rescheduled, and delegates who had traveled from several hundreds of miles away in some cases were barred from voting, prompting loud boos and catcalls from the audience.
“As Beers was escorted out of the building, a short-lived effort to rescue the convention was launched by party activist Mike Weber. Although several hundred Paul supporters stayed, they weren’t strong enough to make a quorum to continue the convention,” according to reports.
Officials claimed that the rule change overwhelmed the party’s capacity to process the votes, but Paul supporters were left furious by the decision.
“This was an organized effort to promote the agenda of a few people, the party leaders, over we the people,” said Chloie Leavitt.
Paul’s rousing speech had earlier been met with raucous cheers by supporters who drowned out the small number of McCain supporters attempting to heckle.
“Our campaign has continued, is doing well and improving, even though we know exactly what the numbers are,” Paul said. “But the message is worthwhile. Your vote can really count if you vote for limitation of government power and spending,” stated the Congressman.
The following You Tube clips illustrate what happened in Reno this weekend, a situation described by the poster as “total anarchy”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bknGz9TtEHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15xNQo9N02I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5UpO141SmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvWesJ2ykvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKzVTl-eHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUMjySV72p8
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/042908_nevada_gop.htm
Ron Paul campaign dominates convention
http://www.lasvegassun.co..paign-dominates-convention/
General Waves White Flag After Ron’s Grilling
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/general_waves_white_flag_after.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Afghanistan, Air Force, army, Censorship, CNN, FEC, Fox News, GOP, Iraq, John McCain, kent snyder, Media, Military, moneybombs, MSNBC, navy, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Texas, Troops, US Constitution, veterans, Washington D.C., Wolf Blitzer
Government Figures Prove Ron Paul Is The Candidate Of The Troops
Top three contributors to Congressman’s campaign are army, navy, air force
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
February 15, 2008
Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s avocation of a humble foreign policy and his determined anti-war stance has once again been proven to be extremely popular amongst American servicemen and women as newly released figures reveal the top three contributors to the Congressman’s campaign are from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force respectively.
The figures have been posted at www.opensecrets.org, the website for the Federal Election Commission, the body that oversees campaign donations.
“No matter how you measure it, Dr. Paul has the support of our nation’s brave servicemen and women,” said Kent Snyder, Ron Paul 2008 campaign chairman. “His message of a strong national defense, and only going to war with a declaration of war – as mandated by the Constitution – resonates with those who risk their lives to defend that Constitution.”
The following table highlights the figures:
RON PAUL (R):
US Army $68,817
US Navy $57,076
US Air Force $52,371
Google Inc $51,382
Microsoft Corp $46,079
US Postal Service $31,054
Lockheed Martin $26,754
Boeing Co $24,388
At&T Inc $22,398
IBM Corp $19,177
Verizon Communications $18,399
Hewlett-Packard $18,014
Apple Inc $17,314
Intel Corp $16,751
Northrop Grumman $16,067
General Electric $15,788
General Dynamics $15,584
Cisco Systems $14,702
US Dept of Defense $14,338
Wachovia Corp $14,231
HOW TO READ THIS CHART: This chart lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Because of contribution limits, organizations that bundle together many individual contributions are often among the top donors to presidential candidates. These contributions can come from the organization’s members or employees (and their families). The organization may support one candidate, or hedge its bets by supporting multiple candidates.
Ron Paul has received almost triple the amount of military contributions as John McCain, whose top contributors do not include any branch of the military.
The Congressman’s total military donations also add up to almost as much as all the other remaining candidates, Republican and Democratic combined.
The figures overwhelmingly prove that those on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as veterans understand that Ron Paul is the only candidate who truly supports the troops by believing in a strong national defense while rejecting the gross abuse of the military via unconstitutional aggression.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Aue2yZAOs
Establishment media’s censorship of Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXCkgz1Y-Bk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4QO7zXTljE
Ron Paul stays to support a Pro-Constitution resolution and GOP members stage walkout
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html
http://www.ronpaulmarch.com/index.html
Ron Paul supporters ready to campaign through weekend
http://www.packersnews.com/apps/..215/SPJ0101/802150605/1983
Ron Paul supporters launch billboard in Austin
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=6395
Paul backers rally against McCain
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=718812
Paul Advocates for Greater Respect for Personal Freedoms
http://www.thehoya.com/node/15382
Ron Paul on Competing Currencies
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2008/cr021308h.htm
Ron Paul Calls For March On Washington D.C.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articl..rch_washington.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, Diebold, election fraud, florida, florida primary, Fox News, Media, new hampshire primaries, poll, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Multiple Voting Machine Problems Reported In Florida
Media reports switching of machines, non functioning machines as “glitches”
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
January 29, 2008
Multiple problems with electronic voting machines have been reported in Florida today as people take to the polls in the latest presidential primary.
Eagle eyed members of the prisonplanet forum are scouring media reports and keeping a close watch on events in Florida in light of the ongoing saga with the New Hampshire primary and the recount fiasco.
Keep track of events at this live thread where members are posting the latest information.
So far multiple reports have indicated that voters are experiencing problems throughout the state, particularly with the electronic machines.
The Palm Beach Post reports:
At Kings Point in suburban Delray Beach, voters encountered delays after a poll worker mistakenly shut down the voting machines, Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson told reporters.
“They were on and then someone mistakenly, accidentally turned them off,” Anderson said while visiting H.L. Johnson Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach. “Allegedly someone tripped over a line or something like that.”
The machines couldn’t be turned back on, so workers had to bring in replacement machines and program them. “It’s going to delay the process,” he said.
This will have resulted in lost votes and once again goes to show that the machines are unreliable and detrimental to the democratic voting process.
According to other reports, machines in some precincts were delivered late and so voting was delayed, causing some to abandon the lines.
Other problems with the machines have been reported by voters. The Sun Sentinal reports:
Rabbi Richard Yellin said he was first in line at the polling location at Congress Avenue and Woolbright Boulevard in Boynton Beach, but that did him little good when it came to casting his vote.
“There has been a major failure of the voting, at least at this precinct,” he said.
He said he tried five times to use the voting machine but it would not allow him to vote. About a dozen people were also at the precinct to vote, Yellin said. “None of the machines worked,” Yellin said.
Poll workers were attempting to obtain help from the main elections office, but were still struggling to activate the machines when Yellin said he had to leave to attend to his duties at the synagogue.
Another voter reported that she noticed that the poll worker in her precinct pushed the non-partisan button for her when assigning her card, even though she’s a registered Democrat. Nonpartisan voters cannot vote in the presidential primary. From The Palm Beach Post:
When Monzon pointed this out, she says the poll worker sought out help from a supervisor, who then called the supervisor of elections office.
Monzon says that after the supervisor got off the phone with the elections office, she told Monzon and the poll worker that this problem is happening around the county and that there is nothing that can be done about it.
Monzon says other voters present had the same problem. In one case, a wife was able to vote and but her husband was not because his ballot was changed to nonpartisan.
In Broward County, which was subject to recounts and hanging chads in 2000, some machines also malfunctioned or did not function whatsoever, as reported by NBC:
In Broward County Fla., minor delays were reported this morning at a half dozen polling locations. Voters who provide a driver’s license for identification have their license run through a machine that reads the magnetic stripe on the back. (The machine is called an EVID). At least six of those EVID machines at different polling locations did not work this morning.
Today’s primary will be the last time for at least 4 years that residents will use the machines as they have been judged to be too unreliable and detrimental to voter confidence.
FOX snubs Ron Paul in Florida – (2/29/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ_Dtuz1dnw
FLA Voters Report Problems At Polls
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/..908,0,5071870,print.story
Multiple Voting Machine Problems In FLA
http://www.palmbeachpost.com..r/2008/01/29/0129pbcvoting.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, bev harris, Black Box Voting, butch & hoppy, California, Diebold, election fraud, GOP, handcount, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, louisiana caucus, louisiana primary, nashua, New Hampshire, new hampshire district, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, south carolina, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
Harris Calls For Resignations In New Hampshire Recount Fiasco
Vote fraud expert convinced chain of custody is corrupt, says “criminal enterprise” is at work
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 29, 2008
Fresh from her confrontations in New Hampshire during which public officials were grilled about slapdash chain of custody and ballot box tampering issues, Bev Harris told the Alex Jones Show that a “criminal enterprise” is running the primary recount and has called for Secretary of State William Gardner to resign and his assistant to be fired.
Harris was fundamental in the vetting and production of the HBO special Hacking Democracy, and has contributed towards bringing charges against vote fraudsters who cheated in Ohio in 2004.
Harris traveled to New Hampshire personally to discover for herself the disgraceful lapses in chain of custody for the memory cards and ballot boxes used in the recent primary.
Harris is featured in the video below asking public officials about slits in ballot boxes as they bizarrely deny that the slits are big enough to allow tampering, amongst a myriad of other disturbing questions about chain of custody. Follow-up questions are frowned upon and one official calls security to have Harris removed.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hHL_YMBolRs
Following Republican candidate Albert Howard’s attempts to oversee the recount, Harris said “I knew that somebody needed to get to New Hampshire and protect or find out what they’re doing with chain of custody of the ballots….New Hampshire has the memory cards for 81 per cent of its votes counted by this one company – we found there was a convicted felon involved in that….that’s why I wanted to see what the chain of custody was”.
After hooking up with other vote fraud experts, Harris confronted public officials and asked pointed questions about chain of custody.
“The problem was we were either not getting answers or we were getting bizarre answers,” said Harris.
New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner was questioned on the whereabouts of the memory cards that hold electronic records of the votes.
“She kept asking him and ultimately he had to admit he didn’t know where they were, and this is days after the election,” said Harris.
One of the observers followed the ballots back to the vault where they were being stored overnight and noticed slits in the ballot boxes that had not been counted, a complete violation of federal election laws.
“I then came in the next day and asked the assistant Secretary of State David Scanlan – what about that slit in the end of the box?” said Harris, after which Scanlan attempted to dismiss the concern by claiming the slits weren’t big enough to allow tampering (an OJ tries on the glove moment, according to Harris).
One of the observers then proceeded to shame Scanlan by easily sticking her whole hand into the ballot box.
Officials then claimed that a special tape was in place to seal the box, bt as Harris proves in the video, the tape can easily be peeled off and re-applied.
“It’s a post-it note,” said Harris, “You can rip it on and off, on and off.”
Harris then discovered that the ballot boxes were not being transfered from state to state by police as should be the case, but by “Butch and Hoppy,” two truck drivers who raced around the state at high speed endangering people and and employing evasive manoevers to escape from observers who were following them.
“We caught them meeting up with a green jeep in the middle of nowhere half way through their route and we walk up to them and they drive off in a different direction,” said Harris.
“I wanted to see what the ballots looked like when Butch and Hoppy take them off the truck, well sure enough they didn’t have seals on them and some of them weren’t even closed – they had the box top open with big gashes and tears in them,” said Harris, who also revealed how officials left ballots in their offices and did not store them in secure vaults.
“Every way that it could break down it seemed to have broken down,” said Harris, “Even to the extent of just not following procedures”.
“How can you say that you can open someone’s ballot box without them present?” asked Harris.
Based on her experiences with the sham nature of the process, Harris called for the resignation of the Secretary of State Gardener and his assistant David Scanlan.
“I think assistant Secretary of State David Scanlan, who is actually their operations guy, should be dismissed from his position and the Secretary of State should resign, and they need to refund the money for both candidates and recount all those ballots in public,” said Harris.
“What they’re doing here is a criminal enterprise,” she added, “It has all the earmarks of it.”
Click here to listen to the MP3 interview.
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-b..i?file=/1954/71605.html
Bev Harris: New Hampshire Recount a “Criminal Enterprise”
http://www.prisonplanet.com/ar..riminal_enterprise.htm
Howard Highlights Ease Of Recount Fraud
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012908_recount_fraud.htm
New Hampshire Recount Delay Stokes Suspicions
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012808_recount_delay.htm
Is California Throwing out Electronic Voting Machines?
http://www.latimes.com/new..tory?ctrack=1&cset=true
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, florida, florida primary, Maine, MSNBC, republican primaries, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions
Gambling 911
January 28, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMiBUyyjjj4
With many of Ron Paul’s supporters still believing their Republican Presidential candidate will have won Louisiana and its delegates, the focus for many is now on the state of Maine.
“Maine has 21 delegates that Paul has a serious potential of winning,” points out Natalie Schultz of the Nolan Chart.
“Why can Ron Paul truly win Maine? Because outside of the political elite urbanites who control the state, the majority of real Mainers are very anti-government gun-lovers. Huckabee is gaining a Christian following, but truthfully, most Mainers are old-school Christians, not Evangelicals.”
Paul has planned to campaign in Maine on Monday January 28.
To date, says Maine Republican Party Executive Director Julie O’Brien, activity on behalf of the various GOP presidential hopefuls is relatively high.
“I mean the phone is not stopping,” she says.
Supporters of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are busy and those backing Sen. John McCain of Arizona and ex-Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are stepping up their efforts, according to O’Brien.
She says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a presence.
But most active?
“If I had to say,” ventures O’Brien, “Ron Paul,” the Texas congressman.
Schultz believes that Ron Paul is wasting his time following the other Republican candidates around “winner take all” Florida, where both Mitt Romney and John McCain lead by a large margin. It should be noted that Rudy Giuliani is already down to 5.5/1 odds of winning Florida at BetUS.com compared to McCain’s 2/1 odds and Romney’s even odds. Ron Paul came in with 40/1 odds of winning the state and this is one bet even his own supporters are not likely to place money on.
“No matter how much time and money Paul spends there, he will not win. The die-hard Paul supporters there will vote for him no matter what. It’s high-time he moves on to fresh waters were there are many fish waiting to bite.”
In fact, Ron Paul has had nominal media exposure here in South Florida where a campaign like his would actually be welcome. But someone dropped the ball.
Those of us here on Miami Beach, for example, got a preservationist Cuban female with no money into the office of Mayor – Matti Herrera Bower. She went up against investor and “friend to the real estate developers” Simon Cruz as a big underdog. In the end, Bower won through similar grass roots efforts employed by the Ron Paul camp (including press releases submitted by Gambling911.com parent company, Costigan Media), with the swing vote came from those who typically don’t head out to the polling booths – Her 10 percent win margin came from the young voters. More registered voters under the age of 30 came out to vote for Herrera Bower than in any previous Miami Beach election, something the new Mayor has expressed great appreciation for.
People who have never voted before (and those who have never taken part in polls) are ready to do so now. Florida makes things difficult, however. One must be a registered Republican in order to vote for the long time Congressman without the ability to switch parties if you happen to be an Independent, Democrat or never voted before.
So even though the potential is there for Florida (and make no mistake about it – anything over 7% of the vote will be considered a victory by the Paul campaign), the focus has shifted elsewhere.
We already realize this election is more differentiated than ever by state. Just look at the results for both Republicans and Democrats where, in theory, there really is no clear front runner just yet.
Impressive showings in Nevada and Louisiana have instilled new life into the Ron Paul campaign.
In Maine, if you are registered to vote but not enrolled in ANY party (you are listed as “Unenrolled” on our towns voter list), you can enroll as Republican 30 minutes before the caucus at the location of the caucus.
If you are enrolled as a Democrat or Green Independent and you wish to participate in the Republican Caucus, you must change your enrollment at least 15 days prior to the caucus at your town office. Unfortunately, at this juncture in time, that deadline has already come and gone. The Maine Republican Caucus takes place February 2 in most towns (while technically running throughout Super Bowl weekend, February 1 – 3).
http://www.point-spreads.c..ron-paul-presidential-betting-odds-slashed.html
Ron Paul Campaigns In Maine
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=79420
http://www.connietalk.com/republican_florida_debate_012408.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, bev harris, Black Box Voting, butch & hoppy, Diebold, election fraud, GOP, handcount, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, nashua, New Hampshire, new hampshire district, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, south carolina, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
New Hampshire Primary – Sham Chain of Custody
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PKQEQ7qHvgM&feature=bzb302
South Carolina bans paper votes
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/..ans-paper-votes.html
SC GOP Primary Vote Fraud Update
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2..-fraud-update.html
Insider confession: ‘Election operatives like myself make sure idealists can’t win elections. Only the cynics are making the laws’
http://www.washingtonpos..17/AR2008011703582.html
Unprecedented Vote Fraud About To Come
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080121/D8UA8VGG0.html
Italian Paper Says NH Primary Vote Rigged
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/22/02148.html
NH Election Contest Update: 7.5% Vote Count Discrepancy Found in Nashua, Ward 5 for Clinton, Edwards
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5591
European press: It wasn’t a miracle – Hillary won via a rigged vote
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c..va&aid=7794
“The Diebold Effect”: Hillary’s Votes Higher From Diebold Machines Even Controlling for Demographics (education, income, population, etc)
http://scienceblogs.com/developingin.._diebold_effect_hillarys_vo.php
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: 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, 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, 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
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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.”
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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/