Ron Paul supporters were yelling ” FOX News Sucks” and chasing after Sean Hannity the other night. “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?” “We’re not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean”…FNC shut out Ron Paul from their Republican Presidential forum on Sunday which angered many supporters of his campaign.
That's awesome. I thought it was funy when somebody said "you're unamerican, you're betraying america" or whatever exactly it was. Now Hannity knows how annoying patriotism can be.
Ron Paul supporters were yelling ” FOX News Sucks” and chasing after Sean Hannity the other night. “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?” “We’re not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean”…FNC shut out Ron Paul from their Republican Presidential forum on Sunday which angered many supporters of his campaign.
I did watch Fox. The one thing that kept striking me was that almost every single woman on the channel has been made to look like a Barbie doll (just not as articulate); and almost every man is old and white. - Andrew Sullivan
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You just realized this? I swear, the giddy suburban cheerleader quality of the Fox girls has been an ongoing cause of vitriol in my household. They just seem to confirm that peculiarly misogynistic, "who's yah daddy?" sleaze exuded by all those pasty, wrinkled geezers. I've always imagined there must be some ingenious contraption hidden below the camera's gaze, a 'giggle prod" of sorts, that gives these teases' bottoms a good squeeze every time the pruned-dude shows those bedroom eyes.
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The women anchors do not look like Barbie dolls. They look like ex-porn stars. I think it’s the look they’re cultivating.
I think it just feeds into their dreams of WASP stepford idyll.
Ron Paul has released a statement noting that now that Romney's out, "the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero," and saying that while he's not dropping out of the race, he is scaling back his presidential campaign to focus on defending his congressional seat. He also says definitively that he will not be making a third-party run.
It kind of surprised me to see votes listed for him in the Texas and Ohio primaries a few weeks back. That's when I became aware he was still campaigning. Even Huckabee, until he opted out, was getting far more votes than Paul.
But he's not a significant factor now, if he ever was.
I guess people are voting for him as a protest vote. The same reason I voted for Perot and Nader in previous elections. But at least in the case of Perot and Nader, a decent turnout could have gotten them federal funding for a third party that would offer a serious challenge to the Big Two parties, that could possibly leverage needed reform. I don't see any logic in voting for Ron Paul at this point.
By David Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has booked an arena in Minneapolis for a "mini-convention" that could steal some of John McCain's thunder just days before he accepts the Republican nomination.
A Paul campaign aide said the Texas congressman hopes to pack about 11,000 supporters into the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 2, which coincides with the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in neighboring St. Paul.
Paul, 72, will announce details for the rally Thursday at the start of the Texas Republican Convention in Houston.
The campaign hopes the daylong event will "send a message to the Republican Party," Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton tells the Tribune-Review.
"There is a growing surge of people out there just craving" for a return "to traditional American government, limited government that places personal liberty first and places an emphasis on personal responsibility and essentially gets out of the way after that," Benton said. "The buzz we get from supporters is that they are very eager to come to St. Paul and very eager to send a strong message."
McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky declined comment. Paul has won 35 convention delegates, but was not invited to speak in St. Paul because he refuses to endorse McCain, according to his campaign.
Paul's plan to stage his own event is bad news for McCain, said G. Terry Madonna, a political scientist at Franklin & Marshall College.
"Conventions are about demonstrating unity and purpose and showcasing the nominee. They are media events made for prime-time TV. Any distraction from the central message of the convention is not helpful," Madonna said.
McCain clinched the nomination on March 4 after gaining enough delegates to reach the 1,191 needed to win. Although Paul conceded in March he'd lost his bid for the White House, he's maintained a scaled-down campaign.
Paul, a Green Tree native, surprised most of the political establishment by raising about $35 million, mostly via the Internet. Paul's Libertarian-leaning views created a following across a broad political spectrum.
Paul did not win any primaries or caucuses, but continued to pick up significant votes in key states such as New Mexico and Pennsylvania even after McCain had clinched the nomination.
Jerry Shuster, a political communications expert at the University of Pittsburgh, said Paul's timing for the event is likely to put him in a media spotlight during at least one day of the convention.
Paul's forum probably won't be aimed at hurting the GOP, Shuster said.
"He never seemed to be an open opponent of the Republican Party, but more about what the Republicans need to get back to," Shuster said. "This is a golden opportunity for him to do that. The media is all going to be there so it's just a matter of going down the block to see him.
"You know he's going to get his 15 minutes on national news."
Good for him.
y'know the Republicans did this to themselves. If only they'd have addressed the real concerns and the real situation in Iraq as well as the real national mood over this war, Ron Paul would never have had much to run on. Instead, the GOP candidates almost in lock step decided Iraq was to be framed in the same old discredited talking points from 2004-5.
And along comes Ron Paul who actually talks about Iraq in something resembling reality and before you can say presto, he became a phenomena among Republican moderates and Independents. The ones who weren't still swallowing the Bush Kool-Aid.
So although I disagree with most of his social issues, I applaud the fact that he's a contrary voice out there that forces the right wing media to take notice of issues he brings to light that otherwise would be dismissed by the blowhards as "traitorous liberal rhetoric designed to demoralize the troops and is a call for surrender yadda yadda"
