Paul, not McCain, should represent the Republican Party

JumpInTheFire · #1 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 08:13 PM

Source: Paul, not McCain, should represent the Republican Party - Opinion

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I do not understand how everyone decides that McCain is the GOP's best.

I challenge The Crimson White to make a stand. Stop being another part of the fall of this great country, just pushing the most popular candidate.

During the debates, Ron Paul gets about one question for every four to five questions that are asked to McCain and Romney. In the last Republican debate, Paul wanted to answer one of the questions that McCain and Romney responded to, and he was told that they would ask him after two more questions.

Do you think they asked him that question after the two questions? I'll let you figure that out for yourself. I just don't understand how everyone in this country can just let an unfair race take place and not have anything to say about it. Once again, America has been forced to look at the candidates that the media and government want instead of making a decision for ourselves.

Now, even Mike Huckabee has been pushed out of the spotlight. Since he does not, in the media's eyes, have a viable chance, he has been pushed from the questions. He still gets a few more than Paul, but he is being welcomed by Paul to the world of ignorance.

People, please I beg of you, wake up and watch. Paul has won almost every single debate. Have you seen this mentioned once by the media? No, you haven't, because they don't want him to win. What you don't see is the media throwing sucker punches while our heads are turned.

All I ask is for an end to the blindness. Realize that this is your future if you keep letting the people that are making money off of it make decisions for us.

Brad Lake

Sophomore, journalism

Static · 02-03-2008, 08:24 PM

Whoever the hell Brad Lake is, that kid is definitely smarter than your average sophmore. I've been trying to tell people the exact same thing pretty frequently lately...

Just today I looked through my local paper here in California, and on the front page was Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Clinton, and Obama...of course no Paul... wtf, if that's not totally obvious to anyone else, I don't know what to tell you...

RATSOADM · 02-03-2008, 08:26 PM

rightwinger · 02-03-2008, 11:44 PM

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Whoever the hell Brad Lake is, that kid is definitely smarter than your average sophmore

Do you automatically assume that people that share your opinion are intelligent?

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Just today I looked through my local paper here in California, and on the front page was Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Clinton, and Obama...of course no Paul... wtf, if that's not totally obvious to anyone else, I don't know what to tell you

Do you feel there is a conscious effort to keep people away from Ron Paul, or do you feel that his low poll numbers, and weak performances so far in the primaries are what excludes his name among the "serious" candidates?

JumpInTheFire · 02-04-2008, 12:47 AM

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Do you automatically assume that people that share your opinion are intelligent?

Do you feel there is a conscious effort to keep people away from Ron Paul, or do you feel that his low poll numbers, and weak performances so far in the primaries are what excludes his name among the "serious" candidates?

Ehh, last time I checked he outperformed Rudy many many times, yet he was barred from a debate, as well as being mentioned in newspapers over who? Rudy Guiliani...

I could go on with the reasons why Ron Paul should get fair coverage (record fundraising amounts in one day, top GOP fundraiser, most visited site on the net, and so forth)

Yet, the only reason that really matters is... the media needs to be fair. Especially now with only 4 republicans left, I find it hard to imagine that they can't put in 4 names to an article...

RATSOADM · 02-04-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by rightwinger

Do you automatically assume that people that share your opinion are intelligent?

Do you feel there is a conscious effort to keep people away from Ron Paul, or do you feel that his low poll numbers, and weak performances so far in the primaries are what excludes his name among the "serious" candidates?

Well considering when he came in second they only talked about candidates in 1st 3rd and 4th place.. and the fact they talk about Ghouliani constantly and he lost to Ron Paul in every primary I believe... I'd say it's a conscious effort.

**Ristaron** · 02-04-2008, 02:27 AM

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Do you automatically assume that people that share your opinion are intelligent?

Do you automatically assume that people who don't share your opinion are such bigots?

I happen to agree with JumpInTheFire on the grounds that Brad Lake is highly intelligent because he demonstrates critical thinking. He noticed and ran with the trend that Ron Paul was getting asked fewer questions, and even that the media was ignoring him.
That puts him several pegs higher than you, who would blindly trust Fox News, arguably the most corrupt organization in North America, for your information.

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Originally Posted by rightwinger

Do you feel there is a conscious effort to keep people away from Ron Paul, or do you feel that his low poll numbers, and weak performances so far in the primaries are what excludes his name among the "serious" candidates?

There you go with the low polls again. Maybe I'm mistaken, but my feelings are shared by many more people than yours are, but Ron Paul has won almost every single debate.
Now, which do you trust more: polls, or performance?
It's bullshit like what you're spewing that is one of the reasons Ron Paul is able to be blocked by the media. Your subversiveness to the perfidious Fox News is disheartening not only in that you clearly have the capacity to be infinitely better informed if you opened your eyes, but that you are but one of millions of similarly misinformed, deluded young people out there.

rightwinger · 02-04-2008, 06:56 AM

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Yet, the only reason that really matters is... the media needs to be fair. Especially now with only 4 republicans left, I find it hard to imagine that they can't put in 4 names to an article

I agree.

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Well considering when he came in second they only talked about candidates in 1st 3rd and 4th place

They only really talked about first place in that one, due to the gap of victory.

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and the fact they talk about Ghouliani constantly and he lost to Ron Paul in every primary I believe

He didn't lose to Ron Paul in every primary. And they didn't talk about him constantly. Early on, the media seemed to think it was gonna be a three horse race between Romney, Giuliani, and Thompson.

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Do you automatically assume that people who don't share your opinion are such bigots?

I don't assume anyone is a bigot.

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That puts him several pegs higher than you, who would blindly trust Fox News

I don't even really watch Fox News...

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There you go with the low polls again. Maybe I'm mistaken, but my feelings are shared by many more people than yours are,

Don't insult my critical thinking skills, and then come up with a bogus argument like this.

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but Ron Paul has won almost every single debate.

According to an unscientific Fox News poll after the debate.

**Brother of Yeshua** · 02-04-2008, 02:37 PM

He also won every post debate poll on MSNBC and CNN. And countless phone in and internet polls on the same channels. One of them, I think MSNBC, even pulled the poll when Ron Paul won (again).

rightwinger · 02-04-2008, 02:59 PM

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He also won every post debate poll on MSNBC and CNN. And countless phone in and internet polls on the same channels. One of them, I think MSNBC, even pulled the poll when Ron Paul won (again).

Right. But these are not scientific polls, and Ron Paul has a very dedicated "net roots" organization going for him.

Do you think that those poll results were accurate? Do you think a majority of people watching the debates thought Ron Paul won?

My next question would be....then why hasn't he been able to gain more support? Why hasn't he made a dent in the polls?