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Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:47 pm**

I haven't been following the GOP circus very closely, but isn't it true that Ron Paul has consistently been in the top 2 or 3 in all these endless straw polls? But we never hear about him: it's always Romney plus the daily flavor of Perry, Cain, Gingrich , anybody but Paul.

But Perry, Cain, and Gingrich keep shooting themselves in the foot. How much longer can the media ignore Ron Paul? And why does the Republican party keep allowing the media to pick its candidate?

http://news.investors.com/Article....ney.htm

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:14 pm**

Paul is ignored as much as Sarah Palin is attacked. I don't think either is viable.

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:09 pm**

Why isn't he viable? You don't think he can win the nomination, or you don't think that he could beat Obama?

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:26 pm**

thibodeaux wrote:Why isn't he viable? You don't think he can win the nomination, or you don't think that he could beat Obama?

I don't think he is viable because the media will never allow him to win. I stopped thinking the typical American was smarter than the media when the least-vetted candidate in history, Obama, won.

I'd love a President Paul. A President Paul could actually reverse the death spiral this country is in...... IF he could get the bought and paid for Congress to work with him (which I don't think he could). But I don't think the media would ever say a single good thing about Republican Candidate Paul, and Americans will allow themselves to be swayed.

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:58 pm**

Let me put it this way: is there any Republican the media can't defeat? If not, then why not nominate Ron Paul?

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:09 pm**

I don't know. I was so certain that there was no way in hell that Obama could be elected, I now feel like my gut instincts are completely unreliable.

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:15 pm**

Whatever; the first "black" guy to run? White people couldn't wait to vote for him to show how not racist they were.

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:46 pm**

This is old, but this is exactly what I'm talking about

Posted: **Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:58 pm**

thibodeaux wrote:This is old, but this is exactly what I'm talking about

Well, Stewart is right. If the media ignores long-time associations with an openly racist preacher, America wont care. If the media ignores long-time associations with a known domestic terrorist, America wont care. If the media ignores a complete lack of any kind of experience, America wont care.

America doesn't care. I think we've passed the tipping point of people who just care about getting their free candy.

Posted: **Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:48 am**

I think the media are a little afraid of Ron Paul. I don't mean there's some big conspiracy, I mean that the individuals that make up the mass media - most of whom skew liberal democrat - are made uncomfortable by Ron because he's a Republican that actually makes some sense and isn't crippled by zealous religious insanity. He might actually be able to win a general election. And they deal with that uneasiness by pretending he's just another crackpot not worth mentioning.

Posted: **Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:27 am**

I think there may be something to that.

Posted: **Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:26 pm**

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k4ZjhkYzc2BHBzdGNhdAN1cwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3]MSM reporting Paul might be "the guy" to beat Obama.[/url]

This is quite interesting. I think the GOP needs to find a way to force Paul into the nomination. The hard core right wingers will still vote for him over Obama, and he's more attractive to independents and people with Obama hangover.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:36 pm**

Rush: quit taking Ron Paul seriously.

http://www.therightscoop.com/rush-quit-taking-ron-paul-seriously/

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:33 pm**

Ron Paul? Is that the guy in prison or the guy that dresses like a women that lives with Wanda Sieks?

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:00 pm**

unkbill wrote:Ron Paul? Is that the guy in prison or the guy that dresses like a women that lives with Wanda Sieks?

No, you are thinking of the "Paul" from this forum. For both of those examples you gave.

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:25 pm**

I don't live with Wanda. She has a strict "no sleeping over" policy, so I'm deprived of my post-coitus cuddle time.
I guess that's fine though. She delivers a harder pounding than I got in jail anyway, so I could use the healing time.