the establishment government/media does not want the american people to know his message. how can a man polling at 4% lead the republicans in money and donations since june with 24 million dollars since june, especially when the news media treats him like the plague. the same establishment media/government that sold us this war to enforce UN resolutions that the vast majority of americans think was wrong now.
the man has over 120,000 donations this quarter totaling over 18.5 million dollars. how can so many regular americans completely agree with dr paul so much on so many issues, yet others hate him. he has a perfect consitutional voting record. with congressional approval rating in the teens for so long, why can't people actually search him out and think for themselves instead of marching to the drumbeat of the establishment status quo? will this country ever get back on track?
2007-12-19 16:26:15 · 10 answers · asked by ashleyrobinson 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
if it doesn't happen now, i am so afraid it'll never happen and we will slip to either fascism or socialism.
2007-12-19 16:27:21 · update #1
You're saying 120,000 people donated to a lost cause? That is almost unbelievable! I think I'll go throw a few twenties out the back door, just to get into the spirit of the thing!
2007-12-19 16:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by ArRo 6 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Got to tell you, I wonder about the naivete of his supporters every day. I've watched them consistently blame the media for his lack of national support for months now. When does it stop being the media's fault, and start being the outrageous opinions of this guy that keep him at an embarrassingly low national rating? Or will it just always be the media's fault for not promoting a guy who has a less than zero shot at the nomination? For being a bottom of the tier candidate, he's gotten quite a bit of press lately. I would think his supporters would be grateful for that much at least, instead of complaining that the media isn't pretending he's a front runner by covering him all the time.
And despite your assumptions, I checked out Ron Paul, thoroughly. I do not depend on the media to pick my candidate of choice. He doesn't have my vote because I don't agree with him, and I think he's a Coke short of a Happy Meal. I didn't need the media to figure that much out.
2007-12-20 00:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
if people keep listening to Fox, all candidates will soon have to get Roger Ailes permission to run
But I'm a Democrat and would vote for the guy on Mad magazine before I'd vote for any other Republican....Paul is unlikely to get the nomination of a party that does not want truth...Paul is reasonable, so to them is unacceptable. Paul would do better as an Independent, but he'd still lose.
2007-12-20 01:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, Glenn Beck on CNN gave him a whole hour Tuesday night. But I know he doesn't get much air time, and even in the debates he doesn't get equal time. But you have to realize that he is so antiestablishment that he scares the pants off of regular politicians on both sides, so he's fighting an uphill battle. And I don't know who's running his campaign, but I'm not sure what the money is being used for. I live in a red state, but I have seen no adds trying to get people to vote for him. Unfortunately, these ads and media attention are the only things that will do that. 90% of the American electorate votes on only the information they get from TV news and political ads. They just don't care enough to look at things for themselves. I wish it weren't true, but it is, and the political machines take advantage of it.
2007-12-20 00:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Today's Newsletter Clip
Glenn sits down with Congressman and GOP presidential canidate Ron Paul for a full hour of honest questions.
2007-12-20 00:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because some Americans prefer to cling to their pipedreams of resparking the dying traditional conservative movement, rather than letting it give up its ghost to join a more modern conservative cause.
2007-12-20 01:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about the fact that the media is pushing Huckabee down our throats as a true christian...but neglect to tell us that his youngest son has confessed to horrendous acts of mutilation of a stray dog!
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/12/16/huckabee-squashed-charges-against-his-son-for-stoning-hanging-dog/
2007-12-20 00:35:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 6⤋
Ron Paul is a loose screw. He's anything but a conservative with his voting record, the 9/11 conspiracy theory nuts all support him, and now he's getting donations from neo nazi groups.
2007-12-20 00:37:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 7⤋
I just hope the red states realize the huge mistake they made last time, and that others wake up!
2007-12-20 00:40:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
We're dangerously close to fascism already.
2007-12-20 00:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 5⤋