Comments on: Ron Paul dropped from FOX Sponsored Debate

By: lucy

lucy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:09:32 +0000

finally someone realized ron pauls time in the spotlight should come to an end.

By: Tom Paine

Tom Paine — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:01:52 +0000

They are afraid of his message: non-intervention.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:50:32 +0000

I believe Fox news just doesn’t like Ron Paul and his views. Bill O’reily was very rude to him. The news should be reported not shaped.

By: peace

peace — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:36:25 +0000

Paul is way ahead in the AOL poll vote — number one, the winner, with Huckabee a distant second.

By: kent

kent — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:57:37 +0000

Took me five years as a reporter than editor to come to that realization.

By: GM

GM — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:51:54 +0000

Actually, this decision is all to the good because Fox News in a short time will be forced to reverse themselves. To begin with, the tiny trailer excuse is pretty weak, and even the New Hampshire state GOP has come out against Dr. Paul’s exclusion. Then, in about 24 hours, Fox News will have to contend with the results of the Iowa caucus. According to the most recent polls, Dr. Paul should place no lower than fifth place, ahead of, one time frontrunner and Fox News debate invitee, Rudy Guiliani. Moreover, a number polls show Dr. Paul in a statistical tie with the other Fox News debate invitees, McCain and Thompson, for third place in Iowa; and Robert Novak for one says the exceptional passion of Paul’s supporters could carry Dr. Paul to a third place finish–an amazing accomplishment when you consider the MSM have largely ignored his campaign to this point. Then add to this scenario the strong possiblity that Dr. Paul’s support really spikes as result of his Iowa finish (if he gains third place, he has a solid claim that he is a first tier candidate and the MSM will have to give him coverage). Even under the most conservative eventuallity where Dr. Paul only places fifth, I don’t see how Fox News could credibly exclude Dr. Paul but include Guiliani when Dr. Paul just beat Guiliani in Iowa.

By: subHuman

subHuman — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:55:16 +0000

What the people want no longer count!

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Did it ever?

By: Nancy Murphy

Nancy Murphy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:35:49 +0000

Forget Faux News. The revolution is not being televised, it’s being downloaded.

By: redman

redman — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:21:18 +0000

We need to stay firm and get as many people as possible to vote for Ron Paul in IA, NH and SC. When he gets into the top 3, which he will, the media will come running. Look at what has happened with Huckabee.

The media (like most Americans) will not support someone perceived as a “loser.”

By: SamDi

SamDi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:27:19 +0000

I dumped the republican party and fox news 5 years ago. Both are bias and self serving to their leaders. Hopefully and prayerfully Dr. Ron Paul will win in New Hampshire. My friends in New Hampshire are astonished at the number of signs and publicity for Dr. Paul, and am told that an “upset victory” is misleading because the good Dr. Paul has been leading in straw polls and there is much interest via the internet.

“Dr. Paul goes to Washington”.

By: GM

GM — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:55:54 +0000

One bright spot in this affair is the New Hampshire state GOP which came out for Dr. Paul’s inclusion in the debate. In blue or near blue states like New Hampshire, Dr. Paul and the rEVOLution movement may find a lot of allies in the state and local GOP party organizations. The state and local GOP party organizations of the blue states have for years been running Democratic-lite candidates like Rudy Guiliani, Mike Bloomberg, and Mitt Romney (when Romney was running for office in the bluest of the blue states, Massachusetts). Nevertheless, they have been steadily losing ground to the Democrats in elections and in voter registrations. The rEVOLution movement gives these party organizations a new ideological position as well as a young, highly activist base to work with to revitalize these dying GOP organizations. If the huge Internet support for Paulism can be translated into consistent voter support in the non-virtual world, you have a movement that could have as big an impact on the GOP as the religious right did in the 80’s and 90’s.

By: notthewayiwoulddoit

notthewayiwoulddoit — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:52:47 +0000

I’d like to see user generated news. People with cellphones taking videos and pictures. Then video blogging. We would all be in the dark if it wasn’t for the internet. I know I would be. The interviews are much better than what you’d find on Fox News:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQi7PaYKqTU

I think eventually the technology will be available so someone can turn to something like The Antiwar Network on their televisions and be educated. It doesn’t mean people won’t want to watch the sports style pseudo debates at Fox News. I’m hoping some indie networks develop that lead to real debates without interruptions by arrogant interviewers and buzzers.