Right Running from Ron?
Something frightening is happening to the so-called right wing media. They are all afraid to talk, seriously, about Rep. Ron Paul. The mainstream media outlets, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and the Networks are also afraid to mention anything about the good doctor as well. On the 5th of November supporters for Ron Paul raised roughly $5 million dollars for the Presidential candidate. Then on the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party he raised over $6 million dollars. He is the only candidate, Republican or Democrat, to increase his funding every quarter. Yet almost every major media outlet, outside of the Internet, has refused to cover these events with any significance.
I called the Laura Ingraham show on 12/18/07 after she had made some rather curious remarks about the Congressman. She chastised a caller for being a "Ronpaululan", her term for trying to equate Ron Paul with the Romulans from Star Trek and therefore equating him with being "out there." And then she plays the theme from Star Trek to try and marginalize Ron Paul by making him seem silly. When the call screener answered, he said "What would you like to discuss with Laura today?" in a very pleasant and welcoming voice. I said "I'd like to have an honest discussion with Laura about Ron Paul." His demeanor changed instantly and very abruptly he said"Laura's not discussing that right now!" and he hung up on me! Neo-cons and RHINO's are scared stiff of Ron Paul, because he is getting support from the core group of Conservatives that any Republican candidate for President will need in order to win the general election.
Another right-wing attacker of Rep. Paul has been Glenn Beck. Glenn hosts a talk show on CNN and pretends to be outraged by anything liberal. Mr. Beck has made fun of Rep. Paul on many occasions and even equated Ron Paul supporters with terrorists when discussing the 5th of November fund raiser where Ron Paul supporters raised over $5 million dollars. In all fairness to his viewers, Glenn Beck did issue an open invitation to Ron Paul and said that he would have him on for an entire show. Rep. Paul accepted this invitation and appeared on the show. Much to my dismay, rather than discuss real issues, Glenn Beck asked questions that were unprofessional and quite insulting to a candidate who is making a serious run for the Presidency of the United States. He asked Rep. Paul about a wacko that has threatened Glenn and his family in Paul's name and then proceeded to ask a series of questions about whether the congressman believes that our own government had a hand in 9/11! Rep. Paul was gracious, but was visibly disturbed at the direction Glenn's show decided to take.
When you compare the candidates on key issues such as immigration, foreign policy, the economy and our role in the world, we begin to see stark differences between the front runners and Rep. Paul. Ron Paul's vision for America is a non-interventionist foreign policy, border protection and removal of government barriers to allow business to flourish. I personally don't see anything wrong with his philosophy. And as the primary season begins to kick off, and people focus in on the candidates, I hope they take a strong look at Rep. Paul and consider voting their values rather than what the media tells them about electability.
