How the Internet is changing the world
The Internet is enabling transparency and truth to have free reign, that’s how.
The really big story unfolding about the presidential election campaign is how some in the news media, including Fox News and The New York Times, are working hard to push Ron Paul out of the running. And, thanks to the Internet and Web 2.0, their methods and tricks are being exposed.
Read these posts and see for yourself.
Unbelievable! When Fox Can’t Exclude Dr. Paul, They Cut Him
Shameful, indeed.
Unbelievable? Not really. People in power have been doing this for ages. But now we have ringside seats and nothing obstructing the circus acts.
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Sorry, Ron Paul is sub 5% in most polls and barely treading water, despite the noise on the net. The latest polls reflect a continuing flat performance.
I am not a Paul fan, however, the realities of politics, the market and delivering media are not to be confused with conspiracy.
CD,
Well, you can call it whatever you want, but it’s obvious that the media is abusing their power.
What do you think about this?
January 16, 2008 12:41 pm EST
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Kent Snyder, chairman of the Ron Paul 2008 Republican presidential campaign issued the following statement in response to the results of the Michigan primary:
“After beating Rudy Giuliani in Iowa, and Fred Thompson in New Hampshire, Ron Paul has now bested both ‘national frontrunners’ in Michigan, and in the three races held thus far Paul has received over 30,000 votes more than either of the candidates.
“If I had predicted that result when this campaign started almost twelve months ago, I would have been laughed out of the room by the so-called experts. Currently there is no frontrunner and this race is wide open.
“In Michigan, Dr. Paul’s message resonated with voters because he discusses issues that nobody else will even acknowledge. Dr. Paul is the foremost expert on monetary policy, and he truly understands the crunch that Americans are feeling due to high taxes and high inflation that drives up gas prices and mortgage payments.â€
Below are the combined vote totals for Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan:
Romney - 443,139 Total Votes
McCain - 361,546 Total Votes
Huckabee - 207,308 Total Votes
Paul - 84,554 Total Votes
Giuliani - 50,925 Total Votes
Thompson - 49,198 Total Votes
Hunter - 4,567 Total Votes
http://tinyurl.com/3a9scl
How can the press simply skip over Ron Paul?
Re the Internet and truth, I like this observation from Gord Hotchkiss:
“For some reason, there’s still an unspoken law online that we will be diligent (in fact, virulent) about uncovering bogus garbage online. We revel in exposing the seedy underbelly of our culture. The internet has let a breath of fresh air into the previously stiffled world of media control. Before, we were expected to believe anything that came to us through the supposedly pre filtered channels that feed us our view of the outside world. The nightly news, the daily newspaper, the weekly news magazine. As was proven when Dan Rather’s journalistic integrity (or lack of same) was exposed online, we’re probably safer trusting the crazy patchwork quilt of information we get online than we are with the carefully spoon-fed news items we’re get every night through the networks.
Ultimately online, right will prevail, and it will do so much quicker than was true in the power controlled world of just one generation ago. We are less trusting and we are developing a much healthier cynical streak. Every time a door is open for all of us to have a voice, we will see parasitic companies scrambling to push through it, trying to capitalize on our collective gullability. And they’ll thrive, for awhile. But it’s a short term game, because I believe strongly that most times, we’re not as stupid as we look.”
http://outofmygord.com/archive/2007/12/11/The-Evolving-Whiff-of-Authenticity.aspx
The internet is truly liberating. It also allows us to review information to help us decide upon the possible future course of events. I would like to point you towards the following list of Paul’s votes and comments while serving as a member of congress. By the way, you can search any member of congress and most state legislatures have this on file as well.
There are some disturbing elements on the record.
Being a Texan, I’ve been familiar with Ron Paul for many years, and I always strongly disagreed with his stance on abortion. (Regarding this perennially volatile issue, I hesitate to use the term “pro-life” or “pro-choice” because neither is very descriptive. But for many reasons, I weigh in on the “pro-choice” side.)
Yet of all the Republican candidates I have to say that I like Paul the best. I guess it’s the Libertarian streak in me. I am endlessly fascinated by his campaign and, while I’m still officially backing humorist Dave Barry for president (it’s a protest vote, like my vote for Kinky Friedman for Texas gov), I think there are plenty of worse choices for president than Ron Paul.
PS ~ Between now and November I do actually intend to make up my mind about a “serious” candidate, but for now… call me irresponsible… Dave Barry rules!
I can understand both sides of the abortion issue. I can see why Ron Paul (a Christian and an ob-gyn) takes his stance on abortion, so I don’t have a problem with that.
I am both pro-life and pro-choice — from a nonreligious point of view. I agree that women should have the right to choose, and should be fully informed of pros and cons.
Hey — maybe we can push for a Paul-Barry ticket!