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Paulheads acting normal

Ron Paul supporters trailed Sean Hannity last night from the debate scene to his hotel acting like normal Ron Paul supporters…

Posted by Bart on Monday, January 7th, 2008 at 4:44 pm | under Uncategorized | |RSS 2.0 feed | Comments and pings closed. |

12 Responses to “Paulheads acting normal”

  1. JohnKonop says:
    January 7, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Local NH newspaper National Ledger

    Ron Paul Debate: Fox News and New Hampshire

    Should Ron Paul be invited to the Fox News debate in New Hampshire? The US Congressman from Texas is know inside of Washington, DC as “Dr. No” and that’s the answer that he has received from Fox News as he has tried to get into the last debate before the New Hampshire primary. It’s a ridiculous move by Fox, but as bad as the debate on ABC News was on Saturday it likely won’t make any difference.

    Ron Paul Debate: Fox News and New Hampshire (NBC)

    The New Hampshire Republican Party was a co-sponsor to the debate but they have pulled out as they think the move by Fox is elitist and unfair. State party Chairman Fergus Cullen has decided that he wants no part of the debate unless all of the candidates are invited citing New Hampshire’s “underdog” status. That sounds about right, but Fox has likely made a favorable move for the Paul campaign.

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    He is getting a lot of mileage claiming that he has been wronged by the network. He claims that Fox does not like the fact that he is anti-war. That’s a fair charge, and it certainly is a poor move by Fox to exclude him. You really don’t need polls, he finished fifth in Iowa with 9.99% of the vote. Paul’s supporters predicted a big upset and perhaps even a third place finish in Iowa.

    He didn’t get it but he was only three percent behind John McCain and Fred Thompson, both who will be at the debate. He finished ahead of Rudy Giuliani in Iowa, and he invited as well. If you want to use polls the latest Rasmussen Reports Survey has him tied for third place in New Hampshire with Iowa winner Mike Huckabee at eleven percent (11%) making Fox look even more foolish. Fred Thompson is at four percent (4%) in the state in that poll, and Rudy is only at nine percent (9%).

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    Still, I think the snub helps Paul. These debates on the Republican side have been useless of late, and Paul can fire up his support by claiming the exclusion is unfair and even with all of his support and his campaign cash he is being blacklisted by Fox. And the good thing for Paul, he would be right.

  2. bb says:
    January 7, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Thanks for posting the video. You’ll have to show me how.

  3. JohnKonop says:
    January 7, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    THIS WAS FROM NEWSHOUND

    Here’s something you won’t hear on Fox News — ratings for the cable news channel have been plummeting since before the November election.

    According to TV Newser, the number of people watching Fox during prime time in the 25 to 54 age bracket dropped in April for the sixth straight month.

    TV Newser cited a CNN press release which gave these totals for Fox’s primetime audience in the 25 to 54 age bracket: Oct. 04: 1,074,000; Nov. 04: 891,000; Dec. 04: 568,000; Jan. 05: 564,000; Feb. 05: 520,000; March 05: 498,000; April 05: 445,000. That amounts to a decline of 58 percent, with no sign of leveling off.

    Other cable stations’ ratings were also down since the election, but CNN’s, for example, appeared to have stabilized last month while Fox’s continued to drop.

    What the press release didn’t say is that we can add 629,000 people to those who don’t watch Fox. That works out to just over 89,857 people for each of the seven News Hounds who are watching Fox so those people don’t have to.

    Now that we’ve added another Hound, we should be able to take care of the remaining 445,000 in even less than six months.

    Fox’s plunging ratings should be a warning to those cable stations trying to copy the news channel’s conservative Republican slant. People are tired of it. Try something different, like a progressive television show, for a change.

  4. JohnKonop says:
    January 7, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Bart

    Call me.

  5. bb says:
    January 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    Oh John, I thought you would never ask….

  6. JohnKonop says:
    January 7, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    LOL

  7. Hugh says:
    January 7, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    bb, or John,
    Thanks for posting the video. Damn I wish I had been there. I probably would have lost my voice screaming their chant “Fox News Sucks”. Or worse. I get furious when I come upon TRAITORS to the U.S.

    Thanks again, bb.

    Great post!

  8. Chris says:
    January 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    LOL Looks like fun.

  9. Chris says:
    January 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    Wow, Paul’s raised another half million in just 6 days, without even trying.
    http://www.ronpaulgraphs.com/

  10. hoads says:
    January 8, 2008 at 12:03 am

    All the NH stoners gathered in one place. Ron Paul should be proud.

  11. bb says:
    January 8, 2008 at 8:56 am

    Where’s the graph that shows Paul’s position in polls…

  12. Bill says:
    January 8, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    You could almost guarantee that some (but not all) of the “over the top” behavior from Ron Paul supporters would be some “false flag A-holes” with the goal to create some “blowback” from the “conservative” personalities on the radio and TV. Here’s a video which shows the type of Ron Paul supporters which I’ve encountered in person.
    http://blip.tv/file/582985

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