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Here's a copy of my letter sent to the local press today:

THE POWER OF MEDIA BIAS

Last week saw what may be the final phase in the destruction of our democracy. The national media seemed to have found more of a story reporting the lateness of the Prime minister in Lisbon, rather than explaining the destruction of our freedoms and parliament’s powers. The EU Reform treaty has now been signed and already parts of it are being actioned. It is worth comparing this bias reporting with the national media coverage of the US presidential caucus.

Please let me pose a few questions- Who has broken all the US caucus fundraising records and has also increased their fundraising each quarter? Who is leading the internet polls, (in some cases threefold), for the presidential front runner? Who has consistently been voted the preferred candidate after live/TV debates straw polls? Is it Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John McCain? No, it is none of them, it is republican Ron Paul. Did you say Ron Paul who?

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Ron Paul has NO CHANCE. Don't even begin to think he does. His spammer army has done well for him, but ultimately, he is doomed to failure, he will then put his weight and his money behind somebody else, and he'll hand the white house back to the clinton crime family.

What exactly is so great about this man? He opposes the Iraq war? Well, Americans can jump into bed with the democrats if they want that, they don't need the GOPs answer to kucinich.

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steve fowler

Well you are full of happy thoughts arn't you rightsideforum!, but anyway welcome to the forum.

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I am - the happy thought that Ron Paul will be going nowhere.

Honestly, tell me what the attraction is - it's like a cult.

He's conservative and he opposed the Bush foreign policy doctrine - he's one of millions like that.

He's not even a loyal republican - why on earth would they vote for him?

Furthermore, the man is backed by NUMEROUS far right groups including neo nazis.

That is unfortunate for him in one sense because although it is not the sort of man he is, it certainly looks bad - but good for him in another in that they have played their roll in spamming the net and raising donations for him.

He seems like a decent man to me, but he'll never be president, and he has next to no chance in any state.

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The attraction is liberty, no other candidate offers that and only the ugly, immoral fascists of the world oppose it.

He isn't conservative, that just means keeping things how they are.

He was elected as a republican congressman and traditionally the GOP is a party of freedom and peace. George Bush and his "neocon" supporters are left wing, there is no doubt about that.

He isn't backed by numerous far right groups, these are just pointless smears. If I set up a holocaust denial committee for the advancement of rightsideforum would that make you a holocaust denier?

Spamming the net and raising donations? How did you figure that one out. Ron Paul is supported by real people, which is why he is winning the straw polls.

Being a democracy forum we have lots of respect for democratic people, Ron Paul is the most democratic of the bunch.

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tito

Also, why does your website have links to loads of libertarian blogs if you don't like libertarians?

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Dan

There's an hour long interview with Ron Paul on NBC's Meet the Press this Sunday (22nd) being shown on CNBC at 5.00pm in the UK.

Hartlepool

Thanks for that info Dan.

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I didn't say I had a problem with Liberatians to my knowledge - ultimately Paul is running for the GOP nomination, not the Libertarian.

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If the attraction is liberty - that MUST by its nature include liberty for all. His foreign policy means leaving the rest of the world to it.

In some sense you are true - but Bush has plenty of conservative credentials.

Tell me if you were running a political campaign - would you accept donations from nazis?

Answer me that because that is EXACTLY what ron paul has done in accepting a donation from a notorious nazi - the owner of the stormfront website which is a nazi racist forum with tens of thousands of members.

He has said he won't return the money.

The guy is pretty well known in the states, I believe his name is Don Black.

He's not 'anti democratic' but I'd love to hear what makes you think he's any more democratic than the rest.

Do tell me what this great democrat plans to achieve....

Again, it's an interesting and admirable campaign, he seem like a decent man, but his campaign will fail, there is NO chance he will win even one state, and then he will use his millions of pounds to back somebody else that will almost certainly put a liberal democrat into the white house.

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