Look who is on the front page of NYT

[Liberty Star]

It's not a campaign, it's a mission:

http://www.nytimes.com/


Slide show:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/25/style/0525-RONPAUL_index.html

[torchbearer]

cool.

[rancher89]

Yeah, front page of lifestyles and fashion.....:confused::mad::(

[Liberty Star]

Yeah, front page of lifestyles and fashion.....:confused::mad::(


It's front page of the paper, I'm reading the online edition.


http://www.nytimes.com/


I haven't seen the paper addition today and it is possible that this is dynamic page.

[rancher89]

It is, click on the title and it takes you to the article, front page of fashion....

[sidster]

Yeah, front page of lifestyles and fashion.....:confused::mad::(

LOL!:D

[sidster]

This is great picture:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/05/23/0525-RONPAUL/23282309.JPG

Interesting quote a few slides away from this one:


Some supporters have helped turn the outspoken congressman's campaign into a colorful, loud sideshow with their guerrilla marketing tactics -- self-penned Ron Paul anthems on YouTube, a Ron Paul blimp and T-shirts that portray Mr. Paul as a world-historical icon like Che Guevara.


Ron Paul likened to a Marxist??



Another quote that is like "Huh?"

A popular campaign T-shirt has Mr. Paul sitting with the founding fathers, which is not to say they would have been aboard for some of Mr. Paul's libertarian ideas.

[MRoCkEd]

is this in the actual paper or only the online edition?

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Actual scanned cover...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/24/nytfrontpage/scan.jpg

[ClayTrainor]

Oh man, the media is ruthless.

Im just reading through the captions and look at the spin they put on almost nearly every single one!!!



Some supporters have helped turn the outspoken congressman's campaign into a colorful, loud sideshow with their guerrilla marketing tactics -- self-penned Ron Paul anthems on YouTube, a Ron Paul blimp and T-shirts that portray Mr. Paul as a world-historical icon like Che Guevara.


At a campaign rally in Louisville, Ky., on May 17, 1,200 or so supporters greeted their candidate like a rock star when he walked on stage at the ornate Louisville Palace Theater. He wore a crisp dress shirt the color of mint ice cream and a color-coordinated tie, which made him look like an insurance claims adjustor.


People in the crowd, many under 30, if not 25, rose to their feet and thundered in applause, even if they looked as if they had stumbled into a Republican rally on their way to the Coachella rock festival.

I didnt feel like doing the rest, but god dam... they cant say anything nice without pissing on us a second later.

Havent read the article yet, but im not expecting much.

Still happy to have the major coverage, hopefully nyt readers can read between the lines.

[MRoCkEd]

check the fashion and lifestyles section - is it there?

[gtjwkq]

The New York Times would NEVER do an honest or positive article on Ron Paul, it is owned by News Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation) which belongs to Rupert Murdoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch), one of the neoconservatives Ron Paul denounced (http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-publicly-names-neoconservatives).

I read it and the author just tries to marginalize him and his supporters. It's disgusting.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Here's the SLIDE SHOW from the NY Times article... (FANS of Ron Paul) Very Nice!

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/25/style/0525-RONPAUL_index.html (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/25/style/0525-RONPAUL_index.html)

[Primbs]

At least they mentioned the blimp and other memorable moments of the campaign.

[Drknows]

They make it sound like we're a bunch of stoners trying to build a New Age hippie dome out in the desert.

NYT is run by elitist pricks just like faux is. I bet they cant stand the thought of ex lliberals voting for a republican.

[scotto2008]

They make it sound like we're a bunch of stoners trying to build a New Age hippie dome out in the desert.

NYT is run by elitist pricks just like faux is. I bet they cant stand the thought of ex lliberals voting for a republican.

Yeah. How about the fact that we're considering "Yippie-like" disruptions of the Convention?

Of course, I'm just pissed because the guy interviewed me about my videos and it never made the piece.

Sour grapes.

[Tim1776]

New York Times: "Dazzled" by Ron Paul?

Sunday's edition of the New York Times contains an interesting article about the Ron Paul Revolution - in the Fashion/Style section!

Entitled "Dazzled by the Other Republican" and "It's Not a Campaign, It's a Mission", the article describes Dr. Paul as a "slender, stooped, slightly sad" "lead guitarist", who, despite dressing like an "insurance claims adjustor", has united "disillusioned" and "yippie-ish" "peaceniks" from a wide variety of fringe backgrounds into a movement of "dazzled" flower children who "talk about their beliefs in spiritual terms".

The Ron Paul Revolution is painted as a movement for "yoga instructors", "college dropouts", "musicians/cooks/whatever", and people like "Mr. Linzy, 30, [who] keeps nearly half his savings in silver bullion, and scours antiques fairs and rummage sales for objects containing silver" as well as "Mr. Rayome, whose unkempt ash curls cascaded from a knit Rasta cap, [and who] wore an enameled American flag pin on his faded maroon T-shirt."

Instead of talking about Ron Paul's real solutions to the real problems we face today - including but not limited to skyrocketing inflation, endless wars based upon lies, unbridled illegal immigration, constant attacks on our civil liberties - the same newspaper that successfully lied us into the Iraq war now relegates the only Presidential candidate who would get us out of this mess to the Fashion/Style section and tries to subtly paint him as completely unelectable in the eyes of mainstream individuals.

What else is new?

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/New_York_Times_Dazzled_by_Ron_Paul

[fletcher]

The New York Times would NEVER do an honest or positive article on Ron Paul, it is owned by News Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation) which belongs to Rupert Murdoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch), one of the neoconservatives Ron Paul denounced (http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-publicly-names-neoconservatives).

I read it and the author just tries to marginalize him and his supporters. It's disgusting.

The New York Times is not owned by News Corp.

[homah]

Another smear, yay!

[Uncle_Rahn]

And we yet still fight.

We are still here.

We are moving forward.

They don't understand, they can't... so they mock.

It's OK, we are underestimated as well as unrespected.

We will survive, and so will the message of Freedom.

People are starting to wonder why they still see us...

Soon they will wonder why they didn't join us.

"Keep the faith and a smile on your face"

Love all these Positive Patriots for Paul!!
:cool:

[Soccrmastr]

This is great picture:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/05/23/0525-RONPAUL/23282309.JPG

Interesting quote a few slides away from this one:




Ron Paul likened to a Marxist??



Another quote that is like "Huh?"

hmm yeah wtf is up with that.

[scotto2008]

And we yet still fight.

We are still here.

We are moving forward.

They don't understand, they can't... so they mock.

It's OK, we are underestimated as well as unrespected.

We will survive, and so will the message of Freedom.

People are starting to wonder why they still see us...

Soon they will wonder why they didn't join us.

"Keep the faith and a smile on your face"

Love all these Positive Patriots for Paul!!
:cool:

Well, at least they mentioned Marc Scibilia's "Hope Anthem." Maybe some people will check it out. Music affects people in a subconscious way.

[rprprs]

Damn, does this piss me off! I suppose I should be used to this stuff by now, but these hit pieces never cease to make my blood boil. Disgusting and infuriating!:mad:

[lastnymleft]

I thought the article was overwhelmingly positive. We can't expect articles to be written as if they were written by us.

I'd have preferred if they had dug a bit deeper, enabling them to conclude "It's not just a campaign, it's a MOVEMENT"...but, hey, it IS the style section. And better that, than nothing.

This was the only thing I had a real problem with:


A popular campaign T-shirt has Mr. Paul sitting with the founding fathers, which is not to say they would have been aboard for some of Mr. Paul's libertarian ideas.

To suggest that the founding fathers would not be on board with any of Dr Paul's positions is just a total misunderstanding of where he is at, and from where he comes: the Constitution.



ps. Tim1776 - 1 post? Where have you been? Not being narky, just wondering. How is it you have come to here, at this stage in the campaign? Are you a long-time supporter, or new to the cause? It'd be nice to know we are still bringing in fresh blood.

[Knightskye]

Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled in Quake

Yeah, thanks for the front page.

[MMolloy]

I thought the article was overwhelmingly positive. We can't expect articles to be written as if they were written by us.

I'd have preferred if they had dug a bit deeper, enabling them to conclude "It's not just a campaign, it's a MOVEMENT"...but, hey, it IS the style section. And better that, than nothing.

This was the only thing I had a real problem with:



To suggest that the founding fathers would not be on board with any of Dr Paul's positions is just a total misunderstanding of where he is at, and from where he comes: the Constitution.



ps. Tim1776 - 1 post? Where have you been? Not being narky, just wondering. How is it you have come to here, at this stage in the campaign? Are you a long-time supporter, or new to the cause? It'd be nice to know we are still bringing in fresh blood.

This piece will be quoted/echoed by NeoCons from now until the convention

[Joseph Hart]

look at the pic next to the Ron Paul pic... http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/23/books/25moth_meyer.jpg
Its Obama praising the Ron Paul Campaign 3008

[lastnymleft]

This piece will be quoted/echoed by NeoCons from now until the convention

Nonsense. There have been far, FAR worse hit-pieces - including one in the NYTimes itself - and they haven't been "quoted/echoed by NeoCons" till now. The damage is done. They don't need to go after Dr Paul now. They have already successfully shut him out. This is more coverage in a major outlet than Dr Paul has had in quite some time (albeit in the "Style" section), and it was 90-95% positive. Would we have been better off if the article WASN'T written?

[Thomas_Paine]

The New York Times is tabloid trash.

[rprprs]

Nonsense. There have been far, FAR worse hit-pieces - including one in the NYTimes itself - and they haven't been "quoted/echoed by NeoCons" till now. The damage is done. They don't need to go after Dr Paul now. They have already successfully shut him out. This is more coverage in a major outlet than Dr Paul has had in quite some time (albeit in the "Style" section), and it was 90-95% positive. Would we have been better off if the article WASN'T written?

I respectfully disagree.
In my opinion, the piece was 90-95% negative. And, yes, we would have been better off had it NOT been written.
You are correct, of course, that there have been far worse hit-pieces, but that doesn't excuse this one.
You also rightly state that they have already been successful in shutting Dr. Paul out, IF you confine that to his campaign to gain the nomination. But they have been less successful in squelching the 'MOVEMENT'. Had they accomplished that, then I don't know why we're even here.
In their opinion, Dr. Paul was "supposed to be gone by now", and they've made every effort to see to that. But they remain vexed and irritated by our "loud sideshow" (ugh!).
The very title of the piece: "IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN, IT'S A MOVEMENT", suggests their current target. They want to discredit us with the same tactics they've employed against Dr. Paul, and that is to paint us as fringe and inconsequential. They want to marginalize us, employing the same insinuations of "kookiness".
This piece was written to that end.

[TruthisTreason]

Divide and conquer. They're trying to put us in that little box with the latinos, blacks, over 60, etc. We're the Ron Paul people......:cool: Being a musician I've come to learn no hype is bad hype. Even when your trashed in the news there's a chance you reach someone! We've have to take what we can get and hold our heads high and continue to "spread the message".

[jake]

Divide and conquer. They're trying to put us in that little box with the latinos, blacks, over 60, etc. We're the Ron Paul people......:cool: Being a musician I've come to learn no hype is bad hype. Even when your trashed in the news there's a chance you reach someone! We've have to take what we can get and hold our heads high and continue to "spread the message".

well said, that is exactly what this article is trying to do.

[Jamsie 567]

He made front page for the November 5th Money Bomb as well.

Very cool!!

[SLSteven]

What is a Yippie?

[SLSteven]

Divide and conquer. They're trying to put us in that little box with the latinos, blacks, over 60, etc. We're the Ron Paul people......:cool: Being a musician I've come to learn no hype is bad hype. Even when your trashed in the news there's a chance you reach someone! We've have to take what we can get and hold our heads high and continue to "spread the message".

I agree! We can not really control what others say about us. We just "spread the message" and continue to fight for liberty and justice.

[SLSteven]

Of course we need to remember who said what so we can identify the enemy.