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stu2002
09-12-2007, 06:04 AM
The Establishment’s ‘Paul Paranoia’ (http://www.americanfreepress.net/anderson/?p=13)

May 29, 2007 |

The regular media have a serious case of the jitters over Ron Paul’s candidacy for president, surpassed only by GOP mainstream dorks who cannot imagine a world without endless wars and a domestic scene without endless spending.

Dr. Paul, easily the most forthright member of Congress whether you agree with him or not, has plied his trade of constitutionalism, common sense and frugality on Capitol Hill for the better part of 20 years, tossing annoying brickbats at our imperial rulers in the form of anti-UN resolutions, scathing comments on the shadowy Federal Reserve, denunciations of the IRS and the income tax, and piercing polemics on mega-spending. Those living in the 14th District of Texas should be proud — they have a congressman that even non-Texans like to call their own, since most people are saddled with mealy-mouthed automatons whose party loyalties mean everything to them.

As he takes his philosophy to the next level, Paul knows that the GOP wants to close ranks on him and dismiss him as a quaint relic whose Robert Taft-style ideas on far less spending at home and non-interventionism abroad are out-of-step. But these ideas are not out-of-step; the GOP leadership is. The American people desparately need to, and want to, hear Paul’s straight talk about what’s ailing America and how to fix it. And Paul, aware that the GOP will go a long way to silence him and/or prevent him from getting nominated, will state his message anyway, to briskly stir the pot at a critical juncture in U.S. history and try and wake the people. The regular media, also, are loathe to let Paul be heard too much and too clearly by too many people.

Even pundits, such as columnist Jim Pinkerton who admit Paul has some merit, are quick to note that Paul is supposedly near or at the bottom in this or that poll (what looks like the old “raise him up to knock him down” technique). Actually, in some polls, Paul was at or near the top, in others he wasn’t, which Pinkerton fails to note. But polls are only remotely trustworthy when all the candidates are given even-handed news coverage outside of the debates, not just during the debates.

I plan on covering Paul and the others June 5 at the New Hampshire GOP debate. I will watch how the media handle the event just as closely as I cover what the candidates say. That will say a great deal.