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[Malachi]

http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/82653302.html

Johnson Excluded From Political Forum In Frankfo[r]t
Republican Bill Johnson's $250,000 investment in his U.S. Senate campaign didn't earn him a spot in a political forum next week in Frankfort.


I guess they didn't buy his internal poll numbers. :p

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http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/82653302.html

Johnson Excluded From Political Forum In Frankfo[r]t
Republican Bill Johnson's $250,000 investment in his U.S. Senate campaign didn't earn him a spot in a political forum next week in Frankfort.


I guess they didn't buy his internal poll numbers. :p

Don't get cocky. We've been in this position before and will be in them again.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I guess they didn't buy his internal poll numbers. :p

Nobody does except maybe his spin doctor blogger ("mommy") and people gullible enough to fall for his own campaign's press releases.

Also, what about the other GOP candidates? They don't warrant stories? I guess Johnson must be the only one crying about it to the media.

[Nathan Hale]

Let's remember our roots, folks. Imagine this was our candidate getting bumped from the debates. Sure, it's okay to be thankful that the debate will feature fewer candidates (especially one positioned to split our vote), but lets not harp on it.

[aclove]

I tend to agree. Gloating doesn't become us, especially after everything we went through in 2008.

[Malachi]

I don't remember anyone I supported in 2007-08 writing themselves checks to finance their campaign. Apples and oranges.

If Billy is going to buy his way into the race, he is going to have to reach deeper! Much deeper!


How many donors does Billy have? 5?


He is not a serious candidate, not for U.S. Senate. He could be serious candidate for State Senate running the type of campaign he is running (maybe), but not U.S. Senate. FAIL!

[angelatc]

He is not a serious candidate, not for U.S. Senate. He could be serious candidate for State Senate running the type of campaign he is running (maybe), but not U.S. Senate. FAIL!

This is the exact same reason they used to keep Ron Paul out of the debates. Shame on you.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

This is the exact same reason they used to keep Ron Paul out of the debates. Shame on you.

I can only remember one debate that didn't include Ron Paul, and that was the Fox forum in NH in early January 2008.

The outrage there was that Paul was the top fundraiser in the previous quarter, that he did better than one of the included candidates (Giuliani) in Iowa and was polling much better than another (Thompson) in the state of New Hampshire.

This is not the case here.

Before Johnson whines anymore, he should really consider the fact that he has been scheduled to be included in four televised debates already, while other candidates polling the same as him haven't. He is getting a lot better treatment than most candidates in his position so he should really suck it up.

[Austin]

I can only remember one debate that didn't include Ron Paul, and that was the Fox forum in NH in early January 2008.

The outrage there was that Paul was the top fundraiser in the previous quarter, that he did better than one of the included candidates (Giuliani) in Iowa and was polling much better than another (Thompson) in the state of New Hampshire.

This is not the case here.

Before Johnson whines anymore, he should really consider the fact that he has been scheduled to be included in four televised debates already, while other candidates polling the same as him haven't. He is getting a lot better treatment than most candidates in his position so he should really suck it up.

Paul was also left out of the debate in Iowa.. he held a rally next door with more in attendance for his event than the official debate.

[Malachi]

This is the exact same reason they used to keep Ron Paul out of the debates. Shame on you.

You keep ignoring the fact he has no donors and is self-financing. Shame on you!

This could not be said for Ron Paul in 2007, so stop trying to compare apples to oranges.

[angelatc]

You keep ignoring the fact he has no donors and is self-financing. Shame on you!

This could not be said for Ron Paul in 2007, so stop trying to compare apples to oranges.

So, as long as we get to use money to determine the criteria, it's ok to have exclusions. Got it.

[Nathan Hale]

You keep ignoring the fact he has no donors and is self-financing. Shame on you!

This could not be said for Ron Paul in 2007, so stop trying to compare apples to oranges.

The point is that we shouldn't be dicks about it. Yeah, the guy is an also-ran. Let's leave it at that. We shouldn't be spending our time lambasting him.

[specsaregood]

Paul was also left out of the debate in Iowa.. he held a rally next door with more in attendance for his event than the official debate.

Nitpicking but it wasn't a debate but rather "forum", just like the one referenced in this thread. With that said, I don't support gloating about it; but I also won't be fighting for him to be included. He can get his own grassroots to do that. ;)