Ron Paul on NPR today 6/21/07 (11 stations in Iowa will Broadcast)

[akalucas]

Looks like he might be on for a full hour. This kind of coverage is great, there are about 100 stations that will be broadcasting this today. Most importantly there will be 11 stations covering this in Iowa, including Iowa city which is a stone throw away from the headquarters of Iowans for Tax Relief. Perhaps we should email Tom Ashbrook the host of On Point to ask him about what is going on in Iowa before the show starts (which is about in 2 hours). That way Ron Paul has a chance to address the Iowans himself about the problem.

UPDATE: Host has responded to a member from here (LizF) and said he will ask Ron about not being invited to Iowa. No more emails to him please.
Time start: 10pm Eastern Time

On Point official website:
http://www.onpointradio.org/
Tom Ashbrooks On Point email: onpoint@wbur.org

To listen Live: http://www.wbur.org/

Listener Call-in Number: 800 423 8255

[LizF]

This was a wonderful suggestion. I've sent my email out already! :)

[akalucas]

I just sent this email statement:

Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will host a presidential candidates forum on Saturday, June 30th in Des Moines. As an Iowan I am curious why Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance have invited all of the republicans except Ron Paul, especially since he has been voted year after year as Taxpayer's best friend by National Taxpayers Union. The candidates were chosen 2 months ago and some that were invited during that time were still in exploratory committee stage, while Ron Paul had already made an official statement he was entering the race. I would be very interested to hear about what Ron Paul thinks about this situation and if he feels it will hinder his success in Iowa, especially in the straw poll.

[sunny]

i just e'd him too with the link to the broadcast yesterday with kent snyder and ed "failure".

[akalucas]

bump

[LizF]

I just got a response to my email, stating, "we will ask" (re: his exclusion from the Iowa forum).

[akalucas]

Great! No more email to him than..we dont want to annoy him.

[angelatc]

YIkes I can't LIsten Live! The server is too busy!!!

[akalucas]

alternate stations to listen live. seems the one i posted crashed.


http://www.wrni.org/#

http://www.wnpr.org/

[UCFGavin]

what time is he supposed to be on?

[UCFGavin]

i'm an idiot, way to read the first post gavin

[akalucas]

Right now after the news.

[UCFGavin]

none of the links work. anyone got a working one? haha

[akalucas]

here is a list of many links....the Eastern times are best.

http://www.onpointradio.org/stations/

[akalucas]

man! there sites are crashing. im listening to it right now. started working

[kylejack]

Here, use one from this list: http://www.onpointradio.org/stations/

I'm not telling you guys which one I'm on! ;)

[JoshLowry]

Call in: 1-800-423-TALK

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

He's on!

[UCFGavin]

Here, use one from this list: http://www.onpointradio.org/stations/

I'm not telling you guys which one I'm on! ;)

damn, even that one isn't working.

hopefully someone can save this and upload it later.

[torchbearer]

thanks for the alternative links!

[torchbearer]

this one works for me.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wnpr/ppr/index.shtml

he's on now!

[kylejack]

damn, even that one isn't working.

hopefully someone can save this and upload it later.

Please note that there are dozens of stations listed, most of which have a live stream. Keep clicking through them.

[akalucas]

just keep clicking on link if it doesnt work..it will eventually. it did for me.

[DavyDuke17]

I got on through the Buffalo, New York station here:
http://www.wned.org/
click listen now on the top right.

[kylejack]

I got on through the Buffalo, New York station here:
http://www.wned.org/
click listen now on the top right.

Noooooo, that's my stream! Go somewhere else, you guys! Don't kill it! :p

[torchbearer]

commercial break...

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Here's Iowa.

Funny. These guys usually have 10 people or fewer listening to their streams. They're going to wonder where their bandwidth is going.

[Highmesa]

He's kicking ass!!!

NPR is a perfect format for Ron.

[akalucas]

wow Ron paul got all fired up after he asked about Iowa

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

All of a sudden -- last couple days -- everyone's calling RP a "maverick." Funny how these labels take on a life of their own. I don't think that's a bad label.

[AlexAmore]

Ron Paul needs to bring up how the OTHER candidates aren't very conservative either like the liberal giuliani. The interviewer keeps attacking Ron Paul and saying how he should go on another party. Pisses me off.

[torchbearer]

time to call in!!!

[UCFGavin]

Here's Iowa.

Funny. These guys usually have 10 people or fewer listening to their streams. They're going to wonder where their bandwidth is going.

well thats not really good news if that means not many people listen.

and i really wish people would get OFF of the fact that he is polling low for right now. its such horseshit.

[JoshLowry]

I got through did ya'll hear me?

[torchbearer]

hell yeh, let's have a rally bigger than the one they have

[torchbearer]

that was you!!! cool!

[JoshLowry]

Sounds like there is a big delay im listening to the radio stream now.

They said they might not put my conversation on until the afternoon.

Did you hear it? Did it sound ok? :o

[torchbearer]

Now he talking about 9/11. good.

[kylejack]

I got through did ya'll hear me?

Did you talk about how Iowa affects the whole country? If so, yes. You should have mentioned that 5 other candidates are polling at similar levels in Iowa and were invited.

[gravesdav]

Sounded awesome. You should have just said how Gilmore, Hunter, Thompson, etc. are all the same or lower in the polls than Paul
Have that rally!!!

[torchbearer]

oh my god. i love ron paul. he says this so well..

[UCFGavin]

dr. paul is on the air and i can listen now :)

[JoshLowry]

Did you talk about how Iowa affects the whole country? If so, yes. You should have mentioned that 5 other candidates are polling at similar levels in Iowa and were invited.

Yea, I didn't have much time to think about his question. Tough thinking on the fly, I'm so used to writing my responses. ;)

If you're calling in be careful with the screener.

[torchbearer]

are all the calls going to be a pro-paul?

[UCFGavin]

noooo, stream died

[akalucas]

He is doing really GOOD!

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

I got through did ya'll hear me?

Oh, cool. Yeah, the guy from Texas. I didn't catch the name, but was thinking, "this is a good call -- this guy is on top of it." Great job.

Callers are staying on top of the Iowa issue. Excellent.

[torchbearer]

ron paul is a freaking prophet in our own time. he brings alls these things to light.

[LibertyEagle]

He's kicking some serious butt.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Times like these, I think, this campaign is going to turn out a whole lot better than I ever dreamed. He's getting so much press.

How did the host get "fascist medical care?" That's not what RP said. Exactly.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Don't you think these hosts wonder why, after not hearing about RP by MSM and seeing him as low in the unscientific polls, they get swamped with calls praising the good Doctor? Don't they think that maybe they're not getting the full picture of support?

[LibertyEagle]

He needs to hone his response to the criticism of what might happen in Iraq if we pulled out.

[torchbearer]

Someone should mentions how all the calls seem to support ron paul... hmmm npr listners like ron paul?????

[austinphish]

sweet - call in this needs to get bumped

[kylejack]

Someone should mentions how all the calls seem to support ron paul... hmmm npr listners like ron paul?????

Heh, they're all our team, I think. Dude brought up fiat currency.

[torchbearer]

i'm so happy. this radio interview was an unexpected treat this morning. :) good karma.

[akalucas]

I like how Paul ended the last session by saying being in Iraq has caused oil prices to go higher not lower and that the troop surge has caused more troops to die

[torchbearer]

ron paul! the nation loves ron paul! man, i'm pumped!

[LibertyEagle]

We've just got to get busy in Iowa! It would be a real boon if he could get on for a good, long interview on WHO while the "forum" is being held. Has anyone talked to Joe, the Iowa coordinator, yet?

[torchbearer]

yeh!!! another pro-ron paul call!!!

[austinphish]

phone lines are clogged

[torchbearer]

ooooooooooooh good setup.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Softball! Send it to the states!

[LibertyEagle]

Yeah, this is PERFECT! Go Dr. Paul!

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Katrina! This guy must be a pro-Paul stooge. :-)

[JoshLowry]

We've just got to get busy in Iowa! It would be a real boon if he could get on for a good, long interview on WHO while the "forum" is being held. Has anyone talked to Joe, the Iowa coordinator, yet?

Make a road trip, take the challenge!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=3748

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Don't get sucked into the global warming, RP

[torchbearer]

rally outside the forum? ron paul speaking?

[torchbearer]

a lot of democrats for ron paul?

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

rally outside the forum? ron paul speaking?

He didn't say as much, but sounded excited about the prospect of a huge crowd OUTSIDE the forum. I bet he'd do it. I am SO there!

Can't you see it -- a hundred people inside, a thousand people outside. Where are the tv cameras going to be?

[JoshLowry]

Haha he said damn

[torchbearer]

the federal reserve system!

[JoshLowry]

I think we are listening to different streams.

[torchbearer]

ah, lost my stream!

[kalami]

i heard damaging

[BuckeyeDad]

Haha he said damn


He said dam--aging

[kylejack]

Haha he said damn

I thought so at first too, but he actually said "so damaging to poor people." Sounded like "so damn itching".

[torchbearer]

ok, got it back... no stroke

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

What? A non-pro-Paul snuck in! (The truck-driver) He's not TOTALLY anti-Paul.

[JoshLowry]

I thought so at first too, but he actually said "so damaging to poor people." Sounded like "so damn itching".


haha i thought he said 'damn itching to the poor people', didn't think of damaging

:o

[torchbearer]

yeeeeeeeeeeeh!

[JoshLowry]

There must have been a few different streams. I never heard the truck driver(was he the one asking about why we should eliminate dept of education?) or anything about fed reserve.

[LibertyEagle]

He needs to hone his talk about global warming too. He's going to be hit up about that one in the future.

[IRO-bot]

is it a commercial right now? that's what i am hearing.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Nice long interview. Zoomed by. The "damn itching" for the next appearance starts as soon as one interview is over.

I am so much more pumped for June 30. I wish they would have talked more about Ed Failure.

[kylejack]

There must have been a few different streams. I never heard the truck driver(was he the one asking about why we should eliminate dept of education?) or anything about fed reserve.

That was him. Then he asked about welfare, and getting rid of it. Sort of a mixed bag.

[austinphish]

Al fin.

He needs to clean up his global warming talking, and emphasize more clearly how states rights are a great compromise for liberals.

[AlexAmore]

He did AMAZING! WOWZERS!

[kylejack]

is it a commercial right now? that's what i am hearing.

Game ova. Better luck next time. ;)

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

There must have been a few different streams. I never heard the truck driver(was he the one asking about why we should eliminate dept of education?) or anything about fed reserve.

Yeah, the truck driver asked why would we want to get rid of DOE but then said that welfare was supposed to be temorary. You could tell he hadn't been schooled in Paul yet, but those are the people we need to reach.

[austinphish]

Nice long interview. Zoomed by. The "damn itching" for the next appearance starts as soon as one interview is over.

I am so much more pumped for June 30. I wish they would have talked more about Ed Failure.

Did they even talk about Ed Failure?

[IRO-bot]

I hope Ron Paul Audio picks up this interview.

[akalucas]

I hope a lot of Iowans heard this! Ron Paul at his best! If he was invited to that forum his speech would had made the others look like amateurs.

[angelatc]

He didn't say as much, but sounded excited about the prospect of a huge crowd OUTSIDE the forum. I bet he'd do it. I am SO there!

Can't you see it -- a hundred people inside, a thousand people outside. Where are the tv cameras going to be?

It sounds wonderful, but I seem to recall that Alan Keyes was arrested for something similiar. The press did not treat him kindly when that happened.

[LibertyEagle]

Yeah, but he's got to hone his statements about:
1. What will happen in Iraq when we leave and why we shouldn't just stay because of the concern about escalating the civil war, or the concern about the oil.
2. Global warming and how it should be handled.

[kylejack]

It sounds wonderful, but I seem to recall that Alan Keyes was arrested for something similiar. The press did not treat him kindly when that happened.

He was trying to get in. Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik and the Green candidate got arrested trying to enter the debates in 2004. They had a Notice to Show Cause from a court that they were trying to deliver to the CPD.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Did they even talk about Ed Failure?

Briefly at the beginning. They didn't get into what a fool Failure is or the surrounding scandal. But RP did say that the crowd outside was going to be bigger than the group inside the forum. Let's show him just how much bigger! :D

[goldstandard]

Man... even one hour is not enough to explain anything in detail! 'Fascist medical care' was too bad a comment. - Paul's aggressiveness is good but he should not mention these terms in any case since he never has enough time to explain his background and gets cornered.

[LibertyEagle]

It sounds wonderful, but I seem to recall that Alan Keyes was arrested for something similiar. The press did not treat him kindly when that happened.

As long as he was not on private land and had the necessary licenses (isn't that just disgusting?), I don't see how they could legitimately arrest him. We certainly would want to do this whole thing legally, or it would likely backfire on us and lend credibility to the "fringe" claim.

[Liberty]

Thought it was interesting 2 democratic supporters called in. Democrats wouldn't show up in a poll of republicans. Makes one wonder what Dr. Paul's real numbers are.

[Erazmus]

Damn it!!! I just got in, and didn't hear any of it. Anyone gonna have this for upload or a link to where I can listen for a replay?

[kylejack]

As long as he was not on private land and had the necessary licenses (isn't that just disgusting?), I don't see how they could legitimately arrest him. We certainly would want to do this whole thing legally, or it would likely backfire on us and lend credibility to the "fringe" claim.

He attempted to enter.

[LibertyEagle]

Man... even one hour is not enough to explain anything in detail! 'Fascist medical care' was too bad a comment. - Paul's aggressiveness is good but he should not mention these terms in any case since he never has enough time to explain his background and gets cornered.

Yeah, I can just see that one potentially backfiring on us. He's right of course, but it's going to be misconstrued.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

It sounds wonderful, but I seem to recall that Alan Keyes was arrested for something similiar. The press did not treat him kindly when that happened.

Ron Paul is no Alan Keyes. RP will certainly respect private property and their right to freedom of association DESPITE the 501(c)3 code they're violating, but a thousand RP supporters outside -- with or without Paul -- will send only a positive message as long as we are respectful.

[LibertyEagle]

He attempted to enter.

Well, we wouldn't be attempting to enter, so hopefully we would be ok. I still think the best thing is for him to get on WHO, for example, and be interviewed on that day, or the day after. His message would probably get to FAR more people than those who attended the forum.

[austinphish]

Thought it was interesting 2 democratic supporters called in. Democrats wouldn't show up in a poll of republicans. Makes one wonder what Dr. Paul's real numbers are.

The democrat callers were my favorite part of the interview. to echo earlier sentiments, RP has to clean up his talk on:
1. Leaving Iraq and the consequences
2. Global Warming - he bombed on that one
3. State's rights and their compromise appeal to the left

[austinphish]

Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state.
-WIKI

Ron Paul is saying that the Government is controlling health care and is being strong armed by special interests. It isn't neccesarily socialist health care, but it is Government controlled.

[LibertyEagle]

Ron Paul is no Alan Keyes. RP will certainly respect private property and their right to freedom of association DESPITE the 501(c)3 code they're violating, but a thousand RP supporters outside -- with or without Paul -- will send only a positive message as long as we are respectful.

RESPECTFUL, is the key word. Right now Failor is looking really bad. If we act like gentlemen and ladies, he will look like a big, fat liar!! If we do not, the whole thing will backfire on us.

[Highmesa]

All in all, this was a very, very good interview.

WRT Global Warming. He knows what needs to be said, but narrowing down such a complex and politically hot issue to short bites is extremely difficult.

I think he did great on the Dept of Ed stuff, especially for the overly democratic audicence of that show. I know some teachers and they cannot stand the no child left behind crap that basically imposes a federal cirriculum.

On the medical/fascism stuff - I thought that went alright. Yes, it was shocking to the host, but he did a decent job of tying the federal gov't to the large corporations. That will resonant with that audience, and hopefully get them to look at the problem from a different angle than the crap they're being spoon fed by the DNC.

I was pleased that he got to move off of the standard topics the MSM asks - at least for a while. His message will get stronger the more he gets to do this. It is important to hone these messages now.

[beermotor]

Ron Paul is no Alan Keyes. RP will certainly respect private property and their right to freedom of association DESPITE the 501(c)3 code they're violating, but a thousand RP supporters outside -- with or without Paul -- will send only a positive message as long as we are respectful.


Where's the venue? Let's just stage a huge rally across the street?

[amonasro]

Did anyone record this stream? I just missed it :(

[torchbearer]

anybody have the address of the forum event?

[kalami]

http://onpointradio.org/shows/2007/06/20070621_a_main.asp
They said at the end of the program you would be able to download the podcast here, but it's not up yet.

[Highmesa]

Did anyone record this stream? I just missed it :(


Archived here: Go Ron Go!!! (http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/06/20070621_a_main.asp)

[amonasro]

^^^Thanks!

[Dave]

anybody have the address of the forum event?

Hy-Vee Hall (730 3rd St.) is part of the Iowa Events Center and is located in downtown Des Moines. This is public property. There's a lot of public parking lots adjacent to the center.

[torchbearer]

we got plans to be there? bull-horns allowed?

[JoshLowry]

we got plans to be there? bull-horns allowed?

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=3748

I'd say just bring your voice and a big bottle of water.

[angelatc]

As long as he was not on private land and had the necessary licenses (isn't that just disgusting?), I don't see how they could legitimately arrest him. We certainly would want to do this whole thing legally, or it would likely backfire on us and lend credibility to the "fringe" claim.

"Legitimately" is rarely a factor. Protesters are arrested by the hundreds all the time for stepping outside of the "Free Speech Zones" and charges are never even filed. The truth is that the media would play clip after clip of him in a police car.

I don't know if you're old enough to remember "The Battle In Seattle" but the WTO protesters were portrayed as violent anarchists, but that's pretty far from what actually happened. That's what I thought until I discovered YouTube.

If you go back to the sixties, the government actually went as far as to put people into the resistance movement with the intent of stirring up violence which gave the police grounds to use force. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/chicago7.html - tells the story of 7 people who were charged with conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Even in the Keyes incident, he didn't go to jail. They dropped him off at a phone booth a few blocks away.

I'm just really worried that all our enthusiasm might be turned against us in a flash by the professionals that don't hesitate to use force.

[Chibioz]

It's great to hear from Democratic voters that plan to vote for Ron Paul. Other callers had great questions as well. As more liberty believing Americans hear Ron Paul's message support will only continue to grow.

[angrydragon]

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/06/20070621_a_main.asp it's up now.

[PatriotOne]

A very good interview that I could praise all day long.

There is one thing that bothers me though and has for awhile.

I get the feeling that Ron Paul under-estimates his support and what it really means to have gone virtually viral on the internet and how that translates into numbers of voters. There are many indicator's I could cite, but this one is the granddaddy of them all:

Ron Paul has consistently been in the top ten of most discussed subjects on the internet. This is according to Technatori whose purpose is to track these things.

He ranks higher than MySpace, he ranks higher than Paris Hilton, he ranks higher than YouTube or anything else you can think of. He IS in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and has been for the past several weeks since I have been monitoring Technatori.

Describing Ron Paul as "popular" is a gross understatement. Ron Paul NOT being popular is NOT the problem. Either intentionally or by ignorance of those making the accusations, mis-diagnosing his popularity is the problem.

My hope is that Ron Paul begins to understand what being in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet really means and that he can correct the accusations of "not having a chance" when brought up in interviews, debates, etc.

Leaving the perception of him not having a chance will discourage those voter's who don't think they can make any difference by voting for him, which is a hell of a lot of them.

For some reason, Technorati, seems to be having technical problems and is not showing their top ten right now, but here is a screen shot I took a few days ago of the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and top ten internet searches:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e198/Yekt40/Ron%20Paul/PaulTechnatori.jpg

Who is Technorati?

Welcome to Technorati
Currently tracking 86.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.

Technorati is the recognized authority on what's happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”

But it all started with blogs. A blog, or weblog, is a regularly updated journal published on the web. Some blogs are intended for a small audience; others vie for readership with national newspapers. Blogs are influential, personal, or both, and they reflect as many topics and opinions as there are people writing them.

Blogs are powerful because they allow millions of people to easily publish and share their ideas, and millions more to read and respond. They engage the writer and reader in an open conversation, and are shifting the Internet paradigm as we know it.

On the World Live Web, bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. We rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and so we monitor these live communities and the conversations they foster.

The World Live Web is incredibly active, and according to Technorati data, there are over 175,000 new blogs (that’s just blogs) every day. Bloggers update their blogs regularly to the tune of over 1.6 million posts per day, or over 18 updates a second.

Technorati. Who's saying what. Right now.

[Chibioz]

I think even if Ron Paul was the most popular front runner he would still act modestly just because that's how he is. It seems to me that it's important to him to win through his message and not to toot his own horn. I agree with you though that in general his popularity is underestimated.

[PatriotOne]

Looks like Technorati has fixed there tech problem and has their top ten list up again. Ron Paul is still the number 2 most talked about subjects on the internet.

http://technorati.com/pop/

The people are having an American Revolution. Ron Paul needs to correct the mis-perception in is interviews, IMHO.

[PatriotOne]

I think even if Ron Paul was the most popular front runner he would still act modestly just because that's how he is. It seems to me that it's important to him to win through his message and not to toot his own horn. I agree with you though that in general his popularity is underestimated.

I also think his modesty is part of his charm, but I also think he can correct the mis-perception without being a braggart about it. The "not having a chance" message being spread could very well turn into a self-fullfilling prophecy.

[joenaab]

Great text on the page at wbur.org

"Texas Congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is the debate stage wild card in the Republican push for the presidency. In debate after debate, after McCain and Giuliani and Romney and the rest have had their main-line say, Ron Paul turns over the tables.

He trembles with passion as he says the GOP has lost its way, above all in Iraq. Bush backers hate him. Disillusioned Republicans, and many others, have made him a cult hero, and maybe more than that."

[Zydeco]

I just sent this letter to Tom Ashbrook's NPR show, e-mail address is:

onpoint@wbur.org

***
Hi Tom,

Thanks very much for having Rep. Ron Paul on your show. As you can tell from the callers (and from the online buzz, if you've been following it), this guy has struck a nerve with the American public.

With all due respect, though, I have to register a complaint with the way you conducted the interview. You repeatedly couched Paul's candidacy in terms that made it look like he has no chance of winning the Republican nomination, which I don't think was appropriate. This happened repeatedly, including at 46:10 where you stated: "Congressman, the odds of you winning the GOP nomination appear to be essentially nil." You made several statements along these lines, giving the impression that Paul is merely a "fringe" candidate who's not in the race to win, but rather to make a political point of some kind.

As you may know, Paul has won all kinds of internet polls after the three Republican debates, and his buzz is just getting going. Q2 fundraising numbers won't be released for another 10 days; we're 7 months from the Iowa caucus; only three of the nine Republican debates have been held; again, with all due respect, where does Tom Ashbrook get off framing the Republican race in such a way as to exclude Dr. Paul from winning? I like you, Tom, but you went down a notch in my esteem from the way you presented Dr. Paul's candidacy in this interview.

The American people are tired of the establishment "pre-screening" which candidates are acceptable for us. Thanks to the web, we don't have to let them any more. Please have Dr. Paul on again and refrain from the temptation of degrading his chances. And read the papers on July 1st; I think those who doubt Paul's chances will be surprised at how much money the American people are sending him.

:D :cool:

[Zydeco]

Adding to Patriot One's comment above: I typed all the candidates' names into Google (in quotation marks) and guess who gets more hits than any other Republican candidates? You know it's "Ron Paul" with 3.7 million.

"John McCain" 1.7 million
"Mitt Romney" 2.5 million
"Fred Thompson" 3.1 million
"Rudy Giuliani" + "Rudolph Giuliani" 2.4 million
"Ron Paul" 3.7 million

And that's Google, not technorati! This isn't just "a few people" or "a small movement," folks. This is huge.

:eek:

[PatriotOne]

Adding to Patriot One's comment above: I typed all the candidates' names into Google (in quotation marks) and guess who gets more hits than any other Republican candidates? You know it's "Ron Paul" with 3.7 million.

"John McCain" 1.7 million
"Mitt Romney" 2.5 million
"Fred Thompson" 3.1 million
"Rudy Giuliani" + "Rudolph Giuliani" 2.4 million
"Ron Paul" 3.7 million

And that's Google, not technorati! This isn't just "a few people" or "a small movement," folks. This is huge.

:eek:

I've done the same thing in google using Trudy G. and Ron Paul and have gotten similar results. The results are even more dramatic (percentage wise) if you isolate the hits to the past 3 months (since the Presidency buzz)....plus it's probably more accurate since the search for Ron Paul may include other individuals named Ron Paul. By isolating the past 3 months, the hit's, when examined, only included our Ron Paul.

THEN it got REALLY dramatic when you consider upon closer examination, that ~1/2 of the hits for Rudy were negative buzz as opposed to positive buzz.

This is the kind of information we should gather and graph in an easy to read way and send to Ron's campaign manager so he can help respond to the "not a chance in hell" statements.

[PatriotOne]

Another thing I looked at was Eventful.com, where Ron Paul is only second in demands to Obama to visit and campaign in their city. Furthermore, both Ron and Obama were included in their "What's Hot" list.

The other thing I have looked at were the number of people who have formed campaign support groups using the Meet-Up.com website. I didn't look at all the candidates numbers, but it was obvious of all the Repubs were trailing WAY behind in grass root support groups.

[SeanEdwards]

Some of those people who called in were great! Excellent interview!

[jj111]

Ron Paul's meetup grassroots bigger than any other candidate, 3 times larger than the #2 person, Obama. In addition, rate of growth on Meetup is even more impressive, with Ron Paul's grassroots growing at a rate that is about 17 times faster than the #2 person, Obama.

Ron Paul support is EXPLODING.

Ron Paul Meetup membership grew by 10% in the last three DAYS.

This is a revolutionary grassroots wildfire phenomenon.

[MsDoodahs]

Ten percent in three DAYS?

Holy cow.

:eek:

:D

[Nash]

Do you think that some of these callers don't even realize that school funding has nothing to do with the DOE (at least in a "good" way)?

I wish RP would better articulate certain issues like that. The DOE being dissolved does not mean that public schools are going to get shut down.