Santana28
07-12-2007, 10:51 AM
Okay, so for the most part up til now the MSM has used basically the same tactics when going against Ron Paul and his supporters - they call us spammers, extremists, etc. They accuse us of manipulating poll results and even using a "google bomb" to inflate RP's numbers on the internet. In articles the facts are twisted oh-so-slightly as to distort the reader's perception of Ron Paul, while not outwardly lying (MOST of the time).
Right now we are entering Phase II it seems - MSM shows are inviting Ron on just to take advantage of the ratings jump they will recieve from his faithful supporters, and discredit him openly. As someone else mentioned before in another thread - it IS psychological warfare to state things like "You have no chance at winning" to a casual audience. they are doing this on purpose.
Lately we've seen a huge rise in Meetup.com signups and myspace friends and other numbers we've been watching closely. The article about the google bomb just came out.
But imagine this - what is stage II of their attack is to enact the very things they accuse US of - and then use it to discredit Ron or dillute his support? What if an infiltrator DID create a google bomb, even though it's obvious to all of us that we clearly don't need one? What if we have spammers faking memberships in the Ron Paul meetups? I'm sure after Ron wins the Iowa Straw Poll, the first thing that will come out is how there was a "concerted, dishonest effort" by Ron Paul supporters to take Mitt Romney's $35 fee and then vote for Ron instead. and they might have even planted people among us who are willing to use under-handed tactics on purpose to give them ammunation for later.
I think we need to be careful that we aren't being played... Ron needs to get some public address TV and Radio ads out there... he needs to tape a weekly address and put it on his website explaining his positions very matter-of-factly (as usual)... and we need to be careful how we respond to being "played."
just a thought.
Right now we are entering Phase II it seems - MSM shows are inviting Ron on just to take advantage of the ratings jump they will recieve from his faithful supporters, and discredit him openly. As someone else mentioned before in another thread - it IS psychological warfare to state things like "You have no chance at winning" to a casual audience. they are doing this on purpose.
Lately we've seen a huge rise in Meetup.com signups and myspace friends and other numbers we've been watching closely. The article about the google bomb just came out.
But imagine this - what is stage II of their attack is to enact the very things they accuse US of - and then use it to discredit Ron or dillute his support? What if an infiltrator DID create a google bomb, even though it's obvious to all of us that we clearly don't need one? What if we have spammers faking memberships in the Ron Paul meetups? I'm sure after Ron wins the Iowa Straw Poll, the first thing that will come out is how there was a "concerted, dishonest effort" by Ron Paul supporters to take Mitt Romney's $35 fee and then vote for Ron instead. and they might have even planted people among us who are willing to use under-handed tactics on purpose to give them ammunation for later.
I think we need to be careful that we aren't being played... Ron needs to get some public address TV and Radio ads out there... he needs to tape a weekly address and put it on his website explaining his positions very matter-of-factly (as usual)... and we need to be careful how we respond to being "played."
just a thought.