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My experience at the Iowa Caucus

The caucuses for two precincts, IC 23 and IC 24 were held together in the same high school auditorium.

Results from IC 23 – Paul 22, Romney 60, Gingrich 7, Santorum 14, Bachman 5, Perry 2, Huntsman 1

Results from IC 24 – Paul 47, Romney 39, Gingrich 8, Santorum 13, Bachman 3, Perry 1, Huntsman 1

There were a bunch of very wholesome looking, clean shaven men in slacks and shirts sitting near the front row. Just men. All in their mid thirties to mid forties it seemed. They all knew one another and every one would shake hands when another one arrived. A few wore Romney stickers.

The process was pathetic and open for abuse. We each received a very plain slip of paper before we entered the auditorium. After about an hour of speeches by representatives for each candidate, we were asked to write the name of our chosen one on a piece of paper. And pass it to the side. Which side? Either one. Very elderly ladies, God bless them, did their best to collect the papers amid the chaos. Many people left at this point. Some people walked up to the ladies to hand them their papers after the initial collection.

The ladies counted the papers on some bleachers which had been set up on stage. A representative of each of the candidates looked on. Most of the people left. I waited until results were announced.

Ron Paul Censorship and Slander 2012

This is nothing new, of course.
– (2008) Censoring Ron Paul – Why the rEVOLution will not be televised
– (2009) Censoring Ron Paul (then and now)

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Notice anyone missing? This is an unconfirmed picture that a Ron Paul supporter took of his television showing Fox News election coverage in New Hampshire.
fox news image excluded Ron Paul

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FANTASTIC COMPARISON of media comments about Iowa Caucus in 2008 vs 2012

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Iowa Governor: Ignore Ron Paul Caucus Win

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CNBC coverage:
– They name the candidates at the start of the coverage, ignoring Ron Paul.
– “The guy to stop is Mitt Romney.”
– When the show the polls with Paul leading: “The leader is now Ron Paul, now he’s not much of a threat to Mitt Romney because he doesn’t have a chance to win the nomination.”
– Long discussion of Romney vs. Gingrich and Perry.
– “If Ron Paul wins, who stands, I mean, who loses, who does he take votes away from the most do you think?”
– Long explanation of why Romney is most likely to win in Iowa.
– “If Ron Paul wins Iowa, what does it mean for New Hampshire and South Carolina down the line?” “I think it all depends on who’s second and third.” Discussion of Gingrich vs. Romney. “Ron Paul is no threat to win the nomination. . . . He’s not going to break out of the libertarian box.”
– “Romney or Gingrich, who has the better chance beyond Iowa?”
– “Is he [Ron Paul] going to be Ross Perot of this race? Is he going to be the spoiler for the Republican Party?”
– “Ron Paul is going to be a long term irritant. He’s not going to be a significant threat.”

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Fox News:
– “Ron Paul is an unthinkable Republican nominee. He’s the ideal Democratic version of the nominee.”
– If Ron Paul goes through the election winning 15-20% of the vote, “he would stand at the end of it the leader of a sizable faction of the Republican party that supports views that are antithetical the views of the mainstream of the Republican party.”
– Discusses 20 year old newsletters.
– “He’s not only unacceptable in the Republican party . . . He’s unacceptable in America because of what he’s written.”
– Discussion of how Iowa’s importance will suffer if Ron Paul wins.

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Gingrich: I wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul
He called the candidate’s views “totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent American” and that the congressman couldn’t win because “people won’t take him as a serious person.” He added that he personally wouldn’t vote for Paul, saying, “I think the choice of Ron Paul or Barack Obama would be a very bad choice for America.

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Headline: ‘Ron Paul wishes Israel didn’t exist’
open quoteRepublican presidential hopeful Ron Paul negates Israel’s right to exist, Eric Dondero, who served as a senior aide to the 76-year-old Texas congressman for over 12 years, said on Monday.close quote

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left-winger Cenk Uygar’s on the warmongering establishment Republicans in their war against peacemonger Ron Paul:

Includes clips of Gingrich.

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Why’s The Media Shafting Ron Paul, And Ignoring NDAA & SOPA Dangers?

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Dick Morris, reacting to the fact that military personnel overwhelmingly support Ron Paul: “No true patriot could be for Ron Paul.” (more)

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Morris: Ron Paul is ‘the most liberal, radical, left-wing person to run for president’

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Reddit’s /r/conservative moderator has had enough of Ron Paul:

“So I come back from my weekend and I see this thread and I’m just plain disgusted by all of this circlejerk, fanatical, conspiratard, inter-party warfare bullshit.

You guys have zero respect for the rest of your “people.” This whole ‘if you aren’t voting RP, you’re a neo-con’ talking point is pitifully weak and over used. It wouldn’t be problem if it were here and there, but it’s damn near every thread that has some Paul cocksuckery going on. Anyone how objects gets slammed with little to no room for discussion.

So for at least until I’m bored with it, I’m going to be removing any new Paul-specific threads. You don’t like it, go to one of the many sub-reddits that are dedicated to his worship. Conservatism doesn’t revolve around Paul’s ideology, and for the people who thinks it does, I truly pity you. You should know, it’s a lot broader than that excessively narrow and hostile perspective.

Feel free to make up whatever conspiracy theories about me being paid for by the establishment, or call me a neo-con. It’s not going to hurt my feelings, nor is it going to change anything.”

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Daily News: Ron Paul in racist newsletter flap
open quoteA blast from the past is blowing a big hole in Ron Paul’s campaign.

A recently surfaced video from 1995 shows the GOP presidential hopeful discussing controversial newsletters that he claimed this week he didn’t even read until about 2001.

The Texas congressman has come under fire in recent days for the newsletters, called Ron Paul’s Political Report, Ron Paul’s Freedom Report and the Ron Paul Survival Report, which went out under his name in the late 1980s and early 1990s during his time in and out of office.close quote (Read more)

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Mitt Romney surges in N.H., but No. 2 Ron Paul gets no media loveopen quoteNew polling data shows Mitt Romney cruising in New Hampshire, with nearly quadruple the support of Jon Huntsman, the GOP candidate in third place. Wait, why’d you skip to the third place guy? Who’s in second? Texas Congressman Ron Paul, of course.

Even though Huntsman and Paul both gained the same amount (six percentage points) since the last Suffolk University poll in June, and Paul has 14 percent support to Huntsman’s 10 percent, Decoder isn’t seeing any media love being thrown Paul’s way this morning.

This, despite the fact that the canned, ready-to-be-quoted bit from the Suffolk press release gives equal billing to Paul’s improvement alongside Huntsman’s.close quote

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Uncut Ron Paul Interview – CNN Lies and Cuts over 30 seconds of the interview to make it seem that Ron Paul was storming off, when actually the interview was OVER.

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About Ron Paul, Huckabee states today to Fox News’s Chris Wallace: “He has a core of fanatical believers, and they don’t represent mainstream Americans. It is not okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

Huckabee knows well that Dr. Paul has never said that he thinks it is perfectly OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. As a matter of fact, being a true man of peace, he has many times stated that he does not want anyone to have nuclear weapons.

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Al Sharpton Goes After Ron Paul WERE TALKING ABOUT RACISM & SLAVERY!!

This MSNBC coverage also discusses his supposed walk off from a CNN interview, even though it had been found that the walk off never happened. It was made to appear that way by fraudulent editing by CNN.

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– “Iowa has voted for exotic candidates before.”
– “Huckabee, same thing.”
– “They’re [the media] watching a Mitt Romney New Gingerich runoff.”
– “If Ron Paul wins Iowa, we just take it out.”

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The Atlantic: Ex-Aide: Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy is ‘Sheer Lunacy’

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Can the MSM pull the plug on Ron Paul?

– Donald Trump tweet: A vote for Ron Paul is a totally wasted vote. If he wins Iowa — bad for Iowa’s credibility.
– Huckabee refers to “fanatical believers.”

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Bachmann calls Paul foreign policies “dangerous,” rebukes his newsletter

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TPM’s Josh Marshall: On Ron Paul “He’s The Candidate Who Thinks Gays Should Be Executed”

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I just found a great website, RonPaulFlix.com paying special attention to bias Ron Paul coverage.

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Addition: Occasionally I tune into NPR to hear the latest propaganda. I just listen to NPR’s All Things Considered describe Mitt Romney as the front runner in the race. (4:30pm Dec 20, 2011.) Ron Paul is leading in the polls! They then cut to Perry talking about how Obama should have bombed Iran, and the rise of Santorum. No mention of Paul whatsoever.

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Addition: New York Times Column – Feel Free to Ignore Iowa

Fox’s Chris Wallace: If Ron Paul Wins In Iowa, It Will Discredit The Iowa Caucuses

open quoteWith the Iowa caucuses right around the corner, some people are saying that the victor may actually end up being Ron Paul. Yeah, you know, the guy who’s had steady numbers in the polls this whole time despite some people seeming to want to ignore that fact. So, what does that mean if he wins? Well, according to Fox News’ Chris Wallace, it will “discredit the Iowa caucuses.”close quote (Read more)

Rand Paul prevents war with Russia

open quoteA few days ago, some Republican senators attempted to lay the groundwork for a shooting war with Russia. I wish I were exaggerating.

Last week, while most senators were focused on the important national issues of war funding and Americans’ constitutional liberties, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) seemed more concerned with the fate of a foreign country. Behind the scenes, Rubio moved to have a unanimous consent vote that would have hastened Georgia’s entry into NATO. The unanimous consent vote never happened because Senator Rand Paul single-handedly prevented it.

This is not a triviality. Make no mistake: Bringing Georgia into NATO could lead to a new military conflict for the United States, which is why any move that would facilitate Georgia’s entry into the alliance should be publicly debated. Rubio’s attempt to push this through by unanimous consent — that is to say, without any formal debate or vote — is highly suspect and calls into question the senator’s better judgment.

But what Sen. Rubio is advocating is nothing new. Examining the political context of McCain’s declaration of solidarity with Georgia in 2008 should give Americans pause about the Washington establishment’s foreign policy agenda. After the 2008 South Ossetia conflict, Pat Buchanan wrote:

Who is Randy Scheunemann? He is the principal foreign policy adviser to John McCain and potential successor to Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski as national security adviser to the president of the United States. But Randy Scheunemann has another identity, another role. He is a dual loyalist, a foreign agent whose assignment is to get America committed to spilling the blood of her sons for client regimes who have made this moral mercenary a rich man.

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Continued Buchanan:

From January 2007 to March 2008, the McCain campaign paid Scheunemann $70,000 — pocket change compared to the $290,000 his Orion Strategies banked in those same 15 months from the Georgian regime of Mikheil Saakashvili. What were Mikheil’s marching orders to Tbilisi’s man in Washington? Get Georgia a NATO war guarantee. Get America committed to fight Russia, if necessary, on behalf of Georgia. Scheunemann came close to succeeding.

Buchanan’s description of Scheunemann and his activities is instructive because Georgia’s entry into NATO would commit the United States to fighting for Georgia. Buchanan explains what would have happened in 2008 if Georgia had been part of NATO at that time:

Had [Scheunemann succeeded], U.S. soldiers and Marines from Idaho and West Virginia would be killing Russians in the Caucasus, and dying to protect Scheunemann’s client, who launched this idiotic war the night of Aug. 7. That people like Scheunemann hire themselves out to put American lives on the line for their clients is a classic corruption of American democracy.

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