Commented Hannity and Colmes on Ron Paul's victory in the Fox News poll: Ron Paul supporters were busy dialing in multiple times.
Interestingly, Ron Paul's exchange with Mike Hucbabee was the most replayed segment of the debate, was indeed its high point. Ron Paul went after Huckabee's - and all the other Republicans' - position that everyone should get behind the US war effort in Iraq. We have no valid business being there, Ron Paul emphasized, fighting in a war that was started on the basis on false information, and in defiance of our Constitution.
How is it that Hannity and Colmes, who agree on so little else, can be so quick to discount the possibility that maybe Ron Paul's first-place showing is an expression of how tired Americans are of this wrong war? And trot out the tired "multiple" dialing herring, with no cited evidence whatsoever?
The answer, I think, is that whatever Hannity and Colmes' differences of opinion, that are representatives of the same arrogant, old-line media thinking that afflicts ABC News. Hannity and Colmes owe America an apology.
Just this afternoon, I distributed my syllabus to my Intro to Communication and Media Studies class at Fordham University. September 28 will be the day I'll deliver my special lecture on the mainstream media's misreporting of Ron Paul.
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There are people posting screen shots on the internet of their cell phones after they tried to vote twice. If Fox has a system in place to prevent repeat voting they should come out and state it while results are being shown.
Huckabee came across as a nice guy, but not a politician.
Paul and all the top Republicans drew equal votes from paleoconservatives and neoconservatives, I think. But Paul drew additional support from Independents and Democrats who are registering Republican because they, too, want smaller less intrusive government.
Paul is the only candidate who is building bridges between parties and support groups, not walls like every other candidate, regardless of party.
I was wondering if you are going to have a recording of your first day in class, it might be enlightening to the rest of us.
Thanks!
anon: I'm not surprised ... H & C pretty much just pulled that typical "mutiple" dial explanation out of their ... uh ... hats
dada: good analysis
shane - excellent idea - but I already had my first class today ... but I will record my Sept 28 lecture in class and post on my podcast ... in the meantime, I cover a lot of the ground in the Sloan Ranger's radio interview with me from two weeks ago ... you can hear it on Sloan Ranger & PL on Ron Paul...
Here's the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2sBKpLxpQ
That Faux announcers would LIE to the audience about their own poll results (multiple voting is not possible) - that is really outrageous.
Please videotape your September 28th lecture and share. Right now I keep a folder on my computer specifically showing instances of media bias for doubters. It's be great to have the more vehement deniers sit down and watch your lecture. Thanks.
Hi there,
If possible, please record and post your special lecture on media on Dr. Ron Paul.
I am sure, like me, there are many other people who would be interested in the lecture.
Thanks.
anon1: thanks (that's the clip of Ron Paul interviewed by H&C ... I should get a clip of their earlier claim that Ron Paul supporters were dialing "multiple times")...
anon2: it is indeed outrageous for H&C to claim that.
anon3 & 4: I'll definitely audio and video record my lecture, and post it wherever I can, with links ...
By the way, a video of my lecture to the NYC-Ron Paul Meet-Up group - from last week - should be up very soon. I talk about all of these media distortions (other than last night's, which hadn't happened yet)... I'll put that link in a post here on Infinite Regress, as soon as I have it...
Hi, Paul! Long time no blog. Lately I've been posting at The New Republic's site.
There's a very good reason Hannity & Colmes dismiss Ron Paul's high totals in various informal polls as the product of a claque.
In scientific polling, Ron Paul has consistently showed up at 1-2% for most of the year. See http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08rep.htm
Old Right isolationists like Ron Paul are living fossils, of a time when the oceans were a barrier to attack on the United States and it was at least superficially plausible to assert that we can afford to stand aside and let the Old World burn.--Taras
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