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Columbia, MO January 6, 2012 - The Iowa Caucus is
over and the surviving Republican presidential hopefuls are moving on to
New Hampshire. The winner,
Mitt Romney, barely took second place Rick Santorum with the slimmest
margin, only 8 votes. Many
are calling this a virtual tie, and, really, it is.
Ron Paul did well with 22% of the vote compared to the next 4th
place, Newt Gingrich and his mere 14%.
If anyone still has doubts about whether or not the media is trying
to drive this election, one need only look at the treatment in
conversation during and after the results.
Even with such a solid 3rd place finish, Paul is still
being disregarded and written off by the media. Fox News coverage went on into the early morning
hours, as the vote count trickled in.
The wait led to some interesting conversations between the selected
guest pundits and Fox personalities.
Most of the conversations centered around Santorum’s surge and
how it might impact Romney’s bid. Paul’s
support from the independents, democrats and America’s youth was
mentioned a few times, as well. In
an otherwise surprising part of the evening, however, Jon Huntsman, who
finished last, with less than 800 votes, and has never polled well
anywhere, was still given more credit by the media than was Paul.
If that isn’t media manipulation, I’m not sure what is! Fox News’s Megyn Kelly stated several times that
Huntsman considered Iowa to be a waste of time and would not be
participating, concentrating his efforts on New Hampshire.
One has to wonder if Huntsman’s view of Iowa had anything to do
with how well Paul’s numbers were leading up to the Caucus and
Huntsman’s inevitable demise, seeing as he has had such a hard time
gaining any sort of following. Yet,
Michele Bachmann, who came in well ahead of Huntsman, has called it quits,
and Rick Perry, who did even better, is considering his next move. This question has been asked before, but in light of
the behavior of the media, it’s worth re-asking.
What happened to journalistic integrity? What happened to reporting facts rather than pushing an
agenda? Maybe one gives too
much credit to outfits like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and others. Yet, those are the outlets where most people get their news
these days. So what do we do?
How do we help the massive population in this country, a
Constitutional Republic, understand what Ron Paul is all about? It is clear we will not be able to count on the mainstream
media to be objective! There
are different groups and grassroots efforts all over trying to help get
Paul’s message out. William
Lewis Films has released, for the first, a film in which he endorses a
political candidate; The Ron Paul Uprising. The
recently released film talks about the character a presidential candidate
should possess, the Obama Administration, vote fraud and a collection of
the best sound bytes of Paul speaking about not only the Constitution, but
all the issues that are important to him, and us! The Ron Paul
Uprising is available in 5 pack-clamshell cases and single copies and
is a great tool to help your group reach out to the people in your area. William Lewis Films also offers, on the film’s
official website, a
downloadable vote comparison showing how President Obama, Paul, Santorum
and Bachmann voted on key issues with regard to our freedoms.
There is also a one page, front and back, pamphlet available for
downloaded that contains great information about Obama’s military
spending habits, Paul quotes and more. If we plan on returning our country to its roots of freedom and liberty, we need to make sure the mainstream media doesn’t get away with cramming the establishment choice down our throats. We have to be proactive…do what we can to get Paul, the only true Constitutional Expert, elected. To get your copy of the new film and to download the handouts, please visit www.TheRonPaulUprising.com.
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