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He used to publich "Ron Paul Political Report" where he claimed "blacks are more inclined towards crime not politics" More past saying of his pop up daily and will continue to.
I found this below. The AP compiled responses from the Dem and GOP presidential candidates on various personal topics, such as nicknames, most disliked foods, other blather like that.
See if any of these really amuse you.
ALTERNATE CAREER CHOICE
DEMOCRATS: Clinton: "Continue to work for causes and issues I care about, in a setting like a university or foundation."
Edwards: Mill supervisor.
Obama: Architect.
Richardson: Center field, New York Yankees. REPUBLICANS: Giuliani: Sports announcer.
Huckabee: Bass guitar player for a touring rock band.
McCain: Foreign service.
Romney: Auto company chief executive.
FAVORITE FOOD TO COOK
DEMOCRATS: Clinton: "I'm a lousy cook, but I make pretty good soft scrambled eggs."
Edwards: Hamburgers.
Obama: Chili.
Richardson: Diet milkshake. REPUBLICANS: Giuliani: Hamburgers or steak on the grill.
Huckabee: Ribeye steak on the grill.
McCain: Baby-back ribs.
Romney: Hot dog.
FAVORITE REALITY TV PROGRAM
DEMOCRATS: Clinton: "American Idol."
Edwards: College basketball.
Obama: "Other than the U.S. Senate on C-SPAN? I don't watch them too often."
I am volunteering in Iowa and New Hampshire the next couple of weeks. Finally got that itinerary straightened out the last day or so.
Volunteering in Dubuque IA this weekend. Coming home for New Year's Eve/Day. Returning to Iowa (maybe, maybe not Dubuque again) through the caucus Jan 3rd Flying out to Boston Jan 4th & staying with a friend in NH Campaign volunteering up through the primary Jan 8th. Paying a visit to Boston (Freedom Trail, Sam Adams brewery tour) before I fly out the 11th.
I am volunteering in Iowa and New Hampshire the next couple of weeks. Finally got that itinerary straightened out the last day or so.
Volunteering in Dubuque IA this weekend. Coming home for New Year's Eve/Day. Returning to Iowa (maybe, maybe not Dubuque again) through the caucus Jan 3rd Flying out to Boston Jan 4th & staying with a friend in NH Campaign volunteering up through the primary Jan 8th. Paying a visit to Boston (Freedom Trail, Sam Adams brewery tour) before I fly out the 11th.
Do you have the whole caucus system down? It just seems like such a bizarre system - although how fun to actually see your little corner all filled up!
The Ron Paul Racist Quiz Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 03:27:29 PM
By now, you’ve probably heard the flap about the white supremacist’s $500 donation to libertarian presidential candidate/vagina doctor Ron Paul’s campaign. The money came from Don Black, who runs a Web site called Stormfront, where inbred redneck troglodyte mouth-breathers talk about how the damn blacks and Jews are effing things up for everyone. The AP quoted a Paul spokesman as saying, “If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money.”
The hitch here is that the media (owned and operated by the Jews) have dug up a 1992 newsletter from Paul, with some rather off-color remarks about color. So, to further educate the public about another brilliant Texas politician, the Houston Press offers this fun quiz. See if you can tell where these pearls of wisdom came from – Black’s Web site or Paul’s newsletter? The winner receives a scrap from Robert E. Lee’s snotrag and one of those black mammy salt-shakers.
1.) “If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."
2.) “I took my parents on an 'African Safari' through the gettos of Detroit recently. We saw blacks in their natural African environment that you just can't see anywhere else except Africa.”
3.) “We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such."
4.) “Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action.”
5.) “Now, calling them "animals" is offensive, to animals. Blacks should have a definition of their own; something more representative of their miserable beings.”
6.) "White Men! White women! The swastika is calling you. The Jew is using the black as muscle against you. And you are left there helpless. Well, what are you going to do about it, whitey? Just sit there? Of course not. You, are going to join with us. The members of the American Socialist White peoples Party. An organisation of decent, law abiding white folk. Just like you. I pledge allegiance to Adolf Hitler!”
Answers:1-Paul; 2-Stormfront; 3-Paul; 4-Paul; 5-Stormfront; 6-trick! It's a quote from the Illinois Nazis in The Blues Brothers.
Post by noahroo311 on Dec 29, 2007 12:54:04 GMT -5
SOME BULLSHIT,WE NEED TO KEEP MEDIA OUT OF POLITICS!
Fox News Bars Ron Paul From Presidential Forum Campaign chairman slams "outrageous" move
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Saturday, December 29, 2007
Texas Congressman Ron Paul has been banned from attending a presidential forum just two days before the New Hampshire Primary by Fox News.
The forum is due to be screened by Fox on January 6th 2008 but it won't include the Republican fundraising frontrunner and a contender who is set to garner over 10% of the vote in New Hampshire.
This is another blatant ploy to sideline Ron Paul and pretend as if he isn't going to play a crucial role in the campaign when even mainstream news media are now admitting that to be the case.
(Article continues below)
“Given Ron Paul’s support in New Hampshire and his recent historic fundraising success, it is outrageous that Dr. Paul would be excluded,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign chairman Kent Snyder. “Dr. Paul has consistently polled higher in New Hampshire than some of the other candidates who have been invited.”
“Paul supporters should know that we are continuing to make inquiries with Fox News as to why they have apparently excluded Dr. Paul from this event," he added.
The fact that Ron Paul broke all records by raising over $6 million dollars in one day this month matters little to the Neo-Con hierarchy at Fox News, who have thrown their weight behind Hillary Clinton's warmongering platform. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Texas Congressman's fundraising haul gives him a real chance of picking up momentum quickly as the early primaries fly by, which is exactly what the establishment fear and are trying to derail.
Paul has been excluded from many major online polls in the last few months and was also initially blocked from attending a Republican presidential forum in Des Moines Iowa in June.
I told you Rupert Murdoch (of FOX) would not let Ron Paul into the conservative boys club. It's total BS but as long as the media is controlled by corporate money, it's inevitable. Murdoch is just more blatant than most. And the Republicans realize they need FOX to get elected so they can't say anything even if they wanted too.
Post by chicojuarz on Dec 29, 2007 19:06:58 GMT -5
God, newstainment is terrible. How is it that a comic take on news like the Daily Show does a better job of actually giving issues a fair shake than a channel with news in the name?
How is it that a comic take on news like the Daily Show does a better job of actually giving issues a fair shake than a channel with news in the name?
My thoughts on this:
The Daily Show and Fox News have different agendas, obviously. The Daily Show only seeks to get laughs, and there are more to be had covering a broad range rather than a narrow one. Fox News is a different animal. There is more competition in the 24-hour news channel market, so each network has to cater to a certain portion of viewership. Their agenda is driven not only by this, but by the wishes of their sponsors. Not to mention that there have been surveys demonstrating that Daily Show has a more informed audience than the Faux News audience...
Post by chicojuarz on Dec 31, 2007 11:22:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the thoughts Kdogg. I was mostly just shaking my head in wonder at where things have gone. But I think that you're right. This type of format was inevitable; to me it was the same evolution that we saw with Capote when he wrote In Cold Blood.
The news is now being given a narrative, a conflict and climax. If they were to remain unbias then the drama and entertainment value would be lost. Its just like in Aristotle's Poetics and I think this is almost a direct quote - it should always be entertaining; if its not who cares?
The downside is we're all more ill informed because of it.
I just spent the last two days working at Richardson's office in Dubuque. I will be returning tomorrow and staying through Thursday's caucuses as well. I basically spam people ten hours a day. The days are spent door-to-door canvassing - knocking on doors, talking to people, handing out pamphlets & baseball cards (Richardson pitched in school and the Congressional league) to Iowans. Evenings are spent phone banking. In doing both, we try to get caucus-goers' 1st and 2nd preferences on Thursday.
What I've seen on the ground in Iowa is rather disappointing. Not as a member of a particular candidate's camp, but as a concerned citizen in general. I don't know why the hell we trust Iowans with first-in-the-nation status. I don't think they're more engaged than Americans elsewhere. I would say about 40% of the people I talk to are still undecided. I actually had one man tell me last night that it's TOO EARLY to make his decision - four days before the caucus. Whatever polls may say, they're only addressing about 3/5 of the electorate. I can't trust the polls in predicting results because they don't paint the larger picture accurately enough. Undecided - four days out - is still the leading opinion given by those who are going to caucus. There's more room for maneuvering than one might suspect. For a state that takes the first place thing so seriously, the populace seems rather disinterested.
It appears that the most popular 1st-2nd combination the office has been finding is Obama/Richardson. He's got a lot of Edwards supporters' second-choices too. Richardson seems to be the preferred second choice of the not-Hillary crowd - though he's got a good amount of Hillary supporters' second-choices to boot. The frontrunners with the name recognition and massive war chests, I would think, should have solidified their support by now. They haven't. These same frontrunning campaigns are also more likely to throw a bone to what they see as the 4th-runner than to one another. You know, the whole "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" strategy. The Obama & Edwards camps seem less likely to back each other (or Hillary) as their second choice. The frontrunners are better served assisting Richardson than one another. When it comes down to it, they'd probably prefer that Richardson earn a delegate rather than another frontrunner. Though Richardson isn't leading in the 1st choice polls, I still think there's ample opportunity for him to pull off a surprise. I haven't heard a negative thing said about the man, even amongst those who aren't supporting him. I can't say that for the front-runners.
I have been told that I might need to play the precinct captain role on caucus night, should someone who's pledged to do so fall through. I've brushed up on caucus math and will be getting more formal training alongside designated precinct captains after I return. With the way it works, the top three campaigns can probably comfortably send a few delegates Richardson's way to block others from additional delegates.
I will returning to a changed game tomorrow night. At that point it will be "get out the vote" with definite supporters - rather than swaying undecideds - and getting ready for Thursday. There's also an event we have to promote. Richardson will be flying into Dubuque on the 2nd in the early morning and holding an event. There's a good chance of of getting to meet the man. Needless to say, I'm excited.
Thanks for the thoughts Kdogg. I was mostly just shaking my head in wonder at where things have gone. But I think that you're right. This type of format was inevitable; to me it was the same evolution that we saw with Capote when he wrote In Cold Blood.
The news is now being given a narrative, a conflict and climax. If they were to remain unbias then the drama and entertainment value would be lost. Its just like in Aristotle's Poetics and I think this is almost a direct quote - it should always be entertaining; if its not who cares?
The downside is we're all more ill informed because of it.
Ah, yes. The "horse race" script. If some campaigns don't fit the pre-determined script, just ignore them and react later. As we saw with Carter, Clinton and Kerry gaining momentum in the caucuses. It's a lot easier than journalists actually fulfilling their duties as members of the Fourth Estate. Lazy sonsabitches.
Nader has thrown his support behind Edwards, and Kucinich has told supporters to go Obama if he is not "viable" in the Iowa caucus. While many progressives stumble to point fingers, cry "sour grapes!", or figure out what their "take" should be, I am kinda happy about it.
Keeping in mind that it IS very early in the process, and that Iowa is often about momentum, I find the message to be "Anyone but Billary", and am somewhat satisfied.
I long for a third party candidate who can operate outside of bought-and-sold party machinery of the Democrats and Repubs.
Would also be possibly more representative of our little inforoo political survey as well, eh ? Here's hopin' !
Anyone find Kucinich more "electable" if he were to bail on the Dems and run Indy ala Lieberman or Green Party(assuming they'd have him) ?
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I know that most everyone reading this is probably already registered but just in case you can register or update your registration here: www.rockthevote.com
The deadline to register to vote in the Feb primary in Illinois is Jan 9th.
I cant seem to find a listing by state, maybe kdogg or snooch knows where one is.
meh-just check with your local(county) "bored" of elections.
I stay registered if only for judges and local issues. otherwise, I advocate taking a dump on the sidewalk of your polling place as more effective than pulling a lever for pork.
Show me a candidate who represents the poor and I'll show you someone "unelectable".