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Old 12-22-2011, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Illinois
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CNN will be boycotted soon? their advertisers will drop them.
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Old 12-22-2011, 09:58 AM
 
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CNN will be boycotted soon? their advertisers will drop them.
Is this your assumption or do you have a link? The MSM is anti-aul because he does not represent the status quo, cannot be corrupted, cannot be bought. They want a Progressive in office be it Obama or NewtRomney. Journalists are most often Socialists at heart, even the rightwing pundits like Malkin & Coulter and Limbaugh are showing their pro-establishment bias. In the end they side with the establishment and against the Constitution.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:01 AM
 
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Ron Paul had it coming. Always remember: it was Ron Paul who aired the first negative ad of 2012, against Gingrich.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:06 AM
 
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I myself haven't been able to jump on the Ron Paul bandwagon. I'm not in wholesale disagreement with his policies, but I don't think he can beat Barack Obama, plain and simple. At some point, conservatives have to come to terms with the current crop of candidates and determine who is most electable. Putting Ron Paul forth will ensure Barack Obama is re-elected. And a third-party run by Paul would result in the "Ross Perot Effect" by siphoning off votes from the Republican candidate.

That's the problem with Ron Paul.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:20 AM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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Frankly Ron Paul is not electable and would never beat Barack Obama. Ron Paul comes off as a third party candidate and he speaks common folk language. That can be seen as good or bad. Sometimes he even has a difficult time explaining his ideas to people. Ron Paul is also a middle of the road candidate. Yes he is republican but at the same time he believes in things that many democrats support as well. For example, he goes against the grain when it comes to military spending.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:22 AM
 
Location: #
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Ron Paul is poison to the GOP and they know it.

You don't want this guy to get vetted, Republicans. You really don't.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:26 AM
 
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The media has been instructed to do this by Barack Hussein Obama !

There is NOTHING about Barack Hussein Obama's record that suggests
anything positive for The United States of America, His Character and his Policies have dictated his fate.
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Because Ron Paul would tear down the establishment the elites have worked so hard to control and corrupt.

"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
—A.J. Liebling

The Mass Media and Politics
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Broadcast Media Connections with Major Corporations


NBC
Owned By: General Electric Co.(13th largest "donor" to the Bush campaign)
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
Allied Signal Inc, American Stores Co, Anheuser-Busch Co Inc, Baxter International Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (fourth largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Champion International Corp, Chase Manhattan Corp, Chubb Corp, Citicorp (as Citigroup seventh largest "contributor" to the Bush campaign), Exxon Corp (as Exxon Mobil the 11th largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, J. P. Morgan & Co Inc, Kellog Co, Kimberly-Clark Corp, Mellon Foundation, PepsiCo Inc (22nd largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Philip Morris Inc (second largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Quaker Oats Co, Stanley Works, Textron Inc, Washington Post Co. (And for the obvious connections with Microsoft—the third largest "donor" to the Bush campaign—see the MSNBC web site.)




Viacom Inc
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
AlliedSignal Inc, Avnet Inc, Bear Stearns Co Inc, Duke Power Co, Melville Corp, Nynex Corp, Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc






ABC
Owned By: The Walt Disney Co.(23rd largest "donor" to the Bush campaign)
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
America West Airlines Inc, Bank America Corp, Federal Express Corp, Florida Progress Corp, Hilton Hotels Corp, K-Mart Corp, Mitchell Energy & Development, Northwest Airlines Corp, Pacific Enterprises Inc, Unum Corp, Xerox Corp




CNN
Owned By: AOL-Time Warner Inc.(8th largest "donor" to the Bush campaign)
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
Allstate Corp, America West Airlines Inc, American Express Co, American International Group Inc, Aon Corp, Becton, Dickinson & Co, Chevron Corp (as Chevron Texaco the 19th largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Citicorp (see above), Colgate-Palmolive Co, Cummins Engine Co Inc, Dell Computer Corp, Foundation Health Corp, Genentech Inc, Illinova Corp, Inland Steel Industries Inc, Kellogg Co, K-Mart Corp, Mobil Corp (see above), Olsten Corp, Philip Morris Inc (second largest "donor" to the Bush campaign), Sears Roebuck & Co, Springs Industries, Sunbeam Corp, Triarc Co Inc, Turner Broadcasting System Inc, WHX Corp





CBS
Owned By: Viacom (Was Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
Aetna Life and Casualty Co, Ashland Inc, BDM International Inc, Banc One Corp, Bell Atlantic Corp, Campbell Soup Co, Cardinal Health Inc, Chase Manhattan Corp, Columbia HCA Healthcare Corp, Dell Computer Corp, Dow Jones & Co Inc, Duracell International Inc, General Dynamics Corp, Gillette Co, Harcourt General Inc, Kaman Corp, MBIA Inc, Melville Corp, Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc, Prudential Insurance Co of America, Quaker Oats Co, Phone-Poulenc Rorer Inc, Rockwell International Corp, Sun Co Inc, Union Pacific Corp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Warnaco Group Inc, Warner-Lambert Co, Westinghouse Foundation






FOX
Owned By: The News Corporation, Ltd.(12th largest "donor" to the Bush campaign)
Has Interlocking Board Members With:
Bankers Trust New York Corp, Bayou Steel Corporation, Global Asset Management USA Inc, Hudson General Corporation, MCI Communications, News America Holdings Inc, News American Publishing Inc, News International PLC, Sesac Inc, Times Newspapers Holding Ltd, 20th Century Fox




http://reclaimdemocracy.org/media/images/newspaper_ownership-partnerships_2003.gif (broken link)

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Old 12-22-2011, 10:35 AM
 
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Because Ron Paul would tear down the establishment the elites have worked so hard to control and corrupt.

"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
—A.J. Liebling

The Mass Media and Politics
Ron Paul, unfortunately, would not tear down the establishment without tearing down the economy with it. Besides, unless he plans to govern by Executive Order, he won't be able to get his relatively radical policies past Congress, even if the GOP takes the majority in 2012. If anything, I think Paul represents alot of bark and no bite.
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