Seuss said:

As much hatred as I see directed at Huckabee from pretty much anybody and everybody, I am wondering if the same media manipulations that stifle certain candidates aren't pushing Huckabee to make him look as if he is doing better than he is.

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Well, the man has no real supporters, and no money, and he definitely doesn't have any kind of stance on the issues that can get him elected... so its very possible that the liberal-leaning media are boosting him because he's essentially a Democrat in disguise...

I mean, he was building some support in Iowa, and when Brownback was edged out, he sucked up all of his evangelical support in the state, but Huckabee surged nationally overnight, right after the CNN debate....

If anything, it shows how unsettled this primary race is. The Republicans have no clue who they are going to support, for the most part. Once again, I'm going to go out on a reasonable limb and suggest that there is nothing that is really keeping Ron Paul from being a top contender for the nomination.

zorbman said:

Except for the little fact that your average republican is philosophically 180 degrees opposed to his world view.

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Ahh, are you sure about that?

What you really need to look at, in this case, is the political atmosphere in general, how the American people feel right now.

From what I have read, the active base of the Republican party, those who are involved in furthering the Republican party, doing the grass-roots work, and everything, have been upset with their party being hiijacked by the neo-conservatives.

Sure, you might have some average Americans who vote Republican because they watch Fox News, and may have sold on this new concept of pre-emptive war, but we're talking about the Republican party itself here, the individuals who are actually participating in it.

You don't have any real, active grass-roots organization pushing for Huckabee, or Romney, or Giuliani. Ron Paul is the only force out there, beyond the Internet, beyond the tv, out on the streets. I'm certain to think that its the Republicans out there, running this grass-roots organization. Who they have attracted is the new generation, emerging into politics. If the Republicans don't unify around Ron Paul, the only candidate that they really could, and have any chance of existing in the federal government in the next 4-8 years, I think their base support, these older people, will begin to die off, and the party will go extinct.

You can see the Republican party having a split vote between Giuliani, Romney, and Huckabee. What we see, is John McCain splitting off and running as an Independent, with Joe Liebermen. What we see, is Michael Bloomberg entering as an Independent, with $2 billion to spend, with no chance of winning. Why not? Because he's entering in after Super Tuesday, suspossedly..... how is he going to have enough delegates? He's entering to sway the election.... hopefully not to Hillary Clinton? I don't know who he would help, but she would seem likely, some kind of New York City power-brokerage deal...

And Ron Paul? He might be considered by the media to not have any chances, but his real-world support has given him enough donations to maintain his candicacy up to Super Tuesday, even if he doesn't place well in early primary states. He's receiving influential air-time in the MSM, an hour on the Glenn Beck show next week, for example. He has a blimp in the air. People might try to say that Ron Paul is simply an Internet phenomenon, but what people forget is that the Internet is the real-world. The Internet might be the greatest tool of the Ron Paul movement, but what the media misses in signing it off as of the Internet is that there are hundreds of meetup groups, there are thousands of involved supporters...

Ron Paul's supporters might all have the Internet in common, but what the media misses in its limited perspective is that all of these people, exist in the real-world as well. We all have jobs, or school. We all have a real-life that we live. We socially network off the Internet as well. I have 10-15 people at work that I have been observing through discussing the issues in general, and gauging what to say to bring them in.... These groups are out in the streets, they are going door to door, they are paying for television advertising in early primary states, in addition to the campaign!

The attitude now, from the experience of the two money-bombs, is that we can benefit much more from forgetting about the media. The Revolution won't be televised. Of course, as the next few weeks progress, Ron Paul will become more and more prominent in the media. He's flying around in a private jet now, to meet the demands of all of the traveling that the requests for his presence are requiring. Not only that, but its sustainable, because he actually has money to spend, most of the other Republican candidates cannot say that.

Most people say its not only about the money, but the money is a great tool. You can look at each candidate as a corporation, those who donate are investing. Ron Paul seems like the best investment, considering how many people are investing in him.

So yeah, Vote Ron Paul!

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From what I have read, the active base of the Republican party, those who are involved in furthering the Republican party, doing the grass-roots work, and everything, have been upset with their party being hiijacked by the neo-conservatives.

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