The Forgotten Candidate: Ron Paul Gathers Momentum, Has Sights Set on Newt Gingrich

They may think he is unelectable only because that is what media pretends. In fact the same day a poll in Iowa showed Paul tied with Obama in a general election while ALL other GOP Trail badly. isn’t it telling that he actually polls best yet it is the media
Meme voters think is real?

Shameful reporting.

I agree. These biased articles on him conveniently leave out any poll that shows something different. It’s amazing that he has done so well in spite of a terrible job done by the media.

Zero Democrats would vote for Neocon Newt.
very few Indies would vote for Neocon Newt
Ron Paul Army bags a plump Salamander.

As an independent who was very frustrated with the status quo I was extremely grateful that Obama was a candidate. However after he has received the Nobel Peace Prize and continued on much of the same policies that Bush advocated I will be voting for someone who I believe is committed to doing what he says. As an independent I will be putting my support behind Ron Paul.

He is only forgotten because mainstream media outlets like ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and CNN forgot about him in the first place. Now they are all coming back to call him “forgotten”. That’s what you call a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Now Ron Paul is set to win Iowa and the mainstream media is doing the world a favor and giving Ron Paul some sunshine. Jason Volack you should feel pride in the fact your boss assigned you to cover the candidate who is going to win Iowa. You are going to be the talk at the water cooler on January 4th.

Ron Paul is the only candidate worthy of the office. He will not dodge the questions nor avoid the issues. His answers are the same each and every time he is ask. If you want to hear what you WANT to hear listen to Mitt. If you don’t know what you’ll get, listen to Newt. if you want straight forward answers… You know…Look at Ron Paul’s site it stays the same.
I do not agree with him 100% but if you give me Newt or Mitt as a selection,
I’d rather have Oh bomb a- nation for four more years.
Obama, Just sink it fast and just lets be done with it !
Ron Paul could, if you let him, help us from the dire issues that are at hand.

“But this was far from his only challenge. Paul trails Gingrich by a whopping 30 points on having the best experience.”

** As if this is a relevant point to even be making? I hate the weight that is given to polls, considering that the majority of our public are complete fools when it comes to public policy and have no respect or understanding of our freedoms and why they are so important to hold onto.

” And Paul’s renaissance on limited government and deficit control is counted by his very broad objection to his non-interventionist views.”

And this … jesus, learn how to use your pronouns better.

Newt, This is not about losing a few pounds, the patient has sepsis. Sometimes if the infection has gone too far, amputation is the only answer. Dr. Paul is delivering the bad news along with the good, we’ll need to amputate, but we’ll live.

The soldiers is for Ron Paul, the youth is for RP, awake people are for Ron Paul. Those who are not awake are in fear of Ron Paul. Irrational and terrible fear, like he wants to eat their kids for dinner lol. RON PAUL 2012!!!

Ron Paul is loopy , and so are his supporters .

If somehow Ron Paul could be nominated, the Republicans would have to vote for him over Obama.
But if Newt is the candidate there aren’t many Democrats or Independents who would for him, and
Obama would get his second term. The Republicans won’t know what hit them if they keep Ron Paul
side lined. How they can get behind this re-tread of Newt thinking he will beat Obama only shows their
desperation.

The forgotten candidate? No. there is a HUGE difference between forgotten and ignored.

The author of this article is guilty of the same crime as most journalists who write about Ron Paul: not thinking critically.
You say that Ron Paul is not very “electable” and you base this claim on a poll which asked likely caucus-goers who was most likely to beat Obama. This is a pretty weak indicator for being elected.
The facts are staring you right in the face. Not only would Ron Paul get a tremendous showing from his supporters and Republicans in general, he would get nearly all the independent vote *and* even steal a ton of votes from the left! No other candidate can say this.
Jason Volack, you need to think and use common sense before you write.

Ron Paul is the grand uniter. I have never seen so many different people from all walks of life in solidarity for Paul. A lot of people don’t realize it, but Paul has been running the narrative of the country for the last three years. He’s the most powerful “unelectable” politician in modern American history, and the media ridicules themselves with how they try to frame the narrative about him.

The author of this article is guilty of not thinking critically.
If Ron Paul is the Republican candidate do you really think Republicans would vote for Obama over him? I’ll answer for you: NO.
Who do you think would get more independent votes? Answer: Ron Paul.
Which Republican candidate can even steal votes from the left? Answer: Ron Paul.
Jason Volack, you wouldn’t have to strain yourself too much to realize that the candidate with the BEST shot is Ron Paul.
Wake up and use some common sense.

Forgotten??? I think you mean ignored! When Ron Paul wins Iowa….the media will look like fools…that they are! You would not believe the huge number democrats that are switching to vote for Ron Paul! The so called polls don’t show this! BIG SURPRISE COMING IN JANUARY IN IOWA!!!

Why do you feel the need to lie blatantly about the most honest man in politics?

Newt cannot win against Obama. He will attract zero independents, blue dog dems and will alienate many conservative with his flip flopping. Newt is the last flash in the pan between the real debate between Romney and Ron Paul.

Repubs need to understand the best chance to beat Obama is either Mitt Romney or Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a consistent conservative who will attract independents, libertarians, and anti-war dems. Also consider most Americans are fed up with these undeclared wars. Romney will be a fake big spending GWB “conservative”. Ron Paul will cut the spending that needs to happen or we will be in a financial crisis that will jeopardize what remains of this Republic.

“Ron Paul isn’t a career politician like Obama and Gingrich. ” ~~~~~~~~ LMAO. Ron Paul has served a DOZEN two-year Congressional terms, dating back to his first one in the mid-1970s. Newt made his first Congressional office right around the SAME TIME Paul did (only 2 years different), so their political careers have been roughly the same length. Obama has the least experience. He didn’t make a Congressional seat until the mid-1990s.

Newt gingrich is a good talker, but he talks too much. newt talks this way to some people, and that way to other people. He can trick most people out there with his talk about no more new taxes or smaller government, but his lies are obvious if you look at his voting record. Newt is a liar outside congress, why would anyone believe he would stop lying outside congress?

Romney is disgusting and has zero likeablity, i dont trust him very much.

congressman paul is truthful, and has good ideas on how to improve government. i don’t know much else about him, but i think i can trust ron paul more than any other candidate running right now.

One intriguing aspect of the media is that they run almost exactly opposite to what I experience in my daily life. All discussions having anything to do with politics involve Ron Paul. I never hear anyone else talking about Obama or anyone else. We the people seem to be talking about Ron Paul and the restoration to our founding principles. The discussion of anyone else as a viable candidate does not come up. If it weren’t for the media manipulation most of us don’t really care to know much if anything about other people. The discussion is all about Dr. Paul.

The forgotten candidate. Oh, that’s rich I tell you.

Back during the 2007-2008 presidential campaign season there was a ABC debate in August ’07 at Drake University. Across the street there were 150 Ron Paul supporters, 12 or so Mitt supporters (paid staffers) and 4 Rudy supporters (again paid staffers). So how was this reported to the nation? Well somewhere here on the ABC News website there’s a photo of all the Mitt and Rudy staffers cheering (read: proposed for a photo-op) and a photo of a loner Paul supporter holding a sign after a thunderstorm blew through.

During the debate a lot of Paul supporters went over to the Drake Dinner and lo’ and behold there was a guy there by the name of Frank Lutz, a Fox News poll spinmeister. I watched over Frank’s shoulder as his focus group used a joystick type device to rate the answers of the candidates. Most of Doctor Paul’s answers were rated highly favorable. But did Fox News show that? No, only selected portions showing what Fox News wanted to show – and what wasn’t the truth.

The general public is slowly catching on to the fact what is referred to as a “free press” in the U.S. is really a propaganda machine available to the highest bidder. And that my friends is the military-industrial complex, big pharma, big ag. to name a few.

The problem with the establishment mantra that “Ron Paul Can’t Win” is that when he starts winning primaries the ruse won’t hold up any longer. The establishment media blackout and propaganda campaign against Ron will fail. Ron Paul has garnered 20 GOP Presidential Straw Poll wins — more than ANY other GOP candidate — and FIVE TIMES AS MANY as establishment favorite, Mitt Romney. Flavor of the Month, Newt Gingrich, has won ONE straw poll. Ron Paul’s straw poll victories constitute 50% of the 40 GOP Straw Polls thus far.

2011 GOP Straw Poll Wins for Ron Paul:
1st – February 12, 2011, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll
1st – February 27, 2011 Phoenix, AZ – Tea Party Patriots Virtual Summit Straw Poll
1st – March 20, 2011, Sacramento, California – Republican Liberty Caucus of California Presidential Straw Poll
1st – June 16-18, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana – Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll
1st – June 19, 2011, Clay County, Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll
1st – August 20, 2011 New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll
1st – September 12, 2011 Cincinnati Tea Party Straw Poll
1st – September 17, 2011 California GOP Straw Poll
1st – October 7-9, 2011, Washington, D.C. – Values Voter Straw Poll
1st – October 13, 2011, Los Angeles County, California – RPLAC Straw Poll
1st – October 18, 2011, Charleston, South Carolina – Charleston County Republican Party
1st – October 22, 2011, Columbus, Ohio – Ohio GOP Swing State Straw Poll
1st – October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa – National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll Tally 1
1st – October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa – National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll Tally 2
1st – November 5, 2011, Illinois – Illinois Straw Poll
1st – November 14, 2011, North Charleston, South Carolina – Charleston County Republican Party Straw Poll
1st – November 14, 2011, San Diego, California – San Diego GOP Straw poll
1st – November 15, 2011, Springfield, Missouri – Missouri Tea Party Straw poll
1st – November 19, 2011, North Carolina- NC Registered Republicans Straw Poll
2nd – November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois – Memorial Hall Straw Poll

Ron Paul’s 2nd Place GOP Straw Poll results:
2nd – January 22, 2011, Derry, New Hampshire – New Hampshire Straw Poll
2nd – (Statistical Tie for 1st) – August 13, 2011 Iowa Straw Poll, Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
2nd – (Statistical Tie for 1st) – August 27, 2011 Georgia State GOP Straw Poll
2nd – October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; West Alabama Straw Poll
2nd – November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois – Memorial Hall Straw Poll

First off Newt you need to lose about 50 pounds not 30. Whats your counter propsoal? To have the servants shovel more food in your mouth? Thats essentially what any plan of yours would be, throw more money at an already bloated government and see if more of the same fixes the problem. The truth is you have no intention of limiting government or following the constiitution, your voting record shows it. So which plan is the real non-starter again?

Ron Paul is the only choice for Americans who love freedom and individual liberties!!

One of the above posts mentioned the Ron Paul supporters at a debate back in 2007 and how the media showed a lone supporter, an essential black out of the truth. Well folks, they did it again, and i was there to welcome Dr. Paul at the Detroit debate when his motorcade pulled in. There was a line of people 1/4 of a mile long there…JUST TO WELCOME HIM. I dont know how many hundred it was, but you be the judge.

YOUTUBE “Ron Paul Visits Oakland University Part 6″……then ask if the media covers the news or makes it? and oh, yeah…pass that video along. RON PAUL 2012!!!

What is wrong with Americans ? They so stupid and uninformed / misinformed that they are easily taken in and fooled by right wing snake oil salesmen and greasy Trump fake American Idol crap like Ron Paul , that’s what . Ron Paul is a fake Dr. scammer who , along with his scamming progeny , has billions hoarded away due to the scamming US health care system , he’s just looking after his own interests .

“If you come to me and tell me I need to lose 30 pounds and you’re going to amputate my right leg, I think it’s a non-starter”

That would be a problem. However, we’re not talking about a leg here. We’re talking about the wool hat, ear muffs, mittens, parka, long johns, thermal socks, matterhorn boots…at the beach……………..

Anyone who tries to bash Ron Paul and dismiss him as the front runner should be recognized as a threat to this country. You people are just as bad as the dirty politicians we currently have. You people are the reason this country is where its at now. I really hope and pray that you people dont have children. People like you are the ones that corrupt young minds. Too bad this young mind thinks for itself. I want our troops to come home, I want the states to have the rights they should have, i want a smaller government, i want the Federal Reserve audited, I want us to stay out of foreign affairs, I want Israel to takie care of theirself, I want us to stop wasting billions of dollars fighting a drug war we will NEVER win, I want the US to stop being the policemen of the world… I want Ron Paul in 2012.

VOLTARA SAID: ” His ideas are simply too radical for mainstream America. Y’all are seriously delusional if you believe he has a shot at the Republican nomination. The Republican powers that be would NEVER allow it. They don’t like him……”

Ron Paul’s ideas might be too radical (i.e. conservative) for the “republican powers that be”, but they definitely are NOT too radical for mainstream America. The “powers that be” are so busy admiring themselves that they are ignoring the American PEOPLE! WE want the “powers that be” who made this mess of our economy, have kept us involved in undeclared preemptive wars and attempted to destroy America’s constitutional values to move out of our way….because led by Ron Paul, we intend to take back America!

Wow. Just look at the support this man has. Every single article I read with his name on it has overwhelming support for this man and his message. There are, as always, dissenters who either don’t understand his message or are only repeating sound bites they hear from the media without doing their own thinkng – but a VAST majority of people seem to WHOLE-HEARTEDLY support this man. MSM and their advertisers don’t want him in office because he will end the part that we foot the bill for. I am 100,000% in Ron Paul’s Corner, and that will NEVER change for ANY candidate. You can take that straight to the White House.

I would vote for Ron Paul….I agree with quite a bit of what he proposes…..and I’m a Democrat!

Obama was elected and worshiped by the media. Dr. Ron Paul is ignored by the media. The media will never pick my president again. Stop all wars, audit the fed, boot illegals, pay off the debit, end income tax, end handouts, take care of AMERICA first. Live free or die.
Dr. Ron Paul president of the United States 2012

2012 Is About Abolishing Slavery In America

We’re on the verge of abolishing slavery in America.

Ron Paul’s aim is to abolish the debt slavery & tax bondage of the FED/IRS Complex.

Over the last 100 years of slavery we have gradually lost most of what America set out to be, do and have.

We are not free. We are slaves.

Force people to put aside all of the non-essential issues and focus on abolishing slavery.

Let’s start there.

Our first priority is to regain our liberty, peace and prosperity.

This is the narrative, the context for all of my campaign communications with others. It shuts down all of the nattering and competitiveness over the flavor-of-the-month candidates.

No other candidate is cognizant of, or focused on abolishing the crushing debt slavery and tax bondage as a social issue.

Without our liberty, nothing else matters.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

- Iowa GOP straw poll: Ron Paul 2nd: 27% Paul, 28% Bachmann (only 200 more votes than Paul, which is statistically a tie for 1st). (17,000 participants , $30/each)
- Iowa NFRA straw poll: Ron Paul wins: 82% Paul, 14% Cain. (400 participants)
- Iowa Dubuque Tea Party straw poll: Ron Paul wins: 52 votes Paul, 24 votes Newt. (90 participants)

The only polls thus far of real in person Iowa voters using real votes, not telephone polls of likely voters (which is what Newt has only “won”.) Unlike Bachmann, Paul’s popularity has steadily increased. Ron Paul is the real Iowa front-runner (no one else.) When real voters have voted: Ron Paul, 1st place.

Ron Paul has the most support of young voters, male and female; Ron Paul has the most support of Dems and Indy’s who are finished with Obama’s lies; Ron Paul has the most support of active U.S. military, more than all other Repubs and Obama combined; Ron Paul has the best groundgame in Iowa (and almost every other state) – real grassroots support, highly-organised and effective; Ron Paul has a huge amount of supporters of all ages, religious beliefs, races and occupations in all 50 U.S. States who will show up to vote in person using real votes in any kind of weather no matter what.

Ron Paul will win Iowa, and the mainstream media will become near-schizophrenic attempting to downplay it. Why? Candidates are elected by voters using real votes, and when Ron Paul starts to consistently win caucus’ and primaries one after another after another, the mainstream media’s purposeful avoidance, discrimination and ignoring of Ron Paul, coupled with their bogus telephone polls of likely voters will have to cease completely because no one will believe it anymore and they won’t be able to spin it any other way. The mainstream media’s lies about Ron Paul have already mostly fell apart, and very soon they’ll completely disintegrate. Also, most of Newt’s “popularity” is manufactured through the afformentioned telephone polls of “likely” voters – he has nowhere near the real support Ron Paul has.

Ron Paul will win 2012. Get ready for it. :)

“But the latest ABC News poll does show problems for Paul. On the electability issue, just 8 percent of likely caucus -goers see Paul as best able to beat Obama, trailing Gingrich by 21 points.”
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Actually, electability shouldn’t even be an issue. The issue ought to be who has the ideas that resonate with the voters. If you were to cast your vote based solely on the electability issue, then you would lose even if the guy you voted for, won.Conversely, voting for the guy with the best ideas makes you a winner, even if the guy looses the election. It’s a thing called integrity. Ever heard of it? You complain about congressmen being devoid of integrity, but by basing your vote on electability, you are just as bad.

“If you come to me and tell me I need to lose 30 pounds and you’re going to amputate my right leg, I think it’s a non-starter, ” Gingrich told the Quad City Times.

Newt’s analogies always sound good when you allow him to dictate the dialogue. What it it were a 29.5 pound tumor, Newt? Would you still want to keep it? Because that is what we’re talking about here. And fortunately, the good doctor knows the difference.

newt is 68 y/o. ron paul is 76 y/o. romney is 64 y/o. obama is 50 y/o. of the 4, ron paul is dangerously too old to be elected potus. no matter who ends up running against obama, it will take the votes of some democrats, independents, moderate and centrist republicans, and other political parties to unseat obama. obama won by a landslide last election and it was not soley on the votes of democrats. ron paul does not seem to appeal to the majority of voters, regardless of political party, needed to unseat obama. although some of ron paul’s messages sound good, many simply do not.

“But the latest ABC News poll does show problems for Paul. On the electability issue, just 8 percent of likely caucus -goers see Paul as best able to beat Obama, trailing Gingrich by 21 points. It was Paul’s weakest attribute.” – ABC News

Bad silly analysis.
Who ever is the Repub Candidate this election cycle will win the Presidency.
Obama, the liberal Progressive Demo couldn’t beat a Repub such as Crusty the Clown.
Barry will not win re-election.
It defies logic that a president could be so inept and expect the American people to give him another chance.

Man, there are sure going to be a lot of disappointed Ron Paul supporters around here, when the Republican Party rejects him as their candidate yet again. Y’all better write-in Ron Paul next November. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote against the actual Republican candidate, and thus, a vote for Obama. Thanks from the Democrats!

I speak for a lot of Republican voters I know, when I say that Ron Paul is the only GOP candidate we will vote for. If Gingrich is the nominee, and Paul doesn’t run 3rd party, I’ll be sending my vote to Obama (cringe).

People argue that Ron Paul will take us back 100 years.

Last century IS the Federal Reserve and the IRS.
Last century IS foreign and domestic wars.
Last century IS a bloated, special interest pandering, federal government­.
Last century IS policies that do not, have not, and will not work.
About the only thing I would keep from the last century is my Liberty which is being systematic­ally destroyed.

The bigger government gets, the more influence it has on your lives. The bigger government gets, the more influence special interests have. Therefore, the bigger government gets, the more influence special interests have on YOU.

Small government­, checked by the Constituti­on, combined with a restoratio­n of personal liberties, and limited in scope, destroys lobbyists and special interest involvemen­t. It empowers YOU.

To progress, you must digress.

If you label yourself a progressiv­e, the policies of President Obama represent regression and status quo reliance on a failed system. About the only thing that is progressin­g is our debt. A true progressiv­e would be for change in a failed system of government­. A true progressiv­e would support those that do represent change. A true progressiv­e would not fear their Liberty but embrace it.

So before you assign labels to yourself, take a hard look at who represents you. Chances are you are not as progressiv­e as you think. You will realize that it is they who call themselves progressive, that are the true regressives. They are impeding progress by relying on last century government.

With that point, I choose to digress. Join this century. Join Ron Paul.

DELEGATES DELEGATES DELEGATES! Make sure you vote for the right delegates. In many states the popular vote means NOTHING. The delegates decide everything! NO DELEGATES, NO RON PAUL…..look into the delegate process in your state and consider becoming one….but don’t tell the party leaders who you support….

The video was awful. Terrible interview. Nevermind your issues, Dr Paul, who’s a bigger flip-flopper, Newt or Mitt, come on, give us some dirt!”
And the way he slaps the handshake at the end like the congressman was his pal at the pool room on opening Sunday kickoff…no class.

Ron Paul is loopy , and so are his supporters .
Posted by: davem | December 7, 2011, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

Yep, loopy for liberty!

“If you come to me and tell me I need to lose 30 pounds and you’re going to amputate my right leg, I think it’s a non-starter, ” Gingrich told the Quad City Times.

Sorry Newt, Paul is telling us he wants to amputate five mutant and cancerous legs that have grown from your body. He says the prognosis isn’t good and without surgery your life will be cut dramatically short. With the surgery, your odds for enjoying a full and prosperous life are very good.

Wake up America! The cabinets Paul wants to eliminate are corrupt bureaucracies that are costing taxpayers trillions each year. These failed and wasteful programs help no one except for the well paid puppet-master lobbyists and their congressional puppets.

Let’s allow the Good Doctor operate and restore America’s greatness before it’s too late.

Once the people find out that he is not an isolationist, but the opposite; that he is not anti Israel but pro Israel in the best way freeing them from control; and when people realize that it is either keeping our liberties and constitutional law from being raped by Obama , then they will see that there has never been a statesman so bold to stand up for decades for our liberties, economy, and right to live the freedoms that we take for granted. Why not give a man who really cares about the country more than his political career

Are we to continue to vote for the same two ideologies over and over again and expect different results? Have we voted for so long for the lesser of two evils that we are surprised at the outcome?

I concede that Ron Paul’s ideas and solutions may be a hard row to hoe, but once we return to the Constitution, Liberty and sound economic principals we can get our house in order.

I will vote my conscience. Not any party and certainly not what the MSM tells me. I will not vote for the lesser of two evils. Ron will get my vote, write in or not.

Ron Paul 2012.

Ron Paul all the way! People that think Newt stands a better chance in the general election than Ron clearly have not been doing their homework. Rep. Paul has run an effective campaign with very limited media exposure. Where would Gingrich campaign be if he wasn’t the focus of the media right now?