Nov 07 2007
People want to know: What does RichPav think of RonPaul?
Here's where you learn why I'm not on the 6:00 news as a political analyst. My expertise in politics is pretty shallow.
I think the mainstream media is trying its best to ignore Ron Paul, but he and his "fans" as the MSM has decided to call his supporters, aren't making it easy. It looks to me like anyone who thinks the media is impartial to presidential candidates is on more drugs than the principal in the last post. It's interesting how Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Hillary or Obama have "supporters" but Ron only has "fans." Fans are amateur, irrational, and rabid. Supporters are professional, knowledgeable and rational. If any other candidate raised $4 million+ in one day, it would be big political news, not a human interest story, as USA Today put it. On Anderson Cooper's news report yesterday it was only worthy of less than 10 seconds of airtime. Again his backers were referred to only as "fans," and it ended on the note that they didn't completely believe his campaign's claims about the truth of how much he really raised. I'd bet that no other candidate would have been doubted like that.
The only way I'd vote for a Republican candidate in the primary election would be if it's Hillary vs. Ron. If any other Republican gets the nomination, I'll vote for Hillary just keep whoever is running against her out of the White House. (I'm going to vote for Obama in the primaries, but I don't think he'll win the Democratic nomination.)
Frankly, I think Ron Paul is just as full of crap as the rest of them, only his smells a bit better, and he doesn't have that aura of bizarre alter reality that seems to surround the other Republicans. He'd never be able to reshape America according to his vision because Congress would never let it happen. He speaks the truth that so many want to hear, but many more so badly want to not hear that they'd rather belittle him than take off their blinders and accept the harsh reality.
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Thanks for pointing out the distinction between "fans" and "supporters". I hadn't noticed before. You're right though. It's quite unfair.
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