Before MSNBC deletes these reader comments, I’m posting them here (MSNBC doesn’t have copyright over other’s comments). The following is an exhaustive listing of all of the comments up to the point of this posting. Despite winning MSNBC’s own polls, and winning Fox News’ listener polls, Ron Paul has been blacked out. It seems pretty clear that the way the nomination system works, and the way the mainstream media works, is to make it impossible for anyone but the “favored candidates” to have a chance. See Ron Paul 2008 for a video of Ron Paul’s answers in the debate.
not much of a story…just a comment really, if i didn’t know who ron paul was before reading this, i certainly wouldn’t know after…you dont even mention he’s running for president or that he is a current senator…
Roy, Denver, CO (Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:24 PM)
So, based on what you read and heard, what is the “Ron Paul Revolution” all about?
Steve Dasbach, Falls Church, VA (Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:36 PM)
Actually, he’s a current Representative.
Bill, Springfield, Oregon (Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:38 PM)
Well, since the article was so short in details, here’s some of facts about Ron Paul: He has never voted to raise taxes. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget. He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership. He has never voted to raise congressional pay. He has never taken a government-paid junket. He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch. He voted against the Patriot Act. He voted against regulating the Internet. He voted against the Iraq war. He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program. He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year. Ron Paul is a representative of Congress from Texas’s 14th district. He is currently seeking the Republican party nomination for president.
Stephen, San Jose, CA (Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:44 PM)
Ron Paul won your own viewer poll. Yet, you are barely are willing to acknowledge his existence! It’s disgusting - and obvious to viewers! It is also quite obvious to all of us that Ron Paul is not one of MSNBC’s “annointed” candidates. The hypocrisy you show is astonishing. Is MSNBC part of a free press? Nope! You are part of a “machine” press that wants to tell us what to think. And you make it so blatant it would be funny if it weren’t so repulsive. Now go do a story about Paris Hilton…. it’s about all you can muster.
JJH NewYork, NY (Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:50 PM)
As a Congressman, Paul has: -Read the Patriot Act, and voted against it -Voted against going to war in Iraq -Wants to abolish the IRS -Wants to get rid of the Federal Income Tax Even today, individual income taxes account for only approximately one-third of federal revenue. Eliminating one-third of the proposed 2007 budget would still leave federal spending at roughly $1.8 trillion
