There is this media blackout concerning Ron Paul which is deeply troubling. I feel we can make quite a difference if we band together supporting our cause just like how we did it with the anti-sopa campaigns/widgets.
You want media blackout? When in the media do you hear Dennis Kucinich, or any politician with liberal views like his? He voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, against no-paper-trail election systems, against funding the war in Iraq, and more. Yet the media primarily shows moderate, right-wing, and the occasional libertarian viewpoints; rarely strong liberal, and never left-wing viewpoints.
How often does Gary Johnson, who was the Republican governor of New Mexico (and triathlete) and perhaps the highest ranking politician who is outspoken against the "War on Drugs", get in the media? _And_ he's is running for president in the Libertarian party.
We're missing entire swaths of viewpoints. To bemoan a "blackout concerning Ron Paul", who is often in the news and whose views on government are very far from my own, draws little sympathy from me. I would vote for Kucinich or Johnson long before Paul.
1. I think his economic/fiscal policy would be disastrous for America and therefore disastrous for the world in general, my country included.
2. I think his foreign policy overshoots in the right direction. I don't want a return to America waging gratuitous war and torturing, but I also don't want an America that thinks Russia, Iran and sea pirates would start behaving themselves if they were ignored.
3. If Ron Paul's candidacy can move GOP foreign policy away from wage-war-and-torture, that would be a wonderful thing. But I get the impression it is easier to shift GOP economic policy.
4. I get the impression that Fox News and Conservative talk radio in general are actively hostile to Ron Paul's policy positions, and want the neocons to return to power. But the rest of the media ignores him because they cover the horse race, not policies: they try to predict “Who will win?” rather than ask “Who should win?” (They seem to have concluded that the GOP's Christianist support is enough to deny Ron Paul the nomination.) This is not unique to America, and even in America it affects much more than Ron Paul.
This is not for/against Ron Paul, but an observation.
Historically, the news has been very liberal/democratic. As FB/Twitter take a more central role in getting the polls or should I say "pulse" of the people, it will be interesting to see how that changes individual prospects of candidates.
For the first time, anyone can win with way less money. I like that!
How often does Gary Johnson, who was the Republican governor of New Mexico (and triathlete) and perhaps the highest ranking politician who is outspoken against the "War on Drugs", get in the media? _And_ he's is running for president in the Libertarian party.
We're missing entire swaths of viewpoints. To bemoan a "blackout concerning Ron Paul", who is often in the news and whose views on government are very far from my own, draws little sympathy from me. I would vote for Kucinich or Johnson long before Paul.