New Hampshire GOP Breaks with Fox
In what many will - I am sure - consider to be very good news, the New Hampshire Republican Party has, out of disappointment with Fox’ decision not to include Congressman Ron Paul in its upcoming debate / forum, severed its partnership with the network owned by conservative Australian Rupert Murdoch.
Fox’s decision doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. The network is right not to allow Duncan Hunter to participate if it only wants to invite people who do fairly well in the polls, but the Congressman from Texas is polling better in some states than Rudy Giuliani who has been invited and Paul received 10% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses, meaning that there are quite a lot of Republicans who support his bid for the nomination.
Not only that, Paul also finished ahead of Giuliani in Iowa and he’s, perhaps, the best Republican fundraiser right now. In the last quarter he broke the record for funds raised on one day twice.
Fox’s argument - that it only invited candidates who “received double digit support in national polls” doesn’t make any sense whatsoever; lest we forget, it are independent states that decide who they support for the nomination. The person who convinces the most states (delegates-wise) to support him, wins. It’s about states right now. What’s more, once one wins in one or two states, one’s national poll numbers will go up.
Perhaps more importantly though, Paul “way outperformed Giuliani in the Iowa caucus. Not in a poll, but in actual binding election contest. And there’s a legitimate reason to think that Paul will outperform Giuliani again in New Hampshire,” as liberal blogger Oliver Willis rightfully points out.
In short: Paul “earned a seat at that table.”
And that’s that.
It’s glaringly obvious that Fox excludes Ron Paul, not because of any legitimate reasons, but because the network’s owners disagree with Paul’s political views. It’s fine to disagree with Paul - Lord knows I do on many issues, especially when we’re talking about foreign policy - but that’s not a good reason to exclude him from a debate.
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Well said, Michael.
It’s fine to disagree with Paul -Lord knows I do on many issues, especially when we’re talking about foreign policy - but that’s not a good reason to exclude him from a debate.
A fair statement, Michael!
Debate is about expressing and discussing differing views on subjects, not excluding those views which you do not wish to hear.
Thanks No doubt in my mind Faux No news should not have a FCC licence GO RON GO !!!!
Absolutely well said. Fox has been trying to save themselves by censoring Ron Paul, but in fact all they have done is hurt their own reputation, drawn more attention to their foul plot, outraged thousands of Americans, and proved how powerful Ron Paul really is in this election.
After a county by county analysis in Iowa, a few things are clear. Ron Paul at 10% of the overall vote always beat Giuliani & Hunter in EVERY county. Ron Paul won 2 delegates & they won none. Huckabee only won 17 delegates. Huckabee won MOST counties & Romney a few. But what I bet you did not know was that Ron Paul came in second in a few counties, & actually WON Jefferson county. McCain & Thompson each at 13% of the overall vote did not win a single county. In fact I do not think McCain & Thompson came in second in ANY counties. Compared to them Ron Paul did well.I also think Ron Paul has a shot at 3rd in NH. And that he will do better than 10% - maybe 15%. That should give him 3rd. McCain and Romney are too far ahead. Ron Paul has put much more effort into NH than he did in Iowa. I think he can beat Thompson, Huckabee, and Giuliani.
No doubt about it - this is BS on Fox’s part. I don’t agree with the press making decisions to winnow anyone out of the race on their own - they all should be invited.
When you’re filling your car with $3 gas and buying some $2.65 a dozen eggs, remember who is running on stopping deficit spending. The war for oil is what caused prices for anything that eats grain to skyrocket. When THOSE prices rise, the fresh fruit seller raises his prices again, now you have some nice $5 a pound grapes in the market. Laugh all you want, it’s YOUR money being spent. YOU’RE the one going to pay $250 a week for groceries. Still think Ron Paul sounds like a bad idea? He’s the ONLY candidate, Republican or Democrat that is running on reducing your cost of living. Maybe you have plenty money. Me, I’m not so rich.
I’m not in the states at the moment, but I pray the rest of the national media is shredding F*CKS on this garbage. There is absolutely no legitimate excuse for leaving out Paul but including Fred. These are Republican candidates. 10% of the Iowa GOP chose him, probably even more in NH, and the "right wing" news station wants to quiet him. Garbage.
I agree, actually I’d carry it further and say that while I understand the argument that spending time on very low polling candidates could take away from the debate - I think if your a candidate for a party than you should be at all debates for that party.
it’s not the network’s responsibility to choose a candidate for us or to tell us who our choices should be.