The Ron Paul Effect

Ron Paul won the Republican debate and no one heard about it.

ABC News was forced to eat crow when they did not include Ron Paul on their post-debate online poll. After many angry emails and phone calls, ABC included Paul, who went on to win the ABC poll easily. Paul also won 2 MSNBC polls, and a CSPAN poll by a considerable margin.

ABC Poll:
Ron Paul

14,741

It doesn't matter who won. I wouldn't put America in another Republican's hands.

1,465

None of them. I'm interested in the possibility of new candidates like Fred Thompson.

237
Mitt Romney

214

Rudy Guiliani

204

John McCain

122

ABC News story on Paul, "The Ron Paul Effect."

It seems that when I watch network news, I get fed only a few candidates. On the Republican side, I hear only McCain, Romney, and Guliani and on the Democratic side, it is all about Obama and Clinton. It seems like the choices have been made for us.

Two guys you probably haven't heard of are Ron Paul(R) and Dennis Kucinich(D). See, I'm fair and balanced. (Can I type that, or does Rupert Murdoch own the phrase?)

Both men, Ron Paul(R) and Dennis Kucinich(D), stood up for the United States Constitution in their respective debates.

There is something seriously wrong with a story like the ABC story itself, not necessarily the posted article. Although, it seems that ABC is trying to weasel it's way out of it's own poll results, and MSNBC's, and CSPANS, and bury a candidate.

What's more likely, based on Web traffic over the past week, is that Paul supporters have mastered the art of "viral marketing," using Internet savvy and blog postings to create at least the perception of momentum for his long-shot presidential bid.

Since online polls aren't scientific -- people choose to take them, and many people vote multiple times -- doing well in them doesn't necessarily mean a campaign is on the move.
--ABC News

YahooNews! doesn't even have Paul on their "Full Presidential Coverage." Yet, Yahoo posted this cryptic story, "Ron Paul wins MSNBC debate poll." I think it's strange. It's not really an article. It seems to me like CYA. In the sense that it gives them plausible deniability because it came from Ron Paul's Presidential Campaign Committee. How can you believe that?

How can Yahoo ignore a candidate in their "Full Presidential Coverage" whom they clearly acknowledge as the winner of the GOP debate? Why else run the story? It doesn't make sense.

There is something seriously wrong with the Presidential election process when the mass corporate media is making the decisions about whom we do or don't hear about. Wake up.

Since the debate on May 3, Ron Paul:

* Handily won two post-debate polls posted by event sponsor MSNBC
* Placed a close third (18%) in a post-debate poll on the conservative Drudge Report
* Won an ABCNews.com online debate poll with 84%
* Won a C-SPAN online GOP candidate poll with 69%
* Became the third most-mentioned person in the blogosphere, beating out Paris Hilton, according to the reputable Technorati.com
* Produced a YouTube.com video that was ranked the 8th most popular overall video, and the most-viewed political video
* Was featured, by popular demand, on the front of Digg.com
* Generated so many bulletin posts on MySpace.com that the site owner News Corp. blocked all additional posts about Dr. Paul
* Became a "most searched" term on Google and Yahoo!
* Saw a quadrupling of daily visitors to RonPaul2008.com
--Ron Paul 2008

But, don't just take my word on anything. Look it up, read it for yourself on the "internets" and form your own opinion.

Thanks for reading the crap i typed.