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I'm done with any talk about how Ron Paul is a legitimate candidate. He is a Class A certifiable kook -- or the worst kind of sleazy opportunist. According to a thoroughly researched article in The New Republic, he printed some of the worst racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic rants I've seen in my lifetime in his newsletters.

Whether he personally wrote these or profited from them for decades is irrelevant. One or two times might have been a mistake that he didn't pick up on. But this amount of overwhelming material over a stretch of decades is inexcusable.

We give you some of the worst quotes in the video below:




The article itself has many more quotes and personal attacks against specific African-American politicians. And his spokesman's explanation is borderline pathetic. Jesse Benton says the material in the newsletters had "various levels of approval." When confronted with the viciously racist quotes, Benton said, "A lot of [the newsletters] he did not see. Most of the incendiary stuff, no."

Most? So, which part of the incendiary stuff did he see, which did he write? They can't even bring themselves to disown the whole thing. So, was it the part where Ron Paul called New York "Zooville" and "Rapetown" in reference to minorities who lived there or was it was it when he said gay people got AIDS on purpose because they liked the attention and wanted to poison the blood supply of straight people?

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Sean Hannity of Fox News is in New Hampshire covering the ongoing political saga that is the American Primaries. In this youtube video Hannity (who is not a fan of Paul) is spotted by a mob a Ron Paul supporters. Hilarity ensues. *Updated... Added Olbermann commentary.

Back in December I blogged about the Republican Fox News debate that didn't include Ron Paul. It turns out this has caused such a stir that the New Hampshire Republican Party has quit as a sponsor of the Fox News event.

No, the air time is too important. Ron Paul understands that.

After being "uninvited" to participate in FOX's debate Sunday night at St. Anselm College, Paul decided to purchase an hour-long television slot that evening, because "I can afford it." He raised $20 million in the fourth quarter, more than any other Republican campaign..Read More...

So I recently learnt Internet favourite Ron Paul wasn't invited to the pre-NH primary debate. Actually, I'm being told it's not a debate, either way it's still a nationally televised political thingee. Fox News did invite Mike Huckabee to speak at this political thing, probably to learn about his ideas about political things.

I have seen on the rolling news where they call Ron Paul crazy, well... This Huckabee fella is an absolute loon.

A Presidential candidate who has received 129,000+ donations resulting in more than 18 Million dollars this quarter has been excluded from debating on Fox News in a key television debate January 6th, which is just two days before the New Hampshire Primary.

Although it appears it was the New Hampshire State Republican Party that blocked Paul, we should remember that Fox News doesn't have a kind track record with Ron Paul.

What is interesting is when you consider what brought them to the decision to block Paul. The only reports that I have seen is that Fox News is "scared." But I would like to find a better explanation, USA is the beacon for Democracy in the world, right?

NH Fox News Debate Lineup (According to the AP - 6th story down)
Candidate - NH Polling Percentage (1/2) - Invited or Not
Mitt Romney - 28%/31.4% - Invited!
John McCain - 25%/25.8% - Invited!
Rudy Giuliani - 14%/12.8% - Invited!
Mike Huckabee - 10%/10.6% - Invited!
Ron Paul - 8%/7% - Not Invited!
Fred Thompson - 3%/3.4% - Invited!

Just in case you Ron Paul Fans haven't seen this video. This documentary will be airing next week on PBS.

Interesting story, you can read a personal account from one of the Ron Paul supporters who was there, or you can read about it from an ABC affiliate. The raw video of the event is posted below.

This is really just a collage of video, watch how it works.

First, during the Republican debates Ron Paul is directly asked about an internet conspiracy, the North American Union, CNN enjoyed this attempting to debunk this conspiracy, yet failed. Unless I am missing something here.

Remember last month when I posted that video of Mitt Romney dodging the medical Marijuana question?
Well Clayton Holden, the marijuana user, appears to making the rounds and asking the same question to every candidate that will listen.

Let's see how Ron Paul responses when asked about Medical Marijuana.

Did you like than answer? More Ron Paul on Drugs. If you like Ron, you might be interested in learning that the Ron Paul campaign is looking for contributions to his campaign. Ron Paul made headlines when he raised over $4 Million on November the 5th, now his campaign looks ahead to December 16th to try and shatter the record. From this seat Ron Paul still looks like the most interesting candidate, what say you?

The movie is "V for Vendetta." The slogan is "Remember the fifth of November." And it helped Ron Paul raise $4.2 million in one day. We explain below:



I have to be honest, I don't get the Ron Paul obsession. Who are these people? Are they all libertarians? I understand being opposed to the Iraq War and the abuses of the constitution. I understand wanting to go back to a truly limited government. But Cong. Paul goes way beyond that. He talks about abolishing major chunks of our government. I can't believe there are enough people that believe in that radical an idea. Maybe they view it as fun and games, but they can't be serious about disbanding the FBI, the IRS and about half the federal government. It's silly.

I admire their organization, their passion for the cause and what they have been able to accomplish. I'm not just saying that in some annoying, patronizing way. I am being very literal. I am not sure anyone on my side (whatever my side is) has been able to do anything similar. But no one has been able to explain to me how they would seriously carry out these grandiose proposals. Or more importantly, whether that would actually be good for the country. So far, I am definitely not convinced.

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Ron Paul fans are trying to break through the media today. Paul has been gaining more financial support and the campaign is rallying around the 5th of November to try and break the single day record for contributions, What that record is, I don't know, but they say if they can raise $10 Million today that will do it. Either way, in the time it took me write that last sentence this graph when from 350K to 375K.

Paul will get blasted by hardcore Rudy and Hillary fans, but watching his web momentum is fun, and there is no doubt that his campaign is starting to make money. So I will leave you with this video, tip to Dag at videosift. That graph is now up to 400K (12:40 PST.) Which reminds me I should go to bed, but first if you want to donate, visit the Ron Paul website.

Oct 30th.
Ron Paul.
He's making money now.

Interesting reaction from the Oct 21st Republican Presidential Debate.
(from TPM)