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Ron Paul Gets
Most Press Yet
First
the Drudge Report,
now the home page of
AOL. Ron Paul
has managed to do
something he
couldn't do at what
was widely perceived
to be the peak of
his Presidential
campaign - garner
press.
For
the most part, with
some exceptions
(Gambling911.com
being one such
exception), the long
time Texas
Congressman went
widely ignored by
the media. At
times it seemed they
went out of their
way to ignore him
despite the fact
that he had raised
more money over the
Internet than any of
his Republican
colleagues.
On
Monday, all of that
had quickly changed
as Ron Paul was
making headlines
everywhere you
looked.
The
pro Internet
gambling Congressman
had nearly half of
AOL respondents
saying he should
"play a big role in
the Republican
Convention". A
mere 28 percent of
respondents said he
should not have any
role in the
Convention.
David
Knowles of AOL.com:
Yes, he was dissed
by Fox News, taunted
by his rivals,
scorned in the
press, but Ron Paul
is not ready to stop
preaching the gospel
to his followers. In
fact, the
proselytizing
continues apace, and
St. Paul's stage is
set to provide the
Texas Congressman
with ample
microphone time.
His supporters are
quick to add that
Paul never actually
dropped out of the
race. No, he does
not walk alone. The
secret army
continues to grow.
Witness the recent
protest votes in
Indiana, where 23%
of Republicans
voiced their
disaffection with
McCain. In North
Carolina the number
was an even higher
26%.
Another libertarian
messiah-in-waiting,
Bob Barr, entered
the race for
President today,
giving the
disaffected a
glimmer of hope on
what, to them, seems
a set of woeful
ballot choices.
Ron
Paul won his
Congressional seat
in Texas by a
landslide two months
ago. He
received 16 percent
of the vote count in
the Pennsylvania
Primary.
The
economist may be
appealing to those
in America fed up
with dramatically
rising gas prices,
food shortages and a
housing/credit
crisis out of
control.
And
if there is any
question that Paul
can't be
bi-partisan,
consider his
co-sponsoring a bill
with one of the
leading liberal
Democrats, Barney
Frank, that looks to
legalize online
poker.
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