Jacksonville, FL – January 26th, 2012 – Tonight, ALL the Republican candidates lost the 2nd of Florida’s Republican Debates.
The final tally from the mainstream media will most likely show that Mitt Romney was the clear victor in the battle of words in this 2nd Florida Debate held on the University of North Florida campus. They will most likely state that Rick Santorum was fiery, passionate and eleqount (they will say so with a measure of surprise). Finally the mainstream media will say that it was an abysmal night for Newt Gingrich, and they will completely fail to even notice that Ron Paul was on the stage except as comic relief.
What will not be seen is the evil snickers and hand rubbing going on in the production rooms of mainstream media nationwide, as the two top Republican contenders allowed themselves to be lead by the moderator into tearing each other to shreds. Sadly Newt and Mitt fell for it… hook, line, and sinker.
Liberal bias in the majority of the mainstream media is well documented and has been well-covered in a number of books, such as Bernard Goldberg’s “A Slobbering Love Affair” , Ann Coulter’s “Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America“, Michelle Malkin’s “Culture of Corruption“, and Dick Morris’ “Catastrophe“. (All of these are exceptional books and are true eye openers). What is not being recognized though, is the more subtle efforts to lead Republicans and Conservatives into destroying each other.
Tonight’s debate was a prime example. Gingrich and Romney, (both of whom I have profound respect for their experience and success) allowed themselves to fall for a rookie mistake. They let the moderator, Wolf Blitzer, control the course of the debate, and both Romney and Gingrich allowed their egos to get in the way of the goal for ALL Republicans, a Republican President in the next election.
Instead of running into the deadfall set up by the media, both Gingrich and Romney h
ad the opportunity to take a higher, nobler road. Gingrich could have taken that road by apologizing for his immigration attack ad on Romney by saying “You know, that ad was probably not in the best of taste, I apologize, Mitt.” then holding out his hand in friendship. Romney instead of saying “I doubt that’s my ad” in reference to his ad attacking Gingrich, could have said “You know, I know that things have been getting intense the farther along in this Primary”. Both Romney and Gingrich would have shown themselves to be the bigger man, and it would have been the “Presidential” thing to do.
Sadly, even when Former Senator Rick Santorum pointed out after a Romney vs. Gingrich interchange on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
“The bigger issue here is, these two gentlemen, who are out distracting from the most important issues we have been playing petty personal politics, can we set aside that Newt was a member of Congress and used the skills that he developed as a member of Congress to go out and advise companies — and that’s not the worst thing in the world — and that Mitt Romney is a wealthy guy because worked hard and he’s going out and working hard? And you guys should that alone and focus on the issues.”
… the friendly fire still continued between Romney and Gingrich – fueled by questions from the moderator, Wolf Blitzer. Santorum was right on target with his assessment, and it should have set off alarm bells for the other two, but they continued to make thrills go up the collective legs of the Mainstream media.
All the Republican Presidential candidates are experienced leaders, and have had measures of success, but the Mainstream media has a liberal bent. The Mainstream Media is NOT looking to put up the strongest, best Republican up against Obama. They want the eventual Republican candidate, whomever that may be, to be a wounded, tired candidate, so
that it is less of a fight for Obama.
To all the Republican Presidential candidates: Be “Presidential“! Let your words and interchanges match the traditional respect of the office you aspire to! Americans WANT a leader who will be willing to sacrifice his ego to bring the country back on track. Americans have had enough of the arrogance and eliteism of many politicians and public figures. Stop falling for the traps and barbs of the Mainstream media! The four candidates need to get together in a private meeting and be heroic by agreeing to only focus on the issues.
The mainstream media will continue to attempt to play ‘gotcha’ journalism. They will continue to cackle gleefuly when a Republican trips up, and plot questions to ensnare the candidates and distract from the issues. The Republican candidates, especially the frontrunners, Romney and Gingrich have to keep their eyes on the goal, rather than on petty squabbles.
In the war of words, Romney won the debate tonight, but in the battle for the votes and hearts of Republican and Conservative voters nationwide the Mainstream media scored a significant blow. That blow from the mainstream media does not have to be fatal if the Republican Candidates can focus on the issues, and put ego aside.
Kudos to Rick Santorum for seeing the trap, now it’s up to all of the GOP Primary candidates to avoid that trap.
We’ll all be watching to see what happens!
It’s a whole new ball game, and Newt Gingrich just impersonated Casey Jones by crushing a home run right over the South Carolina center field wall. The South Carolina Primary is now a matter of history, but it was a victory for Newt Gingrich that will go on far beyond the “Palmetto State”.
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In the first part of this two part article, we discussed that Ron Paul is being tagged with a great many labels, yet those labels are largely based on the facination with the mainstream media and politicos with political correctness. In this second part of the article, we will cover some of the remaining labels and explore why there is such a rush to discount and dismiss Ron Paul as a serious contender for the Republican Nomination and for the Presidency.
ecurity are unconstitutional, that America should be transitioned off of these bankrupt programs. The label has been propogated by his critics using scare tactics claiming that he would end these programs and turn it all over to the states. While it is true that in 1937 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Social Security was permissible under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, the constitutionality of Medicare and Medicaid has never been decided by the Supreme Court. Medicare and Medicaid were added to the Social Security Act through the Social Security Amendments of 1965 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Ron Paul has consistently stated that Medicare and Medicaid are unconstitutional, and that postulation has never been disproven.
These labels have been applied to Ron Paul almost interchangeably by commentators and writers criticizing his stance that the United States should withdraw from entrenched positions in other countries, and should cease foreign aid, both financially and militarily (unless a formal declaration of war has been made or when military action is necessary for national defense). In direct contrast to the label of “Isolationist” it should be noted that Ron Paul supports international trade, travel, migration, diplomacy, and cultural exchange. The label of “Anti-Military” has been applied to Dr. Paul for his stance that the United States military should not be involved in a conflict unless this country’s national security is put in jeopardy, or a declaration of war has been issued. He has firmly indicated that the military of the United States should use advancing technology and innovations in unmanned vehicles to keep American soldiers out of harm’s way. Although his stance on the reduction of the military has drawn much criticism, Ron Paul continues to be the Republican candidate with the highest amount of contributions from military personnel. His sentiments are shared by one of the Founding Fathers and Presidents of our country, Thomas Jefferson, who stated:
With each new stage of the campaign to the Republican nomination, Ron Paul has been tagged with a new label (sometimes multiple labels at the same time) Let’s take a look at some of the labels so far – Racist, Anti-Semite, Anti- Gay, Anti- American, Anti-Elderly, Anti-Environment, Isolationist, Anti-Military, “Fringe Candidate”, “CRAZY” – Yet he continues to gain strength and support. Why? The answer is very simple… they have yet to tag him with the correct label – which is that he is just “RIGHT”!
“…judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” – Martin Luther King – August 28, 1963 
He has been labeled as an “Anti-Semite” for his belief that the United States should end foreign aid to countries, including Israel. Israel and these other countries have there own governments, economies, and military, and are capable of making decisions for themselves. Moreover, these countries would benefit economically from the United States focusing on healing and strengthening our own economy. Though we will always keep our unique and special relationship with Israel, Ron Paul’s stance would allow Israel and other countries to take responsibility for themselves, rather than being ’micro-managed’ by the United States. One of the greatest Israeli leaders in history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated the same thing directly to the United States Congress
“You don’t need to do nation building in Israel, we’re already built -You don’t need to export democracy to Israel, we’ve already got it -and you don’t need to send American troops to Israel… WE DEFEND OURSELVES! ” – Benjamin Netanyahu- May 24, 2011
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” – 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Ron Paul has been labeled “Anti-Environment” since he would eliminate the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, allow for the expansion of offshore drilling while eliminating federal subsidizing of that drilling, allow for mining on federal lands, and has expressed doubts and concerns regarding the assumption of man-made global warming. Ron Paul has always been an unshakable proponent of state’s rights, and his stance would allow states to create their own environmental monitoring and protecting agencies – a much more effective way to quickly assess and address environmental concerns in a specific area. By eliminating federal subsidies going towards offshore drilling companies, and removing the regulations and bureaucracy of that drilling, Ron Paul would encourage drilling companies to lower the cost of the oil, and reinvest in their own companies to innovate safer and more effective ways to drill. By allowing the mining of federal lands, the United States would decrease its dependency on foreign energy sources, while helping to strengthen our own economy. There is still much controversy surrounding man-made climate change, and Ron Paul’s stance is a scientific one – skepticism until proven. He is not alone in that sentiment as demonstrated by the signers of the Or
egon Petition
