Are American voters defeatist pawns of the Media?

Why are American voters buying the Media's lying tripe and dissing Ron Paul?

Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation鈥檚 capital. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the 鈥渙ne exception to the Gang of 535鈥?on Capitol Hill.

Congressman Paul鈥檚 consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say, 鈥淩on Paul personifies the Founding Fathers鈥?ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are.鈥?Another colleague observed, 鈥淭here are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few.鈥?br> Brief Overview of Congressman Paul鈥檚 Record:

He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.

He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.

I feel like you are right, I feel like they refused to talk about ron paul and it hurt him when it came time to vote. If you look on yahoo he was the top searched candidate among republicans for a long time and yet the media chose to ignore him despite of the public's demand. Poll after poll of people who watched the debates had him winning. But the media just wasnt going to let a libertarian crack the party by posing as a republican.

It's not about who is the best candidate for the job anymore. It's about who has the most money to spend and the biggest line of BS. We have 3 pretty poor choices to choose from now.

I think it's important to hear so-called "fringe" candidates like Ron Paul and my man Dennis Kucinich but mainstream media is in it for the money. Corporate sponsors would freak and pull their funding. It's a load but there it is.

I personally don't like Ron Paul because he's a libertarian and I'm not into that. He's got some good ideas that just wouldn't work in real life unfortunately. He also reminds me of that crazy Heaven's Gate/Hale-Bopp comet guy so I find him a little scary.