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Sometimes I suspect the lamestream media outlets are locked in an intramural contest to see which of them can distort the news the most. The rest of the time I’m convinced of it. Now we have MSNBC’s latest effort to one up their “competition” by twisting the result of a Facebook online poll. Here is a screenshot of the results as of today, January 6th:

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It may be true that Huckabee overtook McCain, but Facebook users actually chose Ron Paul with nearly twice as many votes as Huckabee, who is in second place. Not content to merely forget to mention who really leads the poll though; MSNBC then proceeds to juggle the order of the candidates to list Ron Paul last even though he’s in first place. Why don’t they just omit his result altogether? Are they afraid that someone might notice that the votes then only total 57%? Sheesh!

This silliness lacks the subtlety of AOL’s dishonest poll results. It is, however, exactly in keeping with previous MSNBC reporting I’ve mentioned on this blog. They will simply report the results of Presidential polling as though Ron Paul doesn’t exist. Are Americans really stupid enough not to notice, or is MSNBC so stupid as to think they are?

I guess we should’t discount the possibility that it’s all just a clever ruse to draw more viewers to their website. In the absence of linked articles, such as this one pointing out how utterly biased they are, MSNBC’s website would get a lot fewer hits.

By now the various ways in which the lamestream media understate the impact of and support for Ron Paul are legion. A good deal has been made in a recent critique of an AOL poll with regard to Dr. Paul’s views about the Civil War. The controversy is over a poll conducted by AOL after Dr. Paul’s appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday and the way AOL has allegedly doctored the results.

That poll centered around remarks made by Dr. Paul concerning Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. I would argue that his remarks were taken out of context to paint Dr. Paul in a bad light; although not as blatantly as remarks made recently by Will Smith were twisted by certain blogs. In any case, the question was loaded so the poll can’t be accurate with respect to “agreeing” with Dr. Paul. The topic was raised by Tim Russert on Meet the Press and Dr. Paul handled it quite well if you read his remarks in context.

Whether or not AOL subsequently doctored the numbers to cover up the fact that more people agreed with Dr. Paul is secondary. Of greater significance is why they chose to key on a question concerning events that happened over 140 years ago rather than the other 20+ minutes of the interview which dealt with current issues. In my opinion they are grasping at straws in an effort to paint Dr. Paul as racist.

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AOL is owned by Time-Warner, one of the lamestream media’s largest corporations, and therefore it will always distort information about Ron Paul. The various ways they did so in the case of the Civil War poll are somewhat subjective and/or hard to prove.

I’d like to provide an example of how they have understated support for Dr. Paul in a manner that, while somewhat subtle, is undeniable. Actually, what they did was to overstate the support for his Republican rivals. I would further allege that one purpose of the Civil War poll is to draw attention away from another AOL poll that asked people which candidate they support for President. Ron Paul won that poll handily, but AOL is doing what it can to bury that fact.

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Here is a screenshot of that poll’s results as of this morning (December 28):

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As you can see, a quick glance at the AOL chart would give the impression that Ron Paul merely nudged out most of his rivals. However, the bars aren’t drawn to their correct scale. This is all the more egregious since the poll itself directs participants to see how well their candidate is doing compared to the others. Participants will get a better picture by simply noting the complexion of the U.S. map. The 45 states in Ron Paul’s olive green say a great deal despite AOl’s efforts to downplay the obvious. This map is a textbook example of the concept of broad support.

I’ve created my own, much less fancy chart to illustrate how AOL overstated the results of Ron Paul’s rivals by making their bars larger than they should be:

A look at my chart provides an accurate view of the relative support for the candidates. When you combine the accurate bars with the color of the map you will understand how thoroughly Ron Paul owned this poll. AOL doesn’t even have the integrity to place a disclaimer at the bottom of their chart stating that the bars aren’t drawn to the correct scale.

After the success of the ThisNovember5th.com money bomb, what should Ron Paul supporters do for an encore? Why not grab a feather and a little face paint, then have a party of your own? Call it bigger, better, and historical.

We witnessed an amazing event November 5th when the Ron Paul campaign raised some $4.2 million, almost entirely over the internet; thanks to the independent www.ThisNovember5th.com effort involving over 36,000 donors. The lamestream media were forced to take notice and report the unprecedented result that day. Indeed the Lamestream Idiot Media Pundits (LIMPs) were so impressed that some even managed to report the event without adding their usual comment that Ron Paul has no chance of winning. Could it be that it’s starting to occur to them that he might?
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Just a quick update on the result of the www.ThisNovember5th.com fundraising drive for Ron Paul. While the effort fell well short of the overly optimistic $10 million dollar goal, the $4.2 million from 36,672 internet donors it did bring in was anything but chicken feed. It also surpassed the previous $3.1 million internet record set last January by the Mitt Romney campaign. I think even Jerry Lewis has to be a bit envious of such an accomplishment.
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Ever wonder what would happen if 100,000 people simultaneously ponied up $100 for the maverick candidate of their choice? That would be $10 million raised in a single day. Is such a thing even possible?

Well, this November 5th we might just find out that it is. You can visit www.ThisNovember5th.com to find out what its all about, but it’ll be much more fun to let Lovely Liv explain it for you in the 3 min. 44 sec. video below. Then grab your checkbook and make THIS November 5th one to remember. Do it for yourself. Do it for America. Heck, do it for Guy Fawkes.

Then join me in wishing my sister Michelle a happy birthday. At least she doesn’t have to share her birthday with…

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Just when you think there might be hope for the lamestream media they go and prove you wrong. The Ron Paul campaign has garnered a good deal of attention lately because of the good showing he’s made in numerous online and Republican straw polls. So how is one to justify the coverage in an MSNBC article about the results of the Conservative Leadership Conference in Nevada. The headline reads “Romney Loses NV Straw Poll.”

The actual result of the poll was Ron Paul in first place with 33% with Romney a distant second at 16%. Shouldn’t it read “Ron Paul Wins NV Straw Poll” instead? I guess MSNBC doesn’t want to put Paul’s name in a headline; at least not one with positive implications. So they’ve spun it as a loss for Romney instead. It may do more to hurt Romney in the long run however, as it will cause search engines to spit out an article that brands him a loser. This will be aided by the fact that the rest of the article centers on Romney and his efforts to woo conservatives. Unsuccessful efforts it would seem.

As long as I’m on the topic of great Ron Paul promotions, I would be remiss if I neglected to give a plug to my favorite Ron Paul promoting babe. Her name is Liv. She’s funny and she’s wonderfully cute, but sadly, she’s young enough to be my daughter!

I encourage everyone to click on whatever part of her picture you wish and visit her site. Once there you can watch Liv take off her clothes, shoot a beer, and generally be a bad influence. In short, all the things I look for in a girl. But best of all she makes a stupendous Ron Paul billboard. As you can see!

Well, it’s finally here. Ernie has finished his video of the Great Truck Stop Billboard Caper… and what a great job he’s done this time; on both the signs and the video about them. It just ticks me off that I had to work that weekend because this is one project that would have been very satisfying, as well as great fun to be a part of.

Not much else to say except that my hat if off to Ernie and the AZ-CA-NV crew. I’m humbled again.

Oh, and remember that this Ron Paul thing is just an internet thing and these billboards are just internet spam… or something. And Saddam had WMDs. And Osama did 9/11. And I won’t… you get the idea.

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Like a Ghost of Christmas Past, a bright specter continues to haunt the GOP establishment. They keep waking up screaming as, again and again, Ron Paul is there to remind them of their perfidy to conservative principles, and their treachery against the U.S. Constitution. You can bet they don’t like it a bit and they are doing everything they can to make him stop.

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Having failed to slow the Ron Paul campaign’s momentum — hey, they raised a cool $5 million in the third quarter; including $1 million in the final week — the latest gambit is to stop him in the primaries. To do that they are moving up the registration deadlines in many states to try and head off Libertarians, Independents and Democrats from registering as Republicans to vote in the GOP primaries. They are also moving to prevent Independents from voting in “open primary” states altogether.

This is true in California, despite its open primary law. It is also true in Arizona where the powers that be have established open primaries for every office except President of the United States. Voters in Arizona vote in what is known as the “Presidential Preference Election,” rather than a Presidential Primary, and Independents will not be allowed to participate. I could go on for a long time about this one, having fought it as a Libertarian, but I’ll spare you the long story. What it boils down to is that the Presidential Preference Election is ultimately non-binding and is really little more than a taxpayer financed publicity stunt. We referred to it as a beauty contest. It was established over a decade ago by supporters of, if I recall correctly, Steve Forbes, in an effort to give his campaign an early publicity boost.

The bottom line is that if you are not yet registered as a Republican and you want to vote for Ron Paul in your state’s primary - immediately run, don’t walk, to wherever you must to get yourself registered as a Republican. The deadlines vary by state, but they are as early as October 12 in New Hampshire and New York.

Be sure to encourage any friends or acquaintances who support Ron Paul to do likewise.