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Has Fox News Excluded Ron Paul?
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee, via Yahoo ^ | Dec 28 2007 | Jesse Benton, Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee

Posted on 12/29/2007 10:05:26 AM PST by camerakid400

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the New Hampshire State Republican Party and an Associated Press report, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul will be excluded from an upcoming forum of Republican candidates to be broadcast by Fox News on January 6, 2008.

“Given Ron Paul’s support in New Hampshire and his recent historic fundraising success, it is outrageous that Dr. Paul would be excluded,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign chairman Kent Snyder. “Dr. Paul has consistently polled higher in New Hampshire than some of the other candidates who have been invited.”

Snyder continued, “Paul supporters should know that we are continuing to make inquiries with Fox News as to why they have apparently excluded Dr. Paul from this event.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: foxnews; gopdebates; nh2008; ronpaul
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1 posted on 12/29/2007 10:05:27 AM PST by camerakid400
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Are they also excluding Alan Keyes? I didn’t even know he was a candidate until he was on that Des Moines Register debacle when Schoolmarm gave him more time than anyone else, just to make Republicans look like nuts.


2 posted on 12/29/2007 10:06:52 AM PST by hsalaw
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To: camerakid400

Like a mad uncle in the basement.


3 posted on 12/29/2007 10:06:53 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: camerakid400

Good for Fox!


4 posted on 12/29/2007 10:06:54 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: camerakid400

Ron Paul has excluded himself by stating his intentions to run as a third-party candidate. He has no business being in a Republican debate any longer.


5 posted on 12/29/2007 10:07:42 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: hsalaw
They are starting to drop all the candidates who are polling nationally in the single digits. You won’t see Keyes or Cox in there either.
6 posted on 12/29/2007 10:08:12 AM PST by mnehring (Ron Paul- Politically the bastard love child of David Duke and Cindy Sheehan)
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To: camerakid400
This is the 3rd or 4th such article I have seen recently with similar titles:

"Has Fox News excluded/blackballed/ignored/deep-sixed Candidate X?"

The answer invariably turns out to be "No, you're just angry because Candidate X isn't getting great press 24x7".

7 posted on 12/29/2007 10:08:26 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: camerakid400

thank you fox news, don’t have to listen to that stark rave lunatic Ron Paul in another debate..unless I decide to watch the Libertarin party debates...chuckles.


8 posted on 12/29/2007 10:10:31 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: mnehrling

Cox? Who’s he?


9 posted on 12/29/2007 10:12:29 AM PST by hsalaw
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Another single digit candidate.
http://www.cox2008.com/cox/

Nationally, Cox, Keyes, Hunter, and Paul are all within the margin of error of each other.

10 posted on 12/29/2007 10:15:32 AM PST by mnehring (Ron Paul- Politically the bastard love child of David Duke and Cindy Sheehan)
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To: camerakid400

What is a Ron Paul, some sort of fruit cake?


11 posted on 12/29/2007 10:16:04 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: camerakid400
Maybe Mr. Paul was in "another realm" at the time he was to be invited.

or maybe he still had his antennae set for analog and not digital and he missed the invitation.

Maybe he went to visit Mr.s Paul to get some more fish sticks.


12 posted on 12/29/2007 10:16:35 AM PST by capt. norm (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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To: org.whodat
Political bastard love child of these two schools of thought;


13 posted on 12/29/2007 10:17:54 AM PST by mnehring (Ron Paul- Politically the bastard love child of David Duke and Cindy Sheehan)
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To: org.whodat

L. Ron Paul-ard?


14 posted on 12/29/2007 10:18:25 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: mnehrling

Thanks for the additional info.


15 posted on 12/29/2007 10:18:43 AM PST by hsalaw
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To: camerakid400

I say we add the Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter along with the Paul nutjob.


16 posted on 12/29/2007 10:19:32 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Ron Paul has excluded himself by stating his intentions to run as a third-party candidate

He said no such thing. He said he was 99.9% sure that he won't run 3rd party and has no intentions. He doesn't deal in absolutes and he made the "wiggle" comment to Russert just to get him to STFU about the subject.

That said, this is going to backfire big-time on Fox News. If Paul places higher than 3rd in Iowa, the network will have a serious dilemma on its hands because NH is pretty much a lock for Dr. Paul.

17 posted on 12/29/2007 10:21:27 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Congratulations Brett Favre! All-time NFL leader in career passing yards)
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To: camerakid400
Has Fox News Excluded Ron Paul?

I sure hope so.

18 posted on 12/29/2007 10:22:34 AM PST by Rudder
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

How is he going to score votes higher than Huckabee, McCain, Romney and Guiliani in Iowa?


19 posted on 12/29/2007 10:23:43 AM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: camerakid400

I’d hate to see Hunter excluded.

But if Paul has intentions of running outside the Republican party, he shouldn’t be included.


20 posted on 12/29/2007 10:24:09 AM PST by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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