[George W. Bush]

Ron Paul has been on a lot of shows. So far, it looks to me like Fox News Channel almost refuses to have him on their main news shows, no matter how much interest there is. But they've got ol' Freddy "Open Borders" Barnes there. And Bill "Kick Me" Kristol. Yeah, they're good Republicans by FNC standards. But not Ron Paul. The kindly elderly baby doctor and small-government conservative, that guy has got to be sneered at and kicked the curb with all possible brutality. He's a threat.

[CJ Wolf]

They are rabid dogs, somebody is getting close to their food.

[George W. Bush]

You guys all signed up for the Ron Paul Pinglist? Ask The_Eaglet or OrthodoxPresbyterian to add you.

Maybe we should ask the trolls to join the list so they won't miss a single thread. LOL.

[t_skoz]

Like I said, the Neil Cavuto piece was a hit. What an a-hole that guy is. Check out the YouTube video I linked to a few posts up.

[billbears]

So far, it looks to me like Fox News Channel almost refuses to have him on their main news shows, no matter how much interest there is.

The issue is several things I think. Let's be frank. Fox is playing to a base. A base of hoo-rah ADD simpletons but base still the same. The same sort that will sit and listen to Rush or Hannity ramble on for three hours and then repeat verbatim what they said as if that's THE only argument. Conservatism is defined by what the administration says is conservative and if you don't like it then you must be a 'moonbat', 'anti-American', and 'unpatriotic'.

The other reason is Fox quells rational speech during their main shows. They bring on people just to give O'Reilly, Hannity, Cavuto, and the like a jumping off point to start talking again. I can't stand to watch Hannity. He's not conservative and I'm beginning to doubt the man has read the Constitution (or if he has he refutes what it says because it gets in the way of Republican mantras). But O'Reilly is just the same. He talks over his guests if they dare to disagree with him and he rarely gives them opportunity to answer

But it's evident of the Republican party. Look back to the debates. How many of the other candidates even mention the Constitution? Last debate the St. Rudy mentioned it once (and that was to condone his view on abortion) and Ron Paul mentioned it in almost every question he was asked (in another question he discussed Christian Just War theory).

This view is foreign to Fox, and sadly to too many citizens of the respective states. One reason I believe we are seeing an upswing in his popularity (and funding) is Paul is saying something different. He's not playing the monkey see, monkey do, stand in front of the camera, look pretty, and ramble on about nothing game. He's stating substance. And saying things a lot of people feel but no one believed there was a politician that felt that way anymore.

And the establishment media, as well as the Republican Party, are doing their absolute best to quell it