How many of you are even aware that Ron Paul won the New Hampshire Young Republicans "staw poll" last night very handily. The results:
Jon Huntsman - 3 percent
Herman Cain - 5 percent
Rick Perry - 8 percent
Ron Paul - 45 percent
Mitt Romney - 10 percent
Thaddeus McCotter - 8 percent
Rick Santorum - 3 percent
Michele Bachmann - 5 percent
Buddy Roemer - 3 percent
Gary Johnson - 6 percent
Newt Gingrich - 1 percent.
Rudy Giuliani - 1 percent (write-in)
Paul Ryan - 1 percent (write-in)
Others - 1 percent
That is a landslide
Now I have waited a day and searched the news outlets and the only media outlets (that I found googling "Ron Paul New Hampshire") that reported this were two local New Hampshire newspapers and the Huffington post (there was also some mention of a debate Paul won in New Hampshire last year but not by major media outlets):
And the Huffington Post gave it scant notice while the Seacoast Online highlighted Herman Cain (but did mention Paul's victory). Only the Hampton/Northhampton news source gave it anything close to it's due.
And remember Ron Paul came in a close second to Michelle Backmann in Iowa and was hardly mentioned in the newsarticles.
Why is that?
The reason, imso, is that Ron Paul is disliked by businesses becasue he is against the large subsidies they are getting. A measure of how much they dislike Paul and how much Paul challenges pro-business bills can be seen in the .
Page through these (democrats first, then Repubs, then Independents) Democrats are mostly below 50% while Republicans are mostly over 90%. Ron Paul is by far the lowest Repubilcan at 46%.
The media is run by what? Big business - there are now only 5 big media corporations and they dominate what is shown to the American public.
That is why Paul is given hardly any attention - he is disliked and probaby feared by business interests. Remember Citizens' United SCOTUS ruling declared "corporations are people" and can donate large amounts to candidates campaigns. Ron Paul has received no corporate donations.
The myth that most Republicans and many Democrats use to justify their pro-business voting records is that businesses create jobs. But as pointed out, that is not what is happening. Instead their coffers are enlarging, their CEO's are getting filthy rich, retreats/conferences are multiplying as are corporate jets, they are building plants overseas, setting up front businesses offshore to evade taxes, buying off politicians, buying up cheap "foreclosure" properties, and they are using the money to buy each other out making even larger megacorporations with more influence over our viewpoints, our lifestyles and our lifes.
This is the sad state of America finds itself in.
My heartfelt recommendation is that all of you balance your news with news from alternative sources like:
and/or
and
your own internet research.
You will hear about news items that never make the MSM/Cable Media and you will vote with expanded knowledge in 2012.
I also recommend following (or even participating in) . We will see if this gets any sympathetic media attention come Oct 6.