LOGGED BY Brad Friedman ON 1/7/2008 6:08PM
Ron Paul: Fox 'News' an 'Awful Embarrassment', 'Lost All Credibility'
Dennis Kucinich Sues ABC for Similar New Hampshire Debate Snub...
Ron Paul says his exclusion from last night's debate on Fox "News" is an "awful embarrassment"
for the Republican propaganda outlet.
The Republican Presidential candidate points out, during an interview this morning on CNN, that
he received 10% of the vote in Iowa, where he finished well ahead of Rudy Giuliani --- who was
allowed to participate in the Fox debate --- and that he's beating him "2 to 1" currently in
New Hampshire. As well, Paul points out that his campaign has "raised more money than any other
Republican candidate in the last quarter."
He also notes both the impossible and the obvious in a single sentence when he charges: "I
think they're making a mockery of the whole situation...because they've lost all credibility."
Fox claims their criteria on deciding who would participate in the New Hampshire debate was
based on who was receiving at least 10% in the national polls. RAW STORY has the story and video.
Paul supporters are seen in this video, chasing Fox "News" and ABC radio propagandist Sean
Hannity down the street last night in New Hampshire, chanting "Fox News sucks" and yelling
reminders to the Republican party mouthpiece that he is not, in fact, as his fans would
otherwise claim, "a great American."
Similarly, Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich was not allowed to participate in Sunday's
(capital "D") Democratic debate on ABC. The Ohio Congressman is filing a complaint with the
FCC, which points out, among other things, that the Disney-owned network is "violating its
obligation to operate in the public interest," and that he "is the only Democratic presidential
candidate who has qualified for Federal matching funds who is being excluded by ABC."
Meanwhile American democracy (small "d") gently weeps.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5523
NH Primary: Pre-Election Polls Wildly Different Than Results Announced for Clinton/Obama
Other Pre-Election Numbers, For Republicans and Rest of Dems, Nearly Dead on the Money...
[UPDATED several times at end of article, and still developing with new updates...]
I'm not sure why Obama would have conceded so soon, given the virtually inexplicable turn of
events in New Hampshire tonight.
What's going on here? Before proceeding, I recommend you read the third section of the post I
just ran an hour or so ago, concerning the way the ballots are counted in New Hampshire,
largely on Diebold optical-scan voting systems, wholly controlled and programmed by a very very
bad company named LHS Associates.
Those Diebold op-scan machines are the exact same ones that were hacked in the HBO documentary,
Hacking Democracy. See the previous report, as I recommend, which also includes a video of that
hack, and footage of the guy who runs LHS Associates.
That said, the the pre-election pollster's numbers (NOTE: that's not Exit Polls, but
Pre-Election Polls!) were dead-on, for the most part, on the Republican side, as well as on the
Democratic side. Except in the do-or-die (for Hillary) Clinton v. Obama race. I'm watching
MSNBC right now, and they all seem to agree that the results, for the moment, defy explanation.
I concur.
Here's a screenshot of a round up of all of the latest polls from RealClearPolitics.com
tonight, and more, to get an idea of the serious concerns here...
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