Corporate Media Ignores Ron Paul's Second Place In Louisiana

hrdman2luv · 01-24-08, 05:39 PM

Congressman's silver in another state goes unreported

Thursday, Jan 24, 2008

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has finished second in yet another state caucus this week yet there has barely been a murmur from the mainstream media once again.

The Louisiana Republican Party announced the preliminary results yesterday in a press release that was roundly ignored by the corporate media:
Delegate candidates endorsed by US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appear to have won more state convention delegate positions than any other presidential slate at the Louisiana Caucuses.

Supporters of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) appear to have captured the next highest number of delegate positions

"I applaud the supporters of Congressman Paul for their enthusiasm and superior organizational ability," Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. said. "Our Party needs the infusion of new activists who have both political skill and a passion for protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution," he said. "I left the caucus with a renewed commitment to promote our core Republican principles of limited government and individual freedom, thanks to the zeal displayed by Congressman Paul's Louisiana supporters," Villere said.

Mitt Romney came in third, and no mention was made of Huckabee or Giuliani in the LAGOP's press release.
Despite a smattering of wire reports on McCain which mentioned Ron Paul's second place in passing and as ever described the Congressman as "longshot" or "outsider", the media has acted like the caucus never even happened.

The New York Times ran two main stories, one of Giuliani winning over Florida voters, another on Mitt Romney’s ill will.

CNN reported on McCain courting veterans, Giuliani banking on Florida and Thompson dropping out.

The Chicago Tribune ran the headline "McCain, Romney in close race for Florida".

Ron Paul has been placed higher than Giuliani in every single caucus and primary thus far, yet the media still blanks him in favor of reporting on Giuliani.

Despite the total lack of media coverage and the fact that all other candidates decided not to campaign in Louisiana, Ron Paul was there meeting and greeting residents on Monday, a testament to his commitment and drive to deliver his message to every American.

Paul's Louisiana success comes on the back of his second place finish in Nevada at the weekend, which was also completely ignored by the media.

The ever reliable Neocon mouthpiece Fox News put up a graphic showing the results from Nevada devoid of any information on Paul! They failed to mention the #2 candidate, although they covered #1, #3 and #4!

The New York Times “official results page” on its website failed to even list Ron Paul as a candidate on Sunday, though it has since replaced Fred Thompson with Paul after the former actor dropped out of the race Tuesday.

After two second place finishes and strong showings in New Hampshire and South Carolina, it is clear that Ron Paul is a significant player in the 2008 race, yet your so called free press seemingly does not want you to realize this fact.

UtahBill · 01-25-08, 11:17 AM

For the most part, media ignored LA completely. Most of the nation was not even aware that LA had a caucus. So it wasn't just Ron Paul who got ignored. McCain won, but he hasn't been advertising the fact himself.

After the FL debate, a text message poll was taken that placed Romney first at 41%, Paul next at 40%, and the rest were single digits.
Not a scientific poll, and very small sample taken, but it is kind of funny that McCain, Huckabee, and the Mayor occupied the bottom of the barrel.

Zyphlin · 01-25-08, 11:40 AM

Wow. The media that has largely been ignoring and not caring about the LA caucus ignored the person that came in second of said caucus.

I'M AWESTRUCK!

Seriously, there's a very legitimate reason why Giuliani is getting a lot of press going into Florida. He's using an entirely new strategy where he's not caring much for the earlier states and putting all his eggs in this one basket. This is a HUGE state for him, a make or break, and is one he's actually been focusing on. This is perfect story. I would completely agree with the Paulites if he was getting this kind of coverage in NH or Iowa, but he wasn't. He's getting it now because this one is the core focus of his campaign.

And whether the Paulites like it or not, its not insulting nor a stretch to call him a longshot. He does not have the name recognition, he does not have a win in any state yet, he is polling last nationally and I think even below Thompson nationally at the point that Thompson dropped out. He IS a longshot, but notice that "shot" is still in there.

WI Crippler · 01-25-08, 11:45 AM

Don't worry Paul supporters. The media ignored the fact that McCain even won the damn thing. Why do you feel entitled to be newsworthy for being 2nd? 1st place wasn't even a blip on their screen, don't be offended when second place garners even less attention.

ARealConservative · 01-25-08, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by WI Crippler

Don't worry Paul supporters. The media ignored the fact that McCain even won the damn thing. Why do you feel entitled to be newsworthy for being 2nd? 1st place wasn't even a blip on their screen, don't be offended when second place garners even less attention.

If you were as close to the news as us, you would even be offended by the announcement that McCain won.

They still aren't done counting provisional ballots and they won't release the size of victory.

It is the least open election I have ever encountered.

Voter deadline was Nov 30th, but the genius running the GOP brought a list of registered voters from Nov 1st. Anybody not on the list still voted, but it hasn't been included in the totals yet.

ARealConservative · 01-25-08, 11:54 AM

Read up on Louisiana before forming an opinion.

Ron Paul Campaign to Louisiana GOP: Count All the Votes — Ron Paul 2008

WI Crippler · 01-25-08, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ARealConservative

If you were as close to the news as us, you would even be offended by the announcement that McCain won.

They still aren't done counting provisional ballots and they won't release the size of victory.

It is the least open election I have ever encountered.

Voter deadline was Nov 30th, but the genius running the GOP brought a list of registered voters from Nov 1st. Anybody not on the list still voted, but it hasn't been included in the totals yet.

Don't they usually announce the winners if someone is leading by a certain percentage, and a high percentage of the votes are already counted? They never wait until 100% of the votes are counted to declare a winner.
Hardly conspiracy, but if Paul somehow gets a win out of LA after a recount, then good for him and his supporters.

ARealConservative · 01-25-08, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WI Crippler

Don't they usually announce the winners if someone is leading by a certain percentage, and a high percentage of the votes are already counted? They never wait until 100% of the votes are counted to declare a winner.
Hardly conspiracy, but if Paul somehow gets a win out of LA after a recount, then good for him and his supporters.

did you read what I posted?

They won't even release the numbers. McCain won they say - by how much? We have no idea.

How many more provisional ballots have they left to count?

Research this fiasco of a vote before just jumping in head first criticizing us for complaining.

cnredd · 01-25-08, 02:08 PM

Non-story...

Here's what actually happened...

LA's GOP was voting on the DELEGATES...not the CANDIDATES...

As per LA's GOP press release...

Quote:

Republican Party of Louisiana Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. today announced the preliminary results of delegate elections held at GOP caucuses across the state on Tuesday evening.

More than 10,000 Republican voters met at 11 locations around Louisiana to choose delegates to the 2008 Louisiana Republican Convention, which will elect nearly all of Louisiana's delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Preliminary results show that a majority of the 105 state convention delegates who have been elected ran on a statewide pro-life uncommitted slate," Villere said. "I congratulate the candidates and supporters of this group on their victory and look forward to working with them to keep our Party platform pro-life at the state and national conventions," he said.

Delegate candidates endorsed by US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appear to have won more state convention delegate positions than any other presidential slate at the Louisiana Caucuses.

This is NOT the primary, which is being held in Louisiana on February 9th...

They're just electing the people that are going to go to the RNC to vote...

That's all...

ARealConservative · 01-25-08, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

Non-story...

Why cut out the actual story?

Election officials brought a list of registered voters dated November 1st. The actual deadline to register Republican is November 30th.

We are still waiting to find out the results of these provisional ballots.
So far we know that Ron Paul has earned one additional delegate, but we still don't know how many ballots are left to be counted or how large of a lead McCain even had.