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Ron Paul was excluded from the latest Fox news debate. So much for Fair and Balanced, but that’s typical of Fox News. Being on Jay Leno as the headlining guest was likely MUCH more helpful to Ron Paul than being just another one of the stuffed suits sitting around on the Fox News table taking turns puffing chests, raising noses, and smugly reciting campaign slogans.

This is a two part video, but worth the watch to get a feel for Dr. Paul.

Need help figuring out which candidate matches up with your ideals? Here’s another site that is supposed to do just that. This is very similar to the USA Today Match-o-Matic, but much less flashy.

This is how it works: The scores for each candidate are tabulated with very simple arithmetic. The stance you entered for each issue is compared against the stance of the candidate. If you and the candidate do not agree (IE: you marked support, the candidate opposes) points are subtracted. If you and the candidate agree, points are added. The number of points added or subtracted is determined by the weight you assigned. “Minimal” is worth one point, “important” two, and “key” is worth five points. If you OR the candidate list an issue as unknown/other, no points are added or subtracted. This is very noteworthy as many candidates have issues listed as unknown/other. This will have the effect of pushing some candidates (some more than others) towards the middle of the list. It also often results in candidates being ranked higher than others that have less disagreements. Look at the list carefully and follow up by investigating the candidates further.

So what were my results? A bit different than the Match-o-Matic which for me had Ron Paul at #1, then Mike Gravel, then Dennis Kucinich. This one has me down as aligning with Kucinich, then Gravel, Richardson… with good ole Ron Paul pretty far down the list.

ABC News has created their Match-O-Matic, a flash based tool that takes responses from speeches, poses them as questions, then matches you with the candidate that most aligns to your views. So it’s no secret I like Ron Paul, it’s good to know that my views really do line up with his (I swear I only took it once and answered truthfully!). Gravel is kind of a suprise for me though… only because he’s a bit wonky.

I’m a big fan of the message of Ron Paul. He’s gone from “fringe candidate” to someone being taken seriously because of his fund raising. The fund raising by the way, has not been done by Ron Paul’s campaign at all, but supports who have self organized. Twice now he’s broken the record for single day online contributions and now has $18 million in funding and growing. 

He recently sat down with Glen Beck on CNN to talk about many subjects including the US presence in the middle east, Monetary policy, and also death threats made to Glenn Beck by supporters of Ron Paul.
He’s also made a showing on “Morning Joe”. Ron Paul is definitely getting more face time in the MSM and it is about time. The following clip is about how he raised the most money in a single day… ever.

FOX News shows an amazing clip of Ron Paul at the Iowa debate on Aug 5. Then Julie Banderas interviews Ron Paul in what may be one of the most civilized and fair interviews Ron Paul has had yet. Most major network interviews lately have ended with the “anchor” telling Paul he has no chance of winning, which seems very biased from a “news” perspective but what the hell do I know!? I’m really suprised, and happy, that a non-biased interview came from Fox news… which in my opinion does less “news” and more “commentary” than all the major networks combined.

Dr. Paul is the most articulate and truthful man in politics today (look up his voting record). It is not hard to look like you believe in what you are saying when you actually belive in what you are saying, and it comes across when he speaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXQ_PnUbq8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6NstE0_8Q