Mart Put 2 and 2 Together
Yesterday at an NAACP meeting, Clinton and Edwards were caught on tape saying that they needed to shut out the lower tier candidates from debates and events. Read the story here, and watch the video. Hillary ends the conversation with Edwards saying "our guys should talk."
Meanwhile, it was pointed out in Time that neither party is really serious about getting out of Iraq, and that "If you're looking for someone who will lead a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, you'll have to go to the extreme left or right of the parties. Nobody in the mainstream is looking to get out soon." Now, I wouldn't call Dr Paul extreme right, but otherwise, I think that is a very fair statement.
And if you put these two things together, you can see that the mainstream candidates really don't want the war to be debated by people in the supposed "second tier". Gravel and Kucinich have done a great job at exposing the top Democratic candidates for the pro-war people they really are. And Dr Paul has pushed the Republicans to return to the non-interventionist foreign policy advocated by our founding fathers. Clearly this message is resonating with the people, and the mainstream candidates really need to shut down that message if they hope to stay in power.
I sincerely believe that this is the year for a non-establishment candidate to win the Presidency, and Ron Paul is that man.
4 Comments:
Hillary and Edwards as candidates should both be disqualified for even thinking about plotting to do this to their cohorts.
Notice that on the GOP side, people defended the right of everyone to be included...
Edwards should be careful what he wishes for.
He might be left out. :)
Just proves that Hitlery and Co don't want a real debate. Don't want real choice.
There is no doubt that similar sentiments are being expressed in GOP quarters and among the Fred Thompson, Giuliani, Romney and (probably less loudly now) McCain camps.
I have been surprised that the "debates" have been so open so far. When Hillary talks action is usually not far behind, so I expect the ax will fall after the next democratic debate, leaving the top 4 "MSM declared" front runners. A similar push will undoubtedly occur in the GOP camp, with whatever qualifying rules twisted to exclude Ron Paul. [Which won't be hard: Must have at least 15% support in one national poll being the traditional excluder.]
But that is okay, as the more they try to exclude him the better he comes out of it so far.
Jim,
I think Paul is extremely left _and_ right. Ain't it cool?
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