The Official Media Guide to Attacking Ron Paul (It's Official!)

Liberty Maven ^ | December 19, 2007 | Staff

[Bokababe]

Liberty Maven has uncovered a letter from the office of the “Main Stream Media Czar”. Unfortunately, the letter was not signed by name, only title. We didn’t even know there was such a thing as a “Main Stream Media Czar” prior to discovering this letter. My only reaction to this letter was, “it all makes so much sense now.” Here is the letter itself, transcribed word for word.

We in the main stream media all know that Ron Paul cannot win the presidency because of his extremist views. Given this fact, it is important we don’t allow him the same media coverage as our preferred candidates. It is true that we must give him some coverage, but it is also true that we must adhere to the “Mass Media Ron Paul Rule” when giving him coverage during this campaign season. Generally, the “Mass Media Ron Paul Rule” can be summed up in two words:

Marginalize him.

Here are some wonderful tactics to utilize when applying the “Mass Media Ron Paul Rule:

Continually label him as a long shot candidate. This is the most important of all the tactics so we list it first. Sure, it is true that Ron Paul has won or placed high in many straw polls across the country but we must never mention it. Instead, in every article or television news story copy we should use one or more of the terms “dark horse”, “long shot”, “barely registering in the polls”, “quixotic”, or “gadfly”. If we can do this consistently, our job is complete.

Attack his supporters. Ron Paul has a stellar personal record with his marriage of over 50 years, 5 children, and 18 grandchildren. His political record is also exemplary with him never voting to raise taxes and always voting in accordance with the Constitution. Because of this, attacking him on his record is a daunting task. The best method to marginalize him is to attack his supporters. This can be accomplished by calling his supporters names like “kooky”, “crazy”, “conspiracy nutjobs”, “paultards”, and the like. This is classic “guilt by association” and works well on the apathetic electorate.

Call him “Libertarian” as much as possible. Continually giving him the libertarian label is a great covert method of Ron Paul marginalization. This reinforces that he’s not really a Republican even though he has held office as a Republican for 10 terms. We find that if you are in radio or television you may even say the word “libertarian” using a negative tone during questions. This perpetuates the extremism inherent in Ron Paul’s policies even though the word libertarian simply means: one who believes in liberty.

Continually ask him if he’s planning on running as a third party candidate. This tactic should be used often. It accomplishes two things. First, it suggests that he is not a serious candidate for the Republican party. Second, it will get him on record as saying he won’t run for a third party. If he should happen to run third party at a later date he can be attacked for changing his position.

Ask him if he would support the GOP nominee if he doesn’t win. Ron Paul is against the Iraq war and wishes to bring the troops home from overseas in order to help stem the tide of government overspending. This makes him different than all of the other Republican candidates who support keeping our troops overseas indefinitely. As media we must make all attempts to not only marginalize his candidacy, but also marginalize his steadfast message of linking the cost of the war on terror to our economic woes here at home.

Focus on his campaign strategy rather than his message. Ron Paul’s message of freedom, prosperity, and peace should be overshadowed by talk of his successful grassroots campaign. The more we focus on how he raises money and the types of supporters he has, the less time he has to talk about his message that is sure to resonate with most Americans. We must make all attempts to block or cloud that message. If it were to get out, it could spell doom for our chosen candidates.

Attack him for not returning donations from fringe supporters. White supremacists and prostitutes have donated money to Ron Paul and that is bad. We can use our political correctness and superior morality as a weapon and ask him why does he not return that donation money. After all a white supremacist would do more good with having an extra $500 in his pocket than a doctor who has delivered over 4000 babies while preaching peace and equal rights for everyone.

Abolishing the IRS is crazy. Attacking his stance on abolishing the IRS and replacing it with nothing is also effective. After all most Americans don’t know that we could do without the income tax if we just went back to the same level of government spending that we had in the 1990’s. A great method is to reply to his answer with an incredulous “replace it with NOTHING? How can the government function?” comment. This tactic will scare people into believing in how the government always has our best interests at heart. It will help people ignore the fact that Ron Paul also wants to cut government spending drastically in order to balance the budget.

Label him an isolationist for his foreign policy views. Since he wants to bring our troops home from not just Iraq, but all of the 700 other occupied countries he should be deemed an isolationist. It doesn’t matter that Ron Paul wants free trade and travel with other countries and thus is not truly an isolationist. The people will believe what we tell them to believe.

This directive gives us several tactics to be used in the fight against Ron Paul’s candidacy for president. We should use them all and use them often. After all Ron Paul’s message of freedom, prosperity, and peace is antiquated and has no place in our authoritarian world.

Sincerely,

The Main Stream Media Czar

[airborne]

Curious way to chose a candidate. ;^)

Oh well, to each his own.

Merry Christmas!

[rineaux]

***Funny, because it was just a few weeks ago that I was sitting on the fence still unsure of who to support, until I start defending reasonable arguments from Paul’s people against this slime-slinging from Paul-haters. Next thing you know, here I am!***

Welcome aboard. I was converted a few months back for the same exact reason. LOL

Funny, the Paul haters really don’t know how well they are recruiting for Ron Paul. After reading some of the arguments, I started reading up on RP. Convinced me.

Maybe the Paul haters actually work for the Ron Paul campaign.

[George W. Bush]

While I can not dispute your statement regarding Soros employees, I have my doubts that you can prevent donations from second person sources.

I can hardly deny it. I've discovered several ways to evade McCain-Feingold myself. But none of them involve anyone except RP supporters. I'm still working on how to raise foreign money and use it for our fun little side projects like the Blimp Of Death. Admittedly, international is more problematic. Our Brit contingent is especially eager to help. And those Belgian kids are just great! You should see their videos. What a great message they have.

Ron Paul, the least internationalist and least Wilsonian of any Republican in the last century, has tremendous appeal internationally. It's just amazing. And the Swedish RP supporters that campaigned for him outside Owl Gore's hotel at the Nobel ceremony? Man, that was awesome. Lovers of liberty and small-government, opponents of the socialist nanny state and the EU superstate. Great kids.

We have some great Americans overseas helping RP as well. We're strong in Japan and Korea too.

No other candidate in either party has had such a foreign following since, well, maybe ever. I guess maybe JFK had foreign support once he became president though.

[Bokababe]

"Curious way to chose a candidate. ;^)"

I've seen worse ways! But in fact, I always liked Paul's spunk and integrity, so it's not a total surprise.

Merry Christmas to you, too!

[George W. Bush]

And you in yours, Hunter is a good man. There is much on which both Paul & Hunter agree -- pro-life, anti-illegals amnesty, the fence, etc. Of course, we both have our opinions of who is "better". ;>)

I've said it before, I'll say it again: without Hunter ramming through that fence bill in 2006, our loss of the House would have been an utter bloodbath for the GOP.

No matter what, you can never take that away from Duncan. Tanc couldn't have gotten it done, Ron Paul couldn't either.

The party does owe a debt, unacknowledged by the RNC, to Duncan's actions there to salvage the party's seats after some of Bush's and Rumsfeld's boneheaded moves. Duncan is a loyal party man. And if his anti-tax and anti-spending record can't quite match Tanc's and Ron Paul's, well, as chairman of Armed Services Committee, he had to actually cut deals to meet policy objectives. He didn't have quite the luxury of an utterly principled purist position because he had to make compromises and pass bills. And if our party had listened to him more often than they listened to Bush and Rove and Rumsfeld, we'd probably still hold at least one house of Congress right now.

None of us think Duncan or Tanc are perfect, any more than we think it of Ron Paul. But they are all, each in his own way, great conservatives of the GOP and they have been very effective even if none of the RNC party bigwigs will give them the time of day. But we know. We remember.

Their small exchanges with RP in the debates aside, they're both good men, good Republicans, good conservatives. And I'm not saying that now just hoping to grab a couple of their voters at FR. I've said it for a long time as have many other RP supporters. And I say the same if every Tanc and Duncan supporter vows never to say a nice word about RP. What I've said about Duncan and Tanc is still true. I'm very glad we have had both of them in the House. I regret their retirement but they have done their job well and never backed down an inch. They have more spine than most of the GOP in D.C. combined.

[Bokababe]

"Ron Paul, the least internationalist and least Wilsonian of any Republican in the last century, has tremendous appeal internationally"

You've heard the song that the British Camelot's Castle dedicated to Ron Paul & (ironically) the Tea Party. The video is here It resched # 1 on UK You Tube.

[murphE]

As a Hunter supporter, can you tell me if he knocked Tancredo in the head for endorsing Romney?

And how. What the heck is up with that?

[Gondring]

Nice try though, but you are probably the only Paultard who got it wrong. Wow, that puts you way down there, as if there were any more room down there.

LOL!

Sorry, but the evidence points the other way, considering you're the one who puts the apostrophe after the 08 and doesn't seem to be able to read.

[takenoprisoner]

While I might question the existence of a media Czar, this so called letter from the so called media Czar expresses precisely what the MSM continues to do regarding Dr. Paul.

[rineaux]

Someone posted a link to an ad Tancredo made in July, criticizing the stance Romney had on immigration and border security.

Now he endorses him. Guess Romney flipped flopped over to Tancredo’s side? Maybe he said he appreciated Tancredos stance on immigration and would seek the advice of his many attorneys he planned to employ while president? Maybe he offered him a job. That is probably it.

[takenoprisoner]

“Funny, because it was just a few weeks ago that I was sitting on the fence still unsure of who to support, until I start defending reasonable arguments from Paul’s people against this slime-slinging from Paul-haters. Next thing you know, here I am!”

Welcome aboard. You have made a good choice to support freedom. “Freedom is popular.” Dr. Ron Paul.

[Designer]

"I’m just voicing my concern about Soros and thethird party scenario."

I've heard this before from some Paul bashers.

IMO, the Soros angle doesn't make sense. Soros is very much a globalist, and his support for leftist causes is well known. So no, I can't see Soros promoting Paul in any way.

As for the third party scenario, I can see why you would suspect it because Ron Paul did run on a third party once. However, in this case he is running as a Republican, and has publicly stated several times that he won't.

I believe him.

[Allegra]

Damn it, you guys gotta focus!

Sorry...slipped up on the job. ;-)

I was busy traveling HOME which is where I am now until early January.

I LOVE home!

[ejonesie22]

Oh good Lord...

[Puddleglum]

The Media Czar is always someone you never suspect. Perhaps Willard Scott?

[fortheDeclaration]

Funny, because it was just a few weeks ago that I was sitting on the fence still unsure of who to support, until I start defending reasonable arguments from Paul's people against this slime-slinging from Paul-haters. Next thing you know, here I am!

Yes, their attacks were so irrational and bitter that they pushed me over to his side also.

[Badeye]

(chuckle)

Actually, the fact is Ron Paul no longer warrants much attention. Its pretty obvious to everyone not wearing tin foil hats he’s a none factor in the GOP primaries, and will go third party soon.

[lormand]

In case I forget...

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Years.

[lormand]

Is Houston home for you?

My family will be wisking through Houston on our way to Lafayette LA on Sunday. I hope the weather will be nice.

[Gondring]

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Years.

And the same for you and yours, my FRiend!