Paul: Fox News is 'scared of me'

Boston Globe ^ | December 29, 2007 | James Pindell

[StopTheNAU]

PLAISTOW, N.H. -- Ron Paul said the decision to exclude him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary is proof that the network "is scared" of him.

"They are scared of me and don't want my message to get out, but it will," Paul said in an interview at a diner here. "They are propagandists for this war and I challenge them on the notion that they are conservative."

Paul's staff said they are beginning to plan a rally that will take place at the same time the 90-minute debate will air on television. It will be taped at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown.

"They will not win this skirmish," he promised.

The Fox debate occurs less than 24 hours after two back to back Republican and Democratic debates on the same campus sponsored by ABC News, WMUR-TV and the social networking website Facebook.

Paul, the Republican Texas Congressman, was wrapping up his final day of campaigning in New Hampshire until the Iowa Caucuses on Thursday.

He spent much of the day campaigning at diners in Manchester and Plaistow and downtown walks in Derry and Exeter.

[DB]

Paul is not a Republican.

[barryg]

It will be good just to see the serious candidates there.

Ron Paul is good for a laugh, though.

Duncan Hunter keeps on saying “I built the wall between Mexico and San Diego”. lol

[ex-snook]

" Paul is not a Republican. "

Kick him and his 3% out of the party. Republicans won't need them in any State. Maybe.

[gate2wire]

Doesn’t cindy sheehan support paul?
If true, all I need to know.

[mnehring]

Here you go:

Cindy Sheehan and Stormfront Leader Jamie Kelso at a Ron Paul rally in Ft. Worth.

[yield 2 the right]

Canceling my cable due to FOX NEWS’ BAN on my candidate DUNCAN HUNTER!!!!!

[gate2wire]

Thanks. Thought I had heard that somewhere.

[Ditter]

The Paulbots on FR have convinced themselves that we are afraid of Paul because he is so powerful (I guess). They claim that our fear is the reason we come on the Paul threads. When actually we come here to laugh at them and their illusions about their candidate.

[mnehring]

If only Sheehan was the worst of his cult.

Paul with Stormfront founder Don Black (and his son).

[WildcatClan]

If Ron Paul has been in the past debates then I really don’t see excluding him from this one. The last debate where the exclusion was tried, there was no debate at all.

That said, for Paul to suggest it is out of fear of him is just silly. Hunter was excluded as well and I haven’t heard him make any such comments.

I am not sure Hunter cares, he has been set aside the entire time so I see no reason to change that now. Let the moderates fight it out all by themselves. Maybe the GOP will get a clue......but I doubt it.

[Dante3]

Why not Hunter? That is outrageous. Is FOX afraid he will make their boy Rudy look bad? MSM has been pushing Rudy and also McCain and the Huckster. I think both Paul and Hunter should be included unless either has stated he will run on third party ticket. It would make the debate more interesting.

[msnpatriot]

Very well worded, I agree.

Coming from a Thompson supporter, I believe Ron Paul deserves to be heard like any other candidate.

It seems more and more candidates grounded in the constitution and knowledgeable with are excluded or branded as nuts. Keyes and Paul are a joy to listen to.

These candidates after the election would serve Americans well by challenging the next presidents moves day after day in civil discussion.

***While I completely disagree with Paul on the war and other issues, I think his presence, as well as those of all candidates running, add something to the debates that is necessary - dissent, strong positions and defense of those positions and accentuated differences.***

[SandRat]

Yep.

[Squantos]

LOL........wow !......too weird !

Thanks folks ......Stay safe !

[river rat]

Even more dangerous that Ron Paul, are the really radical Stalinists that have rallied to his “cause” in Kalifornicate...

They’re hanging professional banners over Hwy 85 in San Jose, CA.....which of course is illegal....and folks in the neighborhood seem to be having a contest as to who can pull them down the fastest.....

There is NO way Ron Paul will win in Kalifornicate - it is possible for only the most leftist of “Democrats” to get elected here....

[not2worry]

“He’s a dangerous nut job.”

Add Huckabee to the mix and you got a great fruit basket.

The last thing we need is a third party Paul/Huckabee Ticket.

[Dawnsblood]

RCP has him at 4.8 in Iowa and 6.4 in NH. He is at 4.0 in the national but no single poll listed has him in double digits.

[festus]

I’m generally antagonistic toward Fox News too. They are far to liberal for my taste.

[Bull Market]

Fox News is garbage. I don’t care how loony FR thinks Paul is, he raised an impressive load of money and has been a real force despite the MSM.

And I also question any notion of them being conservative or “fair and balanced”. This is a network that shoves McCain, Giuliani, and Huckabee down our throats.

Paul has earned his place in the debate as much as anyone else.

[Squantos]

Ya know I want to give the guy a little break due his efforts to champion the CHL/CCW laws here in Texas. He was the one that drove that law into reality .

Yet......he comes off as a loon and there is no real defending him .

Thanks for the data......Stay safe !