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Elevz:
^^ I respect that, so here's a prop. However, if he's not going to get any mainstream media attention, how is he going to stir up something? Similar cases have been around in other 'democratic' countries, but these people never stood a chance, simply because they couldn't get their message across. 'Free' media failed them. No matter how many people would normally feel connected to his viewpoints... The media will simply prevent the people from ever feeling serious affection to him as their candidate.

virtuoso:

A good question and I know there is no easy solution thanks to the oligopolistic, almost monopilistic control of media sources, particularly within some areas. However what Ron Paul hopefully encourages in the people, is for them to be more engaged in politics. Yeah of course there are lots of people that are unhappy with the government and the political system but they are like blind sheep right now. In so far as they are in the same state of mind but they can not see a direction in which to move in. With Ron Paul entering the presidential candidacy, what it does, is show people there is some humanity in politics, there is someone who represents core values, not another elitist only interested in selling themselves out like a high class hooker.

in terms of a media platform, as you acknowledged there is a mass amount of people who are feeling disaffected and are probably more than simply disillusioned. Therefore if he is able to galvanise people which he has already succeeded at doing at the grass roots level, then there are still many radio shows he can use to get his messages across and indeed I believe that he will get a lot of exposure on local teleivision and print media. I understand where you are coming from but even as expected if the national media decides to mainly sideline him, he still has those outlets which I mentioned. I am sure though, even with the controlled national media there will still be some opportunities for him to get coverage albeit not as frequently as the leading runners.

Basically the best thing that can happen is people snap out of this apathetic nature, which although justified by what they see happening around them, is not going to affect change. Ron Paul represents the voice of what I would guess to be a sizeable proportion of americas population. If through his efforts he can connect people people with politics, then although this presential campaign may yet again be won by one of the crime families, he will have changed the political nature of things to come. Of course change can not come overnight and it obviously will not and am not saying he comes bearing miracles but what I am saying is that his efforts could have a very positive effect.

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