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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
That's not true man.
I went back and forth with many of them on this board and I said guys like Paul are just there to move the debate, to force the front runners to speak to their issues....and I was burned in effigy.
I was an idiot for not believing Paul could win.
The polls didn't really matter because Paul supporters used cell phones and weren't called by pollsters.
And on and on and on.
So now that I've been proven right, I want to rub it in a little.
Funny though, you used to start a Ron Paul thread and a bunch of people's board trackers would go off and your thread would be 5 pages long by the end of the day.
I guess they're off somewhere licking their wounds now.  |
That is true there were a few that were out of it and went over the top but can't blame them for trying to make as much noise for a guy they believed in who was not getting equal air time by the news channels. If any momentum would have been gotten and the media bit on it and ran who knows what could have happened.
Same goes for your guy Obama. He was good at speeches and if you heard him live he was very persuasive but it took the media to fall head over heels with him and start pumping him religiously to build up all this momentum he has. If they stayed neutral he would would not have anywhere the momentum he has now as his main exposure to the masses was debates and until recently he was very poor in those. Great stump speeches though. The anti feelings towards Clinton has dragged her down and the charm of Obama has helped him in the media. It doesn't take much of a push either way to make things happen. The good thing Obama has done is not misstep with all this attention and being able to keep the momentum gotten.
But I have yet to see the media dig into his background and hold the candle to him on issues and background like Clinton yet and it will be interesting to see what McCain does now that he is a lock for the nominee and will start his campaign now. Will he be the one to hold the candle to Obama and see what really is there to expose? And if so will he hold up strong or come back down as he feels the grinder for the first time.
Should be an interesting time ahead to see how this all plays out.