Ron Paul supporters are up in arms over the expulsion of their candidate from a Fox Republican candidate forum two days before the New Hampshire vote.
“If we permit Fox News Channel executives the power ‘to limit a Sunday forum the state GOP party is co-sponsoring to five presidential candidates’ based on polls, then this country really is in trouble,” said Michael Kelly in a comment to the Nashua Telegraph this morning.
Meanwhile, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are asking ABC and the local WMUR — sponsors of the last big debate this Saturday — to let in candidates who have been included in past debates.
Under criteria set by the sponsors, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, two sitting Democratic senators, and Dennis Kucinich, a sitting congressman, are likely to be excluded. Clinton said yesterday: “I believe in the true spirit of the New Hampshire process; the candidates who have participated in past debates should not be excluded from this one.”
“The voters of New Hampshire deserve to hear all the Democratic candidates’ views on who can best lead America in a fundamentally new direction, and that’s why I urge these networks to allow full participation in this week’s debate,” Obama said.
John Edwards and John McCain said they didn’t want to interfere with the network decision.
“Fox News is scared of Ron Paul,” wrote Eric Martin in response to a Nashua Telegraph article. “I’m not sure why, but they are. There is an opportunity for the New World Order to be overturned and for sovereignty to be given back into the hands of the people. I think that much of what Ron Paul stands for is the truth. Fox News should be scared not to allow Ron Paul in the debates. For some reason, the truth always stands in the end. It may be a thousand years from now, but at the end the truth will be standing on top of all the lies that tried to usurp it. If Fox News tries to hide the truth, it will fall, especially as a news organization, and one whose slogan is ‘fair and balanced.’ Fox News should include Ron Paul in there debates.”
His detractors could care less “Just face it, Ron Paul is a weenie spouting crack pot ideas,” said Robert Chapman in another comment. “The reason people think he has more than 5 percent support is because every crack pot is drawn to him like a full moon.”
