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Let me see if I’ve got this right…

Fox News may exclude SEVEN candidates from its Republican presidential debate – including Internet favorites Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter – because they and others are hovering around 1% support in national polls. Fox News doesn’t want to give airtime to anyone who is showing just that 1%.

If they had live and unfettered airtime during the debate, they more than likely stand a good chance of seeing their percentage of support skyrocket across the country.

But in order to have that airtime, they have to be well-known enough to the public now, from a considerable amount of news coverage, which Fox News, CNN, CBS, and the rest of the mainstream media will absolutely not afford them. Why? Because candidates like Ron Paul are not the “favored elite” among either party. They’re not the ones “picked to win” by their parties’ ...

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Chris Knight's avatar

See those ads for John McCain that pops up every now and then? I didn’t put them there. Didn’t want them and don’t ever want them. In a few hours they should hopefully go away for good.

This blog will not be used to promote any presidential candidates. Unless there is one that really, really impresses me with sincerity, humbleness and ability. But that will not be John McCain or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or just about any of the other “front-runners” we’re supposed to buy into.

Up ’til now, the ads that have appeared on this blog, I really didn’t give much thought to them. That’s changing starting now. If there is an ad for something that I don’t approve of that’s appearing on here, it’s going to get zapped off the site....

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