OFFICIAL WORD on Jan. 6 roundtable

is the stock NWS international?

Please note that Fergus Cullen was not the originator of this idea, and actually fought for us to be there
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Jane how could Mr Cullen fight for us to be somewhere that was not even there???? There never was a forum... it was never even formatted as the ABC debates were taking place. Mr Cullen should have checked with the College and Fox news before ever telling anyone he was fighting to get Ron on the forum that wasn't....! don't any of these people verify events before making statements?

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You'd think it would be easy to confirm or debunk this forum issue. You'd think Fox News would have a schedule posted on their site but they don't -at least I couldn't find it. I've never tried to see their schedule before but I have looked at other TV sites for their upcoming schedules and never, ever had a problem.
Chris Wallace also has no schedule posted.
I'm frustrated. I'm not going to give them the satisfaction of another hit searching for something they should be advertising because they(supposedly) want people to watch it.
They don't care if I know what's on their channel and now I don't care either.
Even if there is a forum and even if Paul is invited I'm not going to watch it now. I'm not going to sit through 90 minutes just to hear them ask Paul something relevant like his opinions on the Louisiana Purchase and whether he's going to run as a third party candidate.
A seperate freedom forum or rally sounds like a good idea.

http://ap.google.com/arti...

GOP candidates to meet in N.H. forum

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire Republican Party is sponsoring a forum for Republican presidential candidates on Jan. 6, two days before the state's first-in-the-nation primary.

The forum, where the candidates will be questioned by Fox New Channel's Chris Wallace, will be held a day after ABC holds back to back Democratic and Republican presidential debates.

"Never underestimate New Hampshire voters' appetite for politics," said Fergus Cullen, the chairman of the state Republican Party.

Participating in the forum will be Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

Unlike a debate, the candidates will face questions from Wallace around a table in a studio on the campus of St. Anselm College in Goffstown, N.H.. The 90-minute encounter will air live beginning at 8 p.m. ET on the Fox News Channel and on Fox News Radio.

We need to do "Due Dilligence" folks looks like we may have egg all over our faces again! From the "UNION LEADER" New Hampshire paper December 16th by Tom Fahey
"OUTFOXED
Forget the idea of a presidential debate sponsored by the state Republican Party. GOP chairman Fergus Cullen lost a game of debate chicken with WMUR and ABC this month.
Cullen wanted a GOP debate on the Fox network on Sunday, Jan. 6. WMUR and ABC were locked into Saturday, Jan. 5, to host Democrats and Republicans in back-to-back debates. Cullen had to convince candidates to either withdraw from the MUR event, or debate on two out of five days between Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. MUR had the edge. A Sunday night debate would not give enough damage-control time to candidates who exhibit symptoms of foot-in-mouth disease on national TV.
Cullen threw in the towel last week, saying of the MUR debates, "I suspect they will be the last of the traditional debates with all the candidates."
He still plans a GOP brunch at the Hampshire Hills facility in Milford on Jan. 6, and wants to organize some kind of town-hall forum for candidates able to attend."

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle;
pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and
worship without sacrifice: Mahatma Mohandas K. Gan

A poster over there in the Ron Paul thread says the forum never existed that Dr. Paul supposably was excluded from in NH. That it was a spoof that Kent Snyder and us got sucked into. Mission accomplished.

Here's the link, check for yourself:

http://goldismoney.info/f...

This is the only place I've seen this posted.

If FOX includes Ron Paul after much ado, they would not give him any time to talk, just like they haven't before! [Just like the NRA, responding to much criticism and finally including Paul on their page of candidates, actually made things worse by implying that he has nothing to say about gun issues!)

If Ron Paul has his own rally, he will be able to explain his answers to the questions posed at the debate -- a simple broadcast of the debate (using TIVO or somesuch?), hearing the response of the other candidate(s), and then responding himself at his own rally -- in near real-time -- would be very interesting.

Even powerful, if all the local media were fully informed and showed up, and the rest of the national media covered it, and more people went to that rally than appeared at the debates.

Here is a great video response to the FOX-News/NH-GOP censorship of the top GOP fundraising candidate in the Primaries for the 4th quarter.

Please watch: http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Take action: Demand an explanation on why FOX News and the NH GOP has refused to invite the top GOP fundraising candidate in the Primaries, and then demand that the public right to hear from all candidates requires that he be invited.

A Miracle at Liberty Hall
I was in Philadelphia on Nov 3rd -5th. One week before the Philly Rally.
We were scheduled to attend a Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Induction for one of our uncles.

Just before we left for the airport the campaign sent out an email saying that due to excessively high fees ($184,000 for 3 hrs.) the rally venue was changed to Valley Forge Convention Center.

In the morning before I went to the Mall I was bummed out about the change of venue. While I was quiet God impressed upon me to just "Go before", like He was going to show me something if I would just be still and let Him be God.

We went on a tour bus to Independence Hall with about 50 Hall of Fame Inductees and their families.
When I arrived there I prayed that God would make a way to have the Ron Paul Rally at the Mall.

Later that evening around 10pm I checked my email at the hotel and the rally had been rescheduled for the Mall! The rest is history

http://www.kodakgallery.c...
God did what He said He would do.
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The Ron Paul campaign needs to get a lot more aggressive in their handling of the press. They may be just as mild and meek as our good Doctor, but we need some real bulldogs fighting for the campaign. None of this, let's wait and see stuff.

Concerning excluding Ron Paul from the New Hamspire Debate on January 6, 2008.
http://www.law.cornell.ed...

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§ 315. Candidates for public office
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(a) Equal opportunities requirement; censorship prohibition; allowance of station use; news appearances exception; public interest; public issues discussion opportunities
If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station: Provided, That such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provisions of this section. No obligation is imposed under this subsection upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by any such candidate. Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on any—
(1) bona fide newscast,
(2) bona fide news interview,
(3) bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by the news documentary), or
(4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including but not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto),
shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the meaning of this subsection. Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presentation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this chapter to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance.
(b) Charges
(1) In general
The charges made for the use of any broadcasting station by any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office in connection with his campaign for nomination for election, or election, to such office shall not exceed—
(A) subject to paragraph (2), during the forty-five days preceding the date of a primary or primary runoff election and during the sixty days preceding the date of a general or special election in which such person is a candidate, the lowest unit charge of the station for the same class and amount of time for the same period; and
(B) at any other time, the charges made for comparable use of such station by other users thereof.
(2) Content of broadcasts
(A) In general
In the case of a candidate for Federal office, such candidate shall not be entitled to receive the rate under paragraph (1)(A) for the use of any broadcasting station unless the candidate provides written certification to the broadcast station that the candidate (and any authorized committee of the candidate) shall not make any direct reference to another candidate for the same office, in any broadcast using the rights and conditions of access under this chapter, unless such reference meets the requirements of subparagraph (C) or (D).
(B) Limitation on charges
If a candidate for Federal office (or any authorized committee of such candidate) makes a reference described in subparagraph (A) in any broadcast that does not meet the requirements of subparagraph (C) or (D), such candidate shall not be entitled to receive the rate under paragraph (1)(A) for such broadcast or any other broadcast during any portion of the 45-day and 60-day periods described in paragraph (1)(A), that occur on or after the date of such broadcast, for election to such office.
(C) Television broadcasts
A candidate meets the requirements of this subparagraph if, in the case of a television broadcast, at the end of such broadcast there appears simultaneously, for a period no less than 4 seconds—
(i) a clearly identifiable photographic or similar image of the candidate; and
(ii) a clearly readable printed statement, identifying the candidate and stating that the candidate has approved the broadcast and that the candidate’s authorized committee paid for the broadcast.
(D) Radio broadcasts
A candidate meets the requirements of this subparagraph if, in the case of a radio broadcast, the broadcast includes a personal audio statement by the candidate that identifies the candidate, the office the candidate is seeking, and indicates that the candidate has approved the broadcast.
(E) Certification
Certifications under this section shall be provided and certified as accurate by the candidate (or any authorized committee of the candidate) at the time of purchase.
(F) Definitions
For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “authorized committee” and “Federal office” have the meanings given such terms by section 431 of title 2.
(c) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “broadcasting station” includes a community antenna television system; and
(2) the terms “licensee” and “station licensee” when used with respect to a community antenna television system mean the operator of such system.
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The Commission shall prescribe appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
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(1) In general
A licensee shall maintain, and make available for public inspection, a complete record of a request to purchase broadcast time that—
(A) is made by or on behalf of a legally qualified candidate for public office; or
(B) communicates a message relating to any political matter of national importance, including—
(i) a legally qualified candidate;
(ii) any election to Federal office; or
(iii) a national legislative issue of public importance.
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A record maintained under paragraph (1) shall contain information regarding—
(A) whether the request to purchase broadcast time is accepted or rejected by the licensee;
(B) the rate charged for the broadcast time;
(C) the date and time on which the communication is aired;
(D) the class of time that is purchased;
(E) the name of the candidate to which the communication refers and the office to which the candidate is seeking election, the election to which the communication refers, or the issue to which the communication refers (as applicable);
(F) in the case of a request made by, or on behalf of, a candidate, the name of the candidate, the authorized committee of the candidate, and the treasurer of such committee; and
(G) in the case of any other request, the name of the person purchasing the time, the name, address, and phone number of a contact person for such person, and a list of the chief executive officers or members of the executive committee or of the board of directors of such person.
(3) Time to maintain file
The information required under this subsection shall be placed in a political file as soon as possible and shall be retained by the licensee for a period of not less than 2 years.
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Why not engage David Walker, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Paul Craig Roberts and Dr.Paul in a round table discussion. David Walker is taking his Fiscal Wake up tour to Florida January 16th, his goal is to make fiscal responsibility an issue in the Presidential Election. Fox News will only control the questions anyway, giving Dr. Paul little time to answer and doing their best to discredit him. The perfect time would be before Bush's State of the Union Address Jan. 28,2008, and the Florida Primary Jan. 29, 2008. For those of you that did not see Mr. Walker's 60 minutes interview, it is a must see:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
http://www.gao.gov/specia...

The point is, why continue to allow MSM to control the content of the message. The people want to be told the truth. This is Dr. Paul's strong suit, the truth, the economy, and a plan to avoid certain disaster. In the 60 minutes interview Mr. Walker states," The most serious threat to the United States in not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but our own fiscal responsibility". Sound familiar? Let's take this adversity and turn it into a positive. Fox is expecting us to do something they can spin into kooky, let's beat them at their own game.

if he does well in Iowa than if he were in the debate. The contrast with him placing 3rd or higher in Iowa and being excluded from the debate is bigger news than the debate itself.

Now, surely CNN would LOVE to bust FOX on this!!!! Send to DRUDGE too (in lower right-hand corner, let's get this ON THE FRONT PAGE of DRUDGE!!!)

Send them our news tip!!! Copy and paste the following and send to CNN and to the DRUDGE REPORT as a news tip to the web addresses below:

"Fair and balanced??? Fox news bans Ron Paul from the NH Forum!!! Depiste the fact that he has out-raised EVERY other Republican candidate running for President this quarter, has SHATTERED the one-day contribution record for a Republican candidate, and has out-polled TWO of the candidates invited!!!"

http://www.cnn.com/exchan...
www.drudgereport.com

PS. THIS WORKS!!! Our office blasted Drudge with the hilarious Huckabee pic (with him and fam in striped shirts) and it went up 20 minutes later!!!

It's to the point, that even IF they did exclude Ron Paul, the classless act would only draw more attention to Dr. Paul - especially if the campaign headquarters knew how to capitalize on it. But even old wiley Fox, knows that their ratings will be significantly higher with Dr. Paul in attendance, and I don't think they could resist firing a few more jabs at him anyway.

[I posted this once before, but for some reason, it's no longer appearing. In any case, this is the AP article that sparked the phone/email protests.]

http://ap.google.com/arti...

GOP candidates to meet in N.H. forum

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire Republican Party is sponsoring a forum for Republican presidential candidates on Jan. 6, two days before the state's first-in-the-nation primary.

The forum, where the candidates will be questioned by Fox New Channel's Chris Wallace, will be held a day after ABC holds back to back Democratic and Republican presidential debates.

"Never underestimate New Hampshire voters' appetite for politics," said Fergus Cullen, the chairman of the state Republican Party.

Participating in the forum will be Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

Unlike a debate, the candidates will face questions from Wallace around a table in a studio on the campus of St. Anselm College in Goffstown, N.H.. The 90-minute encounter will air live beginning at 8 p.m. ET on the Fox News Channel and on Fox News Radio.

whats this all about? I scrolled down looking for whatever this is refering to but I didnt find anything.

I laughed, a lot. Funny stuff.

But sounds like it has gotten out of hand so let's all stop calling. Good effort though, kudos.

I don't see the post now, but it was on the dailypaul page about RP being left out. That post gave the NH Republican email address too. Perhaps that should be addressed...

A little after noon eastern I emailed the bogus AP link in the USA Daily piece to a former associate with AP who I've known over 25 years. Then I called; she was not pleased but glad to get it and said she would pass it on to those who can address it. More if we can somehow communicate privately, but this is the gist of what I did & thought you should know.

This came from my local meet up this morning :

This is an unconfirmed schedule for the last days before the NH primary. I am in touch with the campaign and with the NH GOP to find out if he will be attending the GOP's two events.. I assure you, the NH GOP (Fergus Cullen) would NOT dare to exclude him. NH does not do things like that, so whoever wrote that snarky piece is a jerk. It was more likely that the AP was given the list of those who'd already RSVP'd and Ron likely hadn't at the time. It never said he was 'excluded'. That was an assumption by that blogger..

Relax please...and let the information come to light

There is no AP article. None.

The link on USA Daily is bogus.

Stop calling. Stop emailing.

This is an attempt at subterfuge, and people are reacting to it. Stop

America is sick, call a doctor! Dr. Ron Paul.

was floating around our Austin meetup discussion group this morning and this is what one of our meetup members was able to find out.

"January 5th is the ABC/WMUR/Facebook debate. All candidates have accepted the debate offer.

January 6th is the NH Republican Party forum aring on FOX. The NH GOP has been contacted about this already and they have assured that all candidates were invited. However, the forum begins at 11am and runs for 90 minutes. Dr. Paul is already booked to provide closing comments at the Liberty Forum at noon. So, there's a scheduling conflict. However, since the 2 events are close to each other (Milford and Nashua are only 5 minutes away from each other) it's possible that he may be able to attend both if they move back the closing of the Liberty Forum a bit."

My god.. the campaign is asking you NOT TO CALL.. You folks are idoots that want to call when asked not to call..