Jon Stewart shows what I've been saying. The MEDIA chooses our candidates

I love that quote from South Park by the way, and people don't give enough credit to that show because that show has more intelligence than people are willing to believe. Anyway, I agree with you. The two party system is failing. There is no bipartisanship and people are getting discouraged with government because of it, and Americans are suffering for it. We need solutions. The Healthcare Plan, for example, has some great ideas, but overall, it's not entirely sound. There are a few flaws in it. It's not a bad idea, it's poorly executed. The economy and the market, we need to stop buying things that we don't really need, and start paying off our debt, and we need to find more ways of keep jobs in this country and creating more jobs for me who live here. People need to start buying things that are actually made in America. Surprisingly, this will really help out the economy. We need to think of ideas and ways to boost the economy and not drive it further into the ground.

Yes, many people WILL lose their jobs if Ron Paul was President. Tanking the economy will never be easier than electing him.

The media won't "portray" him as the crazy uncle because the "crazy uncle" is the one you pretend doesn't exist. Every family has that family member and if you don't know who it is, YOU are that family member.

He's the most conservative of the republican party. Truth be told he doesn't belong in the running for the Republican nomination, but he's tried the 3rd party route to no avail. I realize the mainstream media is by and large an rat race of idiots just trying to get the best viewership ratings regardless of how biased they may be, but this doesn't excuse their behavior. People already know how his party treats him, there's no point in the media reflecting that, other than to push their own agenda.

Maybe because he is a "crazy uncle" of the Republican Party? Since that's how the Party treats him, that's how the media will portray him.

Sadly the media has a long history of playing favorites and that even goes back to the days when newspapers were the primary media outlet. It's just gotten so much worse in recent years. The Rat is right, there are always politicians who want to control the media. You'll see it a lot with older politicians who actually remember the old days when media was largely controlled by government and could delude people into believing government propaganda. Hopefully this youtube video will work. It's too good to miss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EY5Ofcxjs0

That was panic about Kerry? Hardly. Government taking control of media isn't something I worry about. I know they'll never shut down the Internet. And I know many networks and papers would never give in to government's will. The closest it's ever going to come is a shillathon like we have now with MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times and a few other sources. And they're only worrisome with their idols hold office. They simply do the bidding to play along. And as far as throwing him under the bus, he's simply the latest politician I've seen on camera telling media what they should and shouldn't be talking about.

Good call. You won't find a time when the media did not hugely affect elections and campaigning. There certainly is more media now then ever before and less concern for getting a story right before "going to press", but the impact on American public opinion has been fairly constant. Nice job of throwing Kerry under the bus on your way out. I don't think your panic over someone in government wanting to control the media is very realistic (except in the way that ALL politicians would love to have positive press all the time) but it's always fun to pick on Kerry.

Well the media was what made the 2008 election a Hillary vs Obama race and it was the media who elected Obama for us while destroying Sarah Palin. There was almost no doubt that a democrat would win in 2008, but there's no way a half-term senator with a record of associating with racists and a terrorist leader would have been the chosen candidate without the media putting him on the forefront.