Why are the media not mentioning Ron Paul

[BeerGeek]

I have hardly heard Ron Paul's name mentioned by anyone within the media (with the exception of Jon Stewart) since the Republican primaries began. I heard people mentioned by the media that didn't even get half the votes that Paul did in the primaries they are referring to

cough Rick Santorum cough

give me a fucking break

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg3EptrKOms&feature=related

[LillaThrilla]

Everything I've seen or heard about the Republican debates makes them seem structured for a circus atmosphere Jerry Springer would be proud of, rather than a serious debate over issues and the different candidates different stances.

Case in point: the FL debate several months back with the question to Ron Paul about uninsured guy going to the hospital and the crowd shouting "Yes!" to the question of "Should they let him die?" With the hot topic of health care, every single Republican candidate in that debate should've had that question posed to them. (Ron Paul handled the question well; the rabid crowd was pretty f'n disturbing though.)

But the bigger problem with Ron Paul is he's not really a Republican, at least not in the modern sense of the party. The right-wing fanatics have too much stroke in the party.

Paul should be a 3rd party candidate but the US election system is not conductive to more than two parties and until such time as enough people get fed up with the Republicans and Democrats and elect Senators and Representatives from other parties to vote changes to the system it will be stuck that. Maybe Ron Paul should study Ross Perot a little closer and see how he at least briefly became a serious contender?

Ultimately, even if taken seriously and given an serious chance in a 3rd party-friendly system, I don't think Ron Paul could ever be elected president. He's simply too much of a Libertarian and it doesn't matter how qualified or intelligent you are if you endorse a political belief system that simply isn't popular.