Lens of Liberty

So somehow, Rick Santorum has managed to crawl his way back into the 2012 GOP Primary, Romney is doing pretty much what everyone expected, and Ron Paul, while doing much better than he did in 2008, is currently looking to finish third in an extremely close race in Iowa. I fear that the way this is shaping up, Ron Paul will continue to be marginalized by the mainstream media. Iowa was his shot.

On twitter tonight, Ron Paul supporters have taken to accusing CNN of faking technical problems in order to keep a soldier from expressing his support for Paul.

See the video for yourself. Can’t imagine that CNN was surprised by what this young man was going to say, if they were looking to silence him, why even interview him at all? Pointing out the media’s failure to cover Ron Paul is one thing, but this just comes across as paranoid and that isn’t helpful is you are trying to get people to support your candidate.

[UPDATE] Ron Paul asked the young man to speak to supporters tonight. As you can see below, CNN carried the entire speech.

Which is good, since he’s failed to make good on most of his own.

I’m very happy to see that U.S. forces will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Everyone’s going to have a different angle on this news and it is true that it’s hardly the end of our involvement there. There’s still Obama’s adventures in Libya and Uganda, as well as the never-ending Afghanistan war. All fine and well to discuss all of that, but the bottom line is more men and women of our military will be home. For now, I’m just going to be happy about that.