Republicans Target Ron Paul

Often times I get frustrated at how much the Democratic Party has been hijacked by the corporatist, anti-populist factions. Then I remember that it isn't just the Democratic Party that has been hijacked, but the Republican one as well.

Ron Paul sent out an email alert today, informing his newslist members that he was not invited to participate in the next Republican debate in Iowa.

Why? Did the fact that he kept winning poll after online poll after the first debate cause the censorship? Or could the fact he has online search engine traffic equivalent of Paris Hilton have something to do with it? It is amazing how machine will work inside the parties to make sure another voice is not heard. Regardless of what people may think of Ron Paul in the Republican Party or Gravel, Biden or Dodd in the Democratic one...I am firm believer in letting the people decide.

June 19, 2007

Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will host a presidential candidates forum on Saturday, June 30th in Des Moines. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, and Tom Tancredo will participate.

Ron Paul, however, will not participate. Why? Because he wasn’t invited.

We heard about this forum from numerous supporters in Iowa who asked why Dr. Paul was not going to participate. Those supporters assumed that Dr. Paul was invited.

The campaign office had not received an invitation so we called this morning; thinking we might have misplaced the invitation or simply overlooked it. Lew Moore, our campaign manager, called Mr. Edward Failor, an officer of Iowans for Tax Relief, to ask about it. To our shock, Mr. Failor told us Dr. Paul was not invited; he was not going to be invited; and he would not be allowed to participate. And when asked why, Mr. Failor refused to explain. The call ended.

Lew then called Mr. Steve Sheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, to talk with him. Mr. Sheffler did not answer so Lew left a message. He has yet to respond.

Why are the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluding the one Republican candidate who scored at the top of every online poll taken after the MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN debates? Why are they denying Iowans the opportunity to hear from the Republican presidential candidate whose popularity is growing by the day?

We couldn’t get answers to these questions from Messrs. Failor and Sheffler. Maybe you’ll have better luck. Their contact information is below.

It's ironic that on the same day we learned the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluded Dr. Paul from their candidates forum, we received a call from ABC News confirming Dr. Paul’s participation in its nationally broadcast August 5th debate to be held in Des Moines.

Kent Snyder, Chairman
Ron Paul 2008

Contact Information Complaint Contacts:

Edward Failor
Iowans for Tax Relief
2610 Park Avenue
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Phone: [phone] or 877-913-3600
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Steve Sheffler, President
Iowa Christian Alliance
939 Office Park Road, Suite 115
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]  

This level of censorship is seriously disturbing. Mighty unchristian of the Iowa Christian Alliance to exclude a candidate.