Here is Presidential Candidate Ron Paul featured on Fox & Friends, the network that allegedly bars Ron Paul from being on screen.
Gil made this post on his blog on Dec. 29th which claims "Well, why else would the network be excluding [Ron Paul] from its upcoming debate?" on January 6, 2008. One problem with that, it hasn't.
Ron Paul's own site says "An official at the New Hampshire GOP, which is co-sponsoring the event with Fox, said that Paul might still be included, but the planning for the debate was still coming together and it was ultimately Fox's call."
This all started with the New Hampshire GOP's idea to hold a January 6, 2008 Republican debate on Foxnews.
The Union Leader says the January 6, 2008 Republican debate on Foxnews was cancelled and replaced by a luncheon with the New Hampshire Republican Party.
Ron Paul was invited to the Jan 6th luncheon, but had a prior engagement at the Free State Project Liberty Forum on that day.
Other Sources:
Ron Paul excluded from debate? Not exactly
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.
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