In the recent Iowa straw poll (that thing where Republican voters say who they want to be the Presidential candidate) Bachman came first, narrowly beating Ron Paul in second place by just 200 votes. And, Bachman paid over 6,000 people to vote for her – but still only got 4,800 votes.
So, Ron Paul did very well. But, as always, the media just blatantly pretends he doesn’t exist. Even though all he talks about is sensible stuff, they deem him to be crazy and to be avoided. In fact, as this little video from John Stewart shows, the media is referring to a “top tier” of candidates which emerged from the straw poll which, for some reason, Paul just isn’t a part of.
You absolutely should watch this video. It’s brilliant.