Paul Wins, Upset Brewing In TX 23?

 

By Josh Kraushaar

 

(The Politico) Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) handily defeated his Republican rival, Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden, in tonight’s primary and will be heading back to Congress for another term.

 

With 70 percent of precincts reporting, Paul leads Peden by a 70 percent to 30 percent margin.

 

Paul had drawn fire from conservatives in the district for his strident opposition to the Iraq war during his long-shot presidential bid. But Peden ultimately wasn’t able to raise enough money and organize effectively to end up mounting a serious enough challenge.

 

In another contested Republican primary in Texas, Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson is headed to an upset victory over self-funded attorney Quico Canseco despite being outspent by a significant margin.

 

Larson leads Canseco by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin with 53 percent of the vote reporting. The GOP winner faces freshman Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas), who is one of the top Republican targets for the fall.

I support Israel...a group of people persecuted for thousands of years...and a European is calling them bad people... Be like a southern plantation owning saying all black people are evil....

How can you just say "I support Israel"??? When their government is so bad?? You have to be more specific.

 

Nothing to do with the people at all - I have no problem with Israeli's AT ALL. It's just their leaders are pure terrorits. NOT THEIR PEOPLE.

 

Mao was responsible for the death of 60 Million people in China but I don't support "support China" now because of that.

Ron Paul Hammers Neo-Con Rival To Retain Congressional Seat

ABC News still claims it was close-fought, despite fact that margin of victory was Congressman's biggest ever in District 14

 

Ron Paul comprehensively defeated main rival Chris Peden last night to retain his Congressional seat and display a metaphorical middle finger to Neo-Con attack dogs who had attempted to deceive the public into doubting the Congressman's chances by making out it was a close-fought race.

 

Neo-Cons have egg on their faces this morning after Paul hammered Peden 70-30 to retain his seat in the House of Congress.

 

Even after the results came in, ABC News were still at it, claiming today, "The fiery Republican with a libertarian bent survived a strong challenge to his day job in Congress on Tuesday, besting a well-funded challenger."

 

Well-funded? Ron Paul raked in $500,000 in the past month compared to Peden's pathetic $20,000. How on earth can $20,000 be described as well-funded?

 

Writing that Paul's presidential run, "Nearly came back to bite him at home," the report conveniently fails to mention the margin by which Paul tanked his opponent - a margin 10 points higher than when Paul defeated Democrat Shane Sklar in 2006 and his easiest victory in any Congressional election since he first ran for District 14.

 

The establishment media and fawning neo-libs like Wonkette did their level best to prop-up Peden as someone who had a legitimate chance of challenging Paul for his Congressional seat, a clear double-standard considering the fact that they wrote off Ron Paul's presidential aspirations from the very start.

 

In a sophomoric hit piece, The Lone Star Times website, which proudly displays a Peden for Congress banner, cited a report that claimed "Peden holds a double-digit lead over “the taxpayer’s best friend.”

 

Under the headline, Could Ron Paul Really Fall?, the site quoted a Pajamas Media blog that falsely claimed, "Polls show Dr. Paul falling behind relatively unknown challenger Chris Peden in his 14th Texas District endangering his congressional seat in the Texas primary."

 

Other establishment media mouthpieces like The Nation attempted to get a Pedenphile bandwagon rolling by hoaxing readers into thinking the Councilman had a chance of beating Paul, when independent polls clearly showed the Congressman was drubbing his opponent, who was a virtual unknown amongst District 14 residents.

How can you just say "I support Israel"??? When their government is so bad?? You have to be more specific.

 

Nothing to do with the people at all - I have no problem with Israeli's AT ALL. It's just their leaders are pure terrorits. NOT THEIR PEOPLE.

 

Mao was responsible for the death of 60 Million people in China but I don't support "support China" now because of that.

 

I support Israel because of their history and present situation. I support the leadership of their nation, they are handling the situation better then most ever could. A group of people persecuted for thousands of years, and still are today and finally can fight back. It's the classic underdog story, but a realistic one. Just like i'd support a black state in Africa fighting against American or European colonialism.... People being hunted because of their religion and ethnicity, finally able to fight back.

Ron Paul Hammers Neo-Con Rival To Retain Congressional Seat

ABC News still claims it was close-fought, despite fact that margin of victory was Congressman's biggest ever in District 14

 

Ron Paul comprehensively defeated main rival Chris Peden last night to retain his Congressional seat and display a metaphorical middle finger to Neo-Con attack dogs who had attempted to deceive the public into doubting the Congressman's chances by making out it was a close-fought race.

 

Neo-Cons have egg on their faces this morning after Paul hammered Peden 70-30 to retain his seat in the House of Congress.

 

Even after the results came in, ABC News were still at it, claiming today, "The fiery Republican with a libertarian bent survived a strong challenge to his day job in Congress on Tuesday, besting a well-funded challenger."

 

Well-funded? Ron Paul raked in $500,000 in the past month compared to Peden's pathetic $20,000. How on earth can $20,000 be described as well-funded?

 

Writing that Paul's presidential run, "Nearly came back to bite him at home," the report conveniently fails to mention the margin by which Paul tanked his opponent - a margin 10 points higher than when Paul defeated Democrat Shane Sklar in 2006 and his easiest victory in any Congressional election since he first ran for District 14.

 

The establishment media and fawning neo-libs like Wonkette did their level best to prop-up Peden as someone who had a legitimate chance of challenging Paul for his Congressional seat, a clear double-standard considering the fact that they wrote off Ron Paul's presidential aspirations from the very start.

 

In a sophomoric hit piece, The Lone Star Times website, which proudly displays a Peden for Congress banner, cited a report that claimed "Peden holds a double-digit lead over “the taxpayer’s best friend.”

 

Under the headline, Could Ron Paul Really Fall?, the site quoted a Pajamas Media blog that falsely claimed, "Polls show Dr. Paul falling behind relatively unknown challenger Chris Peden in his 14th Texas District endangering his congressional seat in the Texas primary."

 

Other establishment media mouthpieces like The Nation attempted to get a Pedenphile bandwagon rolling by hoaxing readers into thinking the Councilman had a chance of beating Paul, when independent polls clearly showed the Congressman was drubbing his opponent, who was a virtual unknown amongst District 14 residents.

 

I've never seen the media hate someone so much, its sick. Then again isn't the media owned by like one or two coporations? :thinking: