You don't have to know much about U.S. Politics or the media to know when someone is being shafted. That man is US Congressman Ron Paul, who views himself as Constitutionalist/Libertarian.

At the recent Iowa Straw poll,  Ron Paul placed second in the voting, behind Bachmann who won by mere 152 votes out of 16,892 cast.

If this was a real election in the US, such a result would almost certainly have triggered a recount. Bit it's a straw result, it is done to tell which way Americans are shifting.

But the US Media would prefer to control which way the Americans are shifting. As a result they once again in unison attacked Ron Paul, just like they did 2 years ago when they would not even let him in the presidential debates out of fear he was simply too smart and wasn't in the pocket of corporate elitists.

Despite receiving almost identical votes with Bachmann, US media completely ignored him.  We won't get into how Bachmann won the vote (paid the tickets of 6,000 Iowans, spent $180,000...)

To quote the WP: "The new top tier of Bachmann, Perry and Romney - created by Bachmann's Iowa straw poll win, Perry entry into the race and Romney's lead so far...." no sign of even mentioning Ron Paul.

Rupert Murdoch's run Wall Street Journal did manage to mention Ron Paul with the typical dismissal "Libertarian Ron Paul who Has No Chance to Win the Nomination, finished a close second". This is done purposely in order to influence Americans that every vote casted for Ron Paul is a vote "wasted", because he "has no chance". The very same thing was repeated over and over by CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS during last elections.

Ron Paul has showed time and time again that he has a cult like following among Americans both in the south and north of the country. People have donated to his campaigns 3-4 times more than any other candidate. This speaks volumes of the trust people have in this man as well as his organizational abilities.

After the end of the Iowa vote, Bachmann and others appeared on dozens of shows, on numerous TV stations. Ron Paul made no appearances, he is simply not allowed a platform to voice his thoughts. No problem for candidates who finished 5th, they all got air time, but not Ron Paul.

Clinton, Obama, and now Rick Perry have all appeared at the Bilderberg Group meeting to get their blessing.

My prediction is this: The US Election will see Obama go up against Rick Perry, both candidates were approved by the BG. //J. Janikowsky