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Part 2: When the Media Chooses the Candidates

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Historical Archive This article is preserved as part of the historical record of this blog. It reflects the author's views at the time of publication. The content has not been substantively altered, although the HTML, accessibility and formatting have been updated to meet modern web standards. Dr Ron Paul, GOP Candidate for Presidential Nomination 2012 Ron Paul is the standard bearer of the modern Libertarian movement who advocates small government, low taxes and civil liberty or, as it is more accurately described, freedom from government. Ron Paul started life as an obstetrician and gynaecologist and practised what he preached; his practice would not participate in any federal health programmes, which meant that they saw all Medicare and Medicaid patients free of charge, and they were treated just like all of the other patients, but they were not charged and the practice did not accept federal funds. "Some of the p...

Part 1: The Illusion of Political Change

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Historical Archive This article is preserved as part of the historical record of this blog. It reflects the author's views at the time of publication. The content has not been substantively altered, although the HTML, accessibility and formatting have been updated to meet modern web standards. Freddie Cohen finished sixth in the 2011 Jersey Senator Election Freddie Cohen at the end of the last election criticised the biased coverage of the election by the Jersey Evening Post , joining a long list of political figures in Jersey to have done so, for example Guy de Faye three years earlier. The allegation has been made, by a source I will not disclose, that the Jersey Evening Post likes to see one "establishment" candidate ousted each election to perpetuate the illusion of change for the people of Jersey, whilst power remains firmly in the hands of the same interests. Indeed, when I volunteered for the National Tru...