Approx 400,000 Republican Voters turn out in South Carolina, of which John McCain & Mike Huckabee each get approx 30% of the votes cast and, in a primary or caucus 30% looks & sounds good, even great to some. Though when one takes into account that ONLY 20% (approx.) of the entire Voting population take part in the various Primaries, 30% starts looking like the very paltry number it actually is!

Have any of the media outlets or even a single 'expert analyst' broken down the actual numbers for any of these (few so far) Primary Events? Have they so much as even once attempted to inform the non-politcally-astute among us just how the Delegate system, the heart and soul of the Primary Process, actually works? If they have I certainly haven't heard it!

Consider this...in a General Election barely 50% of the registered voters across the country actually turn out to cast a vote. That's FIFTY PERCENT!! Voter apathy is perhaps the biggest reason for the NON-Participation of the great number of the American Voting Public during any election year. The feeling that no matter what we do, how we vote or who we vote for things will not change, is a common affliction among supporters of both parties. But a reason for this, some actual analysis of the phenomenon has never been relayed to the American People. Have you ever asked yourself why that is?

Might it be that Special Interest is the 800 pound gorilla in the room and, the Main Stream Media is only too happy to promote the bogeyman of Big Business as Public Enemy #1? That We The People fall for the MSM's supposed 'objective analysis' every time is understandable, after all, news agencies are supposed to report the news in an unbiased manner and, we would like to believe it is the case. But ask yourself this - Is there a larger, more dangerous Special Interest Group than the Media itself?

And don't for a minute think that the media mavens are looking out for YOUR best interest. They are not!! This is why the MSM breathlessly announces the demise of one candidate after another immediately following the closure of the polls in one primary or caucus after another. It is in THEIR best interest to not only create controversy but to prove themselves correct about said controversy. It furthers their agenda and, cements their position in the minds of Americans that they ARE the geniuses the portray themselves to be! And because of it the American Citizen is losing, even ceding their Right to Choose their own leaders as the Main Stream Media declares a winner, a candidate with momentum and, the also-rans who in THEIR opinion have no business staying in the race and, muddying the waters! Then they get right to work writing the obituaries of the remainder of the field following each & every Primary or Caucus. It is insidious!!

Exhibit A - Mitt Romney's decision to not fully participate in SC, to instead focus on the larger number of delegates available in Nevada and WINNING there has delayed the MSM's pronouncement that he too should fold up his tent, drop out of the race and, allow the talking-heads, analysts or pollsters to choose the next President as is their want. Even though the media hasn't yet made the "Mitt Romney Cant Win" announcement, we can be sure the piece has already been written!

Exhibit B - The fact that Mike Huckabee is getting 30% (or so) of the vote is touted as "fantastic" by the MSM. That Huckabee's entire (for the most part) support comes from the young, activist Evangelical Christian voters and, nowhere else yet this isn't being 'anaylized' or reported on in any depth at all speaks volumes! Why are there no reports detailing the Ministers plight of not being able to "Break through The Stained-Glass Ceiling"?

Exhibit C - The story of John McCain, whose supporters also number around 30% BUT are mainly Democrats and Crossover Independent Voters in state primaries that so far have all allowed cross-over voting is being completely ignored by the "experts"! Wouldn't it make sense for the 'unbiased' media to report that McCain has yet to persuade OVER 2/3s of the republican Voters to vote for him?

From the very beginning the Media has been telling Us who has the right or wrong strategy and basing their 'opinion' on whether or not that strategy fits their model for a successful campaign. We were informed 'waiting too long' wasn't acceptable, instructed that five or six states were plenty of Primaries for the rest of us to be able to figure it all out. We have been inundated with the media's constant harping about 'front-runners & favorites' while only 1/10th of the states have spoken!

These are just a few of the issues the MSM should be discussing. Not to mention their total disregard/disrespect for ANY of the actual Conservatives in the race...

Tom Tancredo - Marginalized & drummed out.

Duncan Hunter - Ignored until he dropped out.

Fred Thompson - Minimalized & being told to find his way out.

Ron Paul - Ridiculed & never considered in by the MSM.

A final question - Since when have we Allowed anyone, any group or Sub-Group to decide who it is We can so much as consider for the most important job in the world?

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