Muscatine Journal: Muscatine-based Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance group blocks Ron Paul from presidential forum

I found this article from the Muscatine Journal which reaches out to the local crowd about the exclusion of Ron Paul from the upcoming Iowans for Tax Relief debate. This topic has been the subject of much debate across the Internet as Ron Paul supporters are upset that their candidate was not, and will not be, invited.


Reports are surfacing that fans of Dr. Paul have been flooding the phones for at least two of the organizations co-sponsoring the debate; Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance. It has also been noted that one of the individuals involved in blocking Paul, Ed Failor, is a Senior Advisor for the McCain campaign.


Paul’s campaign manager Lew Moore contacted Iowans for Tax Relief’s executive vice president, Ed Failor Jr. of Muscatine, on Tuesday to see whether the campaign had misplaced or overlooked an invitation.


“To our shock, Mr. Failor told us Dr. Paul was not invited; he was not going to be invited; and he would not be allowed to participate. And when asked why, Mr. Failor refused to explain. The call ended,” Snyder wrote in a post on Paul’s campaign Web site.


Failor could not be reached by the Muscatine Journal Wednesday for comment, and a message left at his office was not immediately returned."

FairTax sponsored Iowa debate won't let Ron Paul participate?

I was browsing the news for Iowa polls and ran across this piece which says that Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will not let Ron Paul participate in their upcoming event which is being co-sponsored by FairTax.org. The information was apparently obtained by an email from the Ron Paul campaign.


Ron Paul recently placed second in a straw poll released by the National Taxpayers Union. The NTU conference was co-organized with Iowans for Tax Relief and, given his record of never voting to raise taxes, his exclusion does seem a bit odd.


Ron Paul fans gained some notoriety recently for flooding the phone banks in order to stop Saul Anuzis from circulating a petition to keep Dr. Paul out of future debates. Will they go to work to ensure he is included in this one?