In case you missed it, Friday’s Wall Street Journal ran(12/21/2007) an article on “Dr. No’ on it’s front page by author Sarah Lueck. No, it was not about Ron Paul.

It was about Senator Tom Coburn, from Oklahoma, and how he has caused gridlock in the Senate this year. I expected at the very least a mention of Ron Paul the Presidential candidate, who is better known as “Dr No” from the House of Representatives. No mention of Ron Paul in the entire story.

Google “Ron Paul” and “Dr. No”, and there are over 23,000 pages found. Google “Tom Coburn” and “Dr. No”, and you will find 620 pages.

You will also find via the Goggle search that on February 12, 2006 that George Will wrote a column titled The Senate's Dr. No.

There is simply no way to not question the timing of this story. Less than two weeks before the first caucus, the WSJ, which has had 21 months to run this similarly themed column to George Will’s, chose to run it now? And not just now, the Friday before the major holiday week of 2007, where any letters to the editor will have the lowest potential readership of the year?

One major difference is that the WSJ version used the word “gridlock” often to describe the results of the Senator’s actions, while George Will did not. There are several other references I would also find less than flattering for a candidate running for any office.

Making it even more confusing for readers(and voters), Coburn also happens to be an obstetrician, just as Ron Paul is.

In the middle of a primary season, the WSJ runs an article on a politician who is not running for reelection, who upon a casual glance, appears like another candidate who is running for president? Is this a coincidence? No. No to the highest degree. It's difficult to comprehend how the editorial board of the WSJ justified front page space for a politician not even seeking the attention, while the most important race in our nation starts January 3, 2008.

If you read the WSJ article on Coburn, you will see the confusion they are trying to generate with Ron Paul.

Looking back at the Wall Street Journal's front page for December, here is what I found:

On December 3rd, they ran a column on Barack Obama.

On December 4th, they ran a column called “Economy Moves to Fore as Issues for Voters”. There was no mention of candidate Ron Paul.

On December 5th, there was a column on campaign fundraising. There was no mention of candidate Ron Paul. With Ron Paul's success this last quarter, they failed to mention him? An oversight?

On December 8th, there was a column on Hillary Clinton.

On December 17th, there was a column on Mike Huckabee. There was no mention of candidate Ron Paul.

On December 20th, there was a column on the Iowa caucus. No mention of candidate Ron Paul.

Yet on December 21st they run a column about a Dr No, who is not candidate Ron Paul. And I did not see columns on any other politicians NOT running for an office in 2008.

Please let the WSJ know you are upset about what they are trying to do. This attempt to create confusion about Ron Paul is disingenuous to say the very least. We must also question their motives. This blatant attempt to generate voter confusion is another attempt of Mainstream media to block Ron Paul’s Presidential campaign. And if you were not aware, the Wall Street Journal has been bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. News Corp. also owns FoxNews, and we know that they have been no friend of the Ron Paul Campaign.

Please let Mainstream media know that they will not be successful with these types of media misdirection. With or without them, the Ron Paul story will be told, and it will be told truthfully. Main Street America will not have the wool pulled over our eyes.

I have written the author of the story questioning it's timing. I look forward to the response. Watching the Meetup emails for Ron Paul, I know there are efforts to contact the media and get stories in the major publications. I seriously doubt the Senator fro Oklahoma was seeking this media coverage at this time. I am hoping that a response from the author of Friday's story could shed some light on this for me.