And, once again, Uncle Squeaky opens mouth and inserts his "Iran with nukes is cool" lunacy foot in...  the  e n t i r e  nation ignores him.

"We were turned down by all the Sunday talk shows, including Fox News Sunday, which promised us an interview," Benton said. "And we were turned down by all the shows today."

Paul was initially scheduled to appear on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning, but the appearance was canceled.

"He was tentatively booked, but because of logistics and timing reasons with the news in Indiana and Somalia, we couldn't do it," said Megan Kopf, a spokeswoman for the "Today" show.

Benton said "Meet the Press" was one of several Sunday shows that Paul had a "loose arrangement" with to go on if Paul did well in the straw poll, but when he did, "their answer was, sorry our show is set."

"It was an effort to shut Ron out, no question," he said.

I'm shocked!