Trouble importing RAW from Canon 50D to Lightroom 3.3

I've searched the forum and can't find much reference to this -- I shoot with a Canon 50 in RAW format only. When I attempt to import from the camera (File -> Import Photos then select Canon EOS 50D as source) into lightroom 3.3 (same with 3.1, 3.2), no photos appear in the import window.
As an experiment, when I changed the format to JPEG, the JPEG photos appeared in the dialog as I would expect.
My operating system is Windows 7 64 and I am using Lightroom 3.3 64-bit version. In the help menu under the version is says "Camera Raw 6.3" On the 50D the Raw format is set to "Raw" rather than S-Raw-1 or S-Raw-2.
I am able to import the photos by importing through the Canon utility and then importing those photos into Lightroom.
Any help you can give would be appreciated. File management is starting to become an issue.
Thanks

Thanks for the replies.
First, I don't have a card reader and yes, I probably should get one eventually. To clarify, import is not slow, it simply does not even attempt to import. When I connect my 50D with a card full of RAW files, LR detects it but it shows "No Photos Found." I honestly don't think that it is LR's fault, it really seems like there is some obvious setting I have missed on either my camera or LR.
Thanks.

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