Posted on 04/09/2010 10:06:17 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
NEW ORLEANS -- I just wrote about "Evangelicals for Mitt," a group of evangelical supporters of Mitt Romney who are pressing people to support Romney at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll.
Afterward, I spoke to a young female delegate who said she planned to vote for Romney in the poll. I asked her how she had ended up at the conference.
She said "Evangelicals for Mitt" had contacted her and offered to pay for her to have a limited-access ticket -- so long as she agreed to vote for Romney in the straw poll.
Asked how "Evangelicals for Mitt" got her name, she said she didn't know. But she said that she was on the email list for Romney, and speculated that the Romney team had given out their email list.
"Evangelicals for Mitt" co-founder David French said in an interview yesterday that his group is not coordinating with the Romney team, though he noted that his wife had worked with the Romney campaign in the past.
UPDATE: Politico's Ben Smith reports that a conference organizer told him that "Evangelicals for Mitt" and Ron Paul's "Campaign for Liberty" bought blocks of tickets to the conference, which can then be given to supporters who cast ballots in the straw poll.
Frostbite
Falls
Oh yeah and your city is on a lovely lake, right?
The Sue is too cold for me, and then there’s Sarah’s Alaska.
Best kept secret I know.
Straw poll vote buying has very limited success. It’s about as reliable as an online poll. Worthless.
AHAHAHAHAHA...HOHOHOHO...HEHEHEHEHE......*gasp, gasp*....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....HEHEHEHEHEHE.....(wipes eyes)...That's funny right there.
I wish I'd seen this earlier today! :)
He’s done this for years at CPAC... it was even documented by the NYT’s.
Mitt up to his old tricks
I’m expecting pics.
Must sleep now.
Look beautiful for me...lol.
And for your viewing pleasure: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2489867/posts?q=1&;page=1#45
Yep, Mitt and Paul... buying votes for straw polls.
Very adult.
Oops, link didn’t work in other ping: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2489867/posts?q=1&;page=1#45
HD might look that way.......
OF COURSE!
and you will too!
Like the rich kids in school who have no friends and have to buy them so they can seem popular.
LOL. Well, one is rich and the other uses campaign money, so there ya have it. You are exactly right!
So did I see that you are off to a TP tomorrow? Which city?
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