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Fred Thompson Wins, Ron Paul Second in South Carolina Straw Poll
UusaElectionPolls.com ^ | 7/28/07 | Tom Swatzel, Georgetown County SC Republican Party

Posted on 07/29/2007 9:59:15 PM PDT by George W. Bush

Fred Thompson Wins, Ron Paul Second in South Carolina Straw Poll

Fred Thompson Wins Georgetown County Straw Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2007
Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 357-1673

PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC--Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson convincingly won the Georgetown County Republican Party presidential primary straw poll today with 46% of the votes, while second and third place finishers Congressman Ron Paul and Governor Mitt Romney had 18% and 17% respectively.

Georgetown County Republican Party Chairman Tom Swatzel said, "Senator Fred Thompson and his committee are to be congratulated for their efforts today. It's clear his supporters are well organized and motivated."

Congressman Gresham Barrett represented Thompson at the event.

Swatzel said that there were 223 total votes cast and that overall the event was attended by about 250 people. "For our first ever straw poll, I am pleased with the turn out. It was an enthusiastic crowd that was the essence of grassroots politics at its best," he said.

All eleven of the active presidential campaigns recognized on the state Republican Party web site- plus Thompson, who is expected to formally announce his candidacy soon- were invited to participate the event, which was held in the Waccamaw High School auditorium in Pawleys Island.

The overall results are as follows:

Fred Thompson 102
Ron Paul 40
Mitt Romney 37

Duncan Hunter 15
Rudy Giuliani 13
John McCain 7
Sam Brownback 6
Newt Gingrich 2
Daniel Gilbert 1

Source: Georgetown County Republican Party, Tom Swatzel



TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; fredthompson; paulbearers; paulestinians; rfr; ronpaul; strawpolls
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To: rhinohunter

You’ve forgotten the very first charge I ever heard levied against Fred: that he was nothing but a stalking horse for his blood brother and fellow CFR enthusiast, John McCain.

That has worked out pretty well, hasn’t it. Especially for McCain.


21 posted on 07/30/2007 1:38:48 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: rhinohunter
Yeah, You forgot just two minor points...... The New York Slimes will never, EVER endorse the guy and Chrissy Mathews said just the other day, ‘’This guy aint no Reagan!’’ LOL ! RUN, FRED RUN!!!
22 posted on 07/30/2007 2:29:57 AM PDT by Bush gal in LA (Don't tread on the FRED! ''Fred Thompson 08'')
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To: Politicalmom
Bump! Go Fred Go!

http://Vets4Fred.net


http://FredForPresident.com

23 posted on 07/30/2007 3:10:39 AM PDT by W04Man (I'm Now With Fred)
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To: George W. Bush

During Debate on an AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. PAUL OF TEXAS
TO PROHIBIT USE OF TAXPAYERS FUNDS FOR ABORTION AND FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES


HON. RON PAUL
OF TEXAS

[Page: H6833]
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 3 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, the amendment is straightforward. It prohibits the use of any money for population control, family planning, or abortion of any funds authorized in this bill, appropriated in this bill.

Mr. Chairman, the question really is this: Should the American taxpayer be required to pay for birth control pills, IUDs, Depo-Provera, Norplant, condom distribution, as well as abortion in foreign countries. Those who believe this is a proper and legitimate function will vote against the amendment. Those who believe that it is not a proper function for us to be doing these things around the world would vote for my amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I mention abortion because although this bill does not authorize funds directly for abortion, any birth control center that is involved that receives funds from us and are involved with abortion, all they do is shift the funds. All funds are fungible, so any country that we give money to that is involved with abortion, for whatever reason, or especially in a family planning clinic, can very easily shift those funds and perform abortions. So this is very, very clear-cut.

I would like to spend a minute though on the authority that is cited for doing such a thing. Under the House rules, the committee is required to at least cite the constitutional authority for doing what we do on each of our bills. Of course, I was curious about this, because I was wondering whether this could be general welfare. This does not sound like the general welfare of the U.S. taxpayer, to be passing out condoms and birth control pills and forcing our will on other people, imposing our standards on them and forcing our taxpayers to pay. That does not seem to have anything to do whatsoever with the general welfare of this country.

Of course, the other clause that is generally used in our legislation is the interstate commerce clause. Well, it would be pretty tough, pretty tough, justifying passing out condoms in the various countries of the world under the interstate commerce clause.

So it was very interesting to read exactly what the justification is. The Committee on Appropriations, quoting from the committee report, the Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to report this legislation from clause 7, section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America, which states “no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriation made by law.” “Appropriations contained in this act,” the report says, “are made pursuant to this specific power granted by the Constitution.”

That is not a power. That was a prohibition. It was to keep us from spending money without appropriation. If this is true, we can spend money on anything in the world, and the Constitution has zero meaning. This cannot possibly be.

So all I would suggest is this: Be a little more creative when we talk about the Constitution. There must be a more creative explanation on why we are spending these kinds of monies overseas.
...

Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Chairman, the gentlewoman makes the point that we should not use the abortion issue to talk about fungibility and I believe that she is correct. I think it should apply to everything. This is the reason I do strongly oppose Export-Import Bank money going to Red China. Their violations of civil liberties and abortions are good reasons why we should not do it, and yet they are the greatest recipient of our foreign aid from the Exim Bank. $5.9 billion they have received over the years.

So I would say, yes, the gentlewoman is correct. All of these programs are fungible. And I agree that the wording in the bill says that our funds cannot be used. But when we put our funds in with other funds, all of the sudden they are in a pool and they can shift them around and there is a real thing called fungibility.

So once we send money to a country for any reason, we endorse what they do. Therefore, we should be rather cautious. As a matter of fact, if we were cautious enough we would not be in the business of taking money at the point of a gun from our American taxpayer, doing things that they find abhorrent around the world and imposing our will and our standards on them.

Mr. Chairman, birth control methods are not perfectly safe. As a gynecologist, I have seen severe complications from the use of IUDs and Depo-Provera and Norplant. Women can have strokes with birth control pill. These are not benign.

And my colleagues say we want to stop the killing and abortions, but every time that the abortion is done with fungible funds, it is killing a human being, an innocent human being. So for very real reasons, if we were serious about stopping this and protecting the American taxpayer, there is nothing wrong with some of these goals. I agree. As a gynecologist, I would agree with the goals, but they should not be done through coercion. They should be done through voluntary means through churches and charities. That is the way it should be done.

Mr. Chairman, we do not have the authority to coerce our people to work hard, pay their taxes, and then take the money into foreign countries and impose our will on them.


24 posted on 07/30/2007 3:24:12 AM PDT by KDD (Ron Paul for President)
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To: rhinohunter

Few threads up he loses to the Breck girl, double digits. The American people would be better served if there were no polls in an election year. They are relatively worthless and are at best self-fulfilling prophecies in that they manipulate an uninformed and/or apathetic electorate.


25 posted on 07/30/2007 3:45:42 AM PDT by WildcatClan (Hunter '08)
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To: George W. Bush

I’m awaiting Lindsay Graham’s comments....


26 posted on 07/30/2007 3:48:55 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: George W. Bush

Ron Paul is starting to show some serious numbers in these events, 18% is very high... Congrats to Thompson as well for coming out first in this poll! My guy overall Romney also fairly respectable considering he just started campaigning in south carolina. Hunter moving up too.

It just shows this is a long race, and people should be careful when they say ‘x’ candidate can’t win.


27 posted on 07/30/2007 3:54:10 AM PDT by ran20
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To: George W. Bush

Hunter beat Giuliani! cool.


28 posted on 07/30/2007 4:00:29 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (The FairTax and the North American Union are mutually exclusive.)
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To: John Valentine
You’ve forgotten the very first charge I ever heard levied against Fred: that he was nothing but a stalking horse for his blood brother and fellow CFR enthusiast, John McCain.

If that's true, McCrazy needs a different horse because it ain't workin' so well.
29 posted on 07/30/2007 4:23:59 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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To: rhinohunter
Have I forgotten anything?

He voted to destroy the first amendment with campaign finance reform, and he calls McCain his buddy.

30 posted on 07/30/2007 4:29:24 AM PDT by JoinJuniorAchievement (“ Fellow Veterans, we took an Oath. It is now our duty to vote for Ron Paul.")
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To: Graybeard58

http://www.wethepeopleforpresident.com/

Gilberts website.


31 posted on 07/30/2007 4:29:29 AM PDT by RatsDawg
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To: Graybeard58
A 61 year old businessman from Asheville.
32 posted on 07/30/2007 4:33:05 AM PDT by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: Libertina; Chena
Paul Supporters Flocking To Georgetown
33 posted on 07/30/2007 4:35:52 AM PDT by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: ran20
Ron Paul is starting to show some serious numbers in these events, 18% is very high...

What these little straw polls show is name recognition, the intensity of support for candidates, a hint of their prospects at recruiting and building a local grassroots effort. But not a lot more than that.

I thought the straw poll hints that Fred has a strong potential base, that Ron Paul has dedicated supporters in some number, that Romney isn't as weak in SC as the media says, that Giuliani is weaker than expected in almost every real poll not controlled by the libmedia's pollsters, etc.

When you compare FR as it is today to the way it was in the pre-Bush era, it's striking to see how many people believe the liberal media's pollsters are trustworthy, how few mention how easy it is to manipulate polls if you have an agenda.

So I like this poll not just because the top three candidates are my own picks but because they have real Republicans voting in them. Not a bunch of handpicked people that the libmedia pollsters can use to produce almost any desired poll results.
34 posted on 07/30/2007 4:37:32 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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To: rhinohunter
Have I forgotten anything?

He co-chaired McCain's presidential campaign and bragged about co-authoring McCain/Feingold.

More recently, he is backpedaling from naming open borders Spencer Abraham to his campaign team.

Not to mention the added benefit that NearlydeadMcFred is the one candidate that when standing next to Hillary makes her look pretty.

But don't fret, McFred will never be president.

35 posted on 07/30/2007 4:48:06 AM PDT by Nephi ( $100m ante is a symptom of the old media... the Ron Paul Revolution is the new media's choice.)
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To: George W. Bush

Thats exactly how I look at it. Polls are very easily manipulated and there is a big difference between calling some people at home, and which people will actually drive down to vote in a primary. Not surprisingly the lib media leaders are always the candidates who they are most comfortable with.

Even people who know so many of the polls are bs, like the media polls showing a near majority supporting amnesty its almost scary to take the leap and not trust anything the ‘establishment’ says.

Well I still look at the national and especially state polls as an interesting ‘factoid’ to take into account, but not the end all and be all of information. Especially when it comes to lesser known candidates nationally.


36 posted on 07/30/2007 4:48:22 AM PDT by ran20
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To: rhinohunter
Have I forgotten anything?

He is a member of CFR and secretly wants the US to surrender all its sovereignty to global government.

37 posted on 07/30/2007 5:08:47 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: ran20
Polls are very easily manipulated and there is a big difference between calling some people at home, and which people will actually drive down to vote in a primary. Not surprisingly the lib media leaders are always the candidates who they are most comfortable with.

I think everyone should be very very cynical about these polls, even if it makes their guy look good. The voting public isn't even paying attention yet.

Even people who know so many of the polls are bs, like the media polls showing a near majority supporting amnesty its almost scary to take the leap and not trust anything the ‘establishment’ says.

You would think that would make some people think twice. But if some libmedia pollster says something in the least favorable about their guy, well, then it must contain more gospel truth than the Bible.
38 posted on 07/30/2007 5:27:46 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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To: Nephi

In Ron Paul’s San Antonio rally over the weekend, he was making cracks about loaning money to McCrazy. LOL.


39 posted on 07/30/2007 5:34:33 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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To: Graybeard58
Here ya go...


40 posted on 07/30/2007 6:04:01 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred Thompson once set fire to a crowd of liberals simply by smoking a cigar and looking upon them)
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