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What the Straw Poll Accomplished
The New York Observer ^ | August 12, 2007 | Steve Kornacki

Posted on 08/12/2007 3:55:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Don't you love the leftist media telling us what to think about our own candidates, while slamming conservatives and conservatism? Why do we fall for it?
1 posted on 08/12/2007 3:55:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah - kind of like the devil telling us to choose the “red” door.


2 posted on 08/12/2007 3:58:57 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (An American Patriot and an anti-Islam kind of fellow. (POI))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Here is a link to a pro-Ron Paul Presidency for all to see.

http://www.outlawjournalism.com/

3 posted on 08/12/2007 3:59:25 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Democrats have plenty of patience for anti-American dictators but none for Iraqi democrats.)
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To: elhombrelibre

He really is a kook


4 posted on 08/12/2007 4:05:01 PM PDT by italianquaker (Obamas "spiritual advisor" , ." On the Sunday after the attacks, Dr. Wright blamed America.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I didn’t note any slamming. I thought it was a decent article, though written from a horse-race type perspective.


5 posted on 08/12/2007 4:05:23 PM PDT by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; b9

I’ll repeat: You Hunter fans are not contributing, in the end, to Duncan Hunter, but to his son. All of Duncan’s money is going into his PAC, and when he drops out, his PAC money will be given to his son’s campaign [which is certainly legal]. There’s nothing wrong with that, except that you need to be aware that his son is who you’re really donating to. If you live in California, it’s a good thing to have a Repub elected. If you don’t live in California, your donation is doing you much less good. [Note: This is my opinion, and my opinion only.]


6 posted on 08/12/2007 4:06:08 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

You didn’t see these examples as “slamming?”:

“On Saturday, he used a red meat-laden speech (casting aspersions on the NAACP, all but endorsing war crimes with his bluster that “I have one rule of engagement: We win, you lose,” and declaring that “Judeo-Christian” Americans are locked in a “clash of civilizations” with Muslims) to fire up the crowd...” or “The preacher man’s words did seem to strike a chord..” or “Perhaps the most riveting sub-contest was between Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback, each seeking to be the standard-bearer of the religious conservatives who hold disproportionate sway in the caucuses (and at the straw poll as well).”


7 posted on 08/12/2007 4:09:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum)
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To: Clara Lou

My opinion, too, Clara Lou.


8 posted on 08/12/2007 4:10:19 PM PDT by b9
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To: italianquaker
All he has to do is disavow them, but he won’t. He’ll give us some prattle about his speeches not being copy righted and free speech. Well, I’ll say this. Ronald Reagan knew what to say when a bunch of jerks in the KKK tried to hop on his bandwagon. Why can’t Ron Paul say, begone morons? Hmmmm?
9 posted on 08/12/2007 4:14:34 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Democrats have plenty of patience for anti-American dictators but none for Iraqi democrats.)
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To: elhombrelibre; Siobhan

That looks like a site Siobhan would frequent — and I’m not kidding.


10 posted on 08/12/2007 4:14:47 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: italianquaker
Yup! A KooK. Notice the capital “K’s”!
11 posted on 08/12/2007 4:16:30 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: soccermom; Extremely Extreme Extremist
I'm not much familiar with Siobhan. Extremely Extreme Extremist is this [http://www.outlawjournalism.com/] one of your sites?

Why is it that Ron Paul attracts all of these types? Coincidence? I think not.

12 posted on 08/12/2007 4:17:51 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Democrats have plenty of patience for anti-American dictators but none for Iraqi democrats.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think that Romney was smart to pour so much time, energy, and money into this first vote. Now he’s a proven winner, and you know how we Americans love winners.

Now he’s the man to beat.


13 posted on 08/12/2007 4:21:24 PM PDT by tennteacher (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Duncan Hunter finished a god-awful ninth, behind even Mr. Giuliani and Mr. McCain, who didn’t show up.

How can that be? Oh, right. It's the left-wing media's fault. Y'know, I like Ann Coulter, but I guess it's becoming clear that she's no king-maker.

14 posted on 08/12/2007 4:26:49 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: tennteacher

I’m not ready to go that far. I will say that Mitt Romney got some momentum and publicity. But it’s only a minor bump for him.


15 posted on 08/12/2007 4:27:44 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why do we fall for it?

Ah, the pertinent question, at last.

My more complete answer is right HERE

Excerpt:

Sorry, students haven’t gone through twelve years of public school for nothing.

They’ve learned one thing and perhaps only one thing during those twelve years.
They’ve forgotten their algebra, they’ve grown to fear and resent literature, they write like they’ve been lobotomized, but Jesus, can they follow orders!

Students don’t ask that orders make sense because they gave up expecting things to make sense long before they left elementary school.

the Matrix is here

16 posted on 08/12/2007 4:31:59 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: tennteacher

Now he’s the man to beat.

LOL! Yeah, all of those delegates will be unstoppable! Oh wait.

Nothing that happens in Iowa or NH is worth a cup of warm spit after Florida and SC usher in Super Tuesday.

The major candidates are wise to ignore them, or at least not dump money into it, at this point.


17 posted on 08/12/2007 4:37:42 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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What the Straw Poll Accomplished

It raised $35 per voter for the RNC.

18 posted on 08/12/2007 4:46:35 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: italianquaker; soccermom
Another Ron Paul supporter. Lovely people:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/raimondo2.html

19 posted on 08/12/2007 4:46:54 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Democrats have plenty of patience for anti-American dictators but none for Iraqi democrats.)
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To: tennteacher

“Proven winner”? A straw poll? In your dreams! This straw poll, for the front-runners is strictly page A-12 material. It means little. The only ones for whom it’s significant are those who show poorly—Hunter, Thompson, etc. The poll shows that they can’t even win a straw poll.


20 posted on 08/12/2007 4:48:40 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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