It often amazes me how a man who is obviously very smart can take simple facts and product such a pile of donkey dung.
It has become the norm in this age to ignore the actual numbers and attempt to reach a conclusion not supported by facts.
Granted, but it also seems to be the norm these days to rebut by naked assertion. How about some evidence to support your "donkey dung" claim?
he would’a concluded Ron Paul was god.
doing work on a non-scientific poll is flaky. multiple special interests involved themselves with the Republican event. first, the libertarians, a group of anarchists and loopy gold standard bearers, came out for Ron Paul. then you have all the other untold groups like fair taxers for Huckabee, who is good guy and who has never served in our boondoggle of a senate.
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Fair Tax Voters Boost Huckabee
by: Garance Franke-Ruta
Saturday (08/11) at 21:28 PM
Voters bused to the Ames Straw Poll by Americans for Fair Taxation helped give a boost to suprise second-place poll winner Mike Huckabee, according to both a spokesman for the group and Huckabee campaign manager Chip Saltsman. Asked about things that might have made the difference for Huckabee, who did not bus voters to the poll and purchased about 1,850 tickets for supporters, Saltsman said, “We talked a lot about the fair tax.”
The group, better known as FairTax.org, bused about 500 voting Iowans and 1,000 other supporters to the Straw Poll today, according to FairTax.org national director of grassroots Mike Rose. The group sponsored a ferris wheel — the “Fairest Wheel,” they called it — at the Straw Poll, as well as a fan-cooled tent serving barbecue and dessert to supporters. This came on the heels of a two-week, 25-stop bus tour across the state to drum up enthusiasm for the group’s tax reform plan, which Huckabee supports. Poll winner Mitt Romney and third-place finisher Sen. Sam Brownback do not support the plan.
All told, the group spent $150,000 on the straw poll, according to national spokesman Ken Hoagland — roughly the same amount as the Huckabee campaign itself. “We’re about 6 inches off the ground,” said Hoagland. “We see it as a victory for our issue.”
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