[rface]

yea.... sure ... - They have what it takes.

R. Paul beats both of them in poll data.

[mkjessup]

R. Paul beats both of them in poll data.

With an army of online trolls, poll-pumpers and spambots acting in his behalf, that's no surprise.

[jrooney]

"R. Paul beats both of them in poll data"

Spammed poll data by trolls, liberals and every anti-war nut in attempt to show Ron Paul has support in a general election, he does not. Ron Paul will not break 2% nationwide in GOP race for POTUS.

[DelphiUser]

trisham: Fred Thompson will be the Republican nominee.

rface: He's not even trying....I don't think he wants it. As far as I can see - he's just an empty suit.

Then Rface starts to quote polls: R. Paul beats both of them in poll data.

Me, I'm thinking LOL! Thompson isn't trying (according to you) and yet he's the #2 guy in the polls without trying, and so far he's run a brilliant "non-campaign" Lets look at some real poll data, from Real Clear politics, ok?

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Giuliani	Thompson	Romney	McCain	Huckabee	Spread
RCP Average	08/06 - 08/28	28.0	16.8	14.0	11.0	3.3	Giuliani +11.2

Rasmussen

08/25 - 08/28

25

21

17

10

6

Giuliani +4.0

FOX News

08/21 - 08/22

29

14

11

7

3

Giuliani +15.0

Gallup

08/13 - 08/16

32

19

14

11

4

Giuliani +13.0

Quinnipiac

08/07 - 08/13

28

12

15

11

2

Giuliani +13.0

American Res. Group

08/09 - 08/12

27

16

16

13

3

Giuliani +11.0

CNN

08/06 - 08/08

27

19

11

14

2

Giuliani +8.0

See All Republican Presidential Nomination Polling Data

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It's ugly HTML, but a beautiful story, as of the time I write this, Fred Thompson, the number two guy in the polls has not even announced yet, everybody decided to announce early, the "conventional wisdom" being that the public needed more time to get to know candidates because there were more of them. Conventional wisdom is wrong, as usual. I talk to people all the time who ask "is this an election year?" and "When will this be over?" people are already burned out on half (or more) of the candidates. Fred has kept a more traditional timeline, looks presidential and in the crowd, stands head and shoulders above the rest. Fred has a very direct way of putting his finger on the truth, and cutting out all the BS that is so derigure in politics. I am a Mormon, so many assume I am for Mitt Romney, they are wrong, and I am meeting more and more Mormons who feel the same way.

In short, We should keep Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, "Thou shalt not speak evil of any other Republican" your post(s) denigrate many other contenders, stop, for you look worse than those you disparage. (advice: it's worth every penny you pay for it, sometimes even more.)