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To: nutmeg
..."FReeping" those paper ballots...

"FReeping" is a term limited to conservative votes or feedback - not RINO.

127 posted on 01/13/2010 7:58:02 PM PST by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Talisker
..."FReeping" those paper ballots...

"FReeping" is a term limited to conservative votes or feedback - not RINO.

OK, I'll put it another way. The CPAC straw poll is a joke. They ask you to vote before you've even heard the speakers. Most attendees are much too busy with all of the speakers, panels, book signings, educational side sessions, etc. going on to be bothered filling out the long straw poll form.

All 7 years I've attended CPAC I see the same thing: College kids who are passionate about a particular candidate or issue vote over and over again and stuff those "scientific" cardboard ballot boxes with their paper straw poll forms. (Yes, some of these kids love Romney and other RINOs, but many can't stand RINOs just as much as we do here on FR.)

The last hour or so of CPAC on Saturday the guy that does the straw poll reads the results with great fanfare and everyone is always surprised at the results because the poll usually doesn't reflect how most attendees would vote. So the results are mostly the "votes" of a bunch of college kids having some fun. And this "all important straw poll" is always highly touted in the media as poll results for ALL CPAC attendees. Which is a joke.

150 posted on 01/13/2010 11:02:15 PM PST by nutmeg (Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
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