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Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll
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Posted on 02/20/2010 2:33:18 PM PST by byteback

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To: John D

We have to be careful of Tea Partiers IMO. I’m not going to go third party.


41 posted on 02/20/2010 3:01:57 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: byteback

I don’t think it means people actually want Ron Paul as the candidate, but rather, they want the ideas that he has been a major proponent of.

I think it is a very good sign that these people are concerned about constitutional government. I also think it’s a signal that philosophical conservatism is front and center.


42 posted on 02/20/2010 3:06:31 PM PST by ecomcon
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To: PhiKapMom
“group of Tea Party types trying to get organized who are using the Tea Party movement for Paul who claims he started the Tea Party movement”

I have been to two TP local rallies and never heard Ron Paul's name mentioned. This will kill the Tea Party movement. Tea Partiers I know will drop out if this is true.

- sounds like DNC has a hand in this

43 posted on 02/20/2010 3:10:19 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

Inevitably, any political group will get corrupted over time, no group is immune.


44 posted on 02/20/2010 3:11:43 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Waryone

QUEERPAC - Excellent LOL!


45 posted on 02/20/2010 3:13:53 PM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (A country can survive its fools, but it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: elpadre
This will kill the Tea Party movement. Tea Partiers I know will drop out if this is true.

Tea Party people have stopped listening to garbage like this. They get their news from their neighbors, Free Republic and other non-media spin sources.

That is why the media and the left is furious. We're not controllable in the old ways anymore. And we're bigger than they are.

We win. They lose.

46 posted on 02/20/2010 3:17:44 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: elpadre

Tea Partiers I know will drop out if this is true.


http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/firstreading/entries/2010/02/17/more_signs_of_voters_backing_a.html?srcTrk=RTR_95609

Burleson Tx pulled out of one Scheduled for Fort Worth because of the Medina factor.


47 posted on 02/20/2010 3:19:40 PM PST by deport
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To: freespirited

You have to have a candidate with carisma. Gotta be young and telegenic. If not, no point running. McPain, McDole etc.


48 posted on 02/20/2010 3:39:17 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: byteback

Bless his heart, but Ron Paul couldn’t beat his way out of a paper bag.

My dog has a better chance of being President that Paul ever does.


49 posted on 02/20/2010 3:43:21 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (November is coming.)
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To: deport
Site says 2395 votes cast 2400.......... out of 10,000 in attendance voted.

It seems to beg the question:

Why if other candidates could be voted for, and were on the agenda, why did they fail to vote?

50 posted on 02/20/2010 3:45:03 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Apparently not everyone votes. They don’t handout ballots so you have to go find the spots to vote. The corner is reporting that people booed when the results were announced.


51 posted on 02/20/2010 3:47:33 PM PST by byteback
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To: The_Media_never_lie

exactly, the masses that don’t follow politics closely vote for silly things like looks.

I have always been able to pick the winner of Presidential races based one who was better looking.

Reagan was better looking that Carter.
Reagan was better looking than Mondale.
HW Bush better looking than Dukakis (barely)
Clinton better looking than HW Bush.
Clinton better looking than Dole.
W Bush better looking than Gore.
W Bush better looking than Kerry.
Obama better looking than McCain.


52 posted on 02/20/2010 3:50:20 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (November is coming.)
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To: Waryone

“QUEERPAC”

FUDGEPAC.


53 posted on 02/20/2010 3:51:58 PM PST by Grunthor (The biggest issue for the past year has been health care and Mitt has been nowhere!)
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To: ecomcon; Engineer_Soldier
"I think it is a very good sign that these people are concerned about constitutional government. I also think it’s a signal that philosophical conservatism is front and center."

That's precisely it.

It isn't Ron Paul as "a personality" that they are voting for, it's the message and philosophy of Constitutional government -- plus someone who doesn't just talk the talk but instead walks the walk. For many years, Ron Paul been the only one delivering this message. Of course any political group wants more than one person to pick up that ball and run with it -- including Ron Paul, himself -- and finally this next election (God Willing) he may have some new company with the message in Congress, including his son.

Engineer Soldier is right. The youth of this country who are the energy and life of campaigns, don't want their grandaddy's RNC. They have ideas of their own and Ron Paul's freedom and Constitutional government message resonates with them, in ways no other Republican or Conservative's does.

54 posted on 02/20/2010 4:02:29 PM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: elpadre

Ron Paul was the main speaker at our tea party. There was a huge crowd, and a lot of people — of all ages — carried Ron Paul signs. It’s my understanding that he was going to hit at least one more tea party after that (maybe two more, but memory doesn’t serve me very well regarding that day — it was tax day).

It was a bittersweet event. I was happy the American people were rising up and disturbed by the Ron Paul frenzy.

I do fear we’re going to squander this movement if Paul supporters glom onto it and claim it as their vehicle.


55 posted on 02/20/2010 4:03:07 PM PST by ru4liberty
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