Is This How Straw Polls are won? (Mitt folks buying votes?) [As are the Paultards]

CBSNEWS ^ | Friday April 9, 2010

[Bigtigermike]

NEW ORLEANS -- I just wrote about "Evangelicals for Mitt," a group of evangelical supporters of Mitt Romney who are pressing people to support Romney at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll.

Afterward, I spoke to a young female delegate who said she planned to vote for Romney in the poll. I asked her how she had ended up at the conference.

She said "Evangelicals for Mitt" had contacted her and offered to pay for her to have a limited-access ticket -- so long as she agreed to vote for Romney in the straw poll.

Asked how "Evangelicals for Mitt" got her name, she said she didn't know. But she said that she was on the email list for Romney, and speculated that the Romney team had given out their email list.

"Evangelicals for Mitt" co-founder David French said in an interview yesterday that his group is not coordinating with the Romney team, though he noted that his wife had worked with the Romney campaign in the past.

UPDATE: Politico's Ben Smith reports that a conference organizer told him that "Evangelicals for Mitt" and Ron Paul's "Campaign for Liberty" bought blocks of tickets to the conference, which can then be given to supporters who cast ballots in the straw poll.

[big'ol_freeper]

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, as well as their sycophants are scum.

[SandRat]

[As are the Paultards PaulTURDS]

[truthfreedom]

And there's nothing theoretical about what Iran intends to do to Israel. There's nothing secret about it either. Read the papers. Not the USA. Totally different countries.

[Allegra]

Where are the Paulbots? they are usually around to trash Palin

Maybe there's a big Star Trek convention somewhere?

[Lakeshark]

Maybe there's a big Star Trek convention somewhere?

They're comparing who has the smallest ________. This pattern where they keep putting forward strange ideas needs to stop........

:-)

The blank isn't what's commonly thought of for this sentence, it should be filled with "braincell".

[onyx]

LOLOLOLOL.
Hey, it’s picture day for you tomorrow!

[Lakeshark]

Hey, we're new at this, so go easy.

We're going to be lucky if we make a good sign........

[onyx]

She gave you great lines today!

[Lakeshark]

The hot date wants to combine a couple.......

Repeal
Replace
Reload

[Lakeshark]

Mine is too long, but I like it:

Democrats,
Ruining America
One day at a time.

[onyx]

HD is right!

Repeal or we’ll reload..LOL.

EPA - “Economic punishment agency”

OPM = dmocrats are addicted to “Our People’s Money” - “Other People’s Money”

[onyx]

You are just ordered to take pics of you and HD and of the event.

[onyx]

Recall, there wasn’t a request submitted?
LOLOLOL.

[Lakeshark]

Now that Stupakpid has decided not to run, I hope there are enough people to take pics of..........

[HereInTheHeartland]

Romney attempted to buy straw poll votes here in Iowa in 2008. He made contributions to a local community organization in my community.
He is a sleazy snake.

[onyx]

OH, that’s the Tea Party!
I might know of others planning to attend!

[Lakeshark]

In Traverse City?

[onyx]

Your part of MI is awfully cold in winter. Yikes.

[onyx]

Oh, no.
Sault (Sue) St. Marie.

[Lakeshark]

The Sue is really, really, really cold.