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PPP poll: Sarah Palin leads GOP field — among Republicans who say they’ve smoked pot
Hotair ^ | 08/15/2010 | AllahPundit

Posted on 08/14/2010 8:04:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Who was it, remind me, who was ahead of the curve on this? Who was it who called on her to gently appeal to the legalization crowd weeks before she ended up dropping that mini-bombshell on Napolitano’s show about marijuana laws being overenforced?

C’mon. I have, like, three good ideas a year. Give a man some props.

Among Republicans who say they’ve smoked Marijuana:

Palin 25
Gingrich 22
Huckabee 17
Romney 17
Paul 8

Among Republicans who say they have not smoked Marijuana:

Huckabee 24
Romney 23
Gingrich 21
Palin 21
Paul 3

The sample size was only, er, 83 people, but even so, I’m intrigued to see her so far ahead of Ron Paul, whom you might think would have this particular market cornered. Either her brand as a western libertarian-ish type is stronger than we realized or pot-smoking is so mainstream even among Republicans that there’s no “fringe effect” when polling this particular demographic. When you sample a group of conservatives who’ve smoked weed, you end up with … a group of conservatives, not the pilots of the next “rEVOLution” blimp or whatever. Exit question: Which formerly lefty issue will a majority of the right embrace first, marijuana legalization or gay marriage?




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To: ansel12

‘To quote PPP itself. “Granted it’s a sample size of just 83 and her lead is within the margin of error but it’s still kind of amusing.’

The main purpose of PPP polling, to give folks a good laugh!


101 posted on 08/15/2010 1:32:19 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: secondamendmentkid

‘So why is the Kenyan not included in this poll?’

He is better known as a coke head, rather than a pot head.


102 posted on 08/15/2010 1:34:55 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: pissant; Mojave; wtc911; MaggieCarta; All

I think the Hot Air article and the poll it links are being presented in a light hearted and humorous way.

The Palinistas, of course, are going to see it as a conspiracy of the Paul and Romney camps.


103 posted on 08/15/2010 1:34:56 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; ansel12
The main purpose of PPP polling, to give folks a good laugh!

I'm glad someone gets it. :)

104 posted on 08/15/2010 1:36:33 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Unless she smoked pot last week, I don’t really care.


105 posted on 08/15/2010 1:36:51 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Republic of Texas; SeekAndFind
Unless she smoked pot last week, I don’t really care.

I wouldn't even care if she did.

106 posted on 08/15/2010 2:05:33 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: SeekAndFind

At first water worked.

Then I had a little wine.

Then I tried the gold standard, a six pack of my favorite.

Then I tried all three and some nicotine gum.

Oh well, back to the drawing board...


107 posted on 08/15/2010 2:33:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (UniTea! It's not Rs vs Ds you dimwits. It's Cs vs Ls. Cut the crap & lets build for success.)
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL, you are looking for trouble with this :)
Thanks for the laugh. You think Palin smokes herself ???? :)

In Palin’s defense Republicans do not have a great choice of candidates and the thought of having to pick one of those five losers to go against O makes me sick.


108 posted on 08/15/2010 6:19:40 PM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin 25
Gingrich 22
Huckabee 17
Romney 17
Paul 8

I don’t like any of them!


109 posted on 08/15/2010 8:06:43 PM PDT by rmlew (Lindsey Graham is a traitor the GOP and the SC GOP voters are his enablers.)
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To: napscoordinator

Accepted with ease (((((napscoordinator))))) We’ve been good friends for years and all of us have off days. I’m very happy we’re back to normal!


110 posted on 08/15/2010 9:35:13 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
In other words, the extreme minority who never smoked pot is only slightly less supportive of Palin. Ok ...

Tee hee hee.

111 posted on 08/15/2010 9:38:02 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

So Hot Air could rip Palin again. Without Palin Hot Air would be done.


112 posted on 08/15/2010 9:39:44 PM PDT by Brimack34
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