Posted on 02/14/2011 7:20:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Read the same thing. 2/3 of attendees did not vote.
He obviously won’t be the candidate, but he needs to run to force intelligent discussion of the issues. Even when he’s wrong, he tends to force a clear policy discussion, which makes it difficult for the standard pols to blather in their usual dishonest, incoherent way.
What a joke !!
The last few years have been a joke as far as the winner of the straw polls go.
Romney won them in 07,08,09 and Paul won in 10, 11.
Trump was right. You have a better chance electing Santa Claus to be President than you do Ron Paul.
Looking back at history.......have any of the top two in the straw polls ever been elected? If not, then the straw poll means nothing.
Yeah, I wonder if anyone can remember/recite the winners of last year's straw poll, the year before that, the year before that.....
The sore losers are out in force on this thread!! Of course, these losers would be praising the poll if their candidate had won. I wonder if they also turn over the board when they lose a game of checkers!
Leni
All this fooly-bear senior class president stuff is a lot fun. My question is whether any these fine-feathered young people will get back on the ‘hacienda’ at the end of the day and vote for the GOP candidate. If not they are leeching resources from the conservative core and doing real harm to the poeple. Maybe Paul should search deep whether that’s what he’s really all about.
Unfortunately, for the masses who vote but don't pay much attention to current events, it's all about looks. It's human nature to react positively to someone who looks good, and negatively to someone who doesn't. In addition, there have been numerous studies showing that people don't trust men with facial hair as much as those without. If Ambassador Bolton wants to make a serious run at the presidency, he would do well to shave off the moustache and get a hair cut.
“Unfortunately, for the masses who vote but don’t pay much attention to current events, it’s all about looks.”
True, true. Lincoln never would have been elected with today’s low standards. It’s like the general public is trying to cast a movie and is looking for the perfect face . . . kinda’ like Romney, sort of. Altho, I’m not sure how Nobama was picked for looks . . . skinny as hell . . . dumbo ears. But, then again, McLame looked tired and crippled (both of which he was).
Pray for our republic. We’re in a lot of trouble.
That’s what I think. He may not have a chance at winning. He’s too old. Admittedly I’m not jump up and down enthusiastic with any of the candidates.
Most politicians support views and policies that blow with the wind, and when they speak it is hot air. Paul has been saying the same thing for 30 years on big issues even when everyone criticized and laughed at him such as how the Federal Reserve is destructive, and how we need to end foreign aid, and how our borders need closed and most important how our US Constitution is more important than politics.
As I recall, Ron Paul “ran away” with multiple straw polls prior to the last Presidential primary election, but it didn’t give him any traction in actual voting.
Well, I’m not surprised that that Gay Muslim Rat Grover Norquist supports Ron Paul. But I must say, I think the increasingly irrelevant National Review might at least mention that Ron Paul bussed in a ton of young Paulites to vote for him.
Also, that CPAC has become HomoPac this past couple of years, so fewer and fewer of those who attend have any real conservative values.
Who won the last CPAC straw poll? How well did that individual do in the actual election?
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