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Rick Perry wins Iowa county straw poll
Politico ^ | July 20, 2011 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 07/20/2011 9:48:34 AM PDT by Clairity

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To: CedarDave

Typing fast typo correction of my last post. Palin said she ‘doesn’t’ need a title to help.


61 posted on 07/20/2011 2:40:35 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: TLI

Thanks, I’ll check it out.


62 posted on 07/20/2011 2:41:17 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
That’s odd other TX FReepers have said they will be voting for Perry if he gets the nom.

I'm one of those Texans. Yes, I'll vote for Perry if he gets the nomination.

But I think we can do better than Perry and I'm going to keep hoping we do until we have an official nominee.

63 posted on 07/20/2011 2:48:40 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Clairity

Can Rick and Sarah win it all? You betcha!


64 posted on 07/20/2011 3:04:44 PM PDT by Sarabaracuda (I, Sarabaracuda, do hereby swear to support the Republican nominee for president.)
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To: Clairity

59 votes...is that all...LOL! Wow, what waste of time.


65 posted on 07/20/2011 3:08:40 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Clairity

Bump!!


66 posted on 07/20/2011 3:21:31 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Clairity

“You are on your way to do just that: reelecting Obama, because no electable Republican is good enough for you.”

Well stated.

Palin and Perry are like peas in a pod politically speaking. I think it is very telling that we have Palin fans dissing the solid conservative Bachmann for her (minor) imperfections, and now dissing Perry for his.

When Perry was challenged in the Gov primary by Senator KBH, Palin came to ENDORSE PERRY.

http://www.rickperry.org/palin-endorses-perry

Here is a prediction: PALIN WILL ENDORSE PERRY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

Perry wouldnt run if she was running. And Palin is NOT making the moves a candidate would make (lining up fundraisers and consultants and an organization). Palin fans might reconsider bashing the candidate Palin may someday endorse.


67 posted on 07/20/2011 3:42:16 PM PDT by WOSG (Cut the spending!)
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To: Clairity

Straw poll are ALWAYS sold to the highest bidder....looks like Myth has competition...


68 posted on 07/20/2011 3:58:07 PM PDT by Fred (Palin/Bachmann 2012 OR Bachmann/Palin 2012......that is the ticket!!!)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
"Yup and 3 of those votes were mine. I stopped after testing it."

Wow! You stopped after testing it?! How very clever and original of you... most people would still be sitting there, hitting the "return" button.

Very interesting. I tried voting a second time for Palin, and the "Results" screen came up saying (and I quote)"Thank you, we have already counted your vote."

How very nice of her to make a special website just for your url!!! You must be really special, huh?

Thanks for cluing all of us in...

By the way, I just went and tried it again. Here's what I got:

Thank you, we have already counted your vote.

Gov Rick Perry 34.16% (1,204 votes)

Gov Sarah Palin 65.84% (2,321 votes)

Total Votes: 3,525

Comments (9)
Return To Poll
Create Your Own Poll

Try it yourself. Here's the url:

http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/poll/gov-palin-or-gov-perry/

Yeah, they probably just changed the thing overnight. NO WAY you'd lie about something like that, just because you hate Palin, huh? You're no liar, are you?

8^D

69 posted on 07/20/2011 4:12:37 PM PDT by Gargantua (Sarah Palin 2012 ~ "Going Oval")
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To: WOSG
"Palin fans might reconsider bashing the candidate Palin may someday endorse."

Palin backing him for Governor of Texas is not Palin backing him for Prez, Slowtooth.

Sarah said just a couple days ago that there is nobody, in either the field of those already announced, or the cluster currently being discussed as potential candidates (that includes Perriwinkle, Slowtooth) whose candidacy would prevent her throwing her hat in the ring.

Not to mention which, our preferred candidate has taken so much abuse over the past 2-or-3 years, we owe it to any potential "playuh" to see if they (and their blatting screechers) can take the heat.

We sure know our gal can.

;^\

70 posted on 07/20/2011 4:21:21 PM PDT by Gargantua (Sarah Palin 2012 ~ "Going Oval")
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To: Clairity

Palin isn’t running.

If she were, she would have announced by now.


Does that also mean that Perry isn’t running since he hasn’t announced by now?....

Just checking....


71 posted on 07/20/2011 4:25:02 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Perry has not considered running until recently, and since then he has been actively engaged in assessing his chances, meeting with prominent Republicans.

Sarah has been “running” ever since Obama was elected, there is no reason for her to not have announced, if she was really running. The only reason for the delay, is because she doesn’t want to announce that she is NOT running.


72 posted on 07/20/2011 5:25:55 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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73 posted on 07/20/2011 5:26:42 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Clairity; Al B.; onyx; Brices Crossroads; Virginia Ridgerunner; Lakeshark

“prominent Republicans”

And they are who exactly? Care to name them?


74 posted on 07/20/2011 6:12:41 PM PDT by sarah fan UK
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To: Gargantua
Last night, Greta Van Susteren had a poll on GretaWire. You could only vote once. She asked her national audience to pick one, Perry or Palin. Thousands of votes poured in. The results? Palin ~ 65% Perry ~ 35% By a nearly two-to-one margin, America wants Palin. Sorry. 8^(

Since when did "Greta Van Susteren Fans" become "America"?

Since Sarah Palin is not comforatable being interviewed by anybody except Greta Van Susteren and Sean Hannity, who toss her cream puff pitches, it stands to reason that the Sarah Palin Fan Club gravitates to Greta's online polls and Sean's online polls.

What will be the next breaking news?

The readers of the Lady Gaga Fan Club page want Lady Gaga to run for President?

You know what "America" does NOT want?

America does NOT want Sarah Palin as President of the United States.

FOX News Poll (February 7-9, 2011)

Question 3: I am going to read you a list of names. Tell me if you think that person would make a good President or not.

Sarah Palin:

.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of

ALL...........23%.......72%.........4%.......1%

Dem ...........7%........87%........5%.......1%

Rep ...........40%.......56%.......3%.......1%

Ind ...........25%........69%.......3%.......1%

76 posted on 07/20/2011 6:27:36 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: dusttoyou
“illegal immigrant bootlicker”

Not quite my choice of words, but I concur with the general idea. Or does that mean I have Perry DS?

You may want another RINO presidential candidate, but many of us do not. If that makes us "deranged," so be it.


77 posted on 07/20/2011 6:33:38 PM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: Gargantua

Yeah, they probably just changed the thing overnight. NO WAY you’d lie about something like that, just because you hate Palin, huh? You’re no liar, are you? ............................................ What do I have to gain by lying about what occured? The damn page popped up on me 3x and I voted on each one. There was no thank you on the page, just an open “o” so I marked it to see what it would do, it came back with the result. So I figured I wonder if I could do it again, the next pop up had the “o” again so I again marked it. Again the result, next another pop up? By that time I figured, hey, what gives, you can keep on voting, hence its an unreliable BS Poll. No need to lie, just reported what occured. I reported, you decided I lied without knowing the facts, you must be a Democrat. I hate Palin, you can see that in my tag line. Yup, Its been there for about a month, so I guess I hate her because you think I’m lying? Geeeez.


78 posted on 07/20/2011 6:44:02 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Liberals fight with smear, Conservatives fight with truth. Palin & West team are 2012's dream)
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To: Gargantua; Clairity
"Sure, the Dems want Palin..."

Sooo... that's who you feel is watching FOX News now... the Democrats?

The Palin fanatics want Palin because they believe in her just like they believed in Christine O'Donnell.

The Palin fanatics flock to GretaWire because Greta and Sean are Sarah Palin's favorite cream puff pitchers. That is where you go to see Sarah interviewed because Sarah is afraid of all other interviwers.

The Democrats want Palin because it would guarantee the reelection of Barack Hussein Obama.

If you want to know what liberals think of Sarah Palin, you should "Know your enemy" and find out what liberals write about Sarah Palin when they write for other liberals.

At any point in 2009 or 2010, news that Sarah Palin was taking "concrete steps" toward launching a presidential campaign would have sent the political world into an absolute frenzy, with Democrats rejoicing, Republican leaders panicking, and cable news channels shifting into "all Sarah, all the time" overdrive.

Did you get what liberals say to other liberal about a Sarah Palin run?

" ..... with Democrats rejoicing, ....."


79 posted on 07/20/2011 6:44:03 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Gargantua; Clairity
As for Greta's poll being "scientific," her poll more closely mirrors an actual vote than any other telephone poll. How many people answer their phone when it rings? What percentage? Okay, now what percentage actually get up, go out and vote? To answer Greta's Poll, you have to get up, log on to your computer, pull up GretaWire and do it. A far higher percentage of people willing to get up and vote are also among those willing to take part in Greta's Poll, compared to the percentage of couch potatoes who just answer their phone. Logic ain't your long suit, is it darlin'? Just askin'. :-\

In the eyes of anybody with an I.Q. above room temperature, Gargantua, you are making a real idiot of yourself lecturing to Clairity about "logic".

The GretaWire poll is a "Self-Selection Bias" survey where the questioner limits his question to a very specific group of self-selected people, in this case, Greta viewers who love Greta because Greta loves Sarah.

By definition, a "Self-Selection Bias" survey is automatically invalid because it looks only at people brought together by a common bond and excludes all others without that bond.

Thus, in a "Self-Selection Bias" survey of the Michael Moore web page, 90% of all responders will believe that the U.S. is the most evil country on Earth.

Thus, in a "Self-Selection Bias" survey of the Lady Gaga Fan Club web page, 99% of all responders will believe that Lady Gaga is the greatest singer that ever lived.

Thus, in a "Self-Selection Bias" survey of the New York Jets Fan Club web page, 85% of all responders will believe that the New York Jets will win the next Super Bowl.

Thus, in a "Self-Selection Bias" survey of the Weight Watcher's web page, 100% of all responders will be fat.

Do you understand now?

A Self-Selection Bias survey of Greta fans does NOT equate with all of "America".

A Self-Selection Bias survey of Michael Moore fans does NOT equate with all of "America".

A basic fund of knowledge is not one of your strengths, Gargantua.

I'm not asking you. I am flat out telling you.

80 posted on 07/20/2011 7:18:32 PM PDT by Polybius
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