Posted on 08/19/2007 2:50:27 PM PDT by t_skoz
>> Do you know what a “straw poll” is?
From what I’ve seen on FR the last couple days, a “straw poll” must be a small gathering of a few dozen voters, for the purpose of allowing Paulistines to grasp at straws.
I don’t know about the 2nd one, but the NH straw poll on Saturday was a fundraiser and candidate forum for the Strafford County NH GOP.
But if I organize it, I create the ballot. And I count the votes.
This is the same group that voted for Alan Keyes in 2000...
Ron Paul is a veritable steamroller now. If this keeps up, he could blow right up to the 3% level nationally. Is there any
truth to the skuttlebutt that the Hildebeast has a large
file on RP and finds him extremely engaging ?
There’s something wrong with Ron Paul. When it comes to the most important political issue of the past 4 years, his position is identical to that of the candidates on the far left.
Perhaps these so-called no-shows are smart enough to know that straw polls mean absolutely nothing. That said here's some 2004 Presidential Election stats from Strafford County.
Bush-Cheney 25,825
Kerry-Edwards 32,942
Nader-Camejo 420
He’s getting the Kucinich vote.
“Actually, Huckabee and Tom Tancredo were both in attendance and gave decent speeches.”
Which means... The major candidates and their supporters weren’t there. I suspect Paul will get more votes than Tancredo but less than Huckabee in January in our primary. Of course, none of them will get more than a few thousand votes and none of them will get more than 5% of the primary vote.
Thanks for the pics. As you can see, Paul geniunely cares about the nation and its people. The same can’t be said for other candidates * cough Rudy McRomney cough *
He receives support from Code Pink???!!!
You can also vote for him in the general election. He will be the Republican candidate.
This is the same group that voted for Alan Keyes in 2000...
Their Oct. 1999 endorsement #s failed to get the necessary 2/3rds for an official endorsement.
62.4% Steve Forbes
37.4% Pat Buchanan
This year [2007] at their convention in St. Louis in early Aug. they failed again to get the necessary 2/3rds for an official endorsement.... Their selections this time was again representative of their influence:
Hunter — 64.8%
Thompson -35.2%
See what happens when they hold straw polls at Hemp Fest.
You sound like the MSM and Rockefeller Republican approved candidates. That defeatist attitude is a sign of surrender to socialism.
Any great leader becomes such because they can see the wave in the motion of the people and got in front of it, taking credit for things that were unavoidable.
Ron Paul is only surfing a wave that was already there.
He seems to be gathering momentum.
On planet Earth where the main stream of conservatives/republicans reside, it is an asterisks, a “who?” as evidence by my informal “Hey guys what do you think about Ron Paul?” at lunch today. One was a lawyer and a member of the state party. His response, after some reminding, “Oh yeah, that guy”...
Ron Paul serves the same purpose as people like Alex Jones. Generally packages himself according to certain basic conservative values, but regarding a particular critical issue his actions strengthen the agenda of radical socialists.
Something doesn’t seem right about it.
Staying in Iraq at a cost of billions of dollars a year for the next 50 years is even more foolish.
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