Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll, Sarah Palin is Third With 7 Percent

Polititcs Daily ^ | Feb 10, 2010 | Patricia Murphy

[bayliving]

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) ran away with the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, with 31 percent of the vote. Paul's libertarian conservative message has made him a hero to small- government Republicans for years, but this is the first CPAC straw poll he has ever won.

[bayliving]

What about a Paul/Palin ticket in 2012?

That sounds like a ticket I could get behind and work for!

[ElPatriota]

[DannyTN]

Paul is still a loon.

[HospiceNurse]

Ron PAul?!! I’ll vote for the GEICO caveman first.

[Diogenesis]

RESULTS – Feb. 2010 Early Freerepublic.com straw vote FOR GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
Governor Palin was the overwhelming choice of freepers who voted!
Palin - 102 votes - THE WINNER
None Of The Above - 12 votes
Barbour - 10 votes
Hunter - 8 votes
Demint - 7 votes
Pence - 3 votes
Ryan - 3 votes
Jindal - 2 votes
Jeb Bush - 2 votes
Liz Cheney - 2 votes
Mitch Daniels - 2 votes
Newt Gingrich - 2 votes
Thune, Gary Johnson, Joe Wilson, Scott Brown and rick Perry all got a vote.
No Votes for Mitt RomneyCARE or Huckabee .... 0 votes (none, zed, nada, doughnut, oh-no) “

[nina0113]

Yep, last year’s was the last real CPAC. I’m sorry I could never manage the time or money to go.

[bayliving]

Damn, what am I missing now. I thought the guy was a true conservative.

UGhhhhh..... I gotta start doing more/better research.

[drbuzzard]

Ron Paul’s views on foreign policy are flat out loony. I don’t think I’d be able to stomach his nonsense in the White House.

[bayliving]

Please retract my statement about having him on a presidential ticket then.

I stand embarrassingly corrected.

(hangs head in shame and slowly walks away)

[bvw]

There wasn’t a single person there more conservative than Medea Benjamin, judging by who was booed.

[rintense]

You’re not living in reality if think Ron Paul has any chance of being President.

[bayliving]

Please see my other posts. I typed before I thought.

Sort of like the foot in mouth thing.

Trust me, THAT won't happen again. (at least I hope not)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Ron Paul is nothing more than an isolationist fruit cake.

[Oztrich Boy]

"limited government, individual liberty, free markets, a strong national defense, and a confident foreign policy"

What kind of monsters are they?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Ron Paul is a crazy loon.

[Leisler]

Did Arlen Specter loving David Keene’s hair piece seem puffier than usual?

[rintense]

No worries! Glad you had a revelation. Its happened to all of us at one time or another.

[ovrtaxt]

Are you in favor of abolishing the Fed? Are you in favor of a non interventionist foreign policy? Are you in favor of an honest monetary system? Are you in favor of spending less than we produce? Are you in favor of minimum government involvement in your daily life? Are you in favor of maximum personal freedom? Are you in favor of abolishing the sixteenth amendment and the income tax? Are you in favor of the US leaving the UN and acting like an independent and sovereign nation again?

Then Ron Paul is your man.

[Carley]

I would vote for the Geico gecko first.

[Vigilanteman]

Ron Paul = Pat Buchanan. Would have been a decent president 80-100 years ago. He’d still be someone the anti-war Jew hating crowd could get behind.