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Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC
Fox News ^ | 2/20/2010 | FOX NEWS CHANNEL

Posted on 02/20/2010 2:42:51 PM PST by onyx

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To: Engineer_Soldier

You have only been here since 2008, interesting.

I recall going back to at least 2001 people were critical of Paul. People here are critical of all politicians.


181 posted on 02/20/2010 3:29:34 PM PST by mnehring
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To: onyx

Who’s Ron Paul?


182 posted on 02/20/2010 3:29:38 PM PST by coaltrain
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To: onyx

This shows me that CPAC is a joke. The people love Sarah Palin, it’s the do-nothing RINOs and their minions that do not.


183 posted on 02/20/2010 3:30:21 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: JoSixChip
I guess the republican party is in worse shape then I thought. I will not support mitt, ron is probably not electable and Sarah is supporting mccain.

Yep. This once again confirms the OP(formerly the GOP) doesn't represent Conservatives and hasn't for a long time.
184 posted on 02/20/2010 3:30:24 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: STARWISE

There is also a large amount of one day passes today, CFL and YAL bussed in a lot of people with one day passes.


185 posted on 02/20/2010 3:30:26 PM PST by mnehring
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To: STARWISE
2400 out of 10,000 in attendance voted. Not an accurate representation at all

It seems to beg the question:

Why if other candidates could be voted for, and were on the agenda, why did they fail to vote?

think 7600 additional votes might have changed the outcome

Want to try that again?

186 posted on 02/20/2010 3:30:56 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: coaltrain

Mrs. Wild Shrimp 2008


187 posted on 02/20/2010 3:31:16 PM PST by mnehring
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To: onyx

I keep hearing people on talk radio talking up Mitt Romney. They’ve gotta be kidding me. This is the same guy that got his ass kicked by McCain. He’s the governor of Massachusetts, that’s all you have to know about what a loser he is.


188 posted on 02/20/2010 3:31:56 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: FreeReign
That's not true and how would you know that?

Google it. You can find old archives of FreeRepublic from way back. I researched it one night when trying to find posts from 9-11 to see the posts from that horrible day in America. I did this on 9/11's anniversary a year or two ago. Ron Paul was highly regarded on FreeRepublic.

189 posted on 02/20/2010 3:32:22 PM PST by Engineer_Soldier (Glenn Beck radio show replay (2-5pm Eastern): http://gateway.andohs.net/player/?sid=3018&nid=2920#)
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To: Strategerist

Any idea how the same CPAC straw poll lined up with our 2008 primary candidates?


190 posted on 02/20/2010 3:32:36 PM PST by Kimberly GG (PALIN SUPPORTS PATH TO CITIZENSHIP AMNESTY and PROGRESSIVE RHINO MCCAIN.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Romney and Paul are a lot alike. They both have small groups of cult like followers who make them win all the polls yet can never translate that into votes.


191 posted on 02/20/2010 3:32:38 PM PST by mnehring
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To: onyx

Say what? How bizarre...


192 posted on 02/20/2010 3:32:46 PM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: STARWISE

“I think 7600 additional votes might have
changed the outcome .. ust sayin’”

They didn’t care enough to stay and vote, even though Mitt paid a lot of money to underwrite this thing, I am sure, and he certainly did not want to lose. People are about as enthusiastic for hims as they are for a hemorrhoidectomy. If he pays their way, they don’t even stay to vote for him.


193 posted on 02/20/2010 3:32:54 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: wagglebee
All this does is prove beyond any doubt that CPAC is no longer conservative.

Excuse me? What is so unconservative about real money and auditing the Federal Reserve? Pro - LIFE, Ron Paul is far more conservative than the RINOS occupying Congress and Senate seats.

194 posted on 02/20/2010 3:33:20 PM PST by GWConservative (It's ten a.m. in DC. Do you know where your Congress-critter is?)
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To: Engineer_Soldier
If you look back in the posts from about 1998 to around 2006, Ron Paul was a huge hero on this site for standing against the sell-outs we had in congress and being the lone voice for true Constitutionalism. It wasn't until 2007 (the beginning of the primaries) did a large amount of freepers (the RINO Bushbots amongst us) start blasting Ron Paul with lies and then so-called "Paulbots" started getting mysteriously banned. So yes, this site has more history supporting Paul than bashing him.

I don't remember that. What name were you posting under in those days, or did you "lurk" for a decade before mustering the courage to post.

195 posted on 02/20/2010 3:34:21 PM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: Mojave

**Sarah Palin 7%

—You can fool some of the people some of the time...
+++++++++++++++

Then, how do you account for Ron Paul winning and Romneycare coming in 2nd?


196 posted on 02/20/2010 3:34:33 PM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Brices Crossroads
2400 out of 10,000 in attendance voted. Not an accurate representation at all

It seems to beg the question:

Why if other candidates could be voted for, and were on the agenda, why did they fail to vote?

They didn’t care enough to stay and vote,

Why, if they were Paul, Palin, or supporters of someone else? Did they know the outcome prior to the vote?

197 posted on 02/20/2010 3:34:36 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: Kimberly GG

Mitt Romney won the 2008 CPAC straw poll.
http://www.cpac.org/strawpoll/2-08_CPAC_Straw_Poll.ppt&ei=MXGAS8ykG4bcNq_6wa4E&sa=X&oi=nshc&resnum=3&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CBUQzgQoAQ&usg=AFQjCNGHDqLOuLur-O_S6X6JsI2po1PYOg


198 posted on 02/20/2010 3:34:40 PM PST by mnehring
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To: dragnet2

No ...

Whatever the reason such a small % voted,
I don’t think it’s an accurate representation.

A small percentage of those there voted.

I do wonder why.

Are you a Paul supporter ?


199 posted on 02/20/2010 3:35:30 PM PST by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: gardencatz; italyconservative; Piers-the-Ploughman; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; ...

200 posted on 02/20/2010 3:35:34 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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