[Fegemiembendy]

Rep. Ron Paul scored a decisive victory Saturday in a mock presidential election at the Values Voter Summit, trouncing fellow Texan, Gov. Rick Perry, but an organizer of the straw poll suggested ballot-stuffing may have skewed the results.


In a press conference following the announcement of the straw poll results at the annual Washington gathering of social conservatives, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins all but dismissed the results as irrelevant, citing 600 people who registered Saturday morning and, he said, "left after Ron Paul spoke."


A total of 1,983 ballots were cast. "You do the math," Perkins said.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...96-503544.html


Here is the poll breakdown:

Ron Paul – 36.9% (732)
Herman Cain – 22.5% (447)
Rick Santorum – 16.3% (323)
Rick Perry – 8.4% (167)
Michele Bachmann – 7.9% (157)
Mitt Romney – 4.4% (88)
Newt Gingrich – 2.7% (54)
Undecided – 0.7% (13)
Jon Huntsman – 0.1% (2)

[TodeImmabbedo]

TRANSLATION: We all just need to ignore Ron Paul and his supporters as they are completely unwilling to go along with our agenda of (sucking Zionist cock).

[TodeImmabbedo]

As if fixing the Florida straw poll is no big deal. lol

"Kinda diluting (straw polls) importance." lol

Those Ron Paul supporters are SO UNFAIR!!!

[Janny2006]

"You do the math," Perkins said.
My math says Ron Paul fucking won. By a lot.

[andrekuper]

In a press conference following the announcement of the straw poll results at the annual Washington gathering of social conservatives, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins all but dismissed the results as irrelevant, citing 600 people who registered Saturday morning and, he said, "left after Ron Paul spoke."

The "600" probably just ate and would have puked at hearing how great an ally Israel is to America and all that other crap, so that's why they left.

Edit: One would think these "social conservatives" instead of flaming RP, would be pissed at the mainstream repubs for playing them as saps on the abortion issue for decades now.

[TodeImmabbedo]

The "600" probably just ate and would have puked at hearing how great an ally Israel is to America and all that other crap, so that's why they left. Yeah, listening to someone speak of their very best fellatio technique for Zionist cock-holstering is pretty disgusting, and nearly disturbing as 34 unaccounted for deaths on the USS Liberty.

[T5qYkHWQ]

We seriously need to make some sort of poll for this crap. I am in no way shape or porn to do this at the time but we need one. I could try but it might be futile. Just a poll, no interjections, just a sticky for the pole... hmmm golden pole with dancers... nice, healthy women with no children bring the pole in tighter... mmnnnn... shyt what was the

[Fegemiembendy]

Ron Paul ruins straw polls. When I walked into the Values Voter Summit on Saturday morning, the second day of the two-day conference, I encountered a long line of new arrivals registering, and another line for voting in the straw poll. “Great,” I thought, “I’ll interview them about who they’re voting for and why.” I immediately ascertained, though, that the line was composed almost entirely of Ron Paul supporters who had come merely to vote for him. They were decked out in Paul buttons, gladly paying $75 for the privilege of helping Paul win a meaningless poll. “If someone’s going to beat Obama,” I overheard one say to another, “it’s not going to be a social conservative.”

Since the straw poll balloting is secret, the FRC could not say with certainty how badly Paul’s machinations skewed the results. But they said over 600 people arrived Saturday, and some left right after Paul spoke. The official results are that Paul won 732 votes out of the 1,983. That gives him 37 percent. Herman Cain came in second with 23 percent, followed by 16 percent for Rick Santorum, 8 percent each for Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry and 4 percent for Mitt Romney. The fact that Bachmann, Perry and Romney all got fewer votes than Santorum and Cain might indicate some surprising trends among socially conservative activists. The fact that Paul made a mockery of the purpose of the straw poll does not. “[The results] show that Paul has a very good organization, but it’s not predictive,” says Ed Morrissey, an editor for the popular conservative website Hot Air.

Nonetheless, much of the media is reporting the results in a math-illiterate manner. NPR, for instance, while acknowledging the limits of any straw poll and pointing out that social conservatives skew especially against Romney, said that Romney and Perry’s low percentages indicate conservative dissatisfaction with the leading Republican contenders. The fact that Cain outperformed Perry and Romney does reflect that phenomenon. And as I pointed out on Friday, they may also turn to Santorum.

But no one should read too much into Perry and Romney’s percentages. If up to one-third of the voters were not typical attendees but Paul supporters who came just to affect the straw poll, that doesn’t only drive Paul’s percentage up, it drives everyone else’s down. If you subtract 600 of Paul’s votes from the overall number, you get 1,383 votes. Using that as your denominator, Cain would win with 32 percent of the vote, followed by Santorum with 23 percent, Perry with 12 percent, Bachmann with 11 percent (Perry got ten more votes than Bachmann) and Romney with 6 percent. Obviously, that shows weakness among social conservatives for Romney and surprising strength for Cain and Santorum, but it’s not as bad for Perry as most reports are making it out to be.


http://www.thenation.com/blog/163873...s-voter-summit

[T5qYkHWQ]

Sorry, wife didnt like that... we need a golden pole

[T5qYkHWQ]

Add to the pole who is going to think about leaving this free cuntry paved with gold when another zionist comes to term?

[carpartsho]

Morning Joe show can't mention his name.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/..._joe/#44857173

It's just too funny! Almost 20 minutes spent talking about republican BS's and Dr. Paul name is skiped over every time it should have been mentioned.

[Yartonbler]

The "600" probably just ate and would have puked at hearing how great an ally Israel is to America and all that other crap, so that's why they left.

Edit: One would think these "social conservatives" instead of flaming RP, would be pissed at the mainstream repubs for playing them as saps on the abortion issue for decades now.

you cynical bastard! please post more often, you made my day.

[R1king]

So people are coming out to vote for him so he wins... What a crazy idea. Damn cheaters!

Wow I sure hope no one shows up just to vote in the real election.