CPAC Straw Poll Winner: Ron Paul

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Politics • Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 2:49 pm PST • Views: 1,001

Dave Weigel tweets from CPAC:

Paul creams Romney in poll, 31 percent to 22 percent.

So Ron Paul’s anti-war isolationist paleolibertarian ideology wins another poll! There’s never been a poll Ron Paul couldn’t win, unless you count a presidential primary race.

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1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:50:38pm

Ah geez...

2 freetoken  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:51:29pm

Hoots and hollars...

3 freetoken  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:52:16pm

The older crowd live prefers the Mitt.

As I suspected downstairs, the students (working all the booths) slanted the results.

4 BlackFedora  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:52:21pm

Ron Paul wins the straw poll?! Time to party like its 1931!

/

5 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:52:37pm

Why am I not surprised?

6 Conservative Moonbat  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:52:50pm

That would make for an interesting general election with the anti-war candidate being a Republican. There would be a lot of crossover votes from the far left.

7 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:53:35pm

I have Paulian friends on myspace and facebook. I'm sure they are giddy. Funny, none of it matters.

8 simoom  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:54:15pm

It will be interesting to see how this gets reported in conservative media. When Ron Paul kept winning Fox's text message polls after each 2008 Primary debate, the Fox talking heads would attempt to delegitimize the results as they reported them.

9 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:54:44pm

Oooh, smart. Tells the women to bring some more of their "brethren" to increase female participation.

10 Conservative Moonbat  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:55:16pm

How old is Ron Paul?

He'd be even older than McCain was when he ran wouldn't he?

11 freetoken  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:56:01pm

That more than 50% of the respondents didn't like the slate of candidates as presented to them is sort of telling... this is an unsettled crowd that is scatter-shooting their anger. It really is the "anti" crowd.

12 albusteve  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:57:01pm

the Rise of the 3%er...he must be juiced up, sluggin down the Geritol

13 The Shadow Do  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:57:47pm

Beautiful, just beautiful

14 Gus  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:58:04pm

re: #10 Conservative Moonbat

How old is Ron Paul?

He'd be even older than McCain was when he ran wouldn't he?

Ron Paul will be 77 years old in 2012. DOB - August 20, 1935
McCain was 72 in 2008. DOB - August 29, 1936

15 recusancy  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 2:58:08pm

re: #11 freetoken

That more than 50% of the respondents didn't like the slate of candidates as presented to them is sort of telling... this is an unsettled crowd that is scatter-shooting their anger. It really is the "anti" crowd.

Neo-Nihilists

16 Egregious Philbin  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 3:02:34pm

Head nut in charge of FR reacts:

To: onyx

CPAC is now a homosexual RINO fest.

11 posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:47:23 PM by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)

FR, home of the racist homophobic creationist nuts

17 Flame Fin Tomini Tang  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 3:05:08pm

Doesn't Ron Paul always win polls? He even used to win them here in open polls if I recall.

18 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 3:09:23pm

re: #17 Naso Tang

They are rigged. His supporters flood the poll. That is how he always wins.

19 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 3:50:10pm

Part of me wishes the GOP would run him as the nominee in '12, just so we can get this shit-storm over with.

20 charlesincharge  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 5:08:26pm

re: #17 Naso Tang

Doesn't Ron Paul always win polls? He even used to win them here in open polls if I recall.

Thanks Naso Tang.I had forgotten that.This headline really had me scared for a minute.Charles used to have some fun with those polls.

21 captdiggs  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 7:55:49pm

"Boos as Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll"

[Link: www.politico.com...]

22 HappyWarrior  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 8:01:49pm

re: #10 Conservative Moonbat

How old is Ron Paul?

He'd be even older than McCain was when he ran wouldn't he?

He's 74. A year older than McCain already is. It was funny. Couple years ago during the primaries some of the Paulians were making fun of McCain's age and I reminded them that their dude was older than McCain.

23 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 8:54:26pm

Ron Paul versus Obama in '12 would make Mondale look like Galactus. You would see a landslide that would defeat the very definition of landslide.

24 celticdragon  Sat, Feb 20, 2010 10:09:46pm

As John Cole said.. "that put a nine iron right through Tim Pawlentey's campaign". Heh!

25 mike deguzman  Sun, Feb 21, 2010 7:12:27am

re: #3 freetoken

The older crowd live prefers the Mitt.

As I suspected downstairs, the students (working all the booths) slanted the results.

Bunch of slanted college students who manipulated the results.

26 Yashmak  Mon, Feb 22, 2010 7:12:40am

If he got less than 125% of the votes, his support has declined when compared to the straw polls from the last election.

I don't know which candidate is more unelectable, Paul, or Palin.

27 Stormy  Mon, Feb 22, 2010 10:04:34am

Doesn't this mean that 69% of the voters wanted "Someone other than Ron Paul?"


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