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Another Victory For Ron Paul Who Wins 44.9% In California Straw Poll To Perry's 29.3%, Bachmann's 7.7%
The Republican presidential candidate whom everyone (at least in the mainstream media, on both the right and left, as they are, after all, funded by the status quo to preserve the status quo) has written off, has won his latest landslide victory, this time in a straw poll in California during its 2011 Fall Convention in downtown LA JW Marriott. The LA Times details what transpired: "One presidential candidate, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, spoke at a dinner on Friday night, and Saturday morning's breakfast featured two more contenders: Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter and Texas Rep. Ron Paul. Paul's fans were out in force both outside the hotel -- awaiting his arrival -- and inside the ticketed Lincoln Clubs Breakfast. He spoke last and was late, allowing McCotter to add a question-and-answer period to his prepared remarks." There was nothing substantially new in Paul's speech which can be summarized as follows: '"You ought to have a right to work hard, and you ought to have a right to keep what you earn." As for the straw poll, "Saturday at the convention also featured a straw poll, conducted between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific, with results announced during an evening banquet. Considering the large numbers of Paul fans who made their way to the Marriott, it's not surprising that he won the poll by a handy margin over second-place finisher Perry. But after the two Texans, the percentages drop precipitously, with Bachmann only managing fourth despite her convention appearance." Something tells us that nothing prevents "large numbers" of other candidate fans from making their way to the Marriott. The results: "Congressman Ron Paul (374, 44.9%); Governor Rick Perry (244, 29.3%); Mitt Romney (74, 8.8%); Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (64, 7.7%); Jon Huntsman (17, 2.0%)."
Some more on why while the media may continue to ignore him, Paul remains the single best candidate:
Several breakfasters videotaped portions of Paul's speech, which likely would be familiar to anyone who's heard him the previous two times he ran for president -- in 1988 on the Libertarian Party ticket and 2008 in the Republican field.
Among some of the lines that got the biggest cheers in the 20-ish minute talk were:
"We have endless wars overseas and endless welfare at home. We can't afford that anymore; we have to change those policies."
"We do need an absolutely thorough audit of the Federal Reserve," Paul added.
"What is the purpose of government and political action? I think the main purpose of our Constitution and political action should be the preservation of liberty."
"It would be nice if we had a lot more respect for the rule of law."
"You ought to have a right to work hard, and you ought to have a right to keep what you earn."
America's role is to have a strong national defense, "not to be the policeman of the world." (That one was particularly popular.)
He ended with "I'm running on peace and prosperity and personal liberty, the U.S. Constitution and the American tradition."
The congressman exited to chants of "President Paul."
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Change that scares you? NOT ME.
How did the 17 Obama supporters get in to vote for Huntsman?
Where's the corn dog?
woot here it is: http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/rick-perry-eating-a-corn-dog
Straw man candidate wins straw poll.
Can't wait to see who wins the tin poll.
It is not going to be mentioned in the Jewish controlled MSM. Why - because Ron Paul would not put American soldier in harm's way in order to support Israeli thugs. People in USA are totally brainwashed to support Israel. If you think about it - all America's troubles stem from the unjustified support of the rogue state.
mmmm...I've thought about it, and America's troubles do not stem from our support of Israel.
Many of them do. What's the deal with bending over backward for people who spy on us and murder our sailors and refuse to sign any mutual defense treaties with us?
Even Israelis are protesting against their govt. Of course we never hear about it from lamestream media. Anything cast in a bad light upon Israel is ignored-NEVER HAPPENED! uh duh. Maybe one glorius day AMERICAN-jews will WAKE THE FUCK UP and stop supporting this PIECE OF SHIT ZIONIST government too! uhhhh wishful thinking. They SLEEP the BIGGEST SLEEP! S N O R I N G........Z Z Z Z Z Z Z zionism.....zionism....
And still the LATimes tries to minimilize it: "Considering the large numbers of Paul fans who made their way to the Marriott, it's not surprising that he won the poll by a handy margin over second-place finisher Perry" Really? Perry, Romney, Bachmann didn't have their own CRP supporters? THAT'S WHY RON PAUL WON EASILY. California is BROKE being run into the ground by decades of "liberal" policies, the main culprit being government spending grossly outstripping revenues. Sound familiar? People are tired of it and uniting. Short of a "heart attack", got to like Ron Paul's chances right now.
They forgot to mention the 17 Obama supporters who got in to vote for Huntsman.
the hapless Ron Paul is the only candidate that I'm sure would be more dangerous than Obama.
Yeah, you're as safe as a slave can be and you got the TV, too!
Ron Paul has zero chance of winning in Calif.
Flat out, it is the most liberal, pro-union state in the country.
Full of greenies, communists, socialists, and wealth distributionists.
Pelosi, Feinstein, Willie Brown, Jerry Brown, etc. have had a firm grip on the state for years now, never going to change.
It's not about winning CA in the presidential election. It's about the Republican primary. Just let him get the nod from the primary voters, and the entire political landscape changes. Can you even I imagine what the Presidential race between Paul & Obama would be like? The mainstream Republican leadership wouldn't know how to react, and neither would Obama know how to campaign against him. Political rhetoric vs someone who dares to ask serious fundamental questions and poke holes in bullshit answers.
We can at least dream, I guess.
Yes, there's a lot of good things about Ron Paul. Too bad he has all the charisma of a beached haddock on a hot day. Perhaps Prez Perry will put him in charge of (dismantling) the Fed.
I guess you haven't been down to KKKlanaheim.
The cartel is running scared as evidenced by the total blackout of Ron by the MSM.
They had best remember the possibility of unintended consequences. As JFK said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
Ron is a fookin Rock Star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm6D9VenmmE
They are hoping that he'll go away if they ignore him.
The only candidate who sounds logical is Ron Paul
FOX news: Frontrunner Rick Perry placed second.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/17/congressman-ron-paul-wins-201...
YEE HAW !!!
Your candidate doesn't have to be right about all things, and Ron Paul isn't. But he IS right about a few of the most important things: fighting CBs and getting the US military out of the 100+ countries they're in.
Go Ron!
And he is right in applying a simple test to possible legislation:
"Is it constitutional?"
Wow! What a question for a lawmaker to ask before making a law. What a concept!
Your comment taken in conjunction with the one above yours is the reason why Paul can never receive the nomination for either the red or blue party.
Yep, a vote for anyone else is a vote for four more years of the same disfunctional regime.
Bravo! I disagree with Ron on some issues, and hell even cringed at the 'letting him die without insurance' quote, but I am still voting for Ron. Why? He actually talks to me like I am an adult, doesn't seem like a religious nut and can 'maybe' change the discussion in America. I amounts to, why not? What have we got to lose but exactly more of the same from the past 30 years.
Now you die if you don't have insurance?, things have gotten bad here.
wow. didn't think there were 500 people in my dumbed down state of CA who knew who Ron Paul was. Will actually have a reason to vote R for Prez this time. Although, I still have my doubts he can win the nomination. If he doesn't he should ditch the party once and for all and run as Ind.
If Ron Paul does not get the nomination he definately should run as an independent and absolutely nullify any possibility of a Republican win against Obama. Only Paul can defeat Obama. I even think he can win as an INDEPENDENT!!!! This would be a great way to give the Republican party the FINGER it DESERVES for IGNORING WHAT AMERICA WANTS!!! Americans know what the hell is going on. REMEMBER THAT.
Probably Ron won´t win, but at least you have a decent & fairly well known candidate.
Try to find one in Spain, Italy... even Germany
If you're German you can always vote Pirate.
Blue and Red Pawns March
Puppets Of The Purple Gang
Slaves Cheering The Fall
nice Haiku.
Lovely, and I stole it for emails to all my co-workers.
"The Republican presidential candidate whom everyone (at least in the mainstream media, on both the right and left, as they are, after all, funded by the status quo to preserve the status quo) has written off..."
And they are correct (but not right) to do so. Since when has the vetting process of our totally corrupted political process allowed anyone but a self-funding billionaire to actually seriously compete with the two corporate-owned parties and, worse yet, allowed a boat rocker like Ron Paul to be the nominee of either the two corporate-owned parties?
Until money is taken out of politics, your government is owned, just not by you.
I wonder if Californians realize that they'd be voting for their own default. Isn't that what Austrian economics dictates in their situation?
Boxer* wants to say goodbye to Animal Farm and look for greener pastures.
*That's not Barbara Boxer, by the way.
Well this proves exactly nothing, with the POLL consisiting of less than 1000 repsondents.
I do not know why even bother taking one.
California is full of Lefties, of course. But, I do hear talk of Ron Paul here. The Left is failing us with these wars and supporting the corporations over the people, so it leaves some room here for Ron Paul.
I have pretty much decided to push for Paul- After voting Republican for almost 30 years, we still have the 17,000 page tax code, fighting corporate wars all over the place, can't protect our own border- heck its has a river for 1/2 of it. This is Paul's last shot- I hope he breaks away as a third party candidate. All you freaks who call him a plant are full of it- yeah a 40 year plant, Mr. consistency. Screw both the parties, a nickel of difference between them. Kill the Fed, Bring the boys home and spend the money on defense, and let me tell my accountant I don't need his help filling out my Federal tax postcard.
Paul going Third Pty is an excellent concept. Would probably throw election to Obama, thus precipitating Civil War II by early 2013. Excellente.
But that's not what I read in the MSM:
Need I go on? Simply Google this quoted string: "Front runner Perry" and you will get 174,000 hits.
msm media should find a big tar pit to stumble into and disappear forever. They had their day. Now they are done. The internet lets people gather their own news and draw their own conclusions. We are free of getting our news filtered through the propaganda mouthpiece of the status quo.
Why do you want to pollute tar pits?
The fact that Ron Paul has so much support shows how bad things are out there. People are actually paying attention to what the candidates are saying.
You can't say it too many times, Ron Paul is our only hope. Audit the Fed and get them under control!
I saw him today in Freeport. I was standing there thinking, you know the stuff he's saying is actually very mundane. Not much to see here. Then you compare him to the crap you get from all the rest and there you have it, a revolution. They must say he's a kook because he really has a TX rancher at Dairy Queen no bs demeanor. He doesn't come off as a politician at all, no working the room etc. Just what you'd expect from a doctor he just comes in and delivers the goods, much like I've got 25 ailing republics to see this afternoon.
MAIN STREET 100
WALL STREET 0
Hey dickface Santorum, how's it feel to get as many votes as Thad McCotter? Who the hell is Thad McCotter anyway? He didn't even debate and he got as many votes as your sorry ass. That's what you get for that smart-ass remark against Ron Paul in the last debate, dickweed.
MSM, go fuck yourself. You are no longer "mainstream media". I suggest people stop refering to you as such. You are just an advertising agency for the status quo. You have no relevancy. People are getting their own news and forming their own opinions. Good luck with that fuckers. Remember people, they are just Status Quo Propaganda.
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I thought we were all clear on Ronnie?
Well hells bells let's get some kind of Austerity going for those free loading welfare types!
and the sooner Social security is cut the better, its un-constitutional!
i was hoping for Perry! haven'a All White Jesus back in the White House seemed like a reasonable enough thing to ask fer'!
The boob avatars are getting uglier and uglier on this site. The B- tits should go,
Only A+ boobs are worth our time.
Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul
everyone else are prison camp guards
Ron Paul is the man! Ron Paul 2012!!!
"In California today, Michele Bachmann was unable to pass out free concert tickets to buy votes, obviously part of a left wing liberal media conspiracy that has caused unfit laws to be adopted in that state. We believe it is treasonous California prevented her constitutional right to give gifts to convention goers, and that this straw poll should be overturned in California courts" **
** As per Fox News(TM) commentators ++
++ PS If you are a Fox News(TM) commentator, I know you don't understand this is lampooning you, so I will spell it out here to prevent you from declaring libel and suing my pants off.
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He serves on:
1.) Committee on International Relations
o Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
o Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
2.) Committee on Financial Services
o vice-chairman of Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
o Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth
3.) Joint Economic Committee WAKE UP, PEOPLE. RON PAUL IS AGENT PROVACATEUR.