Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll With 29% Of Vote, Ron Paul Takes Second With 28%
The Ames Straw vote results out of Iowa are in, and Michelle Bachmann appears to have won with 29% of the votes, or 4,823 of the 16,892 votes cast. Bernanke nemesis Ron Paul placed second, just 150 votes behind Bachmann, at 4,671, or taking down 28% of the total. For those stupefied by this result, a source on the ground informs us that Bachmann proceeded to hand out 6000 free tickets at $30 each with a mandatory registration at her booth to gain concert entrance. Furthermore, final results were probably tabulated by the BLS. As for other frontrunners, Pawlenty came in a distant third with 14% or 2,293 of the votes. The Hill has more: "A House member has never finished in the top two; extraordinarily, two House lawmakers finished nearly neck-and-neck toward the top. Bachmann is the first woman to ever win the straw poll. "We’re very excited," said Alice Steward, a spokesman for Bachmann. "it’s a very emotional night for her, she’s excited and thankful all the hard work of the supporters and volunteers paid off...Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) won about 10 percent, pizza magnate Herman Cain finished at about nine percent, and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) drew just 35 total votes. Murmurs of huge crowds at Waterloo native's splay on the campus of Iowa State University persisted throughout the day, suggesting that momentum was with — and never waned — from Bachmann's campaign." Rounding off the field were Santorum with 10% of the vote, Herman Cain with 9%, write ins Perry and Romney with 4% and 3%, respectively, and Gingrich getting 2%. We are not quite sure if this is the cue to laugh or cry. Our money is on the latter.
More from The Hill:
A rousing late-day speech that stressed social conservative credentials and Bachmann's ties to the Hawkeye State culminated with Bachmann beckoning undecided voters to her tent, which boasted air conditioning, seating, and performances by country star Randy Travis.
"Join me, I'm heading over to the voting booth right now," she said. "Come with me now."
Pawlenty's failure to finish in the top spot raises new questions about the core health of his campaign. The former Minnesota governor has failed to raise his poll numbers outside the single digits, and had poured most of his remaining resources into the straw poll, where he hoped a victory would infuse his campaign with new momentum.
"We made progress in moving from the back of the pack into a competitive position for the caucuses, but we have a lot more work to do," Pawlenty said in a statement. "This is a long process to restore America -- we are just beginning and I'm looking forward to a great campaign."
Pawlenty had set expectations at a finish somewhere in the top-tier; he's said repeatedly that a first-place finish wasn't essential. But even Pawlenty acknowledged Friday that a disappointing finish would force him to "reassess" his campaign, which has set itself up as more of a traditional, nationally-oriented campaign.
As for Paul...
Paul's showing caps off an effort of almost five years, dating back to his first bid for the Republican nomination way back in 2007, when he started to assemble the vast grassroots organization that propelled him to victory in today's straw poll.
He made a midday speech to straw poll participants that was heavy on playing up the Texas congressman's opposition to abortion rights; he also emphasized his opposition to the war in Iraq and criticism of U.S. monetary policy — views that tend to place him outside of the Republican mainstream.
Paul's finish Ames makes Paul's candidacy look less like a longshot, and more like a realistic possibility. The straw poll is a good, if imperfect, indicator of Republicans choice to win next February's caucuses, and Paul's finish on Saturday makes it seem increasingly plausible that he could win those contests.
Of course, if Paul were to eventually become president, we would advise him to not come within 100 miles of any school book depositories. Also to avoid prepared food, theaters, public speeches, pope mobiles (in fact any form of transportation that goes over 15 mph), to run like the wind from any and all hot tubs, jacuzzis, swimming pools, and baths, and in general to conduct his long overdue gold standard policy from a bunker several miles underground if possible.
Alas, this may all be just a tad optimistic.
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that picture says it all............
Between that and the Palin video where a turkey gets the head chopped off in the background I don't know which is worse...
The caption for that picture should read, "Barney Frank, Eat Your Heart Out".
Natch.
Crazy Eye's First Real Victim!
Ron Paul!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/01/michele-bachmann/rep-michele-bachmann-says-shes-never-received-penn/
but she will fit right in with the Rockefellers!
These voting results are bogus.
LOL, Ron Paul spend 1/10th the money Bachmann, and she round up 200 in tent at last minute take them to vote, so she win! Now Chris Wallace say top in race are Bachmann, Perry, Romney, not Paul, LOL. If Bachmann win primary we vote Obama, she control freak, if you want big brother and surveillance in bedroom, vote Bachmann. Perry crazy and oil pocket man, not change, plus he probably not able win because gay. Romney status quo.
Only problem with Paul now is his words to give nuclear to Iran. What? Fuck. But son say would follow constitution need approval congress.
Need help?
Like a Shark. The Eyes Roll Back and Gulp, all in one swallow, gone.
Well, boys and girls, it looks like we have a window, for those of you interested, in revealing to even the most sheeptastic of the sheeple (or sheople) just how pathetic and corrupt the Main & Lame Ass Stream Media really is.
I consider it no exaggeration whatsoever that the Main & Lame Ass Stream Media is one of the three pillars that's "in on the scam" that is everything forming the Greatest Ponzi Ever Known.
Lies & deceit, propagated 24/7, on an endless loop, using repetition and redundancy, to reinforce the 'story' that TPTB hope to keep spinning in some relatively successful manner.
He never said we would GIVE nuclear weapons to Iran, just that who cares if they develop them? Not that they could cause the mossad would sabotage them in a skinny minute.
Think let them have nuclear is just as bad to many.
But Rick Perry reason in race now clear. Status quo scared of tea party, so get Perry, who have evangelical hallelujah, get in race to peel votes from the socials in Tea Party for Obama win. Sound like strategy.
you go now you been here for hour.
nappy hair is not allowed
ho pung yow
Hey racist pig, I'm not Chinese and if you don't reply, then wife can edit to your satisfaction. I speak five languages, how many do you speak?
Speak one language well more benefit than speak five languages poorly.
He speaks better than he writes. Writes too fast.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My ribs!!!!!
Ron said he understands why they are pursuing nuclear weapons, not that they are entitled to them or that they should have them.
Pretty sure he said entitled, but we'll watch debate again.
whstleblwr----How are those Chairman Mao English class for Shanghai losers going??? Hope you kept your receipt for the refund. Tell the Shanghai travel bureau westerners like not to have to carry toilet paper on person 24 hours a day, and at least 2-ply is preferred. Oh, yeah, tell the Shanghai Municipal Government the squatting toilet went out of style together with the extinction of monkey brain species around 400 years ago.
This was a public service announcement for Chinese downtrodden.
And vice versa as so creatively symbolized by the action photo. With just a wee bit of imagination we are all reminded that the more you blow the higher you go! WE-WEE-WEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Newsweek eat your heart out, Zerohedge always has the best pictures!
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Matt Tiabbi has a good piece on her. He says that she is crazier than Sarah Palin but more dangerous because she in fact really does want to be President
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-201...
Among those on the fair circuit on Friday was Sarah Palin, who again told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity she is still considering entering the race but was not at the fair for that purpose.
A-Maze-ing (pun!) how the MSM vilifies the Tea Party.... Must be the Party line, so to speak of the entrenched interests. (giggle giggle duh duh)
Even Tiabbi labels her as Tea Party when in fact she's about a solid, middle of the road fucking hard core, bombs away today LeMay, screw the peasantry and limit their rights neo-conservative as can be found. (Evidence, voting record)
Thing TPTB don't get are that as many more (becoming seemingly a humongoloid percentage just so fed up with business as normal) identify more and more with this strange amorphus Tea Party, villifying it only tends to move more folks into that camp. "Say what? I like a lot of those idea, I identify and so now I'm a dangerous fucking member of society when all I want is to be left alone?"
Keepit up, fellas.
Or maybe teapartiers should admit for some of them that what they see in the tea party is not what the majority of the other tea party want the tea party to be.
This US citizen woman is the new idol of the tea party. A few within the Tea Party can not admit this fact but it wont change it. No misrepresentation.
No, Bachmann co-opt. She not talk social now to try and win Tea Party support because popular. But if debate question her, you see she not Tea Party, she ultra conservative social bitch.
That is to the Tea Party to decide.
Her ideas do not matter much. All what matters is that she is empowered (or not) by Tea Partiers.
If she's the new 'idol' of the Tea Party, why'd she win less than 30% of the vote?
The Tea Party was originally a Libertarian movement, but it got co-opted by the neo-cons and neo-liberals. That's why it appears so schizophrenic.
wanting to be president should be an automatic disqualification for the job...This is a job that we want to drag people kicking and screaming into...
Very well stated. Sad but true.
Local news station reporting on the straw poll. They say it was a big win for Michelle Bachmann, then they discuss the candidates that came in 3rd-8th. Only at the end of the report do they put up an infographic that shows Ron Paul as 2nd place, and even then, they don't mention his name once.
IMO she attracted a lot of voters because she essentially claimed 'home state' status with her big info-push about being born in Waterloo. The real truth will be the next where she can't make such a claim.
Ron Paul made a good showing, the difference between 2nd and 3rd was about 2k votes, so not even remotely close. The rest of the group paled in comparison to the first and second place people.
I'm disappointed because she's one of a crowd of pundits / candidates who've latched onto the issues that Paul's been talking about for years...where were all these clowns when this house of cards on sand was being built? Find me some commentary from Bachmann, or any of them for that matter, from back in 2005 when Paul was nailing Bernank's butt to the wall for creating too much money / credit. Sorry, it doesn't exist.
If I'd been there watchin' her eat that corndog...hell, I'd have voted for her too.
Rumor has it McCain was walkin' around the midway with mirrors on his shoes.
Truth is she's really born in Kenya (Somalia if you listen to The Donald) was married off to a white Holy Roller Missionary Reverend from The Westboro Baptist Church at the age of 13 and was later sold to the Chalulla Mexican Hot Sauce Cartel for use as a sex slave.
Let's focus here, I'm tryin' to keep it all straight.
Even the advertising, direct marketing and outreach for all "Tea Party" wannabes mimic the Ron Paul campaigns and slogans over the past 4 years.
No, she attracted a lot of voters by handing out 4000 tickets and saying they couldn't listen to her randy jarvis concert until they voted for her.
Makes me laugh.
What else should have been expected? It is funny how all the pseudo people out of the system still want to believe they act convincingly.
US citizens acting in this registry, the pseudo out of the system gimmick, are as transparent as the others.
This act no longer works. It is been a while.
Paul is as system as the others, his followers are as system as the others. His part is to pretend to be outside the system, and this is the way it is staged: pretending to be put him aside. That is Paul's function.
Because how do you stage an pseudo out of the system candidate? By staging a pseudo treatment given to out of the system candidates. And that is what is happening.
The expectations are met.
If this guy was really against the system, that would have been a long time he would have been confronted and crushed.
That is the way it is. The US People do not sit on their hands when it comes to destroy potential threats to their US world order.
US citizens who are in the out of the system pseudo theatrics should also realize their act is no longer convincing. Just like every other US citizen.
That would mean.... OMG.... That would mean they have been grooming Ron Paul for 30 years !! It's a total f*#&king conspiracy man...!!
sarc/off
That is not the way it works.
Some US citizens want to perceive themselves as out of the system while they belong to the system.
The place to represent there is there for the taking. There is no conspiracy in grooming one candidate for the job.
Carreer politicians (as Paul) fight over this kind of position. The best gets the position.
What is happening is by popular will.
It made me laugh because the system delivers exactly what the pseudo out of the system US citizens want: a candidate who looks outside the system.
Would it not strange that the political representative to the pseudo out of the system US citizens is openly within the system?
Who came up with this line of thought? You should stay with the electronic voting story. That voting is rigged anyway, so there is no point in voting. It's easier for people to understand.
Bingo. The illusion of choice.
You do realize that the ideas put forth by Paul for years, long before there was a "tea party," are the very same ideals now being proposed by the tea party?
FOX news online poll: Paul crushes all others; IOWA straw poll: Paul finishes 2nd with 150 less votes than Bachmann; CNN poll: 51% of respondents disapprove of "tea party."
Twelfthvulture,@ 15:06,
Yes, your correct,the 51% eat the shit the MSM feeds them.
No one bothers to look at the facts anymore,they just grab the bait, (lies), and swallow.
That 51% is likely made up of .gub workers, Welfare recips, and young folks who are clueLESS.
They have been brain screwed by the Federal NEA school systems.
Never read the Const, BOR's, or the Amendments to it.
The system has been Marxed.
Our news headline was "Bachmann wins - Pawlenty in".
Our news headline was "Bachmann wins - Pawlenty in".
Around here: "Rick Perry spoils Bachmann Win"
The fraud is pervasive and all encompassing.
It's how scared they are.
Pawlenty withdrew today.
ROTFL!!!
ROTFL2 !!!!
Hyperfellation?
lol
ROTFL3 !!!!
ha ha ha ha
Hahahaha indeed. What a picture eh?
Come monday, I think a lot of speculators and inverTORS will be feeling that weiner going up the wrong side of their anatomy.
Finance is going to take center stage again. And all this political meodrama will be just that (I am sleepy and cannot tell if th ewhole article above is an onion piece or for realz).
Happpy SUnday, because THe Monday MOrning Blues are a-coming.
ORI
http://aadivaahan.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/crop-circle-craziness-and-thoughts/
OT
For all those who helped murder the US carbon tax and CCX including myself, Thank you very, very, very much.
Barack Obama's million dollar suckers, I mean investors, who lost all their money in the exchange arn't going to be very happy with him.
"Intercontinental Exchange Inc. will close its U.S. emissions derivatives platform, the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, after the first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported.ICE plans to start listing derivatives related to emissions reductions plans in New Jersey, Massachussetts, Connecticut and California, along with a sulfur-based contract, the Journal said, citing a notice issued by the company to traders on Friday.
The company is shutting the exchange down as it is losing money and the chances of a federal carbon-reduction plan being put into place look slim, the Journal said.
ICE bought the platform's parent company Climate Exchange PLC in 2010 for about $600 million last year." ICE to shutter Chicago Climate Exchange
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-ice-to-shutter-chicago-climate-exchange-20110808,0,7784695.story
hey, m!
in the casino nearest me the emissions betting takes place in the bathroom stalls
Looks like tonight we get heart-to-heart dedications.
This one goes out to slewie and Ori. Two lovers in love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgJXbIP83A8&ob=av2n
And this one goes out to Michael. Michael is a bit of a loser, who doesn't understand shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHCwU9rUdY
Yeah - hypelrswallowing too... She has the fried frozen butter for $4 in her mouth. A good training for the job, concerning the age of her mentors ....
another caption: "This is a trick my husband taught me"
"This is a trick my husband taught me"
If you zoomed back he was right beside her with a "big one" in his hand, shit eating grin and tapping his foot to the guy right next to him.
Worse? Whachutalkin' bout?
Long Long Time ago…..
I can still remember how that money used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my choice
That I could hear those peoples voice
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.
But September 08 made me shiver
And I began collecting Silver
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about the housing slide,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the money died.
So bye-bye, to the American lie..
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall Street boys were thinking risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
Did you write loans for the Bank,
And do you have faith in Ben Bernank,
for if the Government tells you so?
Do you believe in too big to fail,
Is you house now finally up for Sale?
And can you teach me how to refinance real slow
Well, I know that you’re still in love with this
cause I see it in your complete abyss
We really both can choose
Man, I hate those derivatives too.
I was a lonely disgruntled American buck
With a sick sensation that started to suck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the money died.
We started singin’, "bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
Now for three years we’ve been on our own
While Bank’s got fat on a rollin’ loan,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When geithner says live within our means,
As a puppet from the powers that be
But a silence came from you and me,
Oh, and while the US was looking down,
China is stealing it’s thorny crown.
Europe Union was adjourned;
Another bailout was returned.
And while Obama read a book on marx,
The people protested in the park,
And we sold gold in the dark
The day the money died.
We were singin’, "bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies Saying’,
"this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
bets, and debts in a summer sweat.
The stock fell off cause of Euorpean debt,
World Markets high and falling faaaast.
It’s still too high for the price of gas.
The politicians debt bill did pass,
With downgrade rating in a flash
Now the European air was filled with fumes
All the riots were just starting to exhume.
We all got up to fight,
Oh, but we never got the right
`cause the FED tried to print some more
The money they added was making us poor.
Do you recall the horror
The day the money died?
We were singin’, "bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
Oh, and there we were all in one place,
401 k’s all lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: Ben be nimble, Ben be quick!
The Federal Reserve and that magic stick
Cause the printing press is the devil’s only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that Chairmen’s spell.
And as the Gold climbed high into the night
To light the path that was actually right,
I saw Bernanke laughing with delight
The day the money died
He was even singin’, "bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
I bought some gold and sang the blues
Hoping for some happy news
Banks got tired and burned away.
I went down to the old coin store
Where I’d bought silver years before,
But the man there said my money wouldn’t pay.
And in Wall street: the brokers screamed,
The CEO's cried, and oil creamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The global markets all were broken.
And the two men I admire most:
Ron Paul and Thomas Jefferson’s ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the money died.
And they were even singin’, "bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top,
And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
they were even singin’,
"bye-bye, to the american lie."
Drove my stock to the top, And the market went dry.
And them Wall street boys were thinkng risky with lies
Saying’, "this’ll be the day that we die.
"this’ll be the day that we die."
http://www.youtube.com/user/zedgehero
Yeah we understand. Facing reality is tough.
What causes anyone to type into the machine? It's kinda weird, no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlyXNRrsk4A&ob=av2n
Someone ought to remove his ability to cut and paste.
I really enjoyed that, thank you.
"bets, and debts, in a summer sweat..."
But the man there said my money wouldn’t pay.
Not that it won't pay...that you don't have enough of it.
Yes, you DO know what is worse. It is the President we have now. Ignore that in your face fact if you wish, but reality is a bitch and only the insane repeat the same mistake while expecting a different result. The powers that be are hard on scaring you away from options that threaten them. I agree that Bachman, Palin, Paul all threaten the establishment.
Precisely why I will enthusiastically support any of the above.
Make a mockery of their dog and pony show ponzi.
That you lump Paul in with Bachman and Palin shows you don't really understand what is going on.
Paul is intelligent and thoughtful.
Palin is a dumb reality-TV star and Bachman is about as crazy as they come. Neither threaten the establishment. Only Paul does.
A bullseye!
Our owners will let us have morons like Bachman or Palin as they will provide plenty of entertainment, just in the fact the the stupid sheople elected them. That doesn't count the endless comedy of watching them run this crumbling country. It'll be better than Keystone Cops, The Three Stooges and Family Vacation combined.
Ron Paul is a threat and they will let him come close enough to make it look like we have a real choice and can elect someone who will make a difference. But in the end they will ensure they all we get is compliant candidates who are either buffoons like Bachman and Palin, or slick shysters like Obama and Clinton.
i depresses the shit out of me to say you are totally, 100%, nail on the head correct.
hey, 6! you shld prob switch to porn if ur baked
Or join the SEC and get paid to watch porn.
Well you talk about Paul positions to all neighbors. You work for Paul, send money for Paul, you help Paul win enough of us do that, he win. You forget more coming to blog for news. It's new day.
Perry is an intriguing hybrid type: Slick baffoon. Stay tuned to your local corporate media outlet . . . he's the guy who will win it all.
Don't think so, the evangelical event make sure he not able to win all, plus fact he really gay.
That you think I don't understand what is actually going on proves that you have not a clue. I live this crap dude. I am consumed by it. The contest is far larger and deeper than you seem to grasp. Our country would be better off with a batshit crazy Prez like Bachmann than with a front boy narcissist like Barry. That is word and straight up the truth. Better a simple mistake than a calculated attack. If Barry doesn't go bye-bye, your country does. Take your pick.
The worst that could happen is we exchange one asshat for another. I'm not doubling down on a loser. You can just not vote (like a loser), or you can decide to act sane (do something else).
Weirdo
Paul or nothing and even him I wonder about...anybody who really threatens the banksters wouldn't/doesn't get airtime on their Mockingbid Media
Yes, Paul or nothing. Bachmann scary crazy.
You can just not vote (like a loser)
Would you like to be smashed in the head with a hammer or with a crowbar? Simply make your choice and suddenly you're winning!
Crowbar definitely, it spreads out the impact more so you're less likely to die or suffer traumatic brain injury. Of course if they hit you hard enough it won't matter.
I wrote-in "comfy pillow" but they didn't count it.
Paul will take away your social security and food stamps on MSNBC, Paul will legalize heroin and meth on CNN and last but not least Paul would end the FED on CNBC (no QE infinity to take the Dow to 1,000,000). TPTB will be out in full force to remind Americans of the dangers of freedom. Keep the sheeple calm while sheering them and then taking them to the slaughter house.
don't forget abour his open borders ideas........so let us legalize drugs, keep the borders open and get rid of the FED. ysh sure................
Not so sure about that. The other night he said let's bring our troops home to secure our border, not the Afghan/Pakistan border. Plus, he has said states have the right to refuse services to illegals. Cutting defense in half (and at least 40% of the other current spending), legalizing drugs and gay marriage and ending the Federal Reserve, should be enough to keep most Republicans from voting for him. His strong supporter base (I am one of them) is not enough to overpower TPTB, but at least we tried to stop the collapse. If Ron Paul doesn't win the primary, I am going to vote for Obama.
Restore the Republic, Ron Paul 2012
or
Hasten the Collapse, OBAMA 2012
I'm not sure I've ever heard Paul talk about open borders. But I do know I've heard him repeatedly call for bringing troops home to secure our own borders, and I believe he means it.
Is allowing states to legalize drugs if they wish and keeping the federal gov out of it the same thing as "legalizing drugs"?
To the avg. Republican it is. Just like the avg. Democrat cannot understand NH or AZ firearms freedom (drives the homlophobics crazy!).