Straw Poll Canceled: Too Many Ron Paul Supporters, page 1
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Topic started on 5-12-2007 @ 10:27 AM by SkepticOverlord


SF Straw Poll
I paid my $33 for the dinner and vote. A $5 option was also offered to vote after the festivities. We patiently listened to the guest speaker support Fred Thompson and talk on the issues of water and budget problems in California. They then held a raffle, while all the "cheap" voters waited in the lobby. When they finally let them in, the room was flooded with Ron Paul supporters and the organizer notified us the poll was cancelled. I started the video after the initial announcement and pandemonium broke out. The sudden cancellation and an attempt to change the rules, understandably, upset quite a few people.




Wow. Speechless at this point.


reply posted on 5-12-2007 @ 12:17 PM by tyranny22
reply to post by nyk537



It couldn't happen with Romney because he doesn't have the support.

Yes, we're fanatical, though, we like to call ourselves passionate. You're not. That's why it could never happen with Romney. You wouldn't show up because you'd be at home watching re-runs of Marie Osmond on Dancing with the Stars.

(if you're not a Romney supporter - substitute your candidate in the place of "Romney" in the above reply)



reply posted on 5-12-2007 @ 12:18 PM by NGC2736
reply to post by nyk537



So when the "Republicant" party acts in an underhanded manner towards a candidate running on their ticket, that's OK by you? And you're also able to predict the future so that you know Ron Paul can't win, and how his supporters would act in a situation that hasn't arose?

My, I bet you're a ton of fun at parties.


reply posted on 5-12-2007 @ 12:19 PM by Freenrgy2
Just saw this on Drudge. I'm a Paul supporter and have been since early this year. I started looking at the candiates, went to his website and read through his beliefs and positions on various issues.

I had to go back several times because I thought that this has to be some kind of joke. Surely, nobody in Washington actually DOES what they say they will do. Surely, nobody in Washington actually retains their MORALS and INTEGRITY.

Mind you this was well before any primaries or all the hype that has since followed.

Going by what I read in the article, the dinner was put on by the 'Republican Alliance'? I'm guessing that they support Fred Thompson or perhaps this was a dinner to highlight one of the *chosen* candidates of the Republican party?

But, here you have a straw poll open to the public, where anyone can buy a ticket for $5 allowing them to vote after the dinner/raffle. But, because it was obvious that Paul supporter's might outnumber the folks attending the dinner, they cancel it? Why, because the chosen individual for that night, Fred Thomson, wouldn't win? Welcome to the new democracy folks. I find it hard to believe, even with clear example of censorship like this, that people still want to support the same "business as usual" candidates that are out there. You really think Hillary or Obama or Giuliani or McCain or Romney or even Hucakabee will be any different? This country needs a new direction altogether, one that returns us to some solid principles that this nation was founded on.

Frankly, I'm getting tired of all the crap and name calling that Paul supporter's get. Do I vote in online polls? Sure I do. But, I only vote once. I'm not like the guy who voted 80 times for Mitt Romney (where you had to buy a ticket), when you should have only voted once. Yet, we're the bad guys.

This is garbage. I hope the Paul campaign jumps on this as well as the recent headlines about Iran and it's nuclear program. How many times now has Paul said that Iran isn't a threat, but we hear Bush time and time again warning us of the danger of Iraq and it's secret nuclear program.

I'd bet that if Paul were for the war on terrorism, he'd be a top tier candidate in a heartbeat.

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