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Ron Paul is riding high again after his California Straw Poll victory yesterday, but some Paul supporters are questioning why the Texas Straw Poll was cancelled for “lack of interest,” and whether it was actually killed because the Congressman would have inflicted an embarrassing defeat on Governor Rick Perry in his own state.
Originally posted by Venomilk
the bigger question would be; if rick perry is such a frontrunner, why would there be a lack of interest in his own state? ron paul aside, that means someones lyingedit on 19-9-2011 by Venomilk because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by filosophia
Originally posted by Venomilk
the bigger question would be; if rick perry is such a frontrunner, why would there be a lack of interest in his own state? ron paul aside, that means someones lyingedit on 19-9-2011 by Venomilk because: (no reason given)
Right, you can't just say it's the Ron Paul fans who want to see this straw poll, the media has a vested interest in it as well from building up the Perry/Romney feud, now suddenly no one cares?
The 2007 San Francisco straw poll was cancelled due to there being “too many Ron Paul supporters”. The Colorado straw poll was also cancelled that year, with the Adams County GOP citing the exact same reason.
NEW ORLEANS — First former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he would skip all Republican Presidential straw polls, and now the Texas Republican Party says it won’t hold a straw poll — thanks to a lack of interest expressed by the candidates.
The state party, headed by Houston attorney Steve Munisteri, announced Thursday that its canvass of announced presidential nomination campaigners found little interest in the Texas poll or for that matter, much interest in a much-ballyhooed Florida straw poll scheduled for later this year.
The Texas party said the “lack of participants would severely hamper the party’s ability to ensure attendance and make it impossible to safeguard against a financial loss on the event.”
Originally posted by FallenWun
Why am I not surprised that Prisonplanet forgot to clarify who was not interested.
Originally posted by The Old American
Originally posted by FallenWun
Why am I not surprised that Prisonplanet forgot to clarify who was not interested.
Why am I not surprised you showed up on a thread that that has a tie to Alex Jones?
/TOA
Originally posted by FallenWun
Gosh I really hate to introduce a fact here but what the hell.
NEW ORLEANS — First former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he would skip all Republican Presidential straw polls, and now the Texas Republican Party says it won’t hold a straw poll — thanks to a lack of interest expressed by the candidates.
Now maybe you can all discuss the conspiracy of all the candidates not wanting to take part because they do not want to lose to paul but to say that this is some grand conspiracy by some grand PTB or MSM is just kind of ridiculous.
If Ron Paul was the only one who wanted to play, then he does not get to play. What would even be the point?
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Why am I not surprised that Prisonplanet forgot to clarify who was not interested.
Originally posted by Venomilk
the bigger question would be; if rick perry is such a frontrunner, why would there be a lack of interest in his own state? ron paul aside, that means someones lyingedit on 19-9-2011 by Venomilk because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SpaDe_
The funny thing is Romney doesn't want to play because the polls are not working in his favor. If the polls were working in his favor, he would be doing every straw poll on the planet just to get his name out there. I used to think Romney was ok, but now I see he is just like the rest.
What this really says in plain text is that since one of the two media favored contenders is taking his toys and going home, now they won't let anyone play in the sandbox.
Originally posted by filosophia
reply to post by FallenWun
So, Romney has suddenly lost interest, and now he speaks for all of them? Did Bachman announce she has lost interest? Or Cain? Or Huntsman?
I guess, if Romney finds no interest in the general election, maybe we should just skip to dictatorship because Romney says so?
Not buying that argument. Maybe if you can show me that ALL the candidates suddenly lost interest, then that would make sense, or at least all of them except Ron Paul, and that would be fine, cancel the straw poll, it would just show that they lost interest in losing.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by FallenWun
I read the article you posted and it really only mentioned Romney and I imagine the reason the GOP in TX is against it is because their man Perry would lose..
I see no mention of Paul or anyone else being against them (it says it would save Gingrich money, but doesn't say that was his plan). I actually believe to the contrary as everyone puts Paul's name in the news, so I'm certain this isn't what he wanted. I think it is an attempt to quell Paul's rising popularity.