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- futureteg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12I agree that the results are actually a positive thing for the campaign. a) It will weed out a few 2nd tiers b) we didn't spend much time or money to get our numbers c) we showed that we can get organized on short notice and get results
- ClayT2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Ron Paul's message continues to gain exposure - and his support is growing.
- metapop, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9let's face it- ron paul did 5x better than the media said he would... they've obviously underestimated him.
- ronheri, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9The ABC poll of last Sunday's debate says it all....Ron Paul overwhelmingly. Check the ABC site and the numbers. When the voters get a chance to hear Dr. Paul's message they know beyond a doubt he is a man of character, who believes what he says and will follow through. Dr. Paul is our last best hope. RonPaul2008
- wtbuser, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Bill Clinton finished with 11% in 1991 at Ames... but I guess his campaign wasn't very strong...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Sam Brownback was basing his campaign on making 1st or 2nd. It'll be interesting to see if he follows through and drops out. Duncan Hunter and T. Thompson *will* be dropping out. Maybe also Tancredo. Paul is the only one among all these names that really has a strong campaign. 5th IS good for being only 1 week in Iowa, while Mitt has spent months and millions (also buying 10,000 tickets) and Thompson has been to each 98 counties in Iowa. This is a very good showing overall
- diablo75, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8You know, I wouldn't be surprised if McCain and Rudy dodged this poll not just because they knew Paul would smoke 'em, but also to let Romney appear to have more support than he actually would have gotten had McCain and Rudy showed up and spend some moola on a campaign of some sort. If only they had such money to spend, haw haw haw. Go Ron Paul!
- Likkerish, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Ron Paul finished 5th, basically in the "middle of the pack."
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Jason wrote on August 10
"If Paul finishes 4-6 that would represent a good showing for him, and even the campaign itself is stressing that they would be happy with a middle of the pack finish....
"...Ron Paul is in a good position here. The expectations are low, so if he does anything at all, he will generate a bit more media buzz for his campaign. He really has everything to gain and nothing to lose on Saturday." - ZandarKoad, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7We're on our way. Just keep your hands to the plow, and get the word out to every home in America. Ron Paul: the ultimate Anti-Politician.
- jimmyjay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The Honorable Dr. Paul had a good showing. No one seriously thought he would win in Iowa. His message of freedom and a non interventionist foreign policy will resonate with the people. Let's just redouble our efforts and give this whole process more time.
- iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I have watched most of the speeches yesterday. Ron Paul crowd was the most energetic one, but, probably and unfortunately, most of them were out of Iowa, according to comments in Justin TV posted by some Iowan's who were in the event and talked ramdomly to many person.
I agree with nicklaforge comment. Thank you for the analysis. - Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8I'm actually impressed by Ron Pauls performance. I'd not have thought he'd get over 5%, but he managed to scare up almost 3000 votes, and actually beat not only Donald Duck but some actual other candidates this time. That's a first for him.
HOWEVER... For comedic relief compare to how he's doing in their ONLINE poll - I think I can still safely claim that the ronbots are largely sockpuppets & gamers.
I'm sure glad none of you decided to take me up on my bet to never comment on ronpaul again if he got more than 5% in return for you shutting up if he got less than 3%. I still find your lack of faith disturbing, though. - SubVet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I would think that the 9% vote for Dr. Paul clearly shows that there is a huge error in the "national polls" where they continue to claim that Dr. Paul only gets 1% or 2%. You would think that alone is "newsworthy" but my local MSM rag made no mention at all of Dr. Paul. Deliberate suppression, I'd think so...
- iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Thank you for good analysis of the situation. Let's keep pushing.
- Gooseman231, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I've been getting questions from strangers from my Ron Paul hat and bumper sticker. I then hand them a RP fact sheet printed off his website. I also have the RP fact sheets in my wife's barber shop in suburban Pittsburgh,Pa. They average three a day out the door. I have never contributed to any politician. So far we have contributed four separate $100 donations. The yard sign is in our front yard. The point is what jimmyjay is saying above. Let's redouble our efforts. I will continue to fight and I'm sure all the RP faithful will do the same!
- 0zzy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Only Brownback and Romney bought buses, tickets, food, etc. Paul bought 800 tickets and had some hotdogs in his tent. At least everyone used up his tickets, Romney bought 10,000 and only 4K were used hah.
- wsmith68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I am a die hard RP supporter. But I am not an Iowan. I am a newly registered Republican who will donate to RP's campaign and am getting out the word. Those "ronbots" are real people who can be motivated to get out and vote. Mainstream media is against RP. Grassroots is the word here.
- iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Copied from "Worldwide Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Message Board"
"CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT - PLEASE ACT!!
The Only Strategy That Will Give Ron Paul a Chance
by Joseph D. Lanzendorfer
We have about six months left to promote Ron Paul, or else this whole campaign is over. We do not have until the general election, because if Ron Paul does not make it through the primaries, then we are finished. We do not have until the primaries to get the ball rolling?we have until the primaries to convince everyone voting in the Republican primaries to vote for Ron Paul. Furthermore, we should not save any of our energy for after the primaries, because once Ron Paul is one of two candidates, it will be impossible for the media to ignore him. We need a strategy that will win Ron Paul the primaries, and we need everyone united behind it. We have the support; we just need to unite our efforts. When it comes to any marketing strategy, you have a target audience. The problem with our strategy thus far is we have no target, or rather, our target has been everyone on the internet who can vote in the primaries. There are three problems with this strategy. 1) It is too broad. 2) Not everyone who CAN vote in the Republican primaries DOES vote in the Republican primaries. 3) Not everyone is on the internet. I am not saying we should not promote him on the internet. It has led to some good publicity. Most people do not even know who Ron Paul is. With six months time, it would be virtually impossible to even make Ron Paul a household name, let alone convince most Americans to register as Republican and go out and vote for Ron Paul in the primaries. Most Americans do not even vote, let alone vote in the primaries. Therefore, our target audience is obvious: REPUBLICANS WHO ALREADY PLAN TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES.
That is where my strategy comes in. Operation: Republican Caucus Storm. Finding people who already plan to vote in the upcoming Republican primaries is easy. They are the most active members of the Republican Party. All you have to do is go to the Republican website for your state, and figure out where all of these people meet up. Figure out what you need to do to vote for Paul in the primaries, and get involved with your state?s Republican Party. For most states, this just means registering to vote as a Republican. Some states have different requirements or hold open primaries.
HERE IS OUR MISSION AND THE STRATEGY Use the website to find out where they are holding Republican caucus meetings and conventions. Go to all of these meetings and conventions and persuade as many people there as possible that Ron Paul is the man they need to get behind. The people who actually go to these meetings and conventions are the people who will be voting in the primaries. While other methods of promoting Ron Paul are great, if we cannot convince these people to vote for Paul, we have already lost. Most of the Republican primary votes come from them. It is for this reason that this is more than just a strategy?it is practically a requirement. It is for this reason that every single Ron Paul supporter should see this as a diplomatic mission that they are obligated to accomplish. These are the people who count and these are the people who are going to convince other people. We have the numbers we need to make this a reality. If everyone leaps into action and gets involved with the Republicans on a local level, we will be an unstoppable force.
Here is a list of all 50 states and their appropriate GOP website. Click on the one for your state and let?s get moving!
Alabama http://www.algop.org/... .http://www.algop.org/
Alaska http://www.alaskarepu... .
Arizona http://www.azgop.org/... .
Arkansas http://www.arkansasgo... .
California http://www.cagop.org/... .
Colorado http://www.cologop.or... .
Connecticut http://www.ctgop.org/... .
Delaware http://www.delawarego... .
Florida http://www.rpof.org/.... .
Georgia http://www.gagop.org/... .
Hawaii http://www.gophawaii.... .
http://www.idgop.org/... .
Illinois http://www.ilgop.org/... .
Indiana http://www.indgop.org... .
Iowa http://www.iowagop.or... .
Kansas http://www.ksgop.org/... .
Kentucky http://www.rpk.org/..... .
Louisiana http://www.lagop.com/... .
Maine http://www.mainegop.c... .
Maryland http://www.mdgop.org/... .
Massachusetts http://www.massgop.co... .
Michigan http://www.migop.org/... .
Minnesota http://www.gop-mn.org... .
Mississippi http://www.msgop.org/... .
Missouri http://www.mogop.org/... .
Montana http://www.mtgop.org/... .
http://www.negop.org/... .
Nevada http://www.nevadagop.... .
New Hampshire http://www.nhgop.org/... .
New Jersey http://www.njgop.org/... .
Mexico http://www.gopnm.org/... .
York http://www.nygop.org/... .
North Carolina http://www.ncgop.org/... .
North Dakota http://www.ndgop.com/... .
Ohio http://www.ohiogop.or... .
Oklahoma http://www.okgop.com/... .
Oregon http://www.orgop.org/... .
http://www.pagop.org/... .
Rhode Island http://www.rigop.org/... .
South Carolina http://www.scgop.com/... .
South Dakota http://www.southdakot... .
Tennessee http://www.tngop.org/... .
Texas http://www.texasgop.o... .
Utah http://home.utgop.org... .
http://www.vtgop.org/... .
Virginia http://www.rpv.org/..... .
Washington http://www.wsrp.org/.... .
West Virginia http://www.wvgop.org/... .
Wisconsin http://www.wisgop.org... .
Wyoming http://www.wygop.org/... .
Edited by Raymond Dodson on Jul 1, 2007 at 11:29 AM" - wsmith68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes, a good analysis. The potential for electronic hacking is SERIOUS! But, knocking off Diebold has to be done with polite persistence. It is time to for RP supporters to put on their best face. Some people in Ames were offended by supporters attitude. We should take our cues from Ron who is always and foremost the perfect gentleman.
As for assassination, I certainly hope the powers realize that people will not be as unprepared as they were in 1963. If 1963 happens, some version of 1776 will follow. - wsmith68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes. I would never vote for a member of the Bush family. I plainly remember the characterization of Bill as a second-tier, "pro-business democrat". Which meant to me "libertarian". I was immediately interested in Bill, and ended up voting for him in the primary and general election. I learned about RP from the Ludwig Von Mises Institute only 18 months ago. It was not until the debate where Ghouliani made a fool of himself that I knew Ron was running. And speaking of Ron, another Ron was way back in the race 28 years ago, but, like Clinton, became a two-term phenomenon. Both Clinton and Reagan had a glamour that exceeds RP's. However, RP has a wholesomeness and heroic demeanor. The physician is highly respected archtype in America. And it is in diametric opposition to the Lawyer, which is synonymous with crook. RP has the physician mystique. It is definitely too early to write off RP.
- Marty1h, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Like Willard Romney, Steve Forbes had millions to blow on his campaign but got nowhere. If liberty and peace are desire able, Ron Paul will bag the Presidency. If being bought off is more powerful, then Hillary or Giuliani will take it.
- dreepa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That is the key we have to make sure that America knows Ron Paul.
The word must be spread on and off the internet.
There are 2 straw polls coming up in NH
one on August 18 -- Dr Paul will be there
and on in Sept
www.ronpaulhq.com - beckweth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Storm is Expected To Pass"
http://www.ronpaulforum.com/showthread.php?t=36971
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2871/*****.jpg
Iowa Straw Poll results according to Fox -
Romney - 31.5%
Huckabee - 18.1%
Brownback - 15/3%
T. Thompson - 7.3%
F. Thompson - 1.4%
Guiliani - 1.3%
Total - 14,302
Bar at bottom - Storm is Expected to Pass
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Not shocking the propaganda, but the bar across the bottom,
IF it ran that way on the boob tube - is an awesome indictment.
IF this IS how it ran, it's an indication of how blind they are to their
own very obvious propaganda. Myself and others are obligated to
print this out and show it to the brainwashed masses, help others
to add 2+2. Maybe we can wake up the Fox faithful.
(If this is a spoof, I'd like to know) - beckweth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thanks for posting this - was thinking today that the active Republicans need to be the first to know about Ron Paul.
- plc1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I disagree. Ron Paul would not have lost any votes, or placed lower, had Rudy, Fred, and McCain been there. In any poll I have seen where there is active participation, McCain finishes about where he did in this straw poll, and Rudy typically falls behind Ron Paul. Had they all been there they would have diluted the votes that went to those who finished in the top 4 places, possibly making Paul's placing a place or two higher.
- gustafer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Really! And what do you base this statement on?
- d1eforyorr1ghts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I drove from Colorado to the straw poll in Iowa to show my support for Dr.Paul.
It was was hot and humid but we all had a great time spreading Dr. Pauls message.
There was no doubt that our next president(Dr. Paul) had by far, the most enthusiastic supporters at the event.
I did not see any other candidates supporters on the street corners holding signs, mingling with the people and doing street actions.
Lets just keep doing what we are doing. We will out work the others because they really do not believe in there candidate like we believe in ours!
The tent was full the speeches, hot dogs, snow cones were fantastic.
It was great to meet some of the "online people" in person too.
The highlight of the day was talking to Dr.Paul and shaking his hand then getting the autograph..YES!!!
I want to thank everyone who was there for the kindness and hospitality they showed.
The event motivated me even more and I am going to double my efforts to get Dr.Paul the name recognition he deserves.
Keep going everyone. It is winning all the little battles that wins you the War.
******RON PAUL 2008****** - wsmith68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ron Paul will not stop. Ron Paul's supporters will continue the fight no matter what the outcome. This is about a revolution, not just a candidate. If he loses at any stage in the race, his presence will have forced an awareness and debate about foreign policy, monetary policy and taxation. If he wins, ha ha ha! A new generation has been introduced to a fight which could have advanced 40 years ago; it only needed the Internet. A Pandora's box has been opened against our rulers and we subjects are determined to be recognized as citizens.
- Obscenewords, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Just watched the Youtube video of his speech at the straw, I love Ron Paul enthusiast, they are the loudest spam ever!
- dreepa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome.
You may want to join our meetup group and/or yahoo group in NH.
Lots of things going on here in NH... a straw poll this coming Sat.
www.ronpaulhq.com - sevendst19, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I have a feeling he did better than the results show. As everyone says, he has the most enthusiastic supporters and I am certain they would trek from all across Iowa to come to the poll to cast a vote for him. The fact that he only managed 1305 votes is kind of shocking and considering Romeny bought at least 8,000 tickets and only had 4500 votes. It seems the whole tally was understated. Now you can say that maybe people said they would go vote for Romney and just stayed home. But the free food and a ride over should have lured at least 75% of them to the poll which would have been 6,000. I wish the campaign would pay to have the ballots hand counted. I think the result would be way different totally destroying forever the credibility of the machine counts. It would be money well spent to show everyone the fraud.
- beckweth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Should be illegal to vote on machines that have been proven hackable for years. They were de-certified in California last week.
But remember that many of those tickets were bought by the campaigns and handed out to the people. Many of the people did not pay for them themselves. - dreepa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome!
www.ronpaulhq.com - gsal923, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ron Paul keep up the hard work... Lets get it done in 08!
Vote for Paul is a Vote for America! Plain and Simple! - iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Here also, Fox mentions 6th Thommy Thomson, but omitts 4th Tancredo and 5th Ron Paul. Also it mentions McCain 10th, but omitts Duncan 9th.
This is like "1984".
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293003,00.html - LEEROCKS, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So only about 30% of those attending the Straw Poll actually cast a vote?? And the Diebold scanners malfunctioned?? Do you really believe that all those other people who paid to be able to vote in the Iowa Straw Poll sat and listened to the candidates speak and then decided NOT to vote. The media misrepresented the number of Ron Paul supporters there, and while Dr Paul did receive around 10% of the vote ("official" results), what happened to all the other voters? Did Ron paul actually receive anough votes to put him ahead of Romney? We've caught ABC and other polls resetting Ron Paul's numbers, so if the establishment did not or could not show that Ron Paul actually won, what's to say that those wonderful Diebold machines were not programmed to flip votes here too?? Just wondering!
- iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1One important point that was pointed to me by a friend and I haven't seen emphasized in any comment is the fact that Ron Paul had much more vote than Giuliani, F Thompson and McCain, "The MSM Front Runners". They are hiding behind the fact that they were not physically in Iowa. The fact is, unlike with Ron Paul, everybody with any interest in politics knows them and their policy, specially Republicans. Therefore, whoever is supporting them would certainly have voted for them independent of their physical presence. No one would vote to someone else just because their candidate was not physically present there. Another possible argument would be their, Giuliani, McCain, F Thompson, supporters chose not to show up because their candidate was not coming. This argument doesn't hold much weight, because the hardcore supporters would want to come and vote for them anyway, and their popularity is supposed to be so overwhelming that even the "typical" republican activists should have wanted to vote for them whether or not candidates showed up. Remember that the vote is for who you want for president, not who of the candidates "currently present in the poll" that you want for president. The sad fact is that the reason Giuliani and McCain have any support at all is that they are CONSTANTLY being mentioned by the media as the front runners. Thus when you conduct a random phone poll, people who are not particularly active in politics know their names and don't know anyone else's. But every poll, which people self-select based on their interest in the outcome, from Internet to text-message to straw poll they, Giuliani, McCain, F Thompson, come in dead last relative to R Paul. Basically, the more one knows about them the less attractive they are to the most people. Furthermore, even if you buy the argument of being there, Iowa, to be known to get vote, the numbers show that Ron Paul spent less number of events in Iowa, 17 events, than McCain, 26 events, and Giuliani, 26 events. F Thompson is 0. (source: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/tracker/candidates/) Their, Giuliani, McCain, Thompson, campaign should have had the prediction about Iowa Straw Poll based on some study and that is the real reason, why they were not there. Otherwise, they could not have the excuse of their low numbers and would be very damaging to their campaign. As a collateral, this shows how Ron Paul support is strong and growing. It was much higher than Giuliani, McCain and F Thompson, the "front runners". 7x Giuliani, 6.4x Thompson and 13x McCain. We should Congratulate how Ron Paul did much better than "The Front Runners".
- iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1One important point that was pointed to me by a friend and I haven't seen emphasized in any comment is the fact that Ron Paul had much more vote than Giuliani, F Thompson and McCain, "The MSM Front Runners". They are hiding behind the fact that they were not physically in Iowa.
The fact is, unlike with Ron Paul, everybody with any interest in politics knows them and their policy, specially Republicans. Therefore, whoever is supporting them would certainly have voted for them independent of their physical presence. No one would vote to someone else just because their candidate was not physically present there.
Another possible argument would be their, Giuliani, McCain, F Thompson, supporters chose not to show up because their candidate was not coming. This argument doesn't hold much weight, because the hardcore supporters would want to come and vote for them anyway, and their popularity is supposed to be so overwhelming that even the "typical" republican activists should have wanted to vote for them whether or not candidates showed up. Remember that the vote is for who you want for president, not who of the candidates "currently present in the poll" that you want for president.
The sad fact is that the reason Giuliani and McCain have any support at all is that they are CONSTANTLY being mentioned by the media as the
front runners. Thus when you conduct a random phone poll, people who are not particularly active in politics know their names and don't know anyone else's. But every poll, which people self-select based on their interest in the outcome, from Internet to text-message to straw poll
they, Giuliani, McCain, F Thompson, come in dead last relative to R Paul. Basically, the more one knows about them the less attractive they are to the most people.
Furthermore, even if you buy the argument of being there, Iowa, to be known to get vote, the numbers show that Ron Paul spent less number of events in Iowa, 17 events, than McCain, 26 events, and Giuliani, 26 events. F Thompson is 0. (source: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/tracker/candidates/)
Their, Giuliani, McCain, Thompson, campaign should have had the prediction about Iowa Straw Poll based on some study and that is the real reason, why they were not there. Otherwise, they could not have the excuse of their low numbers and would be very damaging to their campaign.
As a collateral, this shows how Ron Paul support is strong and growing. It was much higher than Giuliani, McCain and F Thompson, the "front runners". 7x Giuliani, 6.4x Thompson and 13x McCain.
We should Congratulate how Ron Paul did much better than "The Front Runners". - USNDOC1964, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The Straw Poll results have just given me more energy. The bulk mailings to all 10 county court houses in New Hampshire, (all elected officials offices) and the major cities, (Manchester, Nashua, Concord and Portsmouth) again all elected officials in these buildings begins this week. The mailings will include a Ron Paul bumper sticker, Glossy Palm Card which contains the "essence" of who Ron Paul is, and a donation letter to Clute Texas. We here in Pennsylvania are his "silent campaign". We have already mailed over 500 letters with thousands to follow. All will be heading to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. Game On!
- wsmith68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The "heavies" didn't bother because they realize that Internet is the new media. And RP is always the winner on the Internet.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I see you still don't understand how things work. The voting pool would have EXPANDED, with thousands of rudy's and hundreds of McCains supporters. The influx would have bumped ron pauls 1305 from 9.1% of the total voters to around 6-7%.
- MIForRonPaul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Polls measure support of and idea or person. There are two types. Those that are paid for by someone, and then the 'organic' polls (those that are free-flowing, involve 10's or 100's of thousands of people, and are not easily manipulated). The Iowa Straw poll, in essence, was a 'paid' poll. In other words, the expenditure of money had a direct influence on the outcome. Ron Paul spent very little compared to Mitt Romney. He's characterstically been presented to the American people, in nearly every article on him, as being a 'fringe', 'second-tier', 'libertarian' (he's a Republican candidate), attracting a 'wacko' or 'lunatic' following. The mainstream media uses term like that because they haven't seen such an organic, passionate, grass roots support for a candidate, like Ron Paul has, ever in the history of their media. Ron Paul's showing in Iowa, as he stated, is really just the beginning of his campaign to the American people. He's in it for the long haul, because we, the American people, are in it for the long haul. We've already won something here. The sleeping American giant has been stirred by Congressman Paul's direct approach to tackling the issu-es head-on, with truth, candor, and common sense. Let's look at some 'organic' poll results. Ron Paul, as of 8-12-07, has 25,423 YOUTUBE supporters and 3,218,472 channel views. Mitt Romney, the next closet Republican, has 2,748 subscribers and 722,131 channel views. So one can say that this is a 'poll' of those who use YOUTUBE - i.e. younger voters for the most part. Now on the the 'military poll'. Ron Paul brought in $22,140 (or votes) and Mitt Romney brought in just $4,551 (votes). So Ron Paul wins this 'poll' (is essence a poll paid for by the U.S. Military who donated money to campaigns). Now on to visits to a Republican website (web traffic). According to Hitwise.com, ranking traffic to all candidates websites, including the Dem's, Ron Paul ranks third, with 15.12%. Hillary is 2nd, with 15.92%, and first place, Barack Obama, with 26.73%. Mitt Romney is 5th. with 5.52% of the total traffic going to presidential candidate's websites. According to the same website, Ron Paul is the #1 searched presidential candidate in August, with 9.4%, followed by Barack Obama. Mitt Romney is 10th with 1.78% (based on a fairly SMALL sample of 10,000,000 users). When examining traffic amongst just the Republican's, Ron Paul, in August got 44.16% of all traffic, followed by Mitt Romney, with 16.13%. One can only assume that Mitt's supporters must not own computers, are not on the internet, or simply don't care about showing their support online. Ron Paul, again, is the #1 searched term on Technorati. No other presidential candidate makes the top ten. Now you must keep in mind that all this has to do with the 'small and contained' internet. We all know how big the net is...it's not really that big, according to the mainstream media, and since Ron Paul has a commanding lead on the web, it must just be all those libertarian, tech-minded, geeky, fringe, lunatic, maniac, 9-11 truthers, conspiracy theorist who are excited about the idea of returning to a Constitutional government who stay the hell out of OUR business and protect OUR freedoms, and spend OUR money responsibly, and protect OUR Constitutional rights and OUR U.S sovereignty. I know that I'm one of those people - 47 years old, married 15 years with 6 kids and a very conservative person. No...Ron Paul doesn't rank in the controlled polls, but he owns all the rest!
- chuck3330, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0paragraphs are a wonderful thing
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Yeah because we all know how accurate Internet polls are right? I assume Ron Paul will now go on to win the nomination with over 90%...
- cathleenemily, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You suggest that Ron Paul should be concerned with being embarrassed by the results. I think you misinterpret his goal. Whether or not he wins a nomination or the election, I think he has much greater intentions. He is sincerely trying to bring about discussion and activism regarding freedom. If he mobilizes supporters in this cause, it won't matter whether he is president or not. There will be thousands more Americans who have been made aware of the issues that are genuinely important to him.
I think he's a lot bigger man than to quit merely because someone says he might not get first place. That's a shortsighted perspective. - iaoki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I saw it here and here also. This is really like INGSOC!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/014647.html
http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2007/08/12/fox-news-censors-straw-polls-results/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Uhh, I hate to break it to you, but if Rudy had participated he would have blown Paul out of the water, most likely finishing in 2nd place. McCain probably could have gotten 4-5th place as well, as he couldn't afford to spend like Romney. If they had participated, Paul's 1305 would be weighed against a couple thousand more votes, and he'd have been knocked down to 6-7%
- aleblanc14, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It would be interesting to really know how many tickets each camp bought.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Romney has something Paul doesn't though. Alot more money. I know this shouldn't matter but he's going to use it to generate publicity and get votes in the upcoming primaries while RP is sitting on his money and people are still wondering who he is. Unless RP starts spending he is still going to be another no-name when the real voting starts
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Strong campaigns don't finish fifth.
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