Ron Paul Clinches California GOP Straw Poll, Distantly Followed by Perry and Romney
- Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:27am by
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Texas Rep. Ron Paul addresses the California Republican convention Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. (Photo credit: Los Angeles Times)
Texas congressman and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul won the California Republican straw poll at the state party convention Saturday, handily beating Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who placed second.
Paul dominated the results, winning 44.9 percent of the vote. Perry received 29.3 percent, according to the Los Angeles Times, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney placed third with 8.8 percent. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who was the target of a gay rights protest at the convention, came in fourth with 7.7 percent, following a dip in her national poll numbers.
The LA Times described Paul fans as being “out in full force,” raucously cheering and whistling when the candidate arrived at the convention to speak. Paul’s speech followed familiar themes, with a line that America’s role is “not to be the policeman of the world” receiving particularly loud applause.
He closed by saying, “I’m running on peace and prosperity and personal liberty, the U.S. Constitution and the American tradition.”
Supporters chanted, “President Paul!” as he left.
The win came the same day as an online “Constitution Day Money Bomb” fundraiser, in which Paul attempted to raise a large amount of money from his supporters in 24 hours. A similar in event in August netted 1.6 million in one day.
A recent CNN poll placed Paul in third place nationally, with 13 percent, behind Romney in second place with 21 percent and Perry in first with 32 percent.
Full California straw poll results, as reported by the LA Times:
Congressman Ron Paul (374, 44.9%)
Gov. Rick Perry (244, 29.3%)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (74, 8.8%)
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (64, 7.7%)
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (17, 2.0%)
Herman Cain (15, 1.8%)
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (14, 1.7%)
Congressman Thad McCotter (7, 0.8%)
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (7, 0.8%)
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (2, 0.2%)
Fred Karger (1, 0.1%)
Write-ins (15, 1.8%)
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endgamer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:11amWhen there is an actual primary, We WILL see..
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:27amYes, you will see. You will see the whiny, sniveling little bee eye itch, Ron Paul, soundly defeated and humiliated in the primaries. Palin will be in it by the primaries, and she will muck up the whole thing for the GOP. I’ve already come to grips with the fact that Bammy is going to handily win reelection (if there even IS an election), and finish his “fundamental transformation” of the USA. God help us.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:32amBring it ditto..
Report Post »Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:47am@ditto
I notice you don’t state where your support lies in any of your posts. Is that because you are one of those whiny, lazy, stand-for-nothing, independents??
I respect Ron Paul, but my support lies with Palin, our next President.
Palin 2012
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:01pm@Banter
Report Post »I’m staunchly Republican. All my guy‘s have dropped out or didn’t run, so I’m left with a tough choice which I have yet to make. Your declaration that Palin is our next President is naive at best. Do you really think the country can even get past her annoying sing-song voice? I know I can’t. She’s an opportunistic hick and could never defeat Bammy. Come to grips. Palin is a loser. Paul is a sniveler. Perry might be the guy. I’m praying Huckabee will have a change of heart and get in it. I believe he may our only hope to win back the White House before ‘16. Chuck Norris gets it. Why don’t you?
Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:18pmPerry? Huckabee? and you call Palin a hick and a loser? (btw, these are variations of the standard talking points about Palin, so good job getting them in there.)
Paul is not first on my list to vote for, as stated, but he will absolutely get my vote if Palin does not get in the race. STOP voting for big government rinos that the lsm tells you to vote for.
Personally, I don’t give a s#$t if Chuck Norris gets it.
Palin 2012
Report Post »Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:22pm@ditto
Staunchly Republica does not mean staunchly conservative. Our only hope is to get a conservative in the WH. McCain is staunchly Republican, be is NO conservative.
Palin 2012
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 1:27pm@Banter
Report Post »I don’t know the “standard talking points about Palin” and I don’t take marching orders from the lame stream media. I’m a big boy. I draw my own conclusions all by myself based on what the candidates do and say. I cringed when McLame put Palin on his ticket because I knew it would mean definite defeat, and guess what: I was right! Then when she resigned her office as Gov., that showed the world how uncommitted and opportunistic she is. I am staunchly CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN. Mike Huckabee is no RINO. He’s a conservative Republican Christian MAN. That’s who can defeat Bamster. You don’t like Huckabee because he is a soft spoken gentleman and not a foul-mouthed hick like Palin (and I’m guessing…you?). He is the kind of man that can win over the likes of a devil such as Joy Behar. Huckabee is a realist. His positions are realistic. Palins positions are opportunistic.
Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 5:27pm@Ditto
“I cringed when McLame put Palin on his ticket because I knew it would mean definite defeat, and guess what: I was right! Then when she resigned her office as Gov., that showed the world how uncommitted and opportunistic she is”
All Palin taling points, so again, good job getting them in the post. You know zero about Palin, or you wouldn’t continue to spew about her leaving, You just upchuck the same garbage you hear like the good repub you are. If you choose your candidate based on their ability to win over Behar, you get what you deserve.
Palin 2012
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 9:11pm@Banter
“If you choose your candidate based on their ability to win over Behar, you get what you deserve.”
I was citing an example of how likable the Governer is, but way to pervert my words. You’re an intellectually dishonest fool, and a very naive one at that. I’m well aware of why Palin claims to have resigned, and I don’t buy it. She saw $$$ and cashed in big time. I have no beef with that per se, but I find her flakey at best. I don’t like flakes. I don’t do business with them, I don’t recreate with them, and I certainly would never vote for one in a primary election. The Palin train hasn’t even left the station yet, but guess what: it will derail/crash/never reach its desired destination, because it will be driven by a pretentious, wreckless, opportunistic, selfish, white trash, hypocritical (shall I go on?) LOSER!
Report Post »sumguyinohio
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:57pmDitto like so many others just can’t see the numbers that smack them in the face. Doesn‘t matter what people say about Sarah 3 of last weeks polls had her third just behind Romney and she isn’t even in. I’m not so sure why her voice would matter. At least the squeaky words that coming from her mouth can be believed.
Report Post »AZindependent
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:35pmIf Ron Paul becomes the POTUS, and pulls all of the troops out of Afghanistan, then who will guard the CIA’s poppy fields? They can’t leave the guarding of poppy fields up to the Afghanistan Army can they?
If Ron Paul becomes the POTUS, and ends the one hundred year charter of the Federal Reserve in 2013, then who will buy the US Treasury bonds and secretly lend trillions to European banks?
I could go on and on, but I won’t. Suffice to say, TPTB and MSM (including Beck and the Blaze) will do EVERYTHING they can to stop Paul from being nominated. Don’t forget the Secret Service guarding presidents and presidential candidates are under the control of the banksters at the US Treasury Dept. Get the picture?
Report Post »Shooby
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:12am@ditto
I have never seen or heard Ron Paul whine or snivel about anything.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:40am@dittohead – I like the name calling followed by lack of facts. It makes me think you’re more of a RINO than anything. Use logic instead of emotional bad mouthing, and you may even convince some people of your perspective. Until then, please shut the hell up and do some research instead of whining about who we have left.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:52amRon Paul is the candidate who’s voting record most represents the founding fathers. He told us the FED would cripple our country and it is. He told us how to fix it too. Fire the FED. As POTUS just like Andrew Jackson did he would flush the central bank that is chocking the prosperity out of America. That is exactly why both sides of the media do their best to make Paul look bad because the owners of the media are also the owners of the FED.
Report Post »If you do not look into your government people then you get the tyranny you deserve.
SgtB
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 8:48am@ AZindependant,
I like that you brought up the secret service that way. I think that it escapes 90% of the adult population that the secret service was originally founded to protect our currency and not the president. Makes me wonder where their true allegience lies. I have doubt that their number one job is really protecting the president. Especially seeing as how the last president to be assasinated was killed a week after signing an order to print non-federal reserve notes that were actually backed by silver and his ultimate goal was to end the Fed. When Ron Paul gets elected he should not rely on the secret service to protect him. Maybe he could hire a few of us veteran oathkeepers to keep him company in D.C.
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 10:24am@Banter Ron Paul is the only conservative in the race. The rest of these “republicans” will do nothing more than maintain the current system which has pushed us to the edge of insolvency. Ron Paul is the only one that has plans for and would make real meaningful cuts.
Report Post »I know that most people that oppose Ron Paul, oppose him primarily because of his foreign policy.
But you need to understand that he is non-interventionalist, not isolationist, there is a HUGE difference.
And if you are honest with yourself you will have to admit, there is something fundamentally wrong with the fact that a nation, which has about 5% of the worlds population accounts for roughly 50% of global military spending… We have plenty of fat to trim in the DoD without jeopardizing security of our homeland.
thepatriotdave
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 11:23amRon Paul is as dangerous as Obama.
Report Post »If he wins the primary Obama wins 4 more years!
FNG
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:59pmChuck Norris is MY choice. Because when Chuck gets into the mix, you simply don’t have a choice.
Did you all know he can piss his name into concrete?
Report Post »msspurlock
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:24pmIt’s CALIFORNIA.
Report Post »And straw polls are utterly meaningless.
If someone can buy votes, they’re going to buy them, and that’s what Paul did.
The real world, where Paul does not live will NEVER VOTE FOR HIM.
If the GOP runs Paul, we will LOSE.
He’s too old, with huge negatives among women and minorities.
He’s John McCain without the war experience.
I would hope we’re not going to run an old wheeze against the “rock star.”
Eblaze44
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 4:16pmI’d say the Democrats know Ron Paul cannot win and when the primary comes to SC, they will turn out in numbers to support him. Straw polls are just that, straw in the wind.
Romney is a “New World Order” progressive “Republican”, might as well keep Obama.
Cain hasn’t a chance because the first black president has screwed that up. (that’s not racist, that’s just the way that cookie will crumble – People will look twice at another black person for president regardless of what they “say”.)
The two harridans, Palin and Bachmann, haven’t a chance, both as patriotic and American as apple pie and Constitutionalists as they are. that is a very deep well to get out of – it might be different if they had even the support of half of the voter eligible women in the country – but they don’t.
Huntsman is just another liberal democrat under the facade of being a RINO Republican.
Most of America knows that Newt knows his stuff, but they are remembering his failure as Speaker rather than the good he did do, and his walking out only clinches it.
Perry, especially if he could hook Marco Rubio into VP would be the very best chance against Obama.
But, it won‘t matter a tinkers dam who is president if you don’t fix the Senate.
Report Post »johna650
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 7:10pmDittohead, you are a vacuous and annoying obot. Take your lame comments somewhere else. endgammer, why do you encourage this obot?
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 8:37pmJust putting this out there:
Thought Controllers Call Ron Paul “Extreme”
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFhSr1A1do
thepatriotdave
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:33amBanter,
Report Post »“Personally, I don’t give a s#$t if Chuck Norris gets it.”
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Ron Paul would be the very worst choice out of all the known candidates. In fact, his presidency would be almost as bad as Obama’s. To get a clear insight of what I’m getting at you must first study Libertarian philosophy and the ideology it shares with Anarchism. He would be a danger to the security and safety of this nation.
Hire him to do something about the Fed, but for Gods sake do NOT elect him as POTUS. That would be a nightmare for us.
Plus, think about this… his people know he cannot win the primary so they already have plans to have him run on another Party ticket after he loses the primary. That means that whoever WE pick during the primary he is going to challenge them in the general. This means Obama wins 4 more years because of the votes his chuckle-head supporters siphon off from OUR pick. Does this sound like a man looking out for OUR best interest? NO is the correct answer.
777patriot
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 6:56pm@ SgtB who was replying to @ AZindependant,:
I am glad you brought that up, no Ron Paul shouldn’t trust the Secret Service, or the rest of the letter gangs. However my guess is that the 4.3 million Militia members in this country could handle the job. It would be a bad bad day for the powers that be if anything happens to Dr. Paul.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:09amOne of the most liberal states in the union.
Report Post »Yea for Paul. He gets the dopehead vote in Ca.
Flyndad123
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:25amDon’t forget the dopeheads in NH, and the dopeheads in Iowa, and the dopeheads at CPAC, and ….. Wait a sec,…. you’re not saying that ALL the republican polls are full of dopeheads are ya ???? HAHAHAHAHA,… I have an idea,.. Let’s all try to figure out exactly WHEN a candidate becomes “Electable” !!! You anti-Paul establishment types are starting to sound a lot like the shrill crys from the global warming crowd. Paul is unelectable and the science on that is settled,.. Now,.. all we have to do is elect a Bilderberg member (carbon tax) and everything will be rainbows and lollipops,…. aaaaahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:09pmYou know nothing of California. So just keep watching the planes fly overhead & keep voting for the same people who have lead us to this mess.
Report Post »sambachico
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:35am@ RATIONAL
Do you live in CA? I do. Northern California, not the bay area. We have CCW’s, lots of land and we enjoying killing stuff in the hunting season. Don’t appreciate your B.S. stereotype that somehow all californian’s are Paul supporters are dopers and losers.
P.S.
Report Post »Your standard next comment will be that my post proves your point somehow. Maybe you can show your quality this go-around, otherwise I might need to have some fun with you again =) I know how much you enjoyed it last-time.
Steve
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:51amCode Pink activist Liz Hurican told Fox News: “The Ron Paul people are closer and closer to our talking points with each election.”
Report Post »Ron Paul Spokeswoman Rachel Mills says “Code Pink is actually leaning more in the direction of Ron Paul’s beliefs and politics”, saying the Congressman “is in favor of coalition-building with anti-war groups.”
Rational Man
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 4:42am@sambachico
Just keep telling yourself that you have somehow ‘one upped me’ and got my goat.
Report Post »It is only more proof of your delusion. Just because I get weary of poking fun at you and go find something else to do, doesn’t mean that you have somehow got the better of me. That is only arrogance on your part.
But if it somehow makes you feel like something bigger than just another Paulistinian nut, then just keep lying to yourself. Seems to be a stereotypical personality trait with you guys anyway.
You are a laughingstock to me and thats all. I feel no anger. You are not significant enough for me to give any thought to you at all……..But, you are kinda funny if I don’t dwell on how mentally ill you are.
AmeriCat
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:39pmRon Paul supporters had the inside track on this event.
Lots of us would have voted for the “normal” candidates,
Report Post »but we did not even know about the poll, nor did we have access.
A Ron Paul set-up at the polls….as usual.
sambachico
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:25am@RATIONAL
“It is only more proof of your delusion.”. That’s funny, you don’t mention what delusion you are talking about. Whose delusional or mentally ill? What I find hilarious is that you continually bash Paul people and claim that you are tired of messing with Paul supporters, but you cannot bring yourself to actually stop doing it. OCAPD? Obessive Compulsive Anti-Paul disorder. There, i’ve diagnosed you. Maybe Lithium would be an effective coping mechanism for you now that Paul is a solid 13% in the Polls? I’d like to leave you alone on here, but you are so clearly a professional A**hole.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 3:04am“I’d like to leave you alone on here, but you are so clearly a professional……..”
Never fail to make me laugh!
Report Post »What was that you posted about a, “Obessive Compulsive Disorder”?
And yet you claim some sort of victory when I walk away laughing.
I want to feel sorry for you, but I can’t stop laughing…………..
I got an onery streak I guess!
Mr.Truth
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:09amHaha!! Heck yea! I see the neo-cons are pist and making more excuses as to why he won and why hes unelectable.. I love reading yalls comments! Its gonna be a great day!! Way to go Ron!! Lets keep up the great work!!!
Report Post »mrbuff1959
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:46pmYes, and i see alot of NWO. types like dittohead are scaird shi# less.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:47amYeah all these neo-cons would rather vote for the same ol’ status quo types. Honesty we shouldn’t even have debates, we should do everything by voting record. But then the choice would be too easy, and the establishment wouldn’t want that. 30+ years of consistently voting against taxes, gun restrictions and unbalanced budgets is just too hard to swallow. Voting against obamacare and the patriot act and other unconstitutional bills still doesn’t persuade people. People also forget that he was one of the few who endorsed Reagan, and then criticized him for too much government spending (which
Report Post »Reagan also said he was unhappy with); now that’s principle!
Pawhuska
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:05ameveryone keeps saying that Ron Paul is unelectable
Report Post »but he ranks in the pols and has a more enthuseastic base than any other canidate
it is simply a montra that keeps geeting repeated like talking down the economy
if people would listen to his message (most agree he is right about the money)
if they understood his forgien policy. (He is not an isolationist! he is an non interventionist)
If people want a return to the constitution not a dismanteling of it
then Ron Paul is the best and really the only one!
all others will increase the debt and size of Govt. they will just do it slower than the dems maybe.
Ron Paul would actually reduce and eliminate whole departments not enlarge them!
If you think any other will just look at their records as a whole
with one ounce of Party support Ron Paul could win by a landslide!
Solzhenitsin
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:46pmHe has faithful followers who go from one straw poll to the other to make it appear that he’s more electable than he is. This happened in 2008 and history is repeating itself. While I’ll vote ABO in 2012, I am sure I’ll be voting for the loser if it is Ron Paul.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 2:03amthe whole media system is against Ron Paul, which pretty much proves why we need him more than ever. They are scared they are going to lose power… You bet your behinds that every media giant has a stake in the federal reserve. research the federal reserve and why \ how it got started… it started on shady terms… we should never give or have gave the power of our currency to a centralized organization. ever. they OWN us… that is all there is too it…
Report Post »QuranisBookofDeath
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:03amRon Paul was, is and will always be:
THE ONE PERCENT MAN
1%
won percent!!
All he will ever get is 1% of the vote.
Gee wow, let‘s make a big deal out of someone who hasn’t the personality, smarts, experience and normalcy to run for higher office!!
Dew it!!!
/rolls eyes
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:41pmOdd, in Washington State in 2008 Ron Paul did pretty good.
WA State Republican Caucus Results: With 93.3% precincts reporting – McCain 25.4%, Huckabee 23.8%, Paul 20.7%, Romney 16.7%, Other 1%, Uncommitted 12.3%
Hes the 20% man in Washington State
Report Post »WarOf2012
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:02am@Libertarian
Great info. I have a feeling he’s going to be doing better here in Washington State come 2012
Paul has my vote
Report Post »sambachico
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:27amMy father, a lifelong democrat, 30+ year educator, one-time Reagan voter in 84 and one-time Perot voter is now voting Paul this election. He watched the debates and has switched parties to vote for Ron Paul. He can’t stand Bachmann. His first mention to me tonight was how few questions in the last debate were toward Paul, and was mainly about the two pretty-boys Romney and Perry. I find it funny that someone so unelectable has a wide range of appeal. Like most Americans, he’s tired of the unending wars and sees them as a problem financially w/ the debt and unemployment problems. He likes Paul not because he agrees with him on everything, but sees him as one of the few who isn’t going along with the other Republicans. If Rush Limbaugh dis-likes Paul, then Paul is the right guy to vote for in his opinion. The same is true w/ the fox news channel and cnn in his opinion. What I find funny is the media’s treatment of him is helping his cause with disenfranchised democrats and independents.
What I find funny is that many of you here won’t say Bachmann is unelectable, but even if she were to win the primary she‘d likely lose to Obummer She scares the hell out of independents from what i’ve seen. She would be better than Obama, but the “queen of rage” label has some elements of truth to it. Paul has a much better shot at reaching independents and democrats like Reagan did in 1984.
Report Post »originald1
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 4:33amSo keep on doing as your masters tell you…vote for a Party member chosen by the media to keep spending our future, keep destroying us through unwinnable/unconstitutional wars. KEEP DOING YOUR MASTERS BIDDING. They tell you he cant win…so you swallow it and do as they bid. And then you spew the same things from your mouth. Get a spine, stand up for your rights, speak as a free man. But that would be unthinkable for sheep.
Report Post »johna650
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 7:25pmQuran– You are exposing your room temperature IQ for all to see.
Report Post »waluman353
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:01amRon Paul is going to be the next president of the united states…..finally a true american hero that we will witness in our generation that has integrity as well as real mental strength. he will save this nation and in turn the world :)
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:48amyes please
Report Post »originald1
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 4:47amRon Paul IS my President!!!
Report Post »Solzhenitsin
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:48pmUm… no.
Report Post »Mr.Truth
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:01amWhat?? Could it be? Everybody go ahead and talk your trash about how stupid people in California are and I agree the majority of them are but go ahead and discredit this man again and talk about how awesome Perry is and how hes the only man on earth that could beat Obumer in the debates… Im gonna enjoy my day knowing Dr. Paul has won another straw poll and all the neo-cons heads are spinning haha!! Enjoy your Sunday folks I know I am!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 6:51pmRon Paul is against Big Government ????? LIE! Ron Pork: 51 earmarks requests totaling $358,303,155 from libertarian favorite. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was one of only four House Republicans to break rank from the party and request earmarks despite a Republican Conference earmark moratorium. Paul sent 41 earmark requests totaling $157,093,544 for the 2011 Fiscal Year. His largest single request was $19,500,000 for a naval training ship at the Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston, followed by a $18,126,000 to provide maintenance on the Matagorda Ship Channel.
For Fiscal Year 2010, Paul requested 54 total earmarks, adding up to $398,460,640 in pork that the former presidential candidate sought to bring home to his district.
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:54amIt is sad that people like RepubliCorp parrot old stories from Huffington Post and MSNBC. Those who are interested in details about how earmarks work and why Ron Paul tried to take money out of hand of executive branch and give them back to the states, google “Lew Rockwell earmarks”
Report Post »sambachico
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:40am@REPUBLICORP
You’ve been on here long enough to know exactly why Paul earmarks bills. Paul never votes for the budget because it’s too bloated. Money not allocated to earmarks gets re-claimed by the executive branch of government. Paul sees earmarks as giving tax money back to those in his district. So the question that you need to answer is it better for Paul to earmark bills to his consistency in his district or give the executive branch those funds for their pet-projects? I’m going to love your answer on this one.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:03amLOLZ RepubliCorp soundly defeated… NEXT!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 10:31amRon Glitter Paul of Texas voted to homosexualize the United States military, forcing our service men and women to share barracks, showers, and foxholes with indivduals who are openly involved in homosexual conduct.? libertarians are actually just social liberals who don’t want any of their money used to fund the natural consequences of a socially liberal society
Report Post »teaperson
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:56amDuring the 2008 Republican primary, one blogger got so frustrated by the Paul fans’ spoofing of polls that he started including Ron Paul as a selection in every poll he conducted. He tested it with the poll “What is your favorite color: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Ron Paul?” Guess what? Ron Paul won that poll handily.
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:43pmWhen Chuck Norris needs help, Ron Paul is there.
Ron Paul doesn’t cut taxes, he murders them.
Ron Paul delivers babies with no hands, he just reads the Bill of Rights and they come out in anticipation of freedom.
Ron Paul chief export is Liberty.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:52amPaul will get the nomination when Barry gets a clue as to how to run a vibrant economy.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:52amThe only people taking Paul’s straw-poll win seriously are Paul’s acolytes. Paul wins pretty much every straw poll held anywhere in the nation, because the Paulite ship of fools always show up to flood the ballot box. The gadfly Ron Paul (actually he’s a Libertarian quasi-Conservative, not a well rounded Republican Conservative) clearly wins the prize for the most committed supporters (or needing to be committed), but they can’t bend reality. Paul mops up the straw polls, then flops when the actual voting starts. FLOPS, lol.
Report Post »Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:31pmWell that’s just too bad for you, isn’t it! Better get on the Ron Paul express or you will be a de facto Obama supporter.
(CNN) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul won a California straw poll, the state Republican Party announced in a statement Saturday night.
A total of 833 ballots were cast during the straw poll, the statement said.
Paul won with 44.9% of the votes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in second with 29.3% of the votes, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in third with 8.8% of the votes.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:33pmDid you just call Ricky Perry and Mitt Romney well rounded conservatives? hahaha! I needed a good laugh today!
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:45pm>AMERICAN SOLDIER (SEPERATED)…. Nope, I sure didn’t. You said that.
From an AMERICAN SOLDIER (RETIRED)
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:52pm>L B4 L W C. Don’t hold your breath. No actually go ahead… hold your breath. If I hear a little explosion, I’ll send a medic. Lol.
Now, I have to go have the shrimp I got while I was in TX in 2007 ~~ care of Ron Paul and some Porkulus.
Report Post »BenFranklinLivesHere
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:51amYou have to admit, Dr./Rep Ron Paul is no quitter. For 30 years he’s been trying to wake Americans up to the cronyism, corruption and blatant disreguard for our Constitution by hand picked puppets of the uber rich elites, Bilderbergs, Rockefellers, Strongs, whatever you want to call them.
Report Post »The time has come to take a stand against the powers that be. And wheather or not Ron Paul is poetic, attractive, or old and crazy looking doesn’t really have anything to do with government adhering to the fiduciary duties of upholding the Constitution.
progressiveslayer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:07amYou’re using logic and common sense,something the electorate is in dire need of.Rep. Paul won’t get the nomination because he wants us to have sound money and adhere to the constitution,all the rest are big government and big spenders of our money.The government has no money and cannot create wealth they can only destroy wealth.Paul is the only candidate that would adhere to the constitution,sadly we’ll have to choose between Perry & Rino I mean Romney.
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:58am@Progressiveslayer, what a sheer arrogance for you to use “WE”.
Report Post »If Perry is not a RINO after raising taxes and giving more welfare to illegals, than your definition of RINO is different than mine. My vote goes to Ron Paul.
Flyndad123
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:48amHmmmm,… He wins the California straw poll, the NH straw poll, the CPAC straw poll, ties for 1st in the Iowa straw poll, wins ALL the after debate online polls and on and on and on,….. Sounds like a VERY ELECTABLE winner to me !?! …… ohhh,.. wait,.. this just can’t be true,… because I am just an unthinking ronulan paulbot zealot right ?? AAAAhahahahaha,…. you establishment types just crack me up. I mean,.. you guys are supposed to be Blaze readers, but half the comments on here are parroted MSM regurgitation,… and it STILL isn’t working for ya is it ????? aahaahaha,…..
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:53amMy comment is truly what I think. Ron Paul is very likeable and alot of his ideas are good, and yes he did win some straws, but I am just stating the obvious, that he cannot win the presidency or will he. I respect your comment. :)
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:01am@Darla_K, if you like Ron Paul ideas, just vote in primaries. Ideas are more important than tactics. Do not sell your vote to lobbyists, vote for liberty.
Report Post »OpenCarry
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:48amNo Republicans in Californication only nut jobs — too far gone hopefully a big earthquake will clean up soon…
Report Post »mmcdonald628
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:05am“No Republicans in Californication only nut jobs — too far gone hopefully a big earthquake will clean up soon…”
Report Post »-Nice, wishing death and destruction upon millions…I guess that’s what makes you a true Republican now-a-days.
This_Individual
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:42pm“No Republicans in Californication only nut jobs”
Report Post »Why don’t you come over here and find out? You obviously have never been here.Or, you can stay in your little fly over state and say hi to some tornadoes :)
Flotilla Hunter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 5:33pmYou go to Disneyland once and let Goofy sign your felt hat and all of a sudden you know it all. Go inland my friend go inland.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:48amThe LSM tries to downplay Ron Paul and gets stuck with a big “L” on its forehead again and again. That LA Times article is garbage! If the Perry ‘the chosen one’ had won they would have been gloating about how well organized he is blah blah blah. But when Dr Paul is organized, they make it sound like a fluke!
Report Post »Ron Paul is the only candidate who WILL restore America to her full glory. But if you want the UN to run our lives, go ahead, vote Perry, he’s in deep with them (PPPs-Agenda21).
Ron Paul 2012
progressiveslayer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:26amFrom everything I’ve seen of Rep.Paul he’s the only candidate that wants to make government smaller and return us to sound money,I like his ideas but sadly he won’t get the nomination.The american idol crowd the entitlement crowd and rinos will make sure of that.
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:05am@progressiveslayer, we like your tactic to discredit Ron Paul.
Report Post »He is electable and you are not a conservative you think you are.
Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:46amThe lsm is once again picking our candidate like they did McCain, and we are allowing it. Perry? Romney? Pfffftt.
Report Post »team1blazer
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 12:42amAgreed BANTER, lame stream media is totally against true conservatives, and would never print or voice anything positive about Paul, Cain or Santorum (because they are afraid of real conservatives). We have to get away from allowing the MSM to moderate our debates and dictate the narrative.
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:42amStraw polls are outdated and a joke. Bachman won Iowa and look at her ratings now. Republicans are as archaic as the Democrats.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:45amonly NWO media is accurate CNN and FOX polls
Report Post »Banter
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:50amAgreed. They just give particular candidates false hope, all the while the lsm is guiding the sheep (primarily the lazy, stand-for-nothing independents) to their pick.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:55amElections are also outdated but we still pretend they matter
Report Post »or you really pick the president or Senators, maybe some Congressman slip in.
Just look at the Alaska Senate race and the write in election of Lisa Murkowski .
That is the way elections work in USA.
http://lisamurkowskiexposed.ning.com/forum/topics/alaska-alert-lost-a-united
endgamer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:21amBachman “bought” the iowa straw poll/ She bussed in and paid the $30 fee for 6000 people at a cost of over $180,000. She got 4000 votes at the straw poll… Where did the other 2000 go? That IS the only reason she barely got the Iowa Straw poll..
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:42amHey, I’ve got an idea…let’s let our Left Coast kooks choose our next Republican candidate. You know, the same folks that gave us Pelosi, Boxer, Waxman, etc. Nevermind…
Report Post »ontarff
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 1:06pmUnfortunately, California is a BLUE state. That is why those incompetents were elected.
Report Post »gregmerleforcongress
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:41amThe establishment is trembling
Report Post »Solzhenitsin
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 2:49pmOnly because it means another 4 years of Obama.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:40amGo RON PAUL!!!!!
Report Post »mrfunn
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 5:59amThe progressives ( or are they liberals again? ) like Ron Paul.
Report Post »That is enough for me to be suspicious of Ron Paul.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:48pmThen you are an uninformed , non-researching, unable to think for yourself idiot.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:40amAlot of people like Ron Paul, but he is un-electable.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:57amwith that logic we would have Hitler as President, he was very electable
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:00amTaking your cues from the OSS now, we see.
Repeat that all you want, we still won’t believe you.
Report Post »originald1
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 4:45amWe the People believe he is. You the sheeple keep parroting what your masters tell you. Well were not accepting it… and Mr Pauls support is growing daily. Too many people have been blinded and led by their nose in this country, by the two-party system. You have been duped my fellow countrymen! Wake up to REAL freedom, REAL liberty, Peace, and PROSPERITY!!! Stop accepting the same lies, election after election. Research Mr Paul…understand the Principles that made this nation great…and then realize how these crooks we keep putting in office care NOTHING about America, the People, or the Constitution. Join the Revolution…FOR freedom!!!!!
Report Post »Cable_Guy
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 11:31amHave you even read a single book Ron Paul has written? His stances on most topics are simply CONSISTENT with a literal interpretation of the constitution. No where does the constitution point out that United States should police the world and premtively strike out at other sovereign nations. If that was the case, why wasn’t the United States mandated to join in the French Revolution or premptively strike at Germany and Japan before WW2? Its hogwash. Saying the United States foreign policy didn’t cause 9-11 is lying… it lets you sleep well at night, but seriously, if the United States minded it own business and protected its own borders instead of having its nose and interests tied up in middle-east affairs, it wouldn’t have driven the extremists to their most extreme. I agree that a Christian nation wouldn’t have retaliated by flying planes into buildings, but the United States should have known who they were provoking and what they were capable of. You are NOT a conservative if you believe in imposing your control over others through force of arms, you are a NEO-CON… and not worthy of the name. If you hold the idea of the inalienable rights of mankind at the core of your beliefs, then you are. The United States must stop taking the natural rights away from the citizenry of other nations and be a light-post of freedom, honour, and liberty to the darkness that covers this world.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:39amMaybe Americans are tired of endless wars around the world
look at Libya, Can you say Pirates ?
Move over, Lawrence of Arabia. The Great Gallic Liberator of Libya (and any other gullible Arab in sight), neo-Napoleonic French President Nicolas Sarkozy, along with his sidekick British Prime Minister David of Arabia Cameron, gallantly strode into a cordoned off military airport in Tripoli to sing La Vie en Rose by the Mediterranean, thus celebrating the success of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s long bombing of Libya into “democracy”.
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/libya-to-king-sarkozy-the-spoils/
Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:37amAint that a kick in the head!?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:36amI’m sure Glenn will come after Paul on Monday.
Report Post »Maybe beat him up for wanting to De Criminalize Pot ????
Better to live in a police state full of Prozac than allow
pot for the slaves.
How could we fill those private prisons ?
What about all those Prison Jobs and Lobbyist money ?
Who would pay for our 2012 election ? Merck ? GE ?
Chuck Stein
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:34amI can see Obumbler smiling.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:41amyes Obummer knows he can win against any anti NWO candidate
Report Post »because they will fix the Diebold machines again if they have to.
Obummer has to worry about anothe Globalist like Perry whom they
will let beat him.
tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:43amThe criminal tax division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing the activities of at least three of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM and Mizrahi-Tefahot.
“If there are some violations, they’ll be dealt with as the alleged misdeeds of the Swiss banks are being dealt with,” Richard Hellman, Middle East political analyst, said in an interview with Press TV.
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/doj-tax-investigations-leads-to-israeli-offshore-banks/
Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:48amMe too.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:10amIt doesn’t really matter who we nominate,anyone with a pulse will crush the Marxist in chief and rid us of our nightmare.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 3:19pmBetter to cast our vote for a man who stands on principles of liberty freedom and prosperity than a populist who will trample the constitution (every one of the others on either side). America needs a patriot, a statesman.
For those of you who think our foreign policy protects us, you are dead wrong. True, there are people out there who want to kill us, and when they try, they do. Our military overseas is not stopping that. Our TSA is not stopping that. Nothing is stopping it. Bring the boys home and I assure you, it will not get worse. Far from it, things will slowly begin to improve as the world finds less and less reason to hate us. People talk about Iraq as if it is the 51st state. It isn’t. We don’t need to “do something about Iraq”. It is their freakin’ business what they do with their country. That is not our soil and those are not our people. LEAVE THEM ALONE. TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:32amI can’t wait to see how this will play in the Media
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 7:09pmwell I see they canceled the Texas straw poll for one thing.
Report Post »Following the California win, some supporters are now 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.
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-raises-1-million-in-one-day/
KidCharlemagne
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:21pm…..otherwise known as “Blowback”:
“The 1953 Iranian coup d’état (known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup) was the OVERTHROW of the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States under the name TPAJAX Project. The coup saw the transition of Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi from a constitutional monarch to an AUTHORITARIAN one who relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power until his own overthrow in February 1979.”
Report Post »http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax