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Parker2112
08-16-2011, 12:52 PM
Media shepherding the sheep...nothing to see here...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/indecision-2012---corn-polled-edition---ron-paul---the-top-tier
coyotes_geek
08-16-2011, 01:06 PM
Good clip. :tu
ChumpDumper
08-16-2011, 01:07 PM
That was pretty funny.
Parker2112
08-16-2011, 01:19 PM
damn funny.
Wild Cobra
08-16-2011, 01:23 PM
That's why the media rules over the minds of America.
Parker2112
08-16-2011, 01:44 PM
That's why the media rules over the minds of America.

Youve been ruled by Glenn Beck and that other fat bastard for quite some time now.
DarrinS
08-16-2011, 01:56 PM
This isn't Ron Paul's first dance with irrelevance.
Halberto
08-16-2011, 02:14 PM
This isn't Ron Paul's first dance with irrelevance.

I'm confused by this statement. Are you saying he's irrelevant to the media, or that he's just irrelevant? According to Iowa, he's more relevant than Bachmann.
Parker2112
08-16-2011, 02:20 PM
I'm confused by this statement. Are you saying he's irrelevant to the media, or that he's just irrelevant? According to Iowa, he's more relevant than Bachmann.

I think he's trying to say that until his media sources of choice tell him this is a relevant candidate, Ron is irrelevant to him.
Parker2112
08-16-2011, 02:21 PM
Darrin is an unapologetic kool-aid consumer.
Bill_Brasky
08-16-2011, 02:30 PM
Mainstream media is shitting their pants over the prospect of Ron Paul being taken seriously. Their agenda is so clear it's pathetic.
Wild Cobra
08-16-2011, 02:32 PM
Youve been ruled by Glenn Beck and that other fat bastard for quite some time now.
Is that what those voices tell you?
DarkReign
08-16-2011, 02:47 PM
Hmm, any bets on how well Ron Paul does after Iowa?
Wild Cobra
08-16-2011, 02:50 PM
Hmm, any bets on how well Ron Paul does after Iowa?
Hard to say. The people, as a whole, are pissed off at both normal democrat and republican platitudes. Paul looks pretty good to so many now.
DarrinS
08-16-2011, 04:05 PM
I'm confused by this statement. Are you saying he's irrelevant to the media, or that he's just irrelevant? According to Iowa, he's more relevant than Bachmann.


Here are results from 2007:


1. Mitt Romney 4,516 31.6%
2. Mike Huckabee 2,587 18.1%
3. Sam Brownback 2,192 15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo 1,961 13.7%
5. Ron Paul 1,305 9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson 1,039 7.3%
7. Fred Thompson 203 1.4%
8. Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3%
9. Duncan Hunter 174 1.2%
10. John McCain 101 0.7%
11. John H. Cox 41 0.3%
RandomGuy
08-16-2011, 05:00 PM
Media shepherding the sheep...nothing to see here...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/indecision-2012---corn-polled-edition---ron-paul---the-top-tier

It was a good clip. Ron Paul deserves more attention and credit than he is getting.

Stick that in yer pipe...
RandomGuy
08-16-2011, 05:01 PM
Hmm, any bets on how well Ron Paul does after Iowa?

I would be willing to bet he does a bit better than he did last election, but that isn't saying much.
Agloco
08-16-2011, 05:09 PM
Hmm, any bets on how well Ron Paul does after Iowa?


I would be willing to bet he does a bit better than he did last election, but that isn't saying much.

DarkHorse IMO.
coyotes_geek
08-16-2011, 05:18 PM
Hmm, any bets on how well Ron Paul does after Iowa?

I think he'll be able to consistently finish 3rd or 4th in most state primaries.
RandomGuy
08-16-2011, 05:18 PM
DarkHorse IMO.

Given that he obviously doesn't have the support of Fox "News", that is the kiss of death for a Republican contender, barring some truly earthshattering convulsion in the landscape of Republicanland.
RandomGuy
08-16-2011, 05:19 PM
I think he'll be able to consistently finish 3rd or 4th in most state primaries.

Agreed.
Halberto
08-16-2011, 08:22 PM
Here are results from 2007:


1. Mitt Romney 4,516 31.6%
2. Mike Huckabee 2,587 18.1%
3. Sam Brownback 2,192 15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo 1,961 13.7%
5. Ron Paul 1,305 9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson 1,039 7.3%
7. Fred Thompson 203 1.4%
8. Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3%
9. Duncan Hunter 174 1.2%
10. John McCain 101 0.7%
11. John H. Cox 41 0.3%


........ that doesn't make any sense either. It doesn't answer my question at all, nor does it have any merit to the present.
DarrinS
08-16-2011, 08:54 PM
........ that doesn't make any sense either. It doesn't answer my question at all, nor does it have any merit to the present.

Sure it does. Popularity in Iowa doesn't translate to popularity nationally and the msm knows this. They also have better sources of polling data.
DMX7
08-16-2011, 10:50 PM
The candidates essentially just buy these straw poll votes. The cost to attend and vote is $30, and the campaigns usually pay for the tickets and for transportation for their sheep (I mean voters). Ron Paul supposedly spend the most on his campaign's booth.
ManuBalboa
08-17-2011, 06:18 PM
If he got elected the machine would take him out anyways. This joke country doesn't deserve Lord Ronald Paulson the I, aka Captain America, aka The Last Beacon of Liberty.
Nbadan
08-17-2011, 07:28 PM
Ouch!


Answering the question, “If the Texas Republican primary were held today, which presidential candidate would you be most likely to vote for?” 22 percent of those polled selected Mr. Paul. Just 17 percent of respondents voted in favor of Mr. Perry.

the State Column (http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/ron-paul-clobbers-rick-perry-in-latest-poll)

Perry can't even win Texas

:lol