Having been on-site (and in this video in the background), I can say the following:
1. Although it is irresponsible for major media news to be dismissive of anyone, Ron Paul doesn’t have a prayer.
2. Ron Paul is doing a disservice to himself, and all of us who believe in him by not renouncing the Republican Party. I say this because the outcome of the Republican straw polls and specifically the Texas Straw Poll is simply the Republcan Machine and has very little to do with the headline of the above linked blog post (”Tyranny”).
3. I was part of an independent group who performed an exit poll on-site at this event. (not scientific). In my own experience in polling voters (after their vote), and the data from the entire exit poll, Duncan Hunter was clearly the winner. In my mind, this shows there is not hope, even among Republican Texas leadership, that Ron Paul is electable for President.
4. Most of the activities of those supporting Ron Paul as a possible Republican Candidate seem to drain energy from other activities and clear communication toward exposing the huge crimes and corruptions by a shadow government in the US.
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clipped from www.townhall.com
TX Straw Poll Analysis
A few thoughts on today’s GOP TX Straw Poll …
3. Duncan Hunter is obviously a big winner here. He deserved to win because he showed up — and really worked it. He shook hands with hundreds of folks, and signed lots of autographs (mostly on tee-shirts). I can’t help but believe many of the votes Hunter got were due to his merely showing up and campaigning hard. The question is: Would these votes have also propelled Mike Huckabee to a victory here? We won’t know if this was a huge missed opportunity for Huckabee to keep his momentum going. Hunter took advantage, and for that, I give him kudos …
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Ron Paul places 3rd in Texas straw poll
Ron Paul’s third place finish was a huge success considering the rules of the poll were designed specifically to prevent him from winning. As evidence, take a look at what the sponsor of the event (townhall.com) had to say:
Additionally, they refused to allow Ron Paul delegates in the door:
But the congressman said a bus-ful of his supporters was a little late and was denied entry to the straw poll. “People weren’t allowed to be able to vote?” Mr. Paul exclaimed. “That doesn’t sound fair.”
GOP officials set a hard and fast rule, though, that if you weren’t inside by 10 a.m. to pick up your credentials, too bad. We even had to pull some strings (translation: sweet talk the PR folks) to get our photographer in.
Lew Rockwell says:
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