Explaining Santorum

[Cortes]

Two words: Useful Idiot

 

[jclay2]

The dude was at 5% one week ago in Iowa. One week later he basically wins. We found out tonight that the power of the media coupled with a ignorant populace who still trusts and to a great degree believes everything on the idiot tube are two factors that are going to be very hard for the Ron Paul grassroots movement to overcome. People are persuaded greatly by the disinformation that gets put out by these people. It's a hard reality to accept.

+rep, this is exactly how I feel.

 

[mport1]

The dude was at 5% one week ago in Iowa. One week later he basically wins. We found out tonight that the power of the media coupled with a ignorant populace who still trusts and to a great degree believes everything on the idiot tube are two factors that are going to be very hard for the Ron Paul grassroots movement to overcome. People are persuaded greatly by the disinformation that gets put out by these people. It's a hard reality to accept.

I knew the people were easily manipulated, but this is the biggest eye opener ever to prove this. This is the best thing we will have to take from this. The MSM really is our enemy and we must continue to fight them and illustrate their lies, spin, and manipulation. We must also continue to create alternative media to overcome them.

 

[Carole]

Yes it was a sight to behold.

 

[realtonygoodwin]

Several weeks ago in a PPP poll, Santorum was leading for the second choice of voters in Iowa...

 

[Adam West]

This is the way Americans elect their leaders? I love you Ron Paul supporters, but I'm about to take a break.

Too much bullshit from your establishment. You have lost control...

 

[Cortes]

This is not how Americans elect their leaders. Not through straw polls. Through delegates.

 

[Badger Paul]

And it may well be just like it was said on Breitbart, county GOP chairs, others using their influence on Perry and Bachmann voters to vote for Santorum. Otherwise we could have won. And what if school was in session?

Beating Romney is what's important. He can't say he didn't try to win. Santorum shattered his aura of invincibility. We have to take advantage of it in New Hampshire and continue to make him look weak.

Santorum is nice to have as a blocker for the moment. Newt too in South Carolina. But we are the only candidate who can compete against Mitt coast to coast.

 

[TheLasersShadow]

The people that voted for Frothy don't know ANYTHING about him. It was simply the unRomney and unPaul vote.

YES

Allowing early reporting of Bachmann failure and others the Iowa GOP shifted those votes to Santorum, to a lesser extent to Mitt. It's funny they tell us who finishes first doesn't matter LOL, so good thing we finished 3rd.

 

[Maverick]

Frothy was a useful idiot. He served his purpose to the establishment in Iowa and now he's a non-issue.

 

[Ronulus]

Just proof that the media controls who wins. People are stupid enough to vote for someone without knowing anything about them because they believe the media shit. We are all possibly fucked.

 

[Feelgood]

So does this mean that Santorum gets to have a center stage podium at the next debate, and come out of the fringe edges he has been at all the past debates?

 

[tempest]

Frothy was a useful idiot. He served his purpose to the establishment in Iowa and now he's a non-issue.

But somebody else will be

 

[tempest]

Therefore full scale attack on EVERYONE remaining in the race

That means even 1% dead last man Huntsman!!!

Cuz guess what? He could be propped up as "New Hamshire's Santorum"

 

[jclay2]

Therefore full scale attack on EVERYONE remaining in the race

That means even 1% dead last man Huntsman!!!

Cuz guess what? He could be propped up as "New Hamshire's Santorum"

Its sad, but true. Whats to stop them from sending a huntsman surge.

 

[Adam West]

This is not how Americans elect their leaders. Not through straw polls. Through delegates.

I love the system. I lived in the states for 17 years.

The only problem... The political process is a circus.

 

[Maverick]

Therefore full scale attack on EVERYONE remaining in the race

That means even 1% dead last man in Iowa Huntsman!!!

Cuz guess what? He could be New Hamshire's Santorum

That's quite possible. The establishment media and old-guard party officials will pump anyone if they think it'll block Ron. I'd love to say you're wrong, but I fear you're right and the Huntsman push will come to steal our thunder in NH.

 

[MJU1983]

Could have been Obama supporters voting for him, they'd love Rick Santorum against Obama.

Could have been Rupert Murdoch joining Twitter and promoting Santorum. Could have been Glenn Beck promoting him, or Sarah Palin. CNN pumped him up pretty good recently.

Who knew? Sheeple are still sheeple - story at 11.

 

[american empire]

I knew the people were easily manipulated, but this is the biggest eye opener ever to prove this. This is the best thing we will have to take from this. The MSM really is our enemy and we must continue to fight them and illustrate their lies, spin, and manipulation. We must also continue to create alternative media to overcome them.

And that is all the good dr is running for..to wake you up. Unfortunately like all Americans it's all about winning.

 

[opinionatedfool]

Here is what really happened:

Santorum put all his eggs in the Iowa basket, and spent all his little bit of money in Iowa. He visited every single county and worked hard at the retail politicking.
Then, Bob Vander Plaats endorsed him, which gave him a few extra points. Prior to this, the social conservative vote in Iowa was mostly split among Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, and even Gingrich and Cain.
CNN released a poll that did not include Independents or Democrats, and it seemed to appear that Santorum was surging. That narrative that he was surging caused the people who were undecided social conservatives, or previously supported Bachmann, Gingrich, Perry, etc to coalesce behind him. He then gained momentum and it just took off from there.

The CNN poll was also false. They said on the last couple days among women, 16% support Ron Paul and among men 24% support Ron Paul. Then they say Ron Paul had 16% of overall support. If you average 16 and 24 out, it should be more like 20, right? Something like that. Don't quote me on the exact figures, but PPP called it out in a tweet.