Rand Paul wins CPAC 2015!

[Jeremy]

Anyone have any info on how Walker got 21.4 percent??? Did anyone see many people for walker? All I heard was Rand and Carson had the big turnout with Cruz doing okay as well. You thinking he paid for a bunch of people to go vote like Jeb?

A lot of people support Walker now. This is evident by polling as well. Not a surprise.

 

[jct74]

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damn, WTF?

 

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[FSP-Rebel]

I think the way these outfits bend over backwards to report on these things is what bolsters the libertarian community behind Rand even more so, notwithstanding the libertarians with chips on their shoulders of course. As for run of the mill conservatives and republicans that complain about mainstream media bias, you'd think this sort of reporting would stand out like a sore thumb. I wonder if it does at an increasing level or whether many of them are about as clueless as the drones on the left regarding their peeps' reporting on things.

 

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[Brett85]

This was actually a positive headline:

Senator Rand Paul wins straw poll in boost to 2016 presidential prospects

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/01/us-randpaul-idUSKBN0LW0YY20150301

 

[JJ2]

This was actually a positive headline:

Senator Rand Paul wins straw poll in boost to 2016 presidential prospects

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/01/us-randpaul-idUSKBN0LW0YY20150301

And then the second sentence says this: "Whether the victory for Paul will have long-lasting benefit is unclear since his libertarian views may not have broad appeal in the Republican Party."

 

[anaconda]

I tried to watch the tube of Fiorina's speech but it was so trite and weak-ass that I couldn't get halfway through it. These candidates have to snap out of the transparent patronizing with the gag-me barf bag stories about how America gave them a shot at realizing their dreams or words to that effect. When their "success" was probably more about politics and banker-Council On Foreign Relations elbow- rubbing and Washington, D.C. connections.

 

[anaconda]

Looks like the media hype in the headlines is all about Walker "SURGING!" Walker "CLOSE SECOND!" Meh Paul wins yawn for third time (boring) but "WALKER!"

WALKER SURGING! UNIFYING GOP!

And Rand gets headlines like these:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/twen...aw-poll-don-t-take-that-to-mean-more-20150228

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I tried to watch the tube of Fiorina's speech but it was so trite and weak-ass that I couldn't get halfway through it. These candidates have to snap out of the transparent patronizing with the gag-me barf bag stories about how America gave them a shot at realizing their dreams or words to that effect.

Fiorina mentions her college degree in medieval history more than Kerry did his having served in Vietnam back in 2004.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Well, we figured the MSM was gonna ignore him. The real question is:

What does the teleprompter have to say about all this?

 

[civusamericanus]

I look forward to al the INDEPENDENT videos that will be coming out about how the media downplayed Rand Paul's win at CPAC.

Expose the media manipulation and bias early!

 

[Brian4Liberty]

The media-government complex (aka The Ministry of Truth) is just doing it's job. Spewing propaganda and conditioning the ignorant masses.

 

[CPUd]

I don't think it does Rand any favors for supporters to complain if the press doesn't have him front page everywhere. The truth is Rand was expected to win, the same as the last 2 years. Scott Walker placing 2nd is news- even the RPF member who was there said it was a surprise.

This is one of the major problems that outsiders have with Paul supporters- if he doesn't win with 90%, it is because the media is covering it up, the poll was rigged and the voters are stupid sheeps. Be glad that Rand won and that a lot of the Walker voters had Rand as 2nd choice. This is the quiet before the storm.

 

[Jeremy]

I don't think it does Rand any favors for supporters to complain if the press doesn't have him front page everywhere. The truth is Rand was expected to win, the same as the last 2 years. Scott Walker placing 2nd is news- even the RPF member who was there said it was a surprise.

This is one of the major problems that outsiders have with Paul supporters- if he doesn't win with 90%, it is because the media is covering it up, the poll was rigged and the voters are stupid sheeps. Be glad that Rand won and that a lot of the Walker voters had Rand as 2nd choice. This is the quiet before the storm.

I agree. Plus I don't really thing their straw poll was the big thing at CPAC until us Ron Paul people started making it a bid deal (and winning).

 

[Peace&Freedom]

I don't think it does Rand any favors for supporters to complain if the press doesn't have him front page everywhere. The truth is Rand was expected to win, the same as the last 2 years. Scott Walker placing 2nd is news- even the RPF member who was there said it was a surprise.

This is one of the major problems that outsiders have with Paul supporters- if he doesn't win with 90%, it is because the media is covering it up, the poll was rigged and the voters are stupid sheeps. Be glad that Rand won and that a lot of the Walker voters had Rand as 2nd choice. This is the quiet before the storm.

The issue that Paul supporters reasonably raised, evidenced by the website screenshots above by jct74 and others, is that most of the media couldn't even bring themselves to straightforwardly report the simple story "RAND PAUL WINS CPAC POLL" when it just happened. If it was Bush who "was expected to win," who then won the poll, would they have been equally restrained about reporting "Bush Wins" with a prominent photo and headline?

Inconceivable. The issue is the "outsiders" have double standards about the coverage, where the establishment frontrunner gets the headline and most of the commentary at every opportunity, while Paul gets no comparable press, at every opportunity. Note that the MSM even short-changed Walker to a large extent today---many of the CPAC poll stories emphasized Jeb, to the exclusion of both Rand and Walker.

And the fact that Bush got only 8% despite trying to pack the event with his people, was also "news" that should have been covered, but wasn't. So our complaint is not that Rand doesn't get pushed everywhere, but that the MSM's favorites do get a favorable media push everywhere, especially in order to minimize talking about Paul.