The Official Ames Straw Poll Thread

[Aliangel]

we won

 

[nocompromises]

why are you so negative?

I am not pessimistic.

I am realistic.

I think we can win the nomination, but we will not win it with second place finishes.

A second place finish is NOT bad, but it is NOT what we need.

We need to start willing straw polls with a big margin. We can do this now, but we need to work harder.

The fact is...

The mainstream media is against us.
The majority of Republican and Democrat politicians are against us.
The other candidates are against us.

Last time around, we saw how hard things were. The media brought out the stupid racist card and they played all sorts of stupid tricks. Do you remember how they played laughter in the debates when Ron Paul answered questions? Do you remember how they turned off his ear piece so that he could not hear questions?

Things are going to get even worse for us now, because we are doing even better.

If you think they were unfair last time, they are going to be even WORSE this time.

The only way we are going to win this nomination, is if we work harder than ever before!

 

[Bruno]

Thanks again to Brenton for posting my pics, glad people enjoyed them!

Can't believe all the people I met and talked to, what an awesome day for liberty!

 

[afmatt]

Exactly.

Listen up people...this IS GOOD. Now the poll must be taken seriously, and RP only lost by 152 votes...a measly 3.2 percent (like the beer).

Yeah, yeah, a win would have been better, but the straw poll could have been dismissed almost immediately...now we are going to HAVE to be taken seriously...in all actuality, this race was a numerical tie between RP and MB...however symbolically, it is a huge win for RP and we did spend much less per voter than MB and didn't resort to cheap gimicks like having a country singer closed off from the crowd...

WIN!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2izAQbMuvQ

Good post - puts it all in perspective, thanks

 

[sailingaway]

They spent 4 million on this? Holy smokes! He better win.

I think Weigel is challenged by zeros.

 

[dusman]

Well we tripled our votes this time, basically. If that is any reflection of what happens around the country.. Paul is in very good position to become the shock-factor in this whole election. With a surprise nomination to Ron Paul.. man Obama would be hard-hit to outperform the media buzz Ron would generate.

 

[libertybrewcity]

Wave good bye to Little Paw

 

[rajibo]

Spontaneous Straw-poll-bomb.. Donate the percentage Ron Paul received in the Iowa Straw Poll. He got 27.65% of the vote. I'll start:

Thank you for your generous donation!

Amount: $27.65
Transaction ID: 3xx0xxxx4
Transaction date/time: 2011-08-13 18:14:19

I'm with ya brotha!


Here are your transaction details:
Donation amount: $27.65
Transaction date/time: 2011-08-13 18:23:2

 

[libertybrewcity]

I bet Bach spent at least 3 or 4 times what RP spent.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

CNN total black out of Ron Paul in their current segment., Talking all about Bachman, Perry, and Pawlenty so far

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

C-SPAN indicated we had less money on hand than Bachmann? How can that be?

 

[sailingaway]

I am not pessimistic.

I am realistic.

I think we can win the nomination, but we will not win it with second place finishes.

A second place finish is NOT bad, but it is NOT what we need.

We need to start willing straw polls with a big margin. We can do this now, but we need to work harder.

The fact is...

The mainstream media is against us.
The majority of Republican and Democrat politicians are against us.
The other candidates are against us.

Last time around, we saw how hard things were. The media brought out the stupid racist card and they played all sorts of stupid tricks. Do you remember how they played laughter in the debates when Ron Paul answered questions? Do you remember how they turned off his ear piece so that he could not hear questions?

Things are going to get even worse for us now, because we are doing even better.

If you think they were unfair last time, they are going to be even WORSE this time.

The only way we are going to win this nomination, is if we work harder than ever before!

There is no question that we can win every other straw poll from here to whenever, with the ONE challenge being the Presidency 5 in Florida. That one, unless our guys can become delegates for still, has passed sign up dates.

The others from here on out are not on the same scale as the Iowa straw poll, however, and the campaign may or may not want to do them.

 

[tod evans]

Thanks again to Brenton for posting my pics, glad people enjoyed them!

Can't believe all the people I met and talked to, what an awesome day for liberty!

Thanks for the pics!
An 18 y/o Glenfiddich toast to both you and the good doctor!

 

[nocompromises]

You're coming off very trollish. It's over...RP did GREAT.

The fact is that I'm not a troll, but I'm not going to go wild over non-victories.

If we would have won first place, I would be much more excited. I'm trying to get people to see cold hard reality. We can win the nomination, but it is going to be very difficult. We need to re-double our efforts. Things are going to get even harder now that we are a threat to the powers that be. If you think they played dirty last time, they are going to be even more unfair this time.

We can win the nomination, but we need to...

1) Start pushing the next money bomb now.
2) We need to start fundraising for the next straw poll now.
3) We need to start telling more and more people about Ron Paul.

 

[sailingaway]

C-SPAN indicated we had less money on hand than Bachmann? How can that be?

Ron hadn't transfered from his congressional account before the end of the quarter but had another million and change there. It may still be there, but if so, it is still available.

They are essentially wrong, but whatever.

 

[civusamericanus]

The democrats are going to attack Bachmann even harder now. If she came in second they may have found Ron Paul to be the bigger threat. So there's the upside. Now Paul can focus on winning and Bachmann will have to focus on defending attacks. The Tea Party isn't going to like the government money that Marcus Bachmann got for his clinic.

The attacks have already started, but now the Democrats will make sure everyone knows who Marcus Bachmann is, and when they google his name, it's going to get nasty.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Ron hadn't transfered from his congressional account before the end of the quarter but had another million and change there. It may still be there, but if so, it is still available.

They are essentially wrong, but whatever.

thanx... knew sumtin was up

 

[sailingaway]

The fact is that I'm not a troll, but I'm not going to go wild over non-victories.

If we would have won first place, I would be much more excited. I'm trying to get people to see cold hard reality. We can win the nomination, but it is going to be very difficult. We need to re-double our efforts. Things are going to get even harder now that we are a threat to the powers that be. If you think they played dirty last time, they are going to be even more unfair this time.

We can win the nomination, but we need to...

1) Start pushing the next money bomb now.
2) We need to start fundraising for the next straw poll now.
3) We need to start telling more and more people about Ron Paul.

We have been through this. there is a time and a place for 'hard cold reality' and NOW when people have worked very hard and have done exceptionally well, is not that time and place. Save it for later.

 

[brenton]

Thanks again to Brenton for posting my pics, glad people enjoyed them!

Can't believe all the people I met and talked to, what an awesome day for liberty!

thanks for keeping us updated, it was fun.

i don't know if second is better than first, but it being that close i think is very good for us.

 

[nocompromises]

I think that is a good idea.

I think we need to ask every supporter of Ron Paul in the country (that can do so) to donate $27.65

We need to spread it on Facebook and elsewhere.

We need to have every single supporter be able to say he or she donated $27.65!