Whoever sees the straw poll announced on the virtual summit first, put the info here...

How in the hell does Herman Cain win? He got less than 1% at CPAC right? I smell bullshit.
 
Yeah, what's the deal with separating the vote?? Think of it this way: Not everyone could be in AZ for this conference so I think the online voting is more realistic than what took place at the conference by a limited amount of people.
 
limequat said:
Yeah they had to separat otherwise Ron Paul would have won outright. Does this mean that the tea party has jumped the shark?
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They never said they would separate them. Bet that was a last minute emergency maneuver. :(
 
Herman Cain has enjoyed a stellar career in the business world. He became the youngest vice president in the history of The Pillsbury Company in 1977 after just three years with the company. He left this position in 1982 to learn the restaurant business at Pillsbury's Burger King subsidiary. In 1986, his success with Burger King prompted Pillsbury to select Cain to assume the presidency of another of its struggling companies, Godfather's Pizza. Finally, he became the first black president of the National Restaurant Association, the food service industry's leading trade organization.


In 1994, Cain became active in politics. He campaigned around the country against President Clinton's health plan, contending that small businesses would be hurt by it. Cain served as a member of the Economic Growth and Tax Reform Commission established by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. According to an Associated Press report in The New York Times, Cain "promised that his industry would give welfare recipients jobs, training and a chance to gain economic success." Because of his far- reaching views, Cain has served on numerous boards, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Creighton University of Omaha, Nabisco, Inc., SuperValu, Inc., UtiliCorp United, Inc., and Whirlpool Corporation. He continues to serve on the Joe Edmonson Youth Outreach Program for troubled teens in Omaha. In 1996, Cain recorded his first compact disc, Sunday Morning, a collection of gospel hymns which will in part benefit the outreach program.

Cain has not only received five honorary doctorate degrees, but he has been recognized by the Horatio Alger Society, an organization in Pennsylvania that honors those who rise from rags to riches by hard work, honesty, and religious principles. Cain has received awards for his humanitarian efforts; businessman of the year awards; special recognition awards; and excellence in leadership awards.

Cain has achieved such remarkable success because he genuinely enjoys life and its many challenges. As he told Wallace Terry in Parade, "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. And give God the glory."

Awards

Honorary Doctorate, Morehouse College, 1988; Top 25 Black Executives, Black Enterprise, 1988; Honorary Doctorate, Tougaloo College, 1989; Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska, 1990; Entrepreneur of the Year, 1990; Operator of the Year/Gold Plate Award, International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, 1991; Honorary Doctorates, Johnson and Wales University and New York City Technical College; recipient of humanitarian awards, businessman of the year awards, special recognition awards, and excellence in leadership awards.

http://www.answers.com/topic/herman-cain
 
I think 16% is great. And winning the online poll is great too. We had months to plan for CPAC, but we had one week to plan for this.
 
libertybrewcity said:
I think 16% is great. And winning the online poll is great too. We had months to plan for CPAC, but we had one week to plan for this.
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Yeah, you're right. Considering where he was back in 2007 these are all small but significant steps. I just get a little hot under the collar when I feel that they start getting sneaky again. I mean, it's obvious. There was no reason to separate the polls other than they were afraid that he was going to win by a landslide. Notice how they announced the online poll first as if it were 2nd place, and then announced the in-house one as if it were 1st. What they should have done after announcing the in-house poll was to say, "and the candidate with the most total combined votes is...."
 
BREAKING NEWS: From the Daily Paul:

This has not been confirmed, but it's a post from a supporter:

Those jerks were successful in preventing us from voting live in the straw poll. We tried four different times throughout the weekend. We were told each time, oh, we are sorry the straw poll just closed you will have to come back later and when we went back later we got another version of oh, we are sorry the straw poll is closed.
Then when we tried to call in to text our votes, oh that isn't working anymore either.
The straw poll was an absolute BAD JOKE!!!!! The straw poll was obviously being controlled.

http://www.dailypaul.com/158015/ron...y-saturday-2pm-mt-vote-in-straw-poll#comments
 
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limequat said:
Ron Paul won 49% in online poll
3rd place in person lost to Hermain Cain wtf
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We were supposed to be able to vote in 'the' poll, not be second class votes in a poll set long before Ron was signed up to speak. Personally, I vote we don't bother with these guys's polls any more. I will certainly be 'unsubscribing' to any of their emails.
 
Furthermore, my password didn't work any more when I signed back in this morning, so I'm not sure if my vote counted last night.
 
sailingaway said:
We were supposed to be able to vote in 'the' poll, not be second class votes in a poll set long before Ron was signed up to speak. Personally, I vote we don't bother with these guys's polls any more. I will certainly be 'unsubscribing' to any of their emails.
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Good point. Let's take it a step further and dispute the charges to our credit cards. Hit 'em where it hurts.
 
Call your credit card company and say that you charged it but got an error on screen. I signed up twice and got errors. But I DID GET CHARGED. So now that I know it was a scam I say everyone call your debit/credit card and say it was a mistake and should have not charged. They will take it off.

DO IT!!!!
 
Nah, I'm not going to dispute it, but I am going to unsubscribe from any email lists they put me on, and now have an opinion of that particular lobbying group.
 
Just a reminder to those that want to dispute this...
My CC bill is just coming due, so that probably means that everyone else's is to. My CC company already took it off. I don't expect it to stick, but at the least we can cause TPP an inconvenience and make them think twice about these shennanigans in the future.
 
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