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Stunning win for Cain in Fla. straw poll
Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:11 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: ORLANDO - Businessman Herman Cain won the Florida GOP presidential straw poll in a major surprise Saturday, finishing well ahead of the party's two front-runners in what many observers saw as a rebuke of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Cain, who delivered a stirring speech just before the vote, won 37 percent of the more than 2,600 delegate votes. Perry, who had been expected to easily win the straw poll before he gave what many thought was a lackluster performance in Thursday's presidential debate here, finished second with 15 percent. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who did not officially compete and essentially ceded the contest to Perry, finished third with 14 percent. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/09/25/20110925florida-cainl0925.html#ixzz1YyeQRX6m
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:05 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:15 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:16 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:23 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Already covered this, in the Rick Perry thread ( http://beta.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=49677). You might be the one needing to keep up...
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:29 AM
NEWOLDBROWNCOAT
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat: So, 962 ( 37 % of 2600) Florida Republicans represent the total voice of the American people? over a year before the real election? When does he move into the White House?
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:38 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:40 AM
M52NICKERSON
DALEK!
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: If nothing else, a message to the candidates as to what they SHOULD be talking about, and who America is listening to this time.
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:41 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:45 AM
Quote: Every time Cain opens his mouth, he shows himself to be either a willful liar or a complete imbecile.
Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:52 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote: Every time Cain opens his mouth, he shows himself to be either a willful liar or a complete imbecile. And you just showed what a colossal racist you are. Herman has more brains and integrity in his pinky than you have in your whole body.
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:14 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:18 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/sep/25/politifact-report-card-herman-cain/ So, is he a liar or an idiot? Or both? "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:23 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:34 AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Honest, accomplished, hard working black men must really scare the living hell out of you two.
Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:58 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Every time Cain opens his mouth, he shows himself to be either a willful liar or a complete imbecile.
Sunday, September 25, 2011 4:20 PM
Monday, September 26, 2011 3:51 AM
Monday, September 26, 2011 7:52 AM
Quote:And you just showed what a colossal racist you are
Quote:Herman Cain is asked whether he would be willing to appoint a Muslim as a Cabinet officer or judge. “No. I will not,” he said. “And here’s why: There’s this creeping attempt — there’s this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government.” According to Cain, many American Muslims “are trying to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.” http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/03/28/herman-cain-no-muslims-need-apply/, he KINDA took it back later, when he realized what trouble it got him in, but his first instinct was either to pander to the Islamaphobia current these days or else he BELIEVES it, which disqualifies him immediately in my mind! To talk about Cain having any chance whatsoever of becoming President is also amusingly stupid. Straw polls are regional. Those who come out to vote in straw polls are only the truly fired up (as in "extremists"). We are a loooong ways from the election, so what anyone looks like now means nothing. It's all very silly. As for me, Oh, WOULDN'T I adore to see Cain win the nomination! Or Bachman or Palin or Perry...any of those four would be SUCH fun!
Monday, September 26, 2011 7:57 AM
STORYMARK
Monday, September 26, 2011 8:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Hell, Always-wrong-Rappy is saying he has a shot. That pretty much assures Cain is toast. "Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
Monday, September 26, 2011 8:39 AM
Monday, September 26, 2011 10:43 AM
Monday, September 26, 2011 4:41 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Overlooked by many here (on purpose? ) is that the last 3 winners of the Florida straw poll have ended up being the GOP nomination.
Monday, September 26, 2011 6:17 PM
Monday, September 26, 2011 11:08 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Monday, September 26, 2011 11:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Curious quote, as conservatives rate higher on intelligence than do liberals.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:24 AM
DMAANLILEILTT
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:17 AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I didn't say - either way - if he had a shot,
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by dmaanlileiltt: You're going after his signature now? I think that means the argument is over. Or you can try to dispute mine... "I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Overlooked by many here (on purpose? ) is that the last 3 winners of the Florida straw poll have ended up being the GOP nomination. Followed by... Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I didn't say - either way - if he had a shot, Sad teabagger can't even agree with himself.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Overlooked by many here (on purpose? ) is that the last 3 winners of the Florida straw poll have ended up being the GOP nomination. Followed by... Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I didn't say - either way - if he had a shot, Sad teabagger can't even agree with himself. "Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:59 AM
Quote:In a stunning upset (if the results of a 2,657-vote poll can be stunning), bombastic ex-pizza mogul Herman Cain – whose candidacy has been about as exciting as cold pepperoni up to now – won 37.1 percent of the vote.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:01 AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Overlooked by many here (on purpose? ) is that the last 3 winners of the Florida straw poll have ended up being the GOP nomination. Followed by... Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I didn't say - either way - if he had a shot, Sad teabagger can't even agree with himself. You're not too bright, and it shows. I stated a fact. The last 3 winners of the FL straw poll have indeed ended up winning the GOP nomination. That's not even debatable. I in fact did NOT say, either way, whether Cain had a shot,or that he was a shoe in, did I ? Nope. Just that this straw vote sends a message. How is this so hard for you to wrap your head around ? Seriously, how did your brain even learn human speech? " I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:15 AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Got a giggle. Put up an article in the other thread (about Christie), and thought of this one when I read this part:Quote:In a stunning upset (if the results of a 2,657-vote poll can be stunning), bombastic ex-pizza mogul Herman Cain – whose candidacy has been about as exciting as cold pepperoni up to now – won 37.1 percent of the vote.I think that pretty much puts in perspective the idea of Cain having won a "stunning" victory. Seriously, 37.1% of 2,657 = 985.747 votes. Less than a thousand "votes" is stunning? We are discussing this why exactly? Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani, Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”, signing off
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:25 AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:42 AM
Quote:This being Florida , I'm going to have to demand a recount. Meanwhile I'm going to sue you in the Supreme Court, and no fair counting those hanging or dented chads.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:00 AM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by m52nickerson: It just gets more sad by the day.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:40 AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:02 AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 6:13 AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Nickerson has stopped even trying, being so far behind. He's resorted to rhyming, because he hasn't a mind. See how simple? Of course YOU do, but there's not much else beyond that in your verse
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