"Ron Paul just got shafted"

[Not Sure]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61412.html

I admit I do not fully understand Ron Paul and his beliefs. But I do understand when a guy gets shafted, and Ron Paul just got shafted.

On Saturday, the Ames Straw Poll was conducted in Iowa amid huge media interest and scrutiny. The results were enough to force one Republican candidate, Tim Pawlenty, out of the race, and catapult another, Michele Bachmann, into the “top tier.”

There are so many “top tier” stories in the media today that I can barely count them, let alone read them all, and Bachmann is in all of them by virtue of her victory at Ames. The rest of the tier is made up of two candidates who skipped Ames, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.

As The Daily Beast put it: “The new top tier of Bachmann, Perry, and Romney — created by Bachmann’s Iowa straw poll win, Perry’s entry into the race and Romney’s lead so far in many national and state polls — has unleashed torrents of talk about the reshaped race.”

Paul’s name was not mentioned in this piece nor in many others. A Wall Street Journal editorial Monday magnanimously granted Paul’s showing in the straw poll a parenthetical dismissal: “(Libertarian Ron Paul, who has no chance to win the nomination, finished a close second.)”

But “close” does not fully describe Paul’s second-place finish. Paul lost to Bachmann by nine-tenths of one percentage point, or 152 votes out of 16,892 cast.

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[917601]

The government is terrified of Ron Paul-if Ron Paul ever was elected Bernanke and Geitner would resign immediately.

[lhslancers3270]

I've been watching all the usual suspects tonite and Paul is a footnote.

[Goldhedge]

all the more reason to vote Paul.


I have a cousin who I tried to get involved. I even gave him 5 GIM silver rounds about
3 years ago back when silver was $17/oz!. Figured owning some would cause interest.
Send him emails on what's going on. Even told him Sinclair's $1650/oz number.

The other day we were there and he told me he didn't own anything but the coins I gave
him. Yet, he was surprised that gold hit that number and wanted to know what the next
target was. I've given him all the sites to peruse, yet he balks...

They don't have a clue to who Ron Paul is...


Sadly, this is how most of the US is these days. Clueless as to where the money went.

[newmisty]

all the more reason to vote Paul.

This. It just proves that what he is advocating is the right thing to do.

[Juristic Person]

all the more reason to vote Paul.


I have a cousin who I tried to get involved. I even gave him 5 GIM silver rounds about
3 years ago back when silver was $17/oz!. Figured owning some would cause interest.
Send him emails on what's going on. Even told him Sinclair's $1650/oz number.

The other day we were there and he told me he didn't own anything but the coins I gave
him. Yet, he was surprised that gold hit that number and wanted to know what the next
target was. I've given him all the sites to peruse, yet he balks...

They don't have a clue to who Ron Paul is...


Sadly, this is how most of the US is these days. Clueless as to where the money went.

BUT more importantly, can he tell you which teams will make the playoffs this year?

[silver solution]

all the more reason to vote Paul.

Sadly, this is how most of the US is these days. Clueless as to where the money went.

Voting is a suckers game why play?

[RichG]

What a joke.....