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BendBrewer

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Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is also expected to place well at the straw poll. A source close to the longtime congressman from Texas tells CNN the campaign has moved a couple of thousand tickets to supporters. Paul came in fifth in 2007.
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The final number I read ended up being 4000.

My bad. It was 4750 ballots that Paul bought and gave a way.

AMES, Iowa — It appears that while Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann beat Texas Rep. Ron Paul by 152 votes in the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, she gave away far more admission tickets than he did.

Paul’s campaign gave out 4,750 tickets to straw poll voters, his campaign chairman, Jesse Benton, told The Daily Caller.
 
sync0s

sync0s

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BendBrewer said:
The final number I read ended up being 4000.

My bad. It was 4750 ballots that Paul bought and gave a way.

AMES, Iowa — It appears that while Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann beat Texas Rep. Ron Paul by 152 votes in the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, she gave away far more admission tickets than he did.

Paul’s campaign gave out 4,750 tickets to straw poll voters, his campaign chairman, Jesse Benton, told The Daily Caller.
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In that same article, Michelle bachmann gave away about 6,000 tickets. Bachmann gave away 1,250 more tickets and only one by 152 votes.
 
BendBrewer

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sync0s said:
In that same article, Michelle bachmann gave away about 6,000 tickets. Bachmann gave away 1,250 more tickets and only one by 152 votes.
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So? The point is, nobody can say that Bachmann bought that straw poll without admitting that Ron Paul tried to buy it too. RP spent another 31k for the best placed booth. That's about 170k spent by Paul on just the booth and ballots. Not sure what else he paid in terms of transportation and food and entertainment.

And I am not saying there is anything wrong with what either one of them did. They are trying to win an election and this was a Promotional event for all the Republican candidates and the Iowa Republican party. Nothing more. Its what they are supposed to be spending their money on.
 
MrDank007

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[video=youtube;3EY5Ofcxjs0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EY5Ofcxjs0[/video]

Jon Stewart had a funny piece on the media's regard for Ron Paul
 
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munch box

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John stuart should be the white house press secretary. He has the unique ability to distort the truth and stick to the talking points really well. plus hes a liberal
 
sync0s

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BendBrewer said:
So? The point is, nobody can say that Bachmann bought that straw poll without admitting that Ron Paul tried to buy it too. RP spent another 31k for the best placed booth. That's about 170k spent by Paul on just the booth and ballots. Not sure what else he paid in terms of transportation and food and entertainment.

And I am not saying there is anything wrong with what either one of them did. They are trying to win an election and this was a Promotional event for all the Republican candidates and the Iowa Republican party. Nothing more. Its what they are supposed to be spending their money on.
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Thanks for putting words in my mouth (I was not arguing whether or not RP was doing that). My only point to that is the effectiveness of their campaigns. The fact that Bachmann gave away more tickets and got a much smaller percentage of them to vote for her says something.
 
sync0s

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munch box said:
John stuart should be the white house press secretary. He has the unique ability to distort the truth and stick to the talking points really well. plus hes a liberal
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Did you watch the video? He has an incredibly valid point.

I love the thirteenth floor in a hotel comment, fucking hilarious :)
 
beardo

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Ron Paul is the realest, he's the only one you can understand or could hold an intellegent debate with.
Even if you disagree with him he is respectful and understands your pont and clearly states his own
 
VTXDave

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sync0s said:
Did you watch the video? He has an incredibly valid point.

I love the thirteenth floor in a hotel comment, fucking hilarious :)
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I loved the Fire Marshall comment regarding Huntsman...That one had me and the crew rolling on the floor.
 
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munch box

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VTXDave said:
+1...Interesting how this is overlooked by many, yes?
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What are you talking about? It was on the news and john stewert. everybody knows. People are not allowed to have friends in thier home state who they grew up with? Oh no, she had a BBQ. big deal.
 
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