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Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by ThinkB4uSpeak
I'm a Ron Paul supporter, and I saw Newt a couple of times at the Florida Straw Poll, and he didn't have any security, and he was plenty nice enough. I passed him on an escalator, and I walked right up to him in a hallway. I can say the same for Gary Johnson, Mitt Romney, and his wife, and his son, and Michelle Bachmann went well out of her way to come and shake my hand.
You know who was surrounded by handlers and almost impossible to get in a word with? RON PAUL!!
Ron Paul was rushed, frazzled, and being dragged around by his handlers, and I barely got a handshake from the guy, and no eye contact with that.
I'm still a supporter, because I agree with his policies, but if I were voting on just pure likability, my vote would go 4 other places before it got to Ron Paul.
In other words, I think this story is bunk, or exaggeration, or the idiot deserved it.
Originally posted by LonelyGuy
Newt is evil. He wants us to just let terror attacks happen. Old coot.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by ThinkB4uSpeak
I'm a Ron Paul supporter, and I saw Newt a couple of times at the Florida Straw Poll, and he didn't have any security, and he was plenty nice enough. I passed him on an escalator, and I walked right up to him in a hallway. I can say the same for Gary Johnson, Mitt Romney, and his wife, and his son, and Michelle Bachmann went well out of her way to come and shake my hand.
You know who was surrounded by handlers and almost impossible to get in a word with? RON PAUL!!
Ron Paul was rushed, frazzled, and being dragged around by his handlers, and I barely got a handshake from the guy, and no eye contact with that.
I'm still a supporter, because I agree with his policies, but if I were voting on just pure likability, my vote would go 4 other places before it got to Ron Paul.
In other words, I think this story is bunk, or exaggeration, or the idiot deserved it.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by MrWendal
Wow.
Doesn't seem to matter though. Looks like about 80% of Floridians decided to cast their votes for either Romney or Newt. Looks like its about time to give up on politics and concentrate on prepping. This house of cards is coming down eventually, and apparently it will be sooner rather than later, because people feel the need to vote for whoever the rest of the flock is voting for, as reported to them by their magical, colorful boxes. Even my wife was watching the news a little while ago puzzled and disheartened. Why do people feel the need to vote for whoever they think will be the winner instead of voting for who they think is the best candidate?
I'm going to look for some voter turnout numbers a little later. I am very curious to see if primary turnout was higher or lower than in 2008.
ETA: Actually, latest numbers, with 73% reporting are...
Mitt Romney 685,252 46.9%
Newt Gingrich 462,150 31.6%
Rick Santorum 193,286 13.2%
Ron Paul 101,256 6.9%
Other 19,703 1.3%