Morning, all.
You know that there is no love lost between the Freeperati and the Rand Paul contingent, right?
I mean, “Randroid” is the nicest thing the rank and file have to say about him.
Well – this came bubbling up from the political cesspool that is CPAC:
Rand Paul wins 2014 CPAC straw poll, Ted Cruz finishes a distant second
The Associated Press ^ | 03-08-2014 | Stephen DinanPosted on 3/8/2014 4:52:54 PM by PaulCruz2016
Sen. Rand Paul demolished his competition in the 2014 Washington Times/CPAC presidential preference straw poll on Saturday, winning 31 percent of the vote — nearly three times the total of second-place Sen. Ted Cruz.
Mr. Cruz’s 11 percent was still a big improvement for the freshman senator, who won just 4 percent in last year’s straw poll. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson was third with 9 percent and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was fourth with 8 percent in results that signal growing discontent with the GOP establishment in Washington.
Indeed, CPAC voters now have an unfavorable view of Republicans in Congress, with 51 percent saying they disapprove of the job the GOP is doing on Capitol Hill. Just last year the GOP had a 54 percent approval rating, and in 2012 they held a 70 percent approval rating.
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Rand Paul: 31%
Ted Cruz: 11%
All the other losers (Christie, Bush): less than 10%1 posted on 3/8/2014 4:52:54 PM by PaulCruz2016
To: PaulCruz2016So the Ron Paul cultists turned out for Rand.
3 posted on 3/8/2014 4:55:28 PM by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males—-the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: PaulCruz2016How many Paulestinians did they bus in?
4 posted on 3/8/2014 4:55:36 PM by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin’s next run, what will you do?)
To: PaulCruz2016After hearing about the background of those attending CPAC I am not sure I would ever support such a group.I wondered why Ted needed to be at such an event but he has to touch all the hands in his run for president. I just hope he remembers where he came from when he makes it over the top.
To: PaulCruz2016Rand Paul: 31%Legalized pot gathered more support than Rand.
To: PaulCruz2016This is meaningless, half the voters were under 30 years old. That is a group who don’t show up at the polls.
Also, the Paul’s push legalized marijuana which may account for Paul’s popularity with the Pothead vote.
I like Ted Cruz, but he doesn’t inherit Pauliacs.
16 posted on 3/8/2014 5:04:24 PM by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
To: PaulCruz2016I sure wouldn’t be crowing over this…Romney one (sic) the 2012 CPAC straw vote
To: PaulCruz2016
While I prefer Cruz on top
I think its going to take both of them to win.
Of course, when CPAC sponsors a Palin retrospective of Cruz reading Green Eggs and Ham, you know it is gonna be good. But two of the FR comments have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
First one”Yeah, well, get back to me after five constitutionalists on the supreme court make their ruling…Meanwhile, Go, Cruz, GO!!…By the way, amnesty pushers need not apply” So he wants to throw out the clear understanding of native born for the last 200 years (with typical repub dirty tricks that we’ll do it before the court has time to act. All the while complaining that Obama can’t do the things that he does because they haven’t gone through the courts even though they are constitutional). He wants to do this for Cruz to run. But he doesn’t want any immigrants or children of immigrants. HUH?
Second one – although I have sympathy with the lady with the infection. She intentionally bought her policy to get around the ACA because she didn’t want Obamacare messing up her life. Now she wants the ACA to make the policy conform to the ACA?? Hasn’t she read that post hoc is, in general, unconstitutional?
Maplestreet – the poster making the “five constitutionalists” was Jim Robinson, the owner of Free Republic.
Maybe there’ll be mass bannings like there were over Romney supporters previously?
Tommy
Tommy, OUCH! Missed who the poster was.
And to think that FR is marked by extreme doctrinal purity. I could see the self-contradiction in a room of philosophers. But for the doctrinally pure, etched in concrete, etc. to make such a self-contradictory comment…