Herman Cain edges out Ron Paul in Georgia GOP straw poll
Georgia native and tea party favorite Herman Cain edged out libertarian Ron Paul at the GOP annual fish fry down in Perry on Saturday.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished a surprisingly distant fifth, behind Texas Gov. Rick Perry and another Georgia favorite, former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich. Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann also had a weak showing.
Results were just phoned in by B.J. VanGundy, the party’s second vice president. Over 1100 tickets were sold, he said, and 890 votes were cast.
The totals:
– Herman Cain, 232 or 26 percent;
– Ron Paul, 229 or 25.7 percent;
– Rick Perry, 179 or 20 percent;
– Newt Gingrich, 162 or 18 percent;
– Mitt Romney, 51 or 6 percent;
– Michele Bachman, 29 or 3 percent;
– Rick Santorum, 4 or .4 percent
– Jon Huntsman, 3 or .3 percent;
– Thad McCotter, 1 or .1 percent;
– Buddy Roemer, 0;
– Gary Johnson, 0;
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Last Man Standing
August 28th, 2011
5:37 pm
Adakin Valorem:
“ambibuous” should read “ambiguous”.
Sorry for the typo.
liberalefty
August 28th, 2011
5:44 pm
Will Cain dsiscriminate against christians like he vowed he would do to muslims if elected?
Russ
August 28th, 2011
5:53 pm
Romney’s performance is a reminder that his religion will always make him a hard sale in the south and no Republican can win the general election without winning the South. Georgia already leans much more heavily toward Obama than it has done for previous Democrats. That’s partly because of the large African-American population. If the Republicans send a Mormon nominee with a history of left-leaning programs such as RomneyCare in Massachussetts we might as well just hand over the win.
I think Romney started out with all the momentum he’ll ever have.
Paul
August 28th, 2011
5:57 pm
@ Last Man Standing – You can find clips from both the 2012 debates and the 2008 debates on Youtube. Watch them to find out Ron Paul’s policies on everything rather than being a spam factory.
Last Man Standing
August 28th, 2011
6:02 pm
liberalefty:
We are spending millions to refurbish mosques in countries abroad, but I haven’t heard of a single dime being spent on Christian churches abroad. I think it fair to say that Christians are being discriminated against by the current administration. If Cain discriminates against muslims, I guess it would be leveling the playing field. I don’t have a problem with that.
Last Man Standing
August 28th, 2011
6:05 pm
Paul:
I’d need to hire four assistants to put out as much spam as the RP supporters have on this blog alone in the past 24 hours.
Get a life . . .
yellowdog
August 28th, 2011
6:09 pm
who cares? on anyones radar, these two mean nothing in the scheme of things; wingnuts yet again; georgia still the laughing stock………oh for just one intellectual……..aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
does anyone really care; wingnuts on the march; like all of georgia…..scary to consideractually….we continue to dream of an intellectual ever showing up
in this reddest of states. aaargh
Paul
August 28th, 2011
6:22 pm
Grow up @ Last Man Standing. I’ve read your posts, you’re clearly ignorant and bored. Go out and get yourself informed. Who knows, you may be of use to yourself and somebody else some day.
ihateronpual
August 28th, 2011
6:25 pm
Ron Paul is a mean, nasty, petty little as he is followers..he thinks Iran is not a threat, but Isreal is. He wants to legalize drugs. he is too old, too crazy and needs to hang it up.
liberalefty
August 28th, 2011
7:02 pm
@lastmanstanding
more rightwing drivel! i’m a christian so please tell me how this administrtation is discriminating against christians. so i guess u wouldnt mind if CAIN discriminated against white christians,since u seem to think its ok to be prejudiced against certain people. i’ll wait for your unsubstantiated bs disguised as facts!
liberalefty
August 28th, 2011
7:21 pm
po CAIN in his zeal to appease racists he has to be a racist himself!
Jeremy
August 28th, 2011
9:31 pm
I say do an on-line Ga pole, which I could attend and afford. Ron Paul 2012 The only honest candidate that who doesn’t change his political views with changing situations.
June
August 28th, 2011
9:37 pm
Go Herman!!! Keep the Cain Train rolling..
Hannah
August 28th, 2011
9:38 pm
I am so weary of Ron Paul’s “fans” spamming every poll, constantly badmouthing other candidates, taking out false newspaper ads,flat out lying about what other candidates are doing, infiltrating every local news site on the internet, and just plain talking CRAZY that I would not vote for Ron Paul if he DID get the nomination. Which he won’t….there is not a chance in that big hot place he will be the next president.
Hannah
August 28th, 2011
9:40 pm
Oh yeah, do another “on-line” poll so Paul’s fans can spam that one too. People have caught onto the tactics of Ron Paul’s fans and NO ONE believes a one of those polls any more. The MSM discounts every online poll that he is included in for a REASON, and that is because you guys cheat. Keep it up, and you will see even more ignoring of your guy as time goes on. People are sick of it.
Frank
August 28th, 2011
11:59 pm
I noticed several questions relating to Ron Paul’s views on several issues. Go to: http://www.ronpaul2012.com/
…and click on the “issues” tab.
I know this is a small straw poll, but it shows significant support for Ron Paul in Georgia & lack of support for the other supposed Republican “front runners”.
robyn
August 29th, 2011
1:35 am
We cannot afford another President that is in bed with the big banks. While Herman Cain seems like a decent man, the truth is he’s another big bank president. Rick Perry is just plain evil. I wouldn’t buy a used car from the guy. Just google “Perry and gardisil”.
Ron Paul was first ignored by the media and now is being vilified at every oppurtunity The reason is that he is NOT in bed with the banks or the corporations that run the media. He has integrity and cannot be bought. He stands for sound money (big banks hate that), the Constitution (corporations that buy political influence hate that), and a strong national defense. He receives more support from our men and women in uniform than any other canidate for a reason.
Ron Paul 2012 — Go America!
ajtdonahue
August 29th, 2011
2:34 am
Wow Hannah.
Do you have proof of all these wild allegations? Can you give me an example of “Crazy Talk”?
What is funny to me is the way all the non Ron Paul supporters bad mouth and call Ron Paul supporters names. For every one negative comment from a Ron Paul supporter their are 10 nonsensical ad hominem comments from others.
Ron Paul supporters know the issues and speak to them in their comments. All I see from the other commenters is “He is crazy”, “wing-nut”, “3 time loser”…that last one I really find humorous. He is a 12 time winner in congress. Reagan lost 2 times before winning. To me it shows the influence of the MSM. If Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh say he is crazy…I have to repeat it even if I don’t understand his positions.
I would happily debate anyone commenting on this blog on any of the issues. It does not seem like you want to talk about the issues, just make ad hominem attacks.
Devildog
August 29th, 2011
7:25 am
Paul was is an “air force veteran.” He was a flight surgeon. Just a doctor in uniform, not a fighter.
Willis
August 29th, 2011
7:56 am
Who is Herman Cain?
tiredofIT
August 29th, 2011
8:17 am
After listening to Herman on his radio show for 30 minutes, it was pretty easy to tell he is insane.
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9:33 am
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Peter N
August 29th, 2011
11:57 am
“Ron Paul is a career politician.”
Mr. Last Man Standing, if that is true, why does he have an M.D. after his name, and not a JD or MBA?
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Last Man Standing
August 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
liberalefty:
I was wrong. The following from factcheck.com:
But the program isn’t the brainchild of President Barack Obama. The program was created by Congress in late 2000 under President Bill Clinton, and the first grants were announced under President George W. Bush in 2001. The State Department says that, in total, the fund has contributed nearly $26 million to approximately 640 cultural heritage sites in more than 100 countries, and more than half was given before Obama took office.
It’s true that mosques are among the cultural sites that have received grant money under this program. But temples and churches around the world also have received funding, contrary to AFA’s claim that the “secular left” would be upset if “these monies had been spent to repair Christian churches.” When we searched the State Department’s database and lists of 2009 and 2010 projects for “mosque” and “minaret,” we found that 30 mosques or minaret restoration projects had received funding under Bush, and seven such sites had been funded under Obama. Also, 29 projects for churches and cathedrals were funded under Bush and 13 under Obama. Those totals do not represent all Christian or Islamic historical and cultural sites, however — our search for “mosque,” for instance wouldn’t pull up funding for an Islamic monument or conservation of ancient manuscripts, and our search for “church” didn’t pull up restoration of convents or monasteries. Plus — as anyone who has visited the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul or the Mezquita, a mosque and cathedral in Cordoba, Spain, could tell you — there are many ancient sites that were Islamic and Christian places of worship at different points in time. In fact, our searches of “mosque” and “church” both pulled up the $33,455 awarded to the 14th century Mosque of Old Dongola in Sudan, which was a church in the 9th century. And one of the “cathedral” projects in Uganda under Bush was the documentation of “historic buildings,” including “cultural sites, unique architectural designs, cathedrals, Hindu temples, mosques, state buildings and ancestral homes,” according to the State Department database.
Ron Paul 2012
August 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Them you win!!!!
Ron Paul 2012!!!!!!
Cody
August 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
Ron Paul tied with Herman in Herman’s own state? How’s that workin’ for ya, Herm? It’s the unstoppable tide of the Liberty!
Will Herman take a stand to abolish the Fed? Will Herman restore the country to sound money? Neither will Michelle or any of the rest.
As much as I like about Herman Cain’s persona, I find his association with his former employer to be a major drawback. So that’s not workin’ for me.
To say that Herman or Michelle won is like saying the ‘possums won because, they ran up a tree. The Partisans of Liberty are coming after the varmint nominalist Republican’ts to finish the job. Ron Paul is definitely my dog in this hunt! And he’s workin’ just fine, for me!
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August 29th, 2011
2:00 pm
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Gydayfila
August 29th, 2011
8:55 pm
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'Tis Liz
August 29th, 2011
9:49 pm
Dr. Ron Paul 2012!
Louis Nardozi
August 29th, 2011
11:46 pm
Well let’s see.
Who will bring the troops home?
Who will cut the budget by half a trillion first day?
Who will prevent the million murders a year our government currently performs?
Who can free me from being accountable to my Creator for all those deaths?
Who will do their best to get the Patriot Act repealed?
Who really cares about ME, and truly believes that I own myself, NOT the government?
Who admits the dollar is now worth less than 2% of what it originally was?
Who wants to stop the current policy of robbing seniors by keeping interest rates artificially low?
Who wants to end the War on Drugs and use that money to actually HELP people?
You don’t need me to tell you to Vote Vertebrate to know which man in the room has the spine.
Vote Vertebrate – Ron Paul 2012!
rdanlord
August 31st, 2011
1:37 am
One thing I like to do is put a lot of thought into my comments, so that I need only make one…and make it clear. Speaking of career politicians, What we have in Ron Paul is a career candidate. Remember Ralph Nader? That’s what he was…or still maybe, it’s still early yet. Ron Paul reminds me a lot of him. I like all the answers Ron Paul provides for our ailing constitution. But I just don’t believe the consternation is in his gut to move and shake things as needed. Also Ron seems a bit fuzzy on some topics, and on others, his answers are just too doggone simple for the complicated and menacing obstacles that criss-cross our government.
Herman is real. He didn’t come on the scene to gain attention. I’ve known about him for years. I’m supporting him till the end. I won’t go into what I think is right or wrong about him to you Ron Paul supporters….it would help you to quit dissing Herman Cain though, and view a few of his speeches online (mostly to educate yourselves), before you start plucking all the flowers and letting the weeds proliferate.
Ja
August 31st, 2011
1:32 pm
The news media cannot keep telling lies everyone knows Ron Paul will be the candidate and our next President Ron Paul… I can’t wait he will end these media lies that are controlled and reestablish a free press that is impartial and fair.
Louis Nardozi
August 31st, 2011
8:58 pm
Ron Paul has explained Why Austrian economics works to the satisfaction of millions or registered voters – so well I have personally spent thousands of dollars helping bring his dream to fruition. What has been touched upon less frequently is WHY we should give it a chance instead of continuing down the Keynesian road to serfdom. You may be unaware that one earner could support quite a large family when we were on the gold standard – it is only the ‘progress’ we’ve experienced that makes it so a home with two wage earners can still be below the poverty line. You may also be unaware that since the FED was established in 1913, the dollar (formerly 1/20 ounce of gold) is now 1/1800 ounce of gold. That’s right, the value of a dollar has decreased 90 TIMES. There are more people on food stamps now than there were wage earners in 1913. The number of unemployed is over 22% (shadowstats.com). Where in these numbers do you see a shining ray of hope that we are doing the correct thing? These numbers could hardly be worse, even given some national disaster. They’re the result of us applying the Keynesian methodology (stimulus and deficit spending) – we’ve been doing it since 1971. That’s when we went off the gold standard, which made this spending possible. Trillions of dollars in stimuli have NOT worked. Now it’s time to try something different so we can verify experimentally which course of action is the correct one. You can’t know until you compare.