Herman Cain wins Florida straw poll

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Reuters

Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain won an upset victory in the nonbinding straw poll sponsored by the Republican Party of Florida on Saturday, beating out seven other candidates including front-runner Rick Perry.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/24/us-usa-campaign-winner-idUSTRE78N2RE20110924

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More to come, but I understand it wasn't even close, and Cain got 34% of the vote.

Sounds like an extra cheese kind of night.

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. BWAHAHAHA!

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. I bet it was his 9-9-9 plan that won them over.

[Faygo Kid]

6. And 999 turned upside down? 666. And the name Cain? It all comes together.

It's all very clear now.

He's going to discount his regularly $9.99 medium pizza down to $6.66 in hopes it will make him president.

What, you thought I would imply something else? Naah. But I will take extra cheese on that.

[oldhippydude]

7. those of you know anything about Mormons

know he a son Cain, as are all black people(the reason black folks were banned from the priesthood, until God conveniently spoke to the Prophet in the mid 60's)

[harmonicon]

20. Mid 60's? Try late 70's. nt.

[No Elephants]

48. Too bad it took God so long.

[Hoosier Daddy]

30. I wanna see his birth certificate!

And not a copy, either! I mean the original long-form issued by Hell!

[No Elephants]

47. Dr. Langdon, is that you?

[sethgrogen]

2. stunning.

[safeinOhio]

3. Pizza's for everyone.

I love it.

[greyl]

5. Cain was the only candidate to campaign for the straw poll.

NBC news is still scratching their heads trying to come up with an explanation for his win.

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. Shh! I like the fake drama,

[russspeakeasy]

32. Exactly...

[PuffedMica]

24. Voting was only open to 'insiders'

So a bunch of TeaBaggers hi-jacked the straw poll and voted in their favorite loser.

The more times the Republicans pull a stunt that hurts their side, the more I like it.

[SnakeEyes]

29. Romney and Perry did too

Perry was on the ground Wednesday.

[Firebrand Gary]

8. This dude is toast when people realize how the 9 9 9 plan hits the poor and middle class.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. I don't think he would even qualify to RUN for the GOP nomination if

...his policies wouldn't hurt the poor and middle class. It's sorta a prereq, ya know?

[totodeinhere]

34. No, the GOP base would love a plan that hits the poor and middle class. As long as the rich are not

impacted, it's good.

[jaysunb]

9. Ever see the movie, Putney Swope ??

if not, this is exactly what happened when all the white board menbers voted him Chair thinking no one else would, thus proving they were not particularly a racist. :rofl:


Putney Swope, the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is accidentally put in charge after the unexpected death of the chairman of the board: each board member actually believed that he, himself, should be elected Chairman, but the bylaws of the corporation prohibit voting for oneself, so each individual member voted his secret ballot for the person that no one else would vote for: Putney Swope.

Renaming the business "Truth and Soul, Inc.", Swope replaces all but one of the white employees and insists they no longer accept business from companies that produce alcohol, war toys, or tobacco. The success of the business draws unwanted attention from the United States Government, which considers it "a threat to the national security."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putney_Swope

[frazzled]

13. Absolutely--"Truth and Soul!"

I had a friend who was in the movie, and we all went with him to the premiere in New York. It was by Robert Downey, Sr. Love that movie!! I wonder how it holds up today.

[Firebrand Gary]

17. Major WIN for the Democratic Party.

If the Tea Party starts to believe that he will actually be the nominee, they are going to freak out.

But where the WIN comes in is the 9 9 9 plan. Ironically Mr Cain has his numbers right they are just in the WRONG ORDER. 99% of the Country would see their taxes increase while THE ONE percent would see them go down.

"Casino Cain" and his 9 9 9 plan is nothing more than a double down of the same wild Wall St economic policies.

[frazzled]

10. Oy vey

What can you say. Those active Republicans really are meshuga.

[Tiggeroshii]

11. OH GOD PLEASE LET IT BE HIM

:)

[24601]

25. Absolutely - a black man could never win the presidency n/t

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[treestar]

37. We're not talking about the Presidency here

We're talking about the Republican nomination.

[muntrv]

12. Is Godfather's pizza all over Florida?

[Honeycombe8]

16. I'm confused. The results I saw on MSNBC earlier today showed that Perry won, Romney second. ????

Maybe it was a final count? They acted as if it were.

[Firebrand Gary]

18. Florida voting is not exactly accurate you know.

[FarLeftFist]

19. 9 PIZZAS, WITH 9 TOPPINGS, FOR 9 BUCKS!

But on a serious note this just shows how fucked they are because none of their voters are thrilled with any of them.

[SoapBox]

21. OH please! President Pizza Man of the United States of America???

This JUST shows how stoooopid Florida, GOPBaggers and / or Americans have become.

I would need to see some SERIOUS poll data on this...Where did they do the poll? In the audience
of Idiots that was there in their 3-Pointed (more like Tin Foil) hats?

And the LimpStreamMedia will run with this...Will they cover macing of peaceful protesters in NYC on Wall Street? ABC? CBS? CNN? MSNBC? NBC? NPR? PBS????

*crickets*

...thought so.

"V for Vendetta" is looking more like reality all the time.

[SoapBox]

22. Fill in a name and it's the same..."Palin as President"

...turn on your sound and click around. Anyone of the GOPBagger idiots would fill in that "chair" just the same.

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

[radhika]

23. And Alan Grayson really thinks he'll get re-elected in FL?

Senior derangement syndrome has claimed the population. Variation on zombie-hood, but without the zombie's famous style, nuance and witty repartee.

No way, a moderate, progressive or simply sane person can get Bagger votes down there.

[bitchkitty]

36. Senior derangement syndrome...way to be a bigot. n/t

[alfredo]

26. Now they're just fucking with them.

[left on green only]

28. Sounds like an impotent win for Hermie

After all, just look at what Bachmann's straw poll win did for her in Iowa. BTW: What kind of food was he serving in his tent? Oh, I should have known, p i z z a!

[the_chinuk]

31. So, is this a Southern-Tier Crazy State thing, or just a Crazy State Thing? n/t k/r

[jberryhill]

33. Not surprising. Here is one of the voters:

If he only had a brain.

[Name removed]

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[Bucky]

38. "In my head I'd be thinkin' that I've found the next Abe Lincoln and his name is Herman Cain"

Sorry, but this is the real Republican voter

[David Sky]

39. This from the state that elected convicted con-artist Rick Scott as their

governor!!!

Enough said for Florida voters!

[newspeak]

40. isn't cain the one who said he got excellent medical treatment?

and if the health insurance bill goes into affect no one will be able to chose their own doctor? The guy is either totally clueless or he is outright lying.

[David Sky]

42. The Pizza lawyer doctor ...fraud. When I was a kid 50+ years ago,

pizza cost $1.00 to $1.75 ... for a big one, picked up at the nearest pizza place.


Now it's 10 times more expensive at the same place. Talk about inflation! My 50" color flat screen stereo TV cost only 5 times as much as the 17 inch small single speaker black and white TV my parents bought when we were buying those pizza's for $1.00.

TV sets have improved, and inflated a bit, (color TV in 1961... about $500) pizza still tastes just about the same!

What has Herman Cain done for pizza, other than make the same pizza ten times as expensive as during Kennedy's time?

[devils chaplain]

43. Pizza companies are not screwing you.

I've worked at one for years. They go out of business all the time. You're not being ripped off.

According to an inflation calculator, a pizza that was $1.50 in 1961 would cost $11.37 in today's dollars. Sounds about right.

Source: http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

The costs of technology have gone gone way down simply because the cost of their physical production has gone way down. The cost for wholesale foods really hasn't.

All that being said, Herman Cain shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office.

[David Sky]

45. I gladly pay $10 for a pizza, I love them. Have YOU serve me one...

HEAVEN!

But, of course, if all those chemicals we now put into the fields of grain to grow the wheat, tomatoe's, grass for grazing those cows for the cheese, onions, garlic, pepperoni from beef, whatever, what the heck...why are we paying oil companies to produce fertilizer for more grain, etc., if the cost of producing the food is going up more than with inflation but the cost of televisions is going DOWN for the same kind of production efficiency?

Oh wait, more people on the planet? Supply/demand thing? Well, yeah, ... BUT, we still starve more than we did in 1961! And hundreds of millions of acres of South America have been turned into productive ... COFFEE plantations..........other acres more cows, more corn, more grain for beef, etc etc. We still starve lots of people in order for our $10 pizza.

No, I paid $.20 a quart for milk in 1961, I don't pay $2. a quart now, I pay $1. Same should be true for pizza...4-5 times what I did 50 years ago.

[and-justice-for-all]

41. LOL, straw polls do not mean shit....

congrats on winning absolutly nothing Cain.

[devils chaplain]

44. I take it as evidence...

... that the far right tea party types are in a panic looking for a candidate now that they've finally realized that Perry is a moron in a stuffed suit.

[and-justice-for-all]

46. Right!! The clowns they are touting are worthless and dumb as a table..nt

[No Elephants]

49. What does media pretend these ludicrous Republican straw polls are newsworthy?

[harun]

50. Corporate Media haven't reported anything newsworthy in 20 years.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

51. Herman Caine is the name and he worked for a pizza chain.

Pretty lousy pizza at that.