Hah-HA! GOP straw poll delayed because of electronic voting machine problems.

[AlCzervik]

per AEI's potted plant at CNN Bill Schneider.

[babylonsister]

1. That is just about perfect! Nah, nothin' wrong with electronic voting!

We keep seeing the proof.

[Patsy Stone]

2. Carl just reported it on FOX

LOL! Imagine...problems with the counting machines.

[AlCzervik]

Hiya Pats! scuse me whilst i go giggle of voting machines.

:D

[Patsy Stone]

13. How hysterical.

:hi:

[blogslut]

3. Don't tell me

The numbers keep coming up in favor of Ron Paul or "None of the Above". :evilgrin:

[Richard Steele]

15. Honestly, I suspect that's really the "problem". nm

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. No, they keep coming up with George Bush.

Hadn't performed the update yet.

[Grandrose]

4. The fix is in.....

Gotta make sure Ken Doll Romney is the big winner!:eyes:

[C_U_L8R]

5. So..... who's rigged the vote ?

oh intrigue

[AlCzervik]

6. Duh! Bill Clinton of course--sheesh!

[C_U_L8R]

9. oh riiight... (head slap) ...it's OUR fault

[Debi]

7. OMG

Ron Paul was RIGHT! :wow:

[AlCzervik]

8. did Ron Paul float that? If so thats pretty interesting.

[Debi]

22. Ron Paul supporters did - I don't know if he was part of it. n/t

[LBJDemocrat]

10. "Ron Paul is in number 2. That can't be right. Must be a glitch. Get it fixed." nt

Not that I like Ron Paul, but I'm tired of this electronic voting crap.

[cui bono]

31. I saw that on CNN, and all I could see in their wide shot was Ron Paul signs.

I swear he had a lot of support there. I saw maybe one or two other signs and I couldn't read the names on them. Of course it was a wide shot from behind the audience to the podium so it could just be that they put all the Paul supporters in the back. ;)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Irony abounds...

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. The machines kept asking voters if they'd like bacon on their sammich.

:bounce:

[supernova]

14. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[AlCzervik]

16. indeed.

[Broke Dad]

19. A couple of problems

The vote total reported is only 14,000.

They estimated 35,000 to 40,000 would show up.

I also heard the #2 is dangerously close to Romney who spent over $2,000,000 to bus people to the event. Ron Paul and Brownback were both encouraging people to ride Romney's bus, eat his food and then vote for them.

[AlCzervik]

20. no kidding? Very interesting indeed.

[Debi]

23. Looks like the turnout WAS that low - not just the vote count

As for messing with the votes....I guess we'll never know :shrug:

[Blackhatjack]

17. They needed time to switch some votes...

[MikeNearMcChord]

18. My prediction

The Iowa GOP Straw Poll winner is
RONALD REAGAN
Oh that is not voting booth, that is 25 cent arcade.

[Marr]

24. Are they still registering "GW Bush"?

Need to "recalibrate" the machines.

[SoCalDem]

27. Lookalikathis

[blogslut]

25. Update: FWIW

The Iowa GOP Straw Poll page gives a link to live blogging for the poll

http://www.iowagop.net/straw.poll.asp
http://cycloneconservatives.blogspot.com

That blog currently claims the results are in and are as follows:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007

Mitt Romney Wins Ames Straw Poll
Results are certified by State Auditor David Vaudt and Chairman Ray Hoffmann:

Mitt Romney
4516
31.5%

Mike Huckabee
2587
18.1%

Sam Brownback
2192
15.3%

Tom Tancredo
1961
13.7%

Ron Paul
1305
9.1%

Tommy Thompson
1039
7.3%

Fred Thompson
203
1.4%

Rudy Giuliani
183
1.3%

Duncan Hunter
174
1.2%

John McCain
101
1.0%

John Cox
41
0.1%

14,302 Total Votes
26,000 Total Tickets Sold

So, Mittens won his own contest. Surprise. Surprise.

[AlCzervik]

26. what is the disparity in the "tickets sold" and "total votes" did they all bring their kids

or something?

[cui bono]

32. Ghouliani.... hahahaha....

Rudy Giuliani
183
1.3%

[blogslut]

28. LOL! Check ot the results of the online poll from that blog!

http://poll.pollhost.com/Q3lDb25zZXJ2YXRpdmUJMTE4NDcxOTU0NAlGRjAwMDAJRkZGRjAwCUFyaWFsCUFzc29ydGVkCTA/

Here's a nibble:

Paul, Ron (Texas) 63%

Romney, Mitt (Massachusetts) 11%

Huckabee, Mike (Arkansas) 9%

Thompson, Fred (Tennessee) 4%

McCain, John (Arizona) 1%

:rofl:

[CoffeeCat]

29. Oh no!

Romney fans kept trying to vote for their man, but their
votes kept switching to John Kerry!

How do you clowns like it?

[AtomicKitten]

30. And I hope they all suck on it!

Only when the Republicans are convinced EVM voting is helping the Dems will they stop that mode of cheating.

[KaryninMiami]

33. LOVE that photo- that's my dream ticket!

Where did the photo come from? I would take a leave from my job to work for that campaign. America needs Gore Obama, as does the world. Thanks for brightening up my night - nothing like a litte hopeful reminder of what is possible...

[AtomicKitten]

34. Google.

I too will work myself ragged for them ... or whomever gets the nod

but Gore/Obama would kick butt.

[UrbScotty]

35. Karma is an even bigger bitch than Ann Coulter sometimes (nt)

[EFerrari]

36. Just too good.

:rofl:

[Senator]

37. K&R