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Shame on the Kill-a-Muslim-for-Moses Types in Alabama

Here are the results from the AL straw poll yesterday:

Perry 46

Cain 21

Romney 16

How many did you-know-who get? Unmentioned.

Perry: A Legend in His Own Mind

See Bob Wenzel on Gardasil Rick and jobs. As Ron Paul notes, Texas has never had a personal nor corporate income tax, and is a right-to-work state. Those are the basic reasons for its success, not the antics of Plutocracy Perry. Besides, the governor in Texas is mostly a figurehead, thanks to the Texas constitution. The lieutenant governor is the real power.

A Regimist on Ames

Writes Howard Fineman:

With the announcement of the Ames Straw Poll results, I drew the following conclusions:

Bye-bye T-Paw

Perry as a last-minute write-in bests a weak Mitt

Combination of Bachmann and Paul strength will generate more questions about the wisdom of doing a straw poll at all

Newt, with 385 votes, needs to drop outSantorum is in danger with a fourth place finish in a state where evangelicals matter so much

Romney supporters argue that this will help Mitt by pitting Perry against Bachmann for the evangelical/Tea Party vote

Ron Paul is about to become a MAJOR headache for the GOP

Right you are about that last one, Howard. The militarist-bankster alliance can't stand the light of day, and Ron Paul is opening all the windows.

'A Beautiful Rivalry': Perry & Bachmann

According to Reuters. Just the sort of rivalry the regime loves: who can be the bloodiest warmonger. "Whoever wins or just comes in second, they get gas for their fire," adds Reuters. "But no mention of second," notes Gary North.

How Dare Ron Paul

Not cheer the violent deaths of 650,000 Americans, and the maiming of millions? How dare he think that the evil of slavery, ended everywhere else peacefully, could be ended here peacefully too? (Not that war was about slavery, except as an excuse.)

The Unhappy Media

Writes Steve Vance:

I was watching C-SPAN when the results were announced. The Iowa GOP leader announced, "Michele Bachmann". Then, he walked off the stage. C-SPAN spent some time focusing their cameras on the empty stage and the crowd. Then, it finally found a ticker that was showing the also-rans. But it started with Santorum, and on down from there! "We already know who the losers are", I said to myself. "how did Ron Paul do?" It was about five minutes before they displayed that result! "Wow, a close second place", I said, still talking to myself.

I then turned on the radio to our local news talk station, and they did talk about the Straw Poll. They talked for about five minutes, about how Bachmann won, and how Pawlenty must be really disappointed, and how Rick Perry was in there as a write-in. During the entire five-minute conversation, they did not even mention Ron Paul's name! He effectively tied for first place, and they don't even mention him. How annoying!

I expect that most of the votes for "Rick Perry" were actually Stephen Colbert's crowd, voting for "Rick Parry". Ha, ha.

The Defeat of Rush in Ames

Writes Andrew:

The other day Limbaugh claimed he wasn't feeling well, like he was coming down with the flu, and because of this he directed his call screener to turn down calls from Ron Paul supporters even though it was his self-proclaimed Open Line Friday (after bashing Ron Paul as a kook, of course).

Slick Rick

Here is the new website of the militarist-imperialist.

An Example of Why Ron Won

(thanks to Travis Holte)

Rick Perry and Art Laffer

Bob Wenzel: "Rick Perry has met with the one-trick pony economist Arthur Laffer. Will this be a key Perry advisor?" Read the rest.

NB: When I first went to work for Ron Paul, at the end of the Carter administration, I was able to sneak into a Members Only Briefing with Ron to hear Art Laffer. He identified himself as a liberal Democrat who wanted to increase the government's income for social welfare spending, and thus his Curve. As usual, Rothbard was right.