Discussion: Ted Cruz Wins CPAC Straw Poll

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In CPAC’s 41-year history, only four poll winners have gone on to become Republican presidential nominees. Looks like sCruz is a shoe-in.

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CPAC - Canadian Pricks And Conmen

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http://67.69.104.76:84/marville/photos/ships/ships-295.jpg

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That’s a pretty scary/goofy picture of Cruz. I hate to go Godwin, but he really looks like a b-side Hitler in that pose.

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think of an evil Ned Flanders then

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so… instead of saying boooooooo at CPAC they were saying crruuuuuzzzzz…

and the walkouts were enough to let sCruz win the straw poll?

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Looks more like Oswald Mosley

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yeh but Ted’s voice ‘wins’ it.

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And in other news, water is still wet.

If anyone thought someone other than Cruz was going to win the CPAC straw poll, they have not been paying attention.

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Fuck Cruz.

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And of those four poll winners, how many have gone on to win the White House?

Let’s be clear: the record of poll winners just making the nominee isn’t terrific. So clearly there is no history of correlation.

I am just curious if any of their winners have become President.

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Not surprising he won Kansas, land of Brownback, either.

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Year — First place — Second place
1976 — Ronald Reagan — George Wallace
1980 — Ronald Reagan — n/a
1984 — Ronald Reagan — n/a
1986 — Jack Kemp — George H.W. Bush
1987 — Jack Kemp 68% — Patrick Buchanan 9%
1993 — Jack Kemp — n/a
1995 — Phil Gramm 40% — Bob Dole 12%
1998 — Steve Forbes 23% — George W. Bush 10%
1999 — Gary Bauer 28% — George W. Bush 24%
2000 — George W. Bush 42% — Alan Keyes 23%
2005 — Rudy Giuliani 19% — Condoleezza Rice 18%
2006 — George Allen 22% — John McCain 20%
2007 — Mitt Romney 21% — Rudy Giuliani 17%
2008 — Mitt Romney 35% — John McCain 34%
2009 — Mitt Romney 20% — Bobby Jindal 14%
2010 — Ron Paul 31% — Mitt Romney 22%
2011 — Ron Paul 30% — Mitt Romney 23%
2012 — Mitt Romney 38% — Rick Santorum 31%
2013 — Rand Paul 25% — Marco Rubio 23%
2014 — Rand Paul 31% — Ted Cruz 11%
2015 — Rand Paul 26% — Scott Walker 21%
2016 — Ted Cruz 40% — Marco Rubio 30%

(bold = won presidency, italic = won nomination)

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No…he looks like Grandpa Munster!

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… i’d say it’s akin to giving a gold star to a special needs student…

… but that’s insulting to all special needs students… they don’t wanna be compared to Ted Cruz…