Ted Wins!
We here at the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc. are proud to announce the winner of the Conservative Republican Straw Presidential Poll.
It’s – ta! da! – Ted Cruz. Second place went to nobody.
Cruz took 30 percent of the vote at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. He edged out conservative speaker and author Ben Carson.
Organizers at the annual conference say about a third out of 1,500 delegates voted in the straw poll. Delegates had to pay to register for the conference and vote in the straw poll.
Cruz promised delegates Saturday to continue his uncompromising approach on Capitol Hill.
Carson did not address delegates before the voting.Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Texas Gov. Rick Perry trailed Cruz and Carson in the poll.
Poor Rick Perry. He came in behind The Preacher Who Isn’t Running and Who The Hell Is Ben Carson.
By the way, this was following Ted’s speech at the convention, where he lambasted Republicans. Yeah, his own party.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas lambasted unidentified Republicans Saturday, likening them to operatives in the former Soviet Union.
“You know, a lot of Republicans — it’s very odd — a lot of Republicans tend to have top down, Soviet-style campaigns,” Cruz told reporters at a Republican gathering in New Orleans.
Republicans are so unpopular that the most popular Republican is popular only because he dislikes Republicans. Just thinking about that will make your head hurt.
That chuckling sound you hear is Hillary Clinton.
When was the last time the straw poll winner won the nomination? Why do they even do this anymore?
1And the 2016 Republican primary is off to a wonderful start.
2Before Canadian Citizen Cruz can run, he should be made to pay back the $24 billion he wasted during his hissy fit shutdown.
3This poll is only important in that it shows how far from reality Republicans really are.
What is it with Publicans that they can’t wipe off the smirk? Cruz is worse than Baby Bush. I wouldn’t trust that oily thug with a burned-out match.
4I think they do these straw polls just so some of the losers can feel like some kind of winner inadvertently or vertently pronounced: Weiner … as in Anthony! If they were all named Dick, it would make it so much easier!!
5It’s a rare day I can crosspost based on one article. Cruz couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/01/bowe-bergdahl-obama-pow-release_n_5427698.html
6What’s taking Cruz so long to renounce his Canadian citizenship?
I wonder if there a are personal problem’s with his birth certificate you know like Rafael not being his father?
It’s a very easy process, read on.
Richard Kurland, a Vancouver-based immigration attorney, told the Canadian Press wire service that absent some security or “mental health issue that hasn’t been disclosed, there’s no reason for anything other than a lickety-split process to occur.” Kurland said he wonders if Cruz is trying to make the Canadian system look bad by suggesting a lengthy and complex bureaucracy. “It’s just not true. Revocation is one of the fastest processes in our system.”
Toronto immigration lawyer Stephen Green agreed. He told the Montreal newspaper: “It’s not complicated at all.” Green says his firm offered to help Cruz at one point but never got a return call. It’s easy, he said: “They make sure you understand what you’re doing, that you’re not going to become a stateless person, and then you’re rock ‘n’ roll, and good to go.”
7Bless his heart. The picture of him when he won reminds me of the pictures of little kids who won the 100 yard dash on field day, or the spelling bee. Now when exactly is he planning to quit being Canadian?
8Frankly, I think the Tedster sings himself to sleep at night with “O! Canada, our home and native land. . .!”
9Ben Carson is Amos to Herman Cain’s Andy.
10Appropriate that the Scarecrow would get the strawman vote.
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