Possible Republican On Republican Vote Fraud? Won't Somebody Think Of The Children?

Bachmann Rigged Iowa Poll by Buying "At Least" 4000 Votes  If this is indicative of the upcoming 2012 nomination process, hang on!  The ride's gonna be fantastic, and really funny!  From Domas Jefferson.  Excerpts:

Bachmann, who finished with 4823 votes, narrowly beat second-place finisher Congressman Ron Paul who collected 4671 votes.

The Ames poll, although important because of the early significance of Iowa in the primaries, is nonbinding and unscientific.

AFP reported that "It has been criticized as playing too heavily in favor of candidates that are well financed, since their campaigns can buy the $30 tickets for their supporters to attend and presumably vote in their favor."

The Ames event was considered to be a Republican fundraiser, yet Bachmann's campaign bought and "handed out at least 4,000 free tickets to supporters."

Therefore, Bachmann appears to have rigged the vote at a minimum direct cost of $120,000 to her campaign. (The problem with this statement is there is no information comparing ticket purchases of other campaigns to Bachmann's.  I would field a guess, though, as to Ron Paul's supporters buying most, if not all their own tickets, without help from Paul's campaign.  But I don't know that for sure, as there is no information supporting my theory, or to the contrary, either..)

Another anomaly with the vote surfaced this morning when it was discovered that 218 votes went unaccounted for. In other words, these votes were in the overall tally but not registered to any of the candidates.

One would think the media would attempt to uncover the discrepancy given the razor thin 152-vote margin between Bachmann and Paul. However, so far, they've been content to call her the "queen" of the event.

Bonus:  When you click the link and read the whole article at the site, feast your eyes on what might be the funniest political photo I've ever seen. As long as Bachmann is in, we'll be getting these wonderful Kodak Moments, probably daily!  Bachmann deserves hilarity-based scorn not because she is a woman or a Tea Partier.  She is laughable because she is a clown and aggressively talky.  She can't help herself, and people can't help laughing.

The Republican Party could forever be written off as Criminally Insane, save for Ames' second choice(and possible/probable winner), Ron Paul.  The MSM narrative is "Ron Paul always wins straw polls, but can't win an election."  That was 2008, 2009, and 2010.  2011/12 might be different, as this could be the cycle where people realize Paul was right much more than he was wrong, and much more right than anyone else running in either 2008 or 2012. 

He is thoughtful, articulate, and honorable.  He is in no way a clown.  And, for the moment, he's second right out of the gate.  Hopefully, his message can be heard over the bleating and tomfoolery of the Bachmann ass clown posse.  We'll see, but I think it's gonna be a great trip down!

Romney to angry fairgoers: ‘Corporations are people, my friend’

After watching this video(From Raw Story), I think this event is quite possibly The Beginning Of The End for Romney's whole campaign.  Short term, he did keep talking and succeeded in talking over some protesters, but he looked like the Say Anything Shape Shifting Politically Entitled Shill he has been and always will be.  I guess he assumes that by saying the money goes back into human hands, we will be awed and forget that that money won't be taxed at all, benefiting from corporate tax shelters in off shore banks.  Or that his actions as governor mirror that of Obama in Health Care Reform and Budget.  Or that the whole financial system is structured to favor wealth retention by the Super Rich.

He thinks everyone forgot those things, or never knew them in the first place.  (He did look a little shocked to actually be heckled..  In Iowa, of all places!) 

He's the "Front Runner."  Does he not realize the early Front Runner almost never gets the nomination?  Does he not realize he looks exactly like the Mouthpiece For The Rich that he is?  For Romney, this event will play a part as to why he won't get the nomination.

There will probably be no more uncontrolled press events for Mitt..  But the damage has been done.  It's on You Tube!  His campaign won't fold anytime soon;  What I'm saying is, when doing a backward analysis on Romney's 2012 Presidential campaign that sputtered out and died waay before the convention, this event will be highlighted as contributing to, or the actual Tipping Point downward for Romney's aspirations.

"Corporations are people, my friend" is a quote for the political ages.  It is too honest an admission, and that gaffe cannot be undone.  Later in life, it'll be the phrase Mitt Romney hears just around every corner, just before rounding every  corner, walkin' the halls, probably muttering, forever a Coulda Been.  The lies have faded.  The truth remains.  And Mitt continues to walk..