Martin Lewis

Tuesday night

Approx. 11pm ET.

Priceless look on Sean Hannity’s face…

He was preparing to tell Fox News viewers which right wingnut among the ten Republicans had won the debate according to the poll so far among the Fox viewers - when he learned that the text votes to date had placed RON PAUL in first place! With 30% of the vote!

Hannity was suitably gob-smacked! Looked it and sounded it.

Either regular Fox News viewers have had a sudden mass awakening - or (perhaps more likely) it is the result of a very skilful “Get-Out-The-Vote” effort by some very smart people. May they be as effective in November 2008…

Meanwhile - we can savor the look on Sean Hannity’s face as he had to announce that Ron Paul was the favorite of Fox News viewers. If anyone can get a screengrab of that moment - please post the URL of it. Or upload the video on YouTube and post the URL here. *huffingtonpost.com/martin-lewis

Rat Says: Fox News, who hosted last nights Republican presidential debate, tried their best to spin the results of the “text message” voting that held Ron Paul in the lead for the majority of the voting time frame( 9 EDT till 12:30 EDT). The so called “experts” such as Michael Steele, opined that “the Ron Paul supporters had text messaged more, big deal.” With 20,000 votes counted(@appx 11:35 pm), Ron Paul was still leading with 29% of the votes followed by Mitt Romney at 27%. Duncan Hunter who couldn’t break 5% laughed at Ron Paul and equated Paul’s lead to “the entertainment factor.” Hey Duncan….. Ba Bye!

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