By popular demand, I decided to post the scene from my IL straw poll video in which Romney’s IL chairman state senator Dan Rutherford stole a Ron Paul sign from a guy holding the sign behind Mitt Romney’s son giving a victory interview. Dan Rutherford handed the sign to the man in the video. AlpineJones0
Rat Says: I love it! Snarly Man works for the Common Sense Express. Funny how he leaves right when someone mentions this organization.
“….Incredibly, who had how many votes was visible by the folks running the straw poll…and others. At 3:30 a Ron Paul supporter saw the totals. His candidate had 151 votes. He was in second place. Fred Thompson was in third place at 148 votes.
Although the party rules said the polls would be open from 11 AM to 4 PM, an announcement was made that, because of the rain, the polls would be kept open until 4:30. Does that sound like what the Democrats do in St. Louis?
Then someone in authority said the polls would close at 4:15. But at 4:08, the voting ended. I guess the Establishment folks must have been able to round up enough votes to push Thompson ahead of Paul….” full article:illinoisreview.typepad.com
