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FOX: RON PAUL "Spamming" Votes Debunked!
Posted: 13 Jan 2008 11:51 AM CST
Hey Guys,Found this article and video from a user on Live Leak. Good stuff!
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Upon learning that Ron Paul was blowing away the field in the Fox News “who won the debate” telephone poll, Sean Hannity sighed in frustration and said “I’m sick of this.” Ron Paul also was the early winner of the first Fox News debate. One has to ask, if they’re sick of Paul winning, why don’t they stop conducting the poll? Colmes then laughs off the Paul victory, stating that the Paul supporters are just dialing in repeatedly. This caused me to raise an eyebrow. The text-voting is no-charge. Is Fox News really counting multiple text-votes like some American Idol episode?
To test this hypothesis, I voted for Ron Paul via text twice. I got two text-messages back from Fox. The first:
FOX News UVOTE: Thank you for voting! Watch Hannity & Colmes for the results.
The second message I got from Fox was:
You have already voted on tonight’s debate. Thank you for your participation.
Now, if you think that Paul supporters are sitting in a warehouse with a farm of activated cell phones using each one to text in to the Fox News poll, maybe you could see where Colmes is coming from.
Somebody should tell the correspondents that, in fact, you cannot vote twice. The reason that Ron Paul continues to win these post-debate polls is because he has the kind of supporters who care about their candidate and are willing to pick up a phone and dial a few numbers when necessary.
It’s enthusiasm, plain and simple. It’s amazing how people can get excited about the message of liberty.
What else is interesting about this recent victory is that Hannity accused Ron Paul supporters of spamming the polls after the FIRST Fox debate. I didn’t text vote then, so I’m not sure if spamming was even possible at that time.
What I do remember is that after the first debate, Paul got a huge lead, then slowly lost ground to Romney throughout the night (maybe Romney supporters started spamming?). This time, Ron Paul got the lead and kept it easily, finishing with a 33% to 18% (Huckabee) lead - a landslide. If they did fix the spamming issue between the first and second debates, it obviously worked in Paul’s favor.
Last, it would be very easy for Fox to recognize that Ron Paul did well in their poll and leave it at that, but they choose to go out of their way to discredit their own numbers - and ONLY because Paul won, they wouldn’t have the same attitude if Romney ever wins one of these things (which he won’t because he’s a waffler and people don’t trust him).
If the cheap tricks and pot shots of the establishment have angered you, you have the opportunity to use their dirty tactics against them. We will once again take the high road and the moral ground.. we will donate together and march together on January 21st, 2008. Lets make this our best effort yet. Please visit http://www.FreeAtLast2008.com and turn their attack into your victory.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” - It’s an old saying but couldn’t be more true. This January 21st lets let them know that we are tough, we are the Ron Paul Revolution.. and we have not yet begun to fight!
