While the top three vote getters in CHQ’s 2016 Republican presidential straw poll haven’t changed – former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul – occupy the top three spots, Palin has jumped back into a commanding lead in last week’s balloting.
Palin took 41% of the week’s votes, with Cruz dropping back to 30% and Paul taking 17%.
Over the course of the past few weeks the Cruz vote had been growing bringing him to within one point of Palin in the previous week’s balloting.
Rounding out the top tier are two other limited government constitutional conservatives; Dr. Ben Carson and former Senator Jim DeMint, now President of the Heritage Foundation.
Notable in their absence from the top tier of potential candidates are the usual establishment Republican suspects – Jeb Bush and Chris Christie -- and Marco Rubio also failed to attract any votes in this week’s voting.
Holy crap! That is is some DEEPLY Right Wing fringe thinking right there.
Their TOP candidates are Palin, Paul, and Cruz? Too bad Joe McCarthy is dead, he could have rounded out the top four.
And Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio don't even make the list? Seriously?
I take it electability makes you immediately ineligible to be considered.
These are the fringe lunatics which are currently tearing the Republican party apart. If they had their way the GOP would not even acknowledge that Obama was President and would be handing out automatic weapons and fundraising in preparation for the coming civil war.
Could you imagine a ticket that featured Rand Paul, Palin, or Ted Cruz? It would be the end of the Republican party.
Could the Democrats get that lucky?
Could be, stay tuned.
"Conservative Headquarters"
ReplyDeleteSnort.
Not a legitimate poll of the RW Fascists with Mussolini and Pol Pot omitted from the ballot. Just sayin'.
DeleteThank you Jesus, from a liberal atheist.
ReplyDeleteDamn, the Palin worshipers did overtime to sway another poll.
ReplyDeleteIs that picture of her from 2008? She hasn't looked that healthy in years, and her hair is combed.
DeleteAnd this is the group that says they follow JEsus? He must be so proud right now (maybe they think if they choose these evil clowns, He'll get so upset he'll speed up that 2nd Coming thing they are all praying for?)
ReplyDeleteThey don't FOLLOW Jesus.
DeleteThey only use him to get their sins forgiven. They can do whatever they want, because Jesus died to make sure they get to heaven.
Yep, they're not interested in Jesus other than for His (ahem) "non-profit* status to shelter income and to corral in votes with His "Implied Endorsement", so graciously bestowed by the Politico-Religilous Right Wing Vote Hustlers (aka Pastors, Preachers, Reverends, Priests, VooDoo Witch Doctors, etc) in the pulpits across the South and Midwest. Oh, and to get their parking ticket validated, even though they'll save the receipt to use for their own personal *business deduction*, along with any others that they can pick out of the trash without getting their grubby little paws dirty. Yes, I've witnessed it are heard them lie when asked about it. They're just "Doing The Lord's Work." Hock tooey. http://rapgenius.com/1316437
DeleteOh, please, please pick the crazy word-salad shooter for President!
ReplyDeleteAs much as that would benefit the Democrats, I must disagree most vehemently.
DeleteWe have ALMOST reached the point in history where she has attained the state of complete insignificance. Being chosen as a candidate for ANYthing would just start up the circus all over again.
And I really don't think I can stand another 6 years of that insanity without going insane myself.
In lieu of donations to SarahPAC, Sarah is requesting cash (unmarked bills only) be mailed directly to her.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll send her my $1,000,000 bill with President Obama's picture on it!
DeleteSome guy in Washington National Airport gave it to me.
Nah...On second thought, I think I'll keep it.
"These are the fringe lunatics which are currently tearing the Republican party apart."
ReplyDeleteServes them right for embracing the crazy and putting the country its current state of divisive poisonous political culture, all in an effort to deligitimize the black man in the whitehouse. I hope these crazies kill the republican party.
Would be so much fun to hear what John McCain 'really' thinks today of his sweet (just kidding!) little Sarah?
DeleteRemember "Game Change"? He suggested to her that she stay away from Rush Limbaugh. He knew damned well back then what she was really like even though he still cannot admit it today. He said this to her just before he made his declination speech when President Obama and VP Biden beat the hell out of them.
Thank God!
Payback is a bitch.
DeleteSince I was raised around folks like this, I can put myself into their heads:
ReplyDelete“Ted Cruz is a half Hispanic Canadian, and his daddy fought with Castro, and that’s very bad. Rand Paul is the lesser (very!) son of Ron Paul, and he doesn’t seem to stand for much. Marco Rubio is another Hispanic, good-looking, but green as grass. Jeb Bush is smarter than his brother, but he has a Hispanic wife. What’s with all these Hispanics?!! Chris Christie is a big bully who likes Obama and he might punch me in the nose, so I’m afraid of him.
“But Sarah, sweet bomb throwing, shit-stirring Sarah, who doesn’t let the sun set but what she hurls another bomb at the Kenyan in the White House. That’s our girl!
"Jesus, well, um, we'll talk about Jesus another time."
That’s how they think.
Cruz is good looking? No, you are thinking of Tom Cruise.
DeleteTed is pudgy and balding. And a righteous, pompous, jingo'd asshole.
Slightly o/t ---
DeleteEver since you published Ted Cruz's birth certificate, I've wondered how often he's had to use it -- to register to vote? to get a passport? For employment?
He's known all his life that his birth certificate is Canadian, and so is he, half-way. Did he think no one would notice?
You got one thing wrong - they LIKEthe bully part of Christie "puttin' all those welfare freeloaders in their place.
DeleteHe was NICE to Obummer is much more of a "sin" in their eyes.
Another clown show with typical gop nutasses.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% that the insufferable desperate skank bitch obviously rigged another poll to her benefit.
hahahahaha(snort)(gasp)hahahahahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteThey must have done this poll in the same area in Louisiana where they thought President Obama was responsible for the mess after Katrina. Or someone is making stuff up. This is a gold paved road for the Dems to win in 2016. Can anyone imagine Hillary debating Sarah or Rand or Ted at a presidential debate? There'd be more blunders about "women in binders" stuff than we could dream of. If Hillary Clinton has had reservations of running, now would be the time to reconsider.
Actually, I can't even imagine Hillary debating Sarah. I think Sarah knows enough to be frightened of her, and she'd be curled up in a ball, refusing to speak or leave her hotel room, a la Game Change.
DeleteSarah Palin Debating? Get 'RILL'(sic). Sarah Palin wouldn't last 2 minutes against anybody in a Debate. Debating requires research and hard work, and common sense. Sarah Palin has nothing to offer.
DeleteIt's one of those weekly online vote things. You have to be a member of CHQ to vote.
Delete"It's never too early to start thinking about the 2016 presidential election. While you may change your mind later, tell us who you'd like to see as the GOP nominee this week. ConservativeHQ.com's Weekly GOP Presidential Straw Poll is available exclusively to registered CHQ members. To register, click here. If you are already a member, please log-in by clicking here. You may vote once a week. Review the choices FIRST before adding a write-in candidate as we made additions."
Yes, since registering is only via email addy, one can vote multiple times.
And their 80 y o chair Viguerie is a real piece of work, but likely explains where some Palin money comes from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Viguerie.
Yes, Sarah Pac has to disclose donors, but the Palins' tax returns are private unless she runs for something.
Poor Joe Biden was in a no-win situation during the debate. If he came across strong, and shone a light on her stupidity and incompetence, he would be seen as a bully. Instead, he remained a polite gentleman and was forced to participate in what became more of a scripted pageant interview.
DeleteHillary would have no such restrictions. She would chew up the Caribou Princess and spit her out.
As much as I would love to see that, however, I would hate for Hillary to face someone so far beneath her in every way.
AIP Members? Pimps? Unwed Teen Moms? OxyContin addicted school bus vandal? Marijuana and vodka drinking house vandal? Bar hopping fat mom? Fake pregnancy Governor? Are those the qualifications of a 1st Family? Or are those the accepted practices of the Palinbillies?
ReplyDeleteFirst Lady of the Trailer Park
DeleteAll of these people are RANK AMATEURS!
ReplyDeleteOne is a woman who couldn't hold down a rill job in her whole life and quit the cherry ones she was lucky enough to land. Couldn't even handle the heat of 8 weeks of national campaigning.
One is so bad at ophthalmology, he had to create his own board to certify himself.
The other is a freshman Senator who only has a record of obstruction, and thinks the First Amendment defends his walleyed view of legislating, not of this nation's spectrum of values.
Seriously low bar assholes.
Race to the Bottom.
DeleteI'm all in on Sara running for President. Please let it happen. She'll have to close down her PAC and actually face up to the countless lies and distortions she's been slinging since 2008. Is there anyway we can help make this happen? Aside from sending money to Sara PAC
ReplyDeleteAccording to her Pee Pond supporters, Sarah would run a different kind of campaign; one where she calls the shots. No need to give pesky interviews anymore as she would be using social media to get her message out. She would demolish any candidate who would be foolish enough to debate her. Once the country hears her common sense policies for getting the country back on the right track she would be the one and only choice for President.
DeleteAs for the so-called lies and distortions she's been slinging since 2008; well, that is just the MSM and other jealous folks who are envious of her wonderfulness and are just making things up. Haters do that sort of thing, you know.
They visualize President Palin on the international stage wowing other leaders with her down home wisdom and amazing grasp of world events.
7:17 -
DeleteThey've clearly been drinking the Pee in the Pond.
Scarah doesn, t have the cajones just racist mindless meth babble stfu and go away
ReplyDeletePalin is the only quasi poli-celeb in the planet who has to use years old pics.
ReplyDeleteLMAO!!!
It could happen one of these nuts could get elected. Minnesota voted Jessie Ventura for Gov. He didn't quit his term but he had the many of the same family issues of Alaska's Sarah. He wouldn't live in the Gov's mansion...he rolled around the State in a big ol' Hummer. It was a lot of blah, blah, blah and not much in the way of legislation.
ReplyDeleteMinnesota likes to promote its place as the Brain State. However, Bachmann and Ventura??? A big Hmmmmmm.....
We left MN and moved to...Brownbackistan. Kansas hasn't always been like this. How has our nation become so fearful and dumbed down?
Laundry and weeds seem to be the only things that I can control today.
RJ
You're ahead of me there, pal. The Canadian thistle just poked its head in the window, and mount laundry is growing.
DeleteVentura and Schwarzenegger - separated at birth? Arnie had/has a Hummer, built a taxpayer paid special cigar smoking area in the non-smoking Capitol bldg, wouldn't live in the Guv mansion so we taxpayers had to pay for jet fuel, engine hours and maintenance on his private jet commute to get him from L.A. up to Sacramento. That short commute allowed him more time to spend with some members of the family's domestic team
DeleteSarah ahead of Cruz and Paul
ReplyDeleteLooking good for 2016
Donate to SarahPAC and make it a reality
Don't feed the trolls.
DeleteBWAHAHAHAHA Sarah Palin can't even run her Family without Problems. Who in her Family even works at a real job? Who in her Family who has babies even has a Spouse? The Whitehouse is not a place for Uneducated WASILLABILLIES and PALINBILLIES who spread their legs for any Tom, DICK, and Harry. It is not Todd Palin's Whorehouse.
DeleteAnon @ 8:59am--
DeleteOh, SURE! Whadda need, hon? Old paper towels, dryer lint, rusty paint cans, used cat litter, waste oil? Hey, wait, I think if I used some good old 'Muriken elbow grease, I can rustle up some under-the-carpet sweepings and dried soap scum. Just give the word and I'll send 'em right along!
8:59 doesn't even realize that SarahPac can't be used for herself for any political purpose. If and when Mrs. Palin decides to run for any office she will cut herself off from SarahPac (and the funds are NOT transferable) and need to form a Pac that will then need to collect more funds for her campaign. SarahPac is a "Leadership PAC" whereby she can only give money to others. Once she dips toe into ring and runs for something, she'll simply garner campaign donations and/or have someone organize a SuperPac that can support her ideologically yet not support her campaign. SarahPac at that point will be divested and become defunct.
DeleteO/T Sovereign Citizens group in Las Vegas, Nevada plot to kidnap and kill Policemen, but are arrested. Were those people visited by Todd Palin and Sarah Palin during their frequent trips to Las Vegas, Nevada?
ReplyDeleteExcellent question!
DeleteBrain Dead Panty Sniffers for Freedumb
ReplyDeleteomg!! If ever Palin needs pity, http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/23/sarah-palin-75-pay-cut-job-fox-news.html
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't come close to any hard worker or one of relevance or significance in media. Poor, poor pitiful Sarah Palin
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/who-are-the-highest-paid-media-figures-on-tv/
So Skank Palin had to take a 75% pay cut to get her job back at Fox. What a SMACKDOWN FROM Roger. Sarah isn't even worth that. TAWD, you had better get back to Pimping and stop carrying Purses for your #1 Tramp. The SarahPac money is drying up fast. New Grand Babies are multiplying fast at the compound, and they have to eat. There are no Trial Daddies paying Child Support and the Palin offspring won't work. BWAHAHAHA.
ReplyDeleteI swear, I swear I'll be the best person EVAH---if Sarah tries to run for POTUS. I will be kind to mean people, mosquitos, leeches, biting spiders and even teabaggers. I will be perpetually good. (Ok, I haven't been getting what I want lately so I'm thinking this is a pipe dream.) I will even watch ALL of the clown car primary debates. I'll watch Palin and her idiot brethern falling all over themselves wishing death on the uninsured, poor, women and brown people. With Money Boo Boo there will be more epic dumbness than Cain, Bachmann, Santorum and Perry all together.
ReplyDeleteShades of Piyush Jindal. "Ted" Cruz's real name is Rafael.
ReplyDeleteThe quote at the top of your blog belongs to Gloria Steinem she said it in 1972. You may want to credit her with the quote and not pretend you said it. Plagiarism?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not. That is a Gryphon original.
DeleteBut nice try.