(This is a re-post)

The San Francisco Straw Poll was canceled tonight because there were too
many Ron Paul supporters. I arrived at 7:00 for dinner, speeches by
representatives of each candidate and then a straw poll.

Unfortunately, at around 9:45pm when the straw poll was about to take
place, Gail Neira of the SF Republican Alliance, announced that she was
canceling the straw poll because it was unfair. She was referring to the
approximately 40 Ron Paul supporters that were standing in the back of
the room with Ron Paul signs. She went on to say that she was
overwhelmed by the number of Ron Paul supporters that showed up, but by
that time the crowd was in an uproar.

I was outraged and so was everyone else. It was very difficult to hold
back the emotions and remain calm. I can only imagine what will happen
in the primaries, when too many Ron Paul supporters show up. Will they
just cancel the elections?

To be accurate, the dinner was $33 and Gail allowed people who didn't
want to eat or couldn't make it in time for dinner to pay $5 to
participate in the straw poll later in the evening. This wasn't really
the issue, since most of the people that showed up would have paid the
$33 and said so, when she used money as an excuse.

The event was caught on film and there will be a YouTube video soon.
It's great to be a part of the Ron Paul R[EVOL]UTION.

Here is video of the fracas that insued...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNK3zYc5ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GADQv3vKs


Thanks to BreakTheBox for the heads up

:blink:

;) I doubt any of the people in that crowd who are not Paul supporters will now, never vote for him. I think we are giving a very bad message

So the messages from Ghouliani, "Flip-Flop" Romney and the rest of the Republitrash are "good"? Gimme a break.

I'm not sure you understood my point or I understood what's going on in the video.

to me it looked like Ron Paul supporters are a bunch of rowdy hooligans disrupting what would have been a peaceful straw poll

datman, I think your misunderstanding what happened.

People were allowed to vote even if they came late after dinner. If they came in time for dinner at 7PM it cost 33. If not, or there wasn't enough room it was only 5$. After almost 3 hours they canceled the Straw Poll saying those who paid 5 will get money back and the ones who paid 33$ can still vote. They changed the rules apparently specifically because the Ron Paul supporters were everywhere. If this lady was a Ron Paul supporter I'm positive it wouldn't have made a difference and everyone could vote. But it seemed the candidate she was hoping for wasn't going to win. So she stacked the deck.
She made it sound like it was a money problem. Everyone said and were telling her they would pay 33$.

The Ron Paul supporters weren't giving a bad name. Just ordinary people who were lied to and rightfully so a bit moved from the situation.

PS Zombie Bill Hicks, I LOVE YOUR IMAGE ICON from the last debate!!! AWESOME!

Thanks for the clarification

Yeah its no problem :), and your right that some supporters are a bit extreme. But this wasn't one of those cases.

Its sleeting outside pretty bad.... thank god my car is parked in the garage!! oh hahaha i'm talking to myself again :)