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kentuck

(115,401 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:28 PM Feb 2016

Gov. Jim Gilmore spent six months in Iowa and got 12 votes...

I heard them talking about this on KSR radio. One guy said he could go to the mall for an hour and get more votes than that...

They felt sorry for him.


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Gov. Jim Gilmore spent six months in Iowa and got 12 votes... (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2016 OP
That's pretty sad. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #1
Hey, 12% isn't bad! Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #2
a good ficticious name on the ballot would get much more nt Jarqui Feb 2016 #3
The GILMOREmentum is growing!!! underpants Feb 2016 #4
This guy was the Republican Gray Davis Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #5
Unhappy Gilmore KamaAina Feb 2016 #6

Jarqui

(10,906 posts)
3. a good ficticious name on the ballot would get much more nt
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:42 PM
Feb 2016

Wouldn't he look at the polls ...? How could he keep going? I guess he figured he might as well burn through the campaign cash (which wasn't a lot $300k). He had $50k left at the end of last year

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
5. This guy was the Republican Gray Davis
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:05 PM
Feb 2016

The absolute strongest emotion he stirs in even the most partisan Republican is near total indifference.

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