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"A new poll has shown a dramatic shift in the way Americans observe Christmas.  The web-based poll, conducted on Christmas Day, found that 93% of Americans use the holiday to celebrate the life of politician Ron Paul, rather than the birth of Jesus Christ.  Christ gained only 0.5% in the online poll, trailing Santa Claus (1.5%), the Flying Spaghetti Monster (2%) and Chuck Norris (3%).  \nIn addition, hundreds of thousands of Ron Paul supporters, or Paulites, sent emails to the polling company explaining their choices.  One read: \"sure, Jesus is the son of God and all, but is he going to sort out our dire social security situation?\"\nSome skeptics have questioned whether web polling may favor Paul to some degree, pointing to previous political surveys from the likes of ABC, MSNBC and Fox News, all of which awarded Paul 155% of the vote.  The technical staff at those websites, all of whom were seen wearing Ron Paul t-shirts during our interview, were unable to explain the statistical abnormality.  Technologists at MIT, meanwhile, provided mathematical proof that freedom is more than 100% popular.  \nIn YouTube's most viewed video of all time, posted only 5 minutes ago, a Ron Paul campaign spokesman explains: \"the mainstream media is trying to sideline Ron Paul, denying that he is the savior of humanity - polls like this one show what the American people really think\".  He added that the one billion dollars raised in a one-hour web-based funding drive for Paul on Christmas Eve would be spent on diverting an asteroid headed to Mars: \"We will attach a Ron Paul Revolution banner to it and make it fly over Iowa in early January\", he added.\n\u2014\u2014-NOTE: this article is not real news - it's a parody inspired in part by this.  For those new to Mashable, we're a popular social media blog.  Feel free to check out our previous Ron Paul coverage:\nHere Comes the Ron Paul Social Network\nRon Paul Smashes Funding Records: Thanks, Intarwebs\nFacebook: New Home for Ron Paul Fans\nSecureWorks: Ron Paul Probably Not a Spammer\nWikipedia Interest Shows Support for Ron Paul. Why?\nStudy Shows Ron Paul Brigade is Actually Effective"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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