Paul backers make their presence known (Disingenuous supporters crash Hunter rally)

STAR-TELEGRAM ^ | 01 SEPTEMBER 2007 | STAR-TELEGRAM

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Before the obligatory Paul bashing begin, let me be the first to condemn these actions of Paul's supporters. Very disgraceful on their part.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BTTT

[reasonisfaith]

Why are they using leftist-style tactics?

[Spacetrucker]

"Why are they using leftist-style tactics?"

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Take a look - reeeeeeel close look at Ron Paul's stance on certain issues - you'll understand ;)

[cripplecreek]

As I’ve said all along. I personally like Ron Paul a great deal (I still disagree about the war) but some of the people who support him are only harming him.

Paul himself is a good man.

[DoughtyOne]

All I will say is that it would be best to let every candidate be heard. Then let their arguements rise or fall on their own merrits.

There will be time to challenge what others have said. I don’t think raising an opponents signs in the midst of the supporters of another candidate is going to win friends.

[GulfBreeze]

yuck... The nail just drives a little deeper.

[Paperdoll]

>Why are they using leftist-style tactics?<

Let’s see. George Soros’s MoveOn Org.?

[DJ MacWoW]

Some on DU like him. Some don't.

DU thread

[MamaTexan]

Paul backers make their presence known (Disingenuous supporters crash Hunter rally)

The headline in parentheses is misleading. "Crashing" the rally would mean going into an area reserved for the rally. It's my understanding this was an open-air affair in a public garden.

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Paul supporters stood just feet away, holding up Ron Paul signs.

At least they were in a public area and apparently didn't disrupt the Hunter rally by saying anything.

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Very disgraceful on their part.

I agree. Their actions were in very poor taste.

[deport]

The candidates each got to be heard inside the center and now the voting is ongoing or maybe over. There were five there to speak....

Saturday, 12:30 p.m.: Speech highlights
The candidates have spoken. Now it’s up to the delegates. Here's a look at what some of the contenders said.

• Ray McKinney, of Georgia, told the crowd he’s their man and that long-running problems -- including solving the illegal immigration situation and fixing social security -- need to be addressed.

  "Right now, Texas, the eyes of the United States are on you," he said. "Do you want to send a message to politiicans, to Americans ... that we are so fed up that we want to send a guy who wants to work for a living there to Washington?"

• John Cox, of Chicago, said he was glad at least some Texans skipped the first day of dove hunting to be at the event. He said he's a conservative Republican and tired of corruption, partisanship and of a "failed regime."

  "We can bring real ideas...back to the Republican Party," he said. "We want solutins, no celebrities. We want results, not rhetoric ... So I'm asking for your support today."

• When Ron Paul -- the only Texan on the Straw Poll ballot -- was introduced, his supporters provided the warmest and loudest welcome of the day. They waved signs, stood and cheered constantly throughout Paul's speech.

  "I'm a strong defender of individual liberty," Paul said. "Personal choices means tolerance against other people as long as they’re not hurting us.

  "I am a strong defender of the right to life of all living human beings," he said, adding that a vote for him is a "vote for the constitution, a vote for limited government."

• Alabama psychiatrist Hugh Cort touted his inexperience as a politician and his knowledge of counterterrorism which he said he gained by attending conferences and speaking with experts in the field.

  "Until 9/11, I was just a happy psychiatrist and when 9/11 happened, it horrified me and all of us," Cort said.

  Citing different sources, Cort said with certainty that Osama Bin Laden has snuck "suitcase nukes" into the U.S.

  "He wants to blow up ten American cities with nuclear devices like we blew up Hiroshima," Cort said.

  Cort received a mix of cheers and boos when he called for bombing Iran but made it up to the crowd when he promised his first acts as president would be to ban abortion and homosexual marriage.

• Duncan Hunter was introduced by fellow Conressman, U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, who described Hunter as "a guy who won’t only protect our borders, he’ll close our borders."

  He said he wants U.S. troops to leave Iraq the "right way" and he promised to build the entire 864-mile border fence in his first six months in office.

  Hunter told the crowd that his grandson, also named Duncan, is even helping him campaign, telling people "my grandpa is going to be president. Now, can I count on your vote?"

  -- Anna M. Tinsley and Aman

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  On a side note:

  9:08 a.m.: Monkeys for Ron Paul
  With two police escorts on bicycles, Ron Paul's supporters finished their march to the Convention Center and are now rallying outside the delegates' entrance. Several buses and RVs passed by covered in Ron Paul signs.

  According to one of our correspondents, a live monkey could clearly be seen in the window of one of the Ron Paul RVs.

  No comment.

  -- Aman Batheja

[swmobuffalo]

“Paul himself is a good man.”

Then he seriously and firmly and PUBLICLY need to distance himself from the loonies and instruct his supporters to act in a seemly fashion.

[upsdriver]

If FRudy McRomneyson represents the Kennedy wing of the Republican party, Ron Paul represents the Andrew Jackson wing.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the report.

I am not convinced I’d be in favor of a psychologist for president. Jimmy Carter’s fireside chat was about as close as I ever want to get.

[cripplecreek]

As a Hunter supporter I agree.

[basil]

Who’s the psychologist? Ron Paul is an obstetrician, but I am not aware of any candidate who is a psychologist. Please enlighten me.

[deport]

See Hugh Cort post #11....

[Calpernia]

>>>Very disgraceful on their part.

Hey, they got Duncan Hunter and Ron Paul in some more google hits.

::shrugs::

And to coin Robert Brushaber of Austin:

“I’m not necessarily against Ron Paul. I’m just for Duncan Hunter”

[Calpernia]

Bump for Duncan Hunter worthy.

No one trashing anyone one and more text to feed the search engines.

[Moonman62]

Not just kooks, but jerks, too.