Posted on 10/06/2007 10:56:41 PM PDT by traviskicks
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- A huge crowd came out Saturday afternoon to the War Memorial Auditorium to see Paul speak. The crowd of 1500 included about 300 people who support the Texas congressman through an internet group.
Dave Perry is part of that online group of friends. The group, based in Nashville, recently decided to ask presidential candidate Ron Paul to visit them.
"We contacted them and they said sure, We'd love to come to Nashville,'" said Perry.
Actually, that is exactly how the Republican congressman is building his campaign. He listens to online supporters across the country and meets them.
"Well it looks like I have a lot of support here. I'm delighted to receive such a welcome," said Paul.
While Paul still trails heavily in national polls, the Republican is making waves for his anti-war, limited government positions and also his fundraising. Paul pulled in $5 million last quarter shocking most political experts.
Perhaps to most, Ron Paul is still an unfamiliar presidential candidate, but to this crowd he is their only one.
The group of Ron Paul backers that helped bring him to Nashville is part of a website called "Meet Up." Supporters across the country have set up nearly a thousand "Meet Up" groups dedicated to making Ron Paul the next President, showing proof that the internet is playing a bigger and bigger role in politics.
In addition to Saturday's rally, Paul also held a private meet and greet fundraising event.
Paul's campaign officials said more than 70 percent, of the $5 million they raised last quarter came from online donations.
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Wow, the surrender lobby is gathering steam. Maybe it was a double-bill with Kuchinich.
Wow he is drawing the biggest crowds.
Others:
http://ronpaulmeetupvideos.com/
*Wow he is drawing the biggest crowds.*
So did Hitler
Like, Wow dude, Like, I met a superstar man. Like, wow man.
Like, I met RP man. Were on fist name basis now man. Like, yea.
Paulistinians think that if they’re nice to the Islamists, they’ll be the last beheaded.
Ya, as seen from the posted video, he delivers one of his better speeches here, IMO. Talks about how other campaigns operate by thinking they could draw these kinds of crowds if only they could ‘hire the right people’ or ‘come up with the right plan’, Paul says, “it doesn’t work that way, this is a bottom up, not a top down effort, we come to the people upon their request, we don’t plan any of this, it happens because people are drawn to freedom and the freedom message” “I joined your revolution, you didn’t join mine”. (paraphrasing) Also goes on to talk a lot about economic freedom, something I wish he would spend more time on.
You just Darwin’ed a thread about a anti-war candidate.
Now, either try again, maybe Neville Chamberlain the thread, or at least give a half arsed attempt to discredit Paul.
Wow RuPaul is popular. Who knew nashville hated America so much?
We might as well just give up and convert to Islam.
Ron Turd can pack them in./s
No wait, let me rephrase,
Do the (R)-supporters of Ron Paul realize that Ron Paul doesn't exist
outside of the MSM "Lib" media?
Now look what I've done, I wasted 3-minutes of my life
making this dumb post about a RHINO..
HA!
*discredit Paul*
L Ron Paul does that all by himself.
I have had some of this POS supporters tell me the planes
that went into the WTC did not have passengers on it and
went in by remote control.
The Paulestinian supporters need to move on to the Daily KOS or DU where they would fit in with the anti war, anti Israel, scum.
~~~JMHO~~~ 
I can't put anything but the KRAZY~TAG on Paul,,,JMHO...
Good points he made. I am near letting myself having some optimism for the future of liberty in this nation.. seeing all those young people interested in the ideas of liberty.
I used to be a big L libertarian, and it was so discouraging talking to baby boomers and older persons who just honestly don’t like the philosophy of liberty. For the old folks government was actually very beneficial to them. The cost of course was taking out debt to pay for those benefits.
The baby boomers.. well we know the leftwing marxist ideology that was so in style when they were young. And we see them doing their best to institute it as their careers have progressed and they occupy those critical positions in society.
Seeing many young libertarians makes me hopeful that even if a hardcore libertarian doesn’t win an election anytime soon, the ideas will be instituted by these young libertarians. As they become judges and city administrators and politicians and so on themselves.
Your candidate wants to surrender to Al Qaeda. Don’t be shocked when conservatives criticize him for it.
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