Posted on 02/01/2008 8:12:50 PM PST by JOAT
I went to the Ron Paul rally tonight to get a sense of the candidate and the people who support him. The venue was the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. The hall was packed, standing room only. I would estimate over 3,000. I didn't expect to find that many people on a Friday evening. (Event time was 6:00-7:30pm)
The session was opened with a prayer then the usual string of self-congratulatory speeches by various campaign workers.
Dr. Paul got up to speak and because the Rally coincided with his 51st wedding anniversary, he spent a few moments praising his wife and family. The bulk of the hour was spent talking about the importance of the Constitution (imagine that from any other candidate) and how we as a nation have strayed so far from the principles enshrined in that document.
It was interesting to me to see the eclectic mix of people cheering the Constitution. From nasty dreadlocked hippies to men in business suits. Long time party activists to first time politicos. The majority of the people in the crowd were very young idealistic student types, but all age groups were represented. (It seemed odd to me that the 20-somethings were the biggest component in this crowd for some reason.)
The only common denominator was that the crowd was yearning for freedom.
To the hippies this of course means smoking pot with impunity. To the business owner this means keeping government regulation out of his business. To the conservative constitutionalist this means shrinking the government to its boundaries as defined by the document.
As I sat in the back of the auditorium and watched the crowd it was informative to observe who cheered and when. There were some who I noted had a hard time cheering during certain parts of the speech, but would cheer wildly at other times.
The crowd convulsed when 'a certain candidate' (Dr. Paul never mentioned McCain's name) was quoted as saying the US might need to stay in Iraq another 100 years.
The people running the campaign seemed to understand that the idealism of the youth was not translating into effective grass roots campaign work, therefore instructions regarding caucus attendance and becoming precinct committee people were touched upon. Ron Paul also echoed this, essentially saying that regardless of how his campaign went, the people in the room needed to stay involved in the process afterwards to keep the government from straying further away from the founders intent.
Super Tuesday will determine, in all likelihood, that the Republican Party will select a RINO candidate this year. Too bad.
The Constitution was a beautiful thing.
You see no threat from asia or the middle east?
I’m confident that Dr. Paul will protect America from terrorism and keep this nation safe.
Of course.
I commented to my wife after listening and watching tonight that none of the people in that room would associate with each other normally.
The only common denominator was a dislike of government interference in ones life.
Some of the groups, such as the 'troofers' are irrational, but the current of freedom is what binds each person to Dr. Paul's campaign, from what I saw anyway.
The Doc raised over 1 million dollars.
I’m super serial you guys...LOL!
IMO we open our National Checkbook too much kinoxi, Bono’s pandering has led to both Federally subsidized debt relief in Africa to billions being spent on AIDS treatment in Africa.
Fine goals, but out here in “Middle America” we have limits on what we can spend, crappy, and It would be nice if more could be done, but it is what is.
The only true conservative left in this race.....
The article claims that we owe more than the entire planet’s GDP.
China already runs the Panama Canal, and who do you suppose is financing the massive upgrade to the facilities to allow gigantic ships to pass through the region?
Why Norinco or PMRC or whichever front company de jour of course...
We supported Mr. Thompson,not sure about Romney,,McCain is history,Huckabee/Hunter we’ll go for,behind every good Pres. is a good VP..And I believe Paul would protect this Country...,,,
*Chuckle* Um..who started off this thread talking about tin foil?
Down the road kinoxi, when the boomers are all retried and living until 90+ while drawing SS benefits along with the current deficit that the SS surplus is financing.
Chuckle. I like it. It’s entertaining. :)
You see no value in which bases?
They support our operations outside from what I understand. Where do you think critically injured soldiers get flown to?
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