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  • Big turnout for the little Texan: Ron Paul at the U

    09/26/2009 2:18:01 PM PDT · by GoldStandard · 172 replies · 3,512+ views
    The Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | September 26, 2009 | Pat Doyle
    If you think speeches attacking the U.S. Federal Reserve couldn't excite a Friday night crowd on a college campus, think again. About 2,000 people -- students and older adults who were in the majority -- filled Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota to cheer libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, as he joined Rep. Michele Bachmann to preach the gospel of a less powerful federal government. Before Bachmann, R-Minn., introduced Paul, she hailed legislation of his that would require a detailed audit of the Fed. The crowd jumped to its feet and roared approval. When she described the...