It was an amazing experience, after so many years of learning & teaching the message of liberty, to actually sit 20 feet from the man of integrity himself was a humbling experience. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6At4nog-bwI]#1 The early crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimCYZTj2uY]#2 The early crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnpQbWvDLE]#3 The most important Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGUGfkVYe7Q]#4 The early crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht5WoJEh5Xg]#5 The early crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7XAzH2WvTI]#6 Crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll as RP arrives around the corner 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWgd-uvZxdA]#7 Crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll coming inside after RP arrived 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddwMwWOyfs]#8 Crowd of Ron Paul supporters at the CA GOP Straw Poll waiting for RP speaking event 9/17/11 - YouTube[/ame]
Get a life, Ron Paul is too old and weird to win any GOP delegates. His best option is to get Romney or Perry to agree with a few of his ideas and then to support that guy.
I feel like the people that talk bad about Ron Paul haven't taken the time to get familiar with him and see what he stands for. It seems like they just repeat what they hear on TV. That's how I was during the 2008 election cycle. I wasn't familiar with him at all so I thought of him as part of the other team in a way. I wanted to support someone that I was familiar with and so it was easy to listen to the negative things because it justified my decision to pick another candidate. If not for the internet I would still be guided by the opinions of the pundits on TV and would have never discovered the real Ron Paul.
It was announced a few hours ago that he won the registered republicans only poll that was conducted during the convention... Is that what you meant? 2011 Straw Poll Full Results (Votes, %) Congressman Ron Paul (374, 44.9%) Governor Rick Perry (244, 29.3%) Mitt Romney (74, 8.8%) Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (64, 7.7%) Jon Huntsman (17, 2.0%) Herman Cain (15, 1.8%) Newt Gingrich (14, 1.7%) Thad McCotter (7, 0.8%) Rick Santorum (7, 0.8%) Gary Johnson (2, 0.2%) Fred Karger (1, 0.1%) Write-ins (15, 1.8%)
I appreciate your enthusiasm for the kooky lil' dude who hasn't a chance in damn hell, thank god...But, I live in Malibu, and have watched three seperate newscasts.....Those crowds you describe as "early arriving", were the actual size of the crowds. Ron Paul needs to just go away, so the real candidates can get down to serious business.....There's no more need for him to use up oxygen in the room during debates. There's no more need for him to take up questions. It's time to get down to the nitty gritty, and the have no chances need to get out of the way.
Don't you mean "So the FAKE candidates can get down to the business of fooling everyone"? Wake up Jester. Both Parties are the same. Ron Paul is the only true Constitutionalist in the race. Haven't you had enough of the Republicans and Democrats high fiveing each other and fucking our economy for the past 40 years?
He scares the shit out of both parties because he isn't a special interest candidate and doesn't care about their agendas.