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Ron Paul's Swan Song Rally advertises his supporters as GOP's future
By W. James Antle III
When the roll is called at the Republican National Convention this week, Ron Paul will not be nominated for president. But for a few hours on Sunday, his supporters got to celebrate as if the revolution was headed to the White House.
Thousands packed the University of South Florida Sun Dome for the We Are the Future rally, billed as an attempt to assemble champions of constitutional conservatism. Paul was introduced by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, capping an afternoon of political speeches, musical performances, and lessons in libertarianism with a passionate but meandering keynote address that clocked over an hour.
This is likely Pauls last campaign. The Texas Republican is leaving the House after twelve terms and has signaled he wont run for president again. But his parting message to supporters was they represent the future of the GOP. Dont beg to be let into the big tent, he said. We will become the tent.
Pauls campaign put out a statement describing the Sun Dome event in less Zen-like terms, promising a bold sampling of a movement thats already inextricably linked to todays, tomorrows GOP.
How inextricably appeared to be the subject of some internal debate among Paul supporters, even on the dais. Presidential historian Doug Wead, who served as master of ceremonies, asked all the Democrats and independents in the room to stand up.
Commentators will say that this is the extreme wing of the Republican Party, Wead said. Their meeting starts tomorrow a few miles away. He praised Paul for appealing to young people and Hispanics. Wead, a former special assistant to President George H.W. Bush, called Paul a clean boat in a sea of garbage.
Ashley Ryan, the 21-year-old elected to the Republican National Committee from Maine, blasted recently adopted party rules changes that will make the Paulites delegate accumulation strategy more difficult in the future. We are all Republicans, she said. These rules changes will hurt all Republicans.
After hearing Ashley Ryan speak earlier, I think its time to audit the RNC, quipped Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash. Yet Amash is arguably the most successful Ron Paul Republican outside the Paul family.
There is no next Ron Paul, Amash said. Ron Paul is one of a kind. No one can replace Ron Paul...
Read more: Ron Paul's swan song rally plugs supporters as GOP's future | The Daily Caller
By W. James Antle III
When the roll is called at the Republican National Convention this week, Ron Paul will not be nominated for president. But for a few hours on Sunday, his supporters got to celebrate as if the revolution was headed to the White House.
Thousands packed the University of South Florida Sun Dome for the We Are the Future rally, billed as an attempt to assemble champions of constitutional conservatism. Paul was introduced by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, capping an afternoon of political speeches, musical performances, and lessons in libertarianism with a passionate but meandering keynote address that clocked over an hour.
This is likely Pauls last campaign. The Texas Republican is leaving the House after twelve terms and has signaled he wont run for president again. But his parting message to supporters was they represent the future of the GOP. Dont beg to be let into the big tent, he said. We will become the tent.
Pauls campaign put out a statement describing the Sun Dome event in less Zen-like terms, promising a bold sampling of a movement thats already inextricably linked to todays, tomorrows GOP.
How inextricably appeared to be the subject of some internal debate among Paul supporters, even on the dais. Presidential historian Doug Wead, who served as master of ceremonies, asked all the Democrats and independents in the room to stand up.
Commentators will say that this is the extreme wing of the Republican Party, Wead said. Their meeting starts tomorrow a few miles away. He praised Paul for appealing to young people and Hispanics. Wead, a former special assistant to President George H.W. Bush, called Paul a clean boat in a sea of garbage.
Ashley Ryan, the 21-year-old elected to the Republican National Committee from Maine, blasted recently adopted party rules changes that will make the Paulites delegate accumulation strategy more difficult in the future. We are all Republicans, she said. These rules changes will hurt all Republicans.
After hearing Ashley Ryan speak earlier, I think its time to audit the RNC, quipped Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash. Yet Amash is arguably the most successful Ron Paul Republican outside the Paul family.
There is no next Ron Paul, Amash said. Ron Paul is one of a kind. No one can replace Ron Paul...
Read more: Ron Paul's swan song rally plugs supporters as GOP's future | The Daily Caller