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Title: Bitter Paul Supporters Talk Mutiny In Tampa - Ron Paul's legions are ready for war
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URL Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/b ... upporters-talk-mutiny-in-tampa
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Author: Rosie Gray
Post Date: 2012-08-26 21:02:09 by Hondo68
Keywords: will not endorse that neo-con, RINO Mitt Romney, freedom and liberty movement
Views: 6921
Comments: 8
TAMPA, Fla. — The man was too emotional even to give his own name. "I'm way too overwhelmed," the man, an Arizona Paul delegate, said. He wore the typical Paul paraphernalia and looked to be in his sixties. "I've waited 40 years for this experience." He had tears in his eyes. "Just put that I'm an unknown veteran that went through the hard times." Pressed on why he was so upset, he said: "Because this country is over if we don't pull this off." Paul Festival, a three-day celebration of Ron Paul in advance of the Republican National Convention, attracted a fellow-traveling crowd of Paul supporters, plus Libertarian Party members, Constitutionalists, Alex Jones types, and a large number of defiant delegates. This week is Paul World's last shot at really making a difference this year, and the crowd at Paul Fest knew it. The mood has turned from one of giddy surprise — Hey, we pulled off electing all these delegates! — to mutinous disappointment and even anger. The most extreme among them say they'll write in Paul's name on Election Day. The rest are turning to a new leader: Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson. The Paul Festival organizers took over the expo center of the Florida State Fairgrounds for a three day span. Half of it was a cavernous room with a stage and people sitting in chairs or on bleachers in front of it. The other half looked like a county fair from outer space, featuring booths for Scientology, the John Birch Society, a Ron Paul Corvette, and a contraption that people strapped themselves to and whirled around in. Speaker after speaker took the stage, to varying degrees of interest from the crowd. A Ludwig von Mises Institute fellow named Walter Block explained the "proper libertarian attitude towards abortion" — it has to do with whether or not the mother has the right to "evict" the fetus from her body, since it's her personal property. Chuck Baldwin, the former Constitution Party presidential candidate who now runs a compound in Montana and hosts a radio show, told the crowd that Ron Paul "will not endorse that neo-con RINO Mitt Romney." (And in fact, he won't; Paul told the New York Times yesterday that he doesn't plan to endorse Romney and that the Romney campaign offered him a speaking slot at the convention, but only if they could approve his remarks. He declined.) "I believe that Ron Paul has ignited something in our hearts that God put there and that many men have been trying to squash for a number of decades," Baldwin said. But how will they go on without Paul? "Everyone will have to just come together," Baldwin said. Gary Johnson hopes that they'll come together around him. Johnson's views align well with Paul's, and he holds the additional outsider credibility of not being a member of one of the two main political parties. Johnson had the biggest speech on Saturday, managing to pull people out of the booth area into the stage area. Johnson broke from his usually stump speech to make a direct appeal to the Paul supporters. "I want you all to know that I am a Dr. Paul fan," Johnson said. "I would not be running if I thought Dr. Paul was going to get the nomination." "I have two words for Dr. Paul: Thank you," he said. Asked later in a gaggle with reporters why he thought Paul voters would go to him, "I think it's the resumé," Johnson said. "I've been a libertarian my entire life." "I just think the fastest growing segment of American politics today is the freedom and liberty movement." But there's a wrinkle: Paul has striven to bring his followers into the Republican fold. Johnson would do the opposite. "I think what everybody has from doing that is a headache from beating their head against the wall," Johnson said of trying to be part of the Republican coalition. And a lot of Paul supporters — disaffected delegates especially — would agree. The Paulites arrived in Tampa full of hope, but they were disappointed last week when the Romney campaign pushed through a rule change that would effectively rule out Paul-type insurgencies in future elections. Charles Crites, a 69-year-old Louisiana delegate, hooted when asked about the problems that slate had at their state convention. Jaime Yarbrough and Charles Crites. "Did we ever!" Crites, who goes by "Charlie Coon," said ("That's my name down there on the bayou. It's a racial phrase, but I'm proud of it") said. "In fact, I was put in jail last week." (Crites thinks he was arrested for being a Ron Paul supporter; he was thrown in jail for a night after having drinks at a bar for disorderly conduct.) His friend Jaime Yarbrough, 60, a mushroom farmer — not magic mushrooms, though "DMT is nice" — from Smith River, CA, chimed in: "The cop didn't even know the 4th Amendment!" Both men scoffed at the idea that they'd vote for Romney in the fall. "Absolutely not," Yarbrough said. "Hell no," Crites said. "We're going to do a write-in campaign." 
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#1. To: All, *Ron Paul for President* (#0)
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I see Goldi is purging RP stuff. Except anti-RP articles of course. Got to keep it fair and balanced here at LP. So the Canary Posse can sweetly lead the millions of lurkers to Team Romney or some such thing. Of course, there was too many RP articles in the sidebar. But ripping them all just hurts LP. Today was the RP day in Tampa. Tomorrow, nothing. The RP tribute film from the GOP sometime in the next three days with all the rest of the convention. And I disagreed with several of those RP articles. One tried to paint Ron Paul torpedoing Romney. Not true. As I detailed, RP certainly torpedoed McStain in 2008. Not so with Romney. And I detailed the extensive personal relations between the Romneys and the Pauls. Many people don't know how well these two families know each other. But since Goldi went into anti-Paul purity mode, few people reading here will realize any of those things. Goldi's complaints about RP seem to amount to "I hate that screeching geezer" or some such thing. TooConservative posted on 2012-08-27 0:29:17 ET Reply Trace http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=324930&Disp=18#C18
The Republicans have shaved their pussy and called it a lion. Romney will be lucky to get a soft 4 percent bump out of the convention. Never mind the usual Republican 6.
LOL! That's some funny stuff! True and tragic, but funny.
"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772
My brother drove all the way down from Wisconsin to be there yesterday. He said it was an awesome event, though hearing about all the dirty tricks by the GOP was disheartening.
Their attempts to turn the GOP convention into one big Romney advertisement are making them more enemies, than friends.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I watched much of the streaming video from Ron's separate convention and really loved Dr. Paul's speech. I agree with you about how well they are making enemies. To top that off, the convention is shorter because of the storm, and the media will split coverage with it making an introduction the convention can give a candidate to the people is going to have less of an impact. Willard has an uphill battle to win this one. And in many ways, he has only him to blame.
The Dims elected their pussy,and call it a man.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
#18. To: Itzlzha (#17)
#3. To: hondo68 (#1)
#4. To: Ferret Mike (#3)
The Republicans have shaved their pussy and called it a lion.
#5. To: hondo68 (#0)
#6. To: Ferret Mike, *Ron Paul for President* (#3)
(Edited)
Romney will be lucky to get a soft 4 percent bump out of the convention. Never mind the usual Republican 6.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#7. To: hondo68 (#6)
#8. To: Ferret Mike (#3)
The Republicans have shaved their pussy and called it a lion.
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