Philadelphia rain can't dampen the enthusiasm at a Ron Paul rally

[onehandle]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

On a thoroughly miserable afternoon, with rain pelting their plastic ponchos and a penetrating cold turning their fingers blue, thousands of Ron Paul supporters stood for hours on Independence Mall Sunday, cheering and chanting for their candidate, as undeterred by his long odds of winning as they were by the weather.

Though all the other candidates in the Republican presidential primary, except Mitt Romney, have risen to prominence and then tripped, fallen, or withdrawn, Paul has remained at the back of the pack. The Associated Press' most recent tally gives the Texas congressman 63 of the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination. Yet he has vowed to stay in the race, counting on his loyal and impassioned followers to carry him into a position of influence at the Republican convention, if not to an upset victory.

"We're not one of the summer patriots," said Shawn House, carrying a gigantic inflated soft pretzel over his head. The pretzel bore the company name - Hempzel's - and the rallying cry "Free the Seed." "Dr. Paul still has a chance," House said. "Romney doesn't have it locked up."

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Paul was scheduled to attend a fund-raising dinner Sunday night at the Marriott Hotel downtown, according to his campaign website. The $400 tickets were sold out.


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Fake Libertarian and his clueless followers.

[baldguy]

1. "Don't you have enough sense to come in out of the rain?"

They're Ron Paul supporters. What do you think?

[customerserviceguy]

2. They should be called "Paul bearers", his campaign is so dead. n/t

[savalez]

24. :P

[izquierdista]

3. They were overjoyed

The long awaited "trickle down" was finally getting to them!

[goclark]

4. Grandpa ~ keep on keeping on

Maybe you can be Mitt's V.P.

[klook]

5. "...carrying a gigantic inflated soft pretzel over his head"

Better watch out -- those things can make gigantic inflated coffee tables attack you!

[LeftishBrit]

14. Over his head, or in it?

[Ian David]

6. Q: Where's Ron Paul?

A: In last place.

[marble falls]

7. "Thousands"? Maybe a thousand.

[Bossy Monkey]

8. Like they'd notice; already all wet n/t

[zbdent]

9. Rain can't keep them from attending the rallies ...

so what prevented them from showing up in the primary polling places?

[JoePhilly]

10. Best part of the article ... "I go with what my husband tells me."

In the middle of the article ...

Tara Schuster, 29, a cosmetologist from Scranton, said she had voted for Barack Obama in the last election but had switched to Paul's camp. "I'm supporting him because he follows the Constitution," she said. Asked to explain, she said, "I go with what my husband tells me."

Now THAT is a powerful endorsement!!

[freshwest]

12. Guess her brain 'needed to take a nap,' huh? Looks like 'a dirt nap' at this stage.

[Blue_Tires]

33. The sad part is how Paul was for 20-something years an unremarkable extremist loony

completely unknown outside of his little podunk congressional district...But the nation has moved so far rightward he actually started to make sense to a lot of people...

[n2doc]

11. Sideshow freaks

All I say to those RP supporters is: If he is so great why hasn't he won ONE FRICKIN' STATE PRIMARY? Even Newt won several. Get a clue, he will never win anything other than the post he has.

[freshwest]

13. Ah, but you don't know them very well. Their mantra is always 'we wuz robbed' at every primary.

[proverbialwisdom]

28. 4/23: Rachel Maddow reports Ron Paul 'wins or ties for 1st place' in IA and MN for # of delegates.

The Rachel Maddow Show: Ron Paul gets the last laugh in Iowa, Minnesota

April 23: Rachel Maddow shows how Ron Paul's tactic of paying close attention to the delegate math in the Republican primary is likely to earn him first place spots in Iowa and Minnesota.

All Credits to: The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC

Sorry, just the facts. (BTW, I don't know how the link turned into an embedded video.)

[freshwest]

29. Worked fine for me. Check your Ron Paul for Liberty eyeglasses. Or your browser.

[Blue_Tires]

32. Too bad Paul can't shoehorn his people into every state GOP chair

Too bad not every state has the same primary rules

and finally, too bad that those penny-ante delegates will mean less than jackshit in the long run...

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Thanks for stopping by.

Oh, and Fuck Ron Paul.

[NYC_SKP]

26. Ruby!

You are so bad!

[LibDemAlways]

15. Those are the true believers...People who

are too dumb to realize they are advocating for the destruction of their way of life.

[KamaAina]

16. Did any of the Paulbots drown in it?

[kenfrequed]

17. Why is this stuff posted here.

I mean, I don't have a problem with occasional blurbs about other parties that are informational, or to parties that are supportive of progressive or democratic ideals but Ron Paul is a waste.

[Blue_Tires]

18. Because although they've been quiet, Paul still has a few vocal supporters on DU...

[kenfrequed]

27. Some people...

Yeah, I imagine that. The thing I don't get is why?

I mean the only thing he agrees with progressives on is the war and military spending. The followers of St Paul are too absurd for words.

[Blue_Tires]

30. well, there's also the pot legalization thing that has drawn a lot of liberals to his cause

And most people tend to see in him what they want to see, backing Paul for one or two pet issues and his simple soundbites, while completely oblivious the rest of his philosophy...I'd said before Ron Paul is nothing more than a real-life far right Chauncey Gardener...

But it's all bullshit, anyway...Paul is still a republican and never a libertarian; although he wants everyone to think he is (He's what I call a "selective libertarian&quot ...He talks a good game, peppers his speeches with "liberty", "freedom," and "constitution" all the time, makes his occasional stealth symbolic votes, and his cultists lap it up, but it's all myth...

"BUT DR. PAUL IS AGAINST THE WARS/IMPERIAL EXPANSION/THE FED/WAR ON DRUGS/TORTURE/RENDITION/etc." is the rallying cry of his acolytes (including the one banned in this thread)...And my question to them is: "Oh really? Outside of the occasional symbolic vote or bill, why has he never done anything in his 30 years in congress about them? If any junior moron congresscritter can grind the entire House of Representatives down to a halt just to get their pet pork project added to a bill, what's stopping the good doctor? Why does Paul always make public appearances at far-right quasi-KKK rallies, but he's never within a thousand miles of a NORML rally, GLBT rights march or anti-war march??"

Needless to say, I never get a response to this...

[Blue_Tires]

31. I'm convinced Paul has an immense group of crazies who are paid

to do nothing but bomb message boards all day wherever they find Paul mentioned...

Even in '08 they were doing this to even the non-political message boards I frequent

[Jamaal510]

25. I always wonder...

if RP has such a large following as it appears at his rallies and on the Internet, where on Earth do they be at on election day? You'd think he would be the front-runner for the GOP instead of last place; on YouTube, all I see on most political videos are "RON PAUL 2012" and "ONLY RON PAUL CAN SAVE US" comments being spammed like there's no tomorrow. I have yet to see anyone say something like "ROMNEY 2012".

P.S. I agree with the OP; he is a fake Libertarian. It's incredible that someone can be allowed to call himself that while opposing women's right to abortions, and seeing fornication as immoral.