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Eye Witness Account from someone at the Ron Paul Fundraiser
Reposted from Jenn's blog:
This woman did not want to be named. Said later that she probably underestimated the number of people there. Got this via e-mail...
Friends: Just got back from Austin's Ron Paul Fundraiser tonight. There were about 500 folks (at $100 per person = $50,000) which is several hundred more than they initially expected - most signed up at the last minute so the last fews days of event prep were frazzled. Apparently, the debates triggered a huge interest in Ron Paul. The crowd was unlike anything anyone could ever imagine: a guy with a mohawk spiked about 6 inches, young Latinos and Blacks in their droopy drawers with backwards baseball caps, cowboys in dusty jeans wearing boots, folks in shorts and flip flops, all mingling with the guys in suits and elegantly bejeweled ladies in gowns - all rocking and rolling to the live music of Jimmy Vaughn who is a huge Ron Paul fan. I chatted with a guy who said he only listens to liberal talk radio and he heard them talking very favorably about Ron Paul on liberal talk radio the day after the debate. Apparently, liberals are discovering Ron Paul and are taking him far more seriously than the so-called conservative radio talk show hosts who at best are marginalizing him (the Sean Hannity treatment).
The line for the photo opts with Ron Paul was so long that it had to be cut off and there were a lot of disappointed Ron Paul fans (but they were understanding). Ron Paul is so easy to be around and chat with. I told him that liberals are discovering him and he needs to get on Air America. But I also had plenty of time to mingle - there were lots of young people there and many had only recently discovered Ron Paul. There were also lotsa constitutionalists, religious conservatives and Libertarians (my friends and activists) so fed up with the GOP that they said they wouldn't even vote Republican unless Ron Paul was the GOP nominee.
Ron Paul's speech wasn't a prepared speech. He just spoke like he was having a very relaxed conversation with the crowd, talked about the constitution, freedom etc. - pretty much a highly condensed version of his newsletters. Interestingly, Ron Paul stated that he supported life and the crowd roared. I was chatting with a Black guy with some sort of short dreadlocks for a hairdo and he was telling me that he discovered Jesus and was now thilled that he discovered Ron Paul.
I think we've got a real candidate for real people. Too bad the media hates him and will do its absolute best to kill his chances while keeping him away from the American public!!
Americans of all stripes are waking up to Ron Paul. This is really amazing stuff - Ron Paul can connect with people across an extremely wide cross section of the cultural and political spectrum. I believe this event was the most fascinating sociological experience I've every encountered.
Oh, one more thing - Ron Paul has a huge banner of the Constitution and insists that it be the backdrop of his photo opts. Anybody who get their picture taken with Ron Paul always has the Constitution behind them, when possible. The Constitution is Ron Paul's calling card.
Reposted from Jenn's blog:
This woman did not want to be named. Said later that she probably underestimated the number of people there. Got this via e-mail...
Friends: Just got back from Austin's Ron Paul Fundraiser tonight. There were about 500 folks (at $100 per person = $50,000) which is several hundred more than they initially expected - most signed up at the last minute so the last fews days of event prep were frazzled. Apparently, the debates triggered a huge interest in Ron Paul. The crowd was unlike anything anyone could ever imagine: a guy with a mohawk spiked about 6 inches, young Latinos and Blacks in their droopy drawers with backwards baseball caps, cowboys in dusty jeans wearing boots, folks in shorts and flip flops, all mingling with the guys in suits and elegantly bejeweled ladies in gowns - all rocking and rolling to the live music of Jimmy Vaughn who is a huge Ron Paul fan. I chatted with a guy who said he only listens to liberal talk radio and he heard them talking very favorably about Ron Paul on liberal talk radio the day after the debate. Apparently, liberals are discovering Ron Paul and are taking him far more seriously than the so-called conservative radio talk show hosts who at best are marginalizing him (the Sean Hannity treatment).
The line for the photo opts with Ron Paul was so long that it had to be cut off and there were a lot of disappointed Ron Paul fans (but they were understanding). Ron Paul is so easy to be around and chat with. I told him that liberals are discovering him and he needs to get on Air America. But I also had plenty of time to mingle - there were lots of young people there and many had only recently discovered Ron Paul. There were also lotsa constitutionalists, religious conservatives and Libertarians (my friends and activists) so fed up with the GOP that they said they wouldn't even vote Republican unless Ron Paul was the GOP nominee.
Ron Paul's speech wasn't a prepared speech. He just spoke like he was having a very relaxed conversation with the crowd, talked about the constitution, freedom etc. - pretty much a highly condensed version of his newsletters. Interestingly, Ron Paul stated that he supported life and the crowd roared. I was chatting with a Black guy with some sort of short dreadlocks for a hairdo and he was telling me that he discovered Jesus and was now thilled that he discovered Ron Paul.
I think we've got a real candidate for real people. Too bad the media hates him and will do its absolute best to kill his chances while keeping him away from the American public!!
Americans of all stripes are waking up to Ron Paul. This is really amazing stuff - Ron Paul can connect with people across an extremely wide cross section of the cultural and political spectrum. I believe this event was the most fascinating sociological experience I've every encountered.
Oh, one more thing - Ron Paul has a huge banner of the Constitution and insists that it be the backdrop of his photo opts. Anybody who get their picture taken with Ron Paul always has the Constitution behind them, when possible. The Constitution is Ron Paul's calling card.
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! There was a great cross section of people there.
