Ron Paul
Ron Paul in Kentucky
I saw Ron Paul today, listened to him speak, and I shook his hand with a throng of autograph-seekers and well-wishers.
I had to hope that Ron Paul would be more ahead in the delegate count to matter to the media, but since the media doesn't really work for the people anymore, of course we don't hear that Ron Paul is actually still running. It's just him and John McCain now, and they couldn't be more different. And Dr. Paul is not, to my knowledge, invited to the GOP Convention in Minnesota this September.
Yesterday on Hardball, Chris Matthews wanted to know what, if anything, could be done to fix the GOP. Tucker Carlson was uncharacteristically stoic in his assessment that in time, history will prove that congress spent too much money and President Bush allowed it...and the party should run, not walk, away from his legacy. I was waiting for Tucker to pile on, saying that the Ron Paul Revolution was a step in the right direction, and perhaps one of the best ways for the GOP to redefine itself.
But no. No such talk from Tucker, surprisingly. I had so expected him to say something like that, some kind of "tough love" talk about the GOP needing to have a bigger tent.
From my view, the GOP needs to jettison the NeoCons and the Religious Right, and that would be a good start. But they won't. The war profiteers are having too good of a decade to allow a Republican house-cleaning.
*sigh*
Hey dude, where's my party?
Oh yeah. One more thing. Ron Paul's book will be NUMBER ONE on the NY Times Bestseller list next week. AND his followers will be in Minnesota with or without an invitation, party-crashing the Grand Old Party.
It was great to hear Ron Paul, great to see him, and great to shake his hand standing next to a little kid that had FIVE of his books, waiting for him to sign them.
It is exciting to be in a state where, politically on a national level, things are still up in the air! In Utah, there never was any struggle, it was always Red-publican so nobody ever came to Utah or bought TV commercials. It is FUN to be in the thick of a hotly-contested primary state! I mingled with a crowd that came to see Obama on Monday; they were all energized, happy, and calm as they exited the convention center. John McCain was here yesterday at the NRA convention, and Bill Clinton was lurking on Thursday, stopping the motorcade to donate $20 to the Bullitt County Firefighters Fund as volunteers stood dumbfounded at the intersection where they were working.
But seeing Ron Paul was the best.
I saw Ron Paul today, listened to him speak, and I shook his hand with a throng of autograph-seekers and well-wishers.
I had to hope that Ron Paul would be more ahead in the delegate count to matter to the media, but since the media doesn't really work for the people anymore, of course we don't hear that Ron Paul is actually still running. It's just him and John McCain now, and they couldn't be more different. And Dr. Paul is not, to my knowledge, invited to the GOP Convention in Minnesota this September.
Yesterday on Hardball, Chris Matthews wanted to know what, if anything, could be done to fix the GOP. Tucker Carlson was uncharacteristically stoic in his assessment that in time, history will prove that congress spent too much money and President Bush allowed it...and the party should run, not walk, away from his legacy. I was waiting for Tucker to pile on, saying that the Ron Paul Revolution was a step in the right direction, and perhaps one of the best ways for the GOP to redefine itself.
But no. No such talk from Tucker, surprisingly. I had so expected him to say something like that, some kind of "tough love" talk about the GOP needing to have a bigger tent.
From my view, the GOP needs to jettison the NeoCons and the Religious Right, and that would be a good start. But they won't. The war profiteers are having too good of a decade to allow a Republican house-cleaning.
*sigh*
Hey dude, where's my party?
Oh yeah. One more thing. Ron Paul's book will be NUMBER ONE on the NY Times Bestseller list next week. AND his followers will be in Minnesota with or without an invitation, party-crashing the Grand Old Party.
It was great to hear Ron Paul, great to see him, and great to shake his hand standing next to a little kid that had FIVE of his books, waiting for him to sign them.
It is exciting to be in a state where, politically on a national level, things are still up in the air! In Utah, there never was any struggle, it was always Red-publican so nobody ever came to Utah or bought TV commercials. It is FUN to be in the thick of a hotly-contested primary state! I mingled with a crowd that came to see Obama on Monday; they were all energized, happy, and calm as they exited the convention center. John McCain was here yesterday at the NRA convention, and Bill Clinton was lurking on Thursday, stopping the motorcade to donate $20 to the Bullitt County Firefighters Fund as volunteers stood dumbfounded at the intersection where they were working.
But seeing Ron Paul was the best.
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