As a delegate to the Texas GOP Convention, I got an invitation to attend Ron Paul's ice cream social at the 4th floor ballroom at the Hilton hotel next to the George Brown Convention Center in Houston. It was like being in an alternative universe. The Ron Paul supporters looked more like people you'd expect to see at a DemocRAT convention rather than a Republican convention, and there was a standing room only crowd in the ballroom.
I arrived about 10 minutes before Ron Paul spoke. Not only was there plenty of ice cream, there was a bar, but the drinks weren't free. When Ron Paul walked out, he got a reception like that of a rock star. Ron Paul spoke for maybe an hour and 15 minutes. From the crowd reaction, you'd have thought he was giving an acceptance speech. While he was yammering away, I collected various handouts from his fellow travelers. I made note of which candidates for party positions the Ron Paulistas were supporting to know whom to vote against on Friday and Saturday in the general sessions.
On Friday the general session got underway after lunch. No sooner did it start than Ron Paulistas call for points of order attacking the credentials of my county's (Nueces County, Texas) delegation. The convention rejected the Nueces County rump convention's protest and voted to seat the delegates from the Nueces County Convention. Not only that, but it was announced that the Repulican Party of Nueces County the appeal of the lawsuit filed by the Ron Paulistas, and the plaintiffs would pay all the court costs and attorney fees incurred by the Repulican Party of Nueces County.
All the candidates run by the Ron Paulistas failed to win. One of them ran for every delegate position in my congressional district's slate for delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention. He got beat by an overwhelming margin all 7 times. They did not have a candidate for elector, so the candidate nominated by the local Republican Party leadership won by acclimation.
Overall it was a rather successful convention and interesting experience.
He should keep running.
In fact even after the next President is elected he should continue to run. It really doesn't matter. He just doesn't get it. I radical fringe group wanted him. He would have had a better shot at winning in the 60’s. He's a waste of time.
Disappointing, but I am glad he will still be in Congress fighting the Big Government types who are effectively in control of both parties.
Finally...
Now he and his commander, Ross Perot, should board their alien spacecraft and ship off to whatever parallel universe they came from... Where down is up and up is down, and liberals are conservatives and vise versa. My best guess is that it’s probably called Bizarro World.
And you call yourself a paleo-conservative? Is that supposed to be a joke?