Posted on 07/22/2008 6:32:40 PM PDT by lqcincinnatus
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
If they expected us to retire quietly from the scene, the political elite are in for a surprise.
Today I am making some very big announcements.
First, from August 31 to September 2 in Minneapolis, we will host a handful of events that will shake the political establishment. Everything will culminate on Tuesday with the official launch of the Campaign for Liberty at the Rally for the Republic.
The Campaign for Liberty will be the largest organization for peace, freedom, the Constitution, and sound money in American history. It will launch in grand fashion with lots of special guests and - if the early television and print inquiries we've received are any indication - plenty of media attention.
I would like to personally invite you and your family to join me and thousands of others in Minneapolis for these events and send a message to the Republican Party.
Tickets will go on sale for the Rally for the Republic this Friday, July 25 @ 10AM CST. We want this to be an unforgettable day, so we are holding a ticket bomb all day Friday in the tradition of our famous money bombs. How many seats can we sell on the first day?
In patriotic fashion all tickets will cost $17.76, so you can afford to bring the whole family.
This leads me to the second big announcement. After measuring the excitement and enthusiasm, we decided that the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota was just too small to hold you. Therefore, we are making a significant upgrade. The Rally for the Republic will now take place at the Target Center, the largest arena in Minneapolis!
This promises to be the most spirited and provocative political event of the year! We held some very large rallies during the presidential campaign, but I have never attempted anything of this scale before. Its success rests entirely in your hands. Later this week I will announce two internationally renowned musicians as headliners for the Rally for the Republic. We'll also be joined by rock star Aimee Allen, NBC's Tucker Carlson, Barry Goldwater Jr., Gov. Gary Johnson, conservative stalwart Grover Norquist, former Reagan deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein, presidential historian Doug Wead, MTV's Adam Curry, musician Mark Scibilia, and Frank Sinatra impersonator Rick Ellis. Other special guests will be announced soon.
My staff has been working overtime to provide you with three full days of entertainment. Please visit the schedule page of the website and read all about upcoming events. We also have a lodging page to help you find accommodations in Minneapolis.
Together we are taking back our government and restoring the republic. Please join me in Minneapolis to kickoff the Campaign for Liberty and support our Revolution. Can I count on you to be there?
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
P.S. I know that you have done so much already, but with both major party nominees threatening to lead us into bankruptcy at home and more wars abroad, the success of the Rally for the Republic and the launch of the Campaign for Liberty is crucial. Please do what you can to be in Minneapolis August 31 - September 2 and send a loud and clear message of freedom, peace, and prosperity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pol. Adv. Paid for by Committee to Re-Elect Ron Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Haha
He’s a turd in the punchbowl.
Why doesn’t he just act like a good 21st Century Republican and accept that the Constitution is a piece of toilet paper and the Republic is dead?
So vitriolic. Perhaps a RINO?
True. Our Constitution is no threat to our form of government.
ping
Why didn’t they just go with the Committee to RE-Elect Paul?
When has Ron Paul ever been a Republican? He and his followers swear he is a Libertarian. That makes him RINO - Republican in Name ONLY.
Not sure I understand your question except this is his Congressional re-election committee.
Cite, please.
There is a time and place for everything, and if Paul pulls crap to stink up the show in St. Paul (which will be used to EVERY advantage by the Demoicrats and Media) then he is no better than them.
Seriously.
He had his shot and did not get anywhere the support needed to be a viable candidate, so Ron Paul should grow the hell up, take his ball and go home.
And his supporters, same deal. Anything like another Ross Perot that sticks us with a Clinton is on their shoulders, should this come down to the wire.
He didn’t win the nomination he should just go away.
I’d rather play catch with loaded revolver.
Ron Paul’s a truther. Until he’s smelled the ash from the WTC, he’ll never have any of my support.
They want to work for an Obama victory, I guess.
I guess we won’t see Paul and the boys in Denver. I don’t blame them. Those ‘RAT girlymen can get pretty mean (and their purses are REALLY hurt)!
After the repugnant racist newsletters under the Ron Paul banner, you would think his supporters would slither away, but instead they spread their filth like the plague.
I think I get your point.
Drinking a six packs makes it more likely that a vote will be cast for Ron Paul.
We’re going to have our hands full here with the anarchists and the hippies, we don’t have time for these clowns, too.
What crap? He's not allowed to host his own rally in the name of liberty? Paul has thousands of energetic supporters I think you should stop denigrating these folks because they're the deal-breaker if McCain wants to win the WH he's not allowed to appreciate their efforts and pay them back somehow?
Seriously.
Dude, I'm serious too. His supporters are tenacious and they are not going to hold their noses for McCain or settle for GOP politics as usual.
He had his shot and did not get anywhere the support needed to be a viable candidate, so Ron Paul should grow the hell up, take his ball and go home.
He beat Rudy, Fred, Hunter, Tancredo - and McCain - in primary battles. He raised more money than all of them except for Romney last year - all of it from the grassroots. He actually won Louisiana if it weren't for dirty tricks by the GOP establishment. Paul did not receive fair media coverage, not even from FOX, and the GOP treated him like a leper. If the GOP can embrace out-and-out RINOs like pro-abortion Rudy, then surely they could have acknowledged someone with differentiating foreign policy views.
And his supporters, same deal. Anything like another Ross Perot that sticks us with a Clinton is on their shoulders, should this come down to the wire.
Utter horsefeces. You assume that these people were going to vote for McCain to begin with. They're weren't and they're not going to. If Paul hadn't ran, they would have stayed home or voted their usual 3rd party candidate. Now I'll probably vote for McNut depending on who his VP is, but the GOP needs to listen to Paul and attract his supporters.
As opposed to drinking moonshine and ethanol for voting for McCain.
His supporters are racist, truthers, dope heads and wackjobs....But that's OK, as long as they proclaim the banner of liberty. And in so doing elect Obama.
"Tell mom she’ll have to figure out how to program the TiVo herself: The St. Paul Paultardpalooza is moving to the 20,000-seat Target Sports Arena (in Minneapolis). The chances are increasing that more people will come to the “Twin Cities” to celebrate the Ron Paul Revolution than will show up to give a golf clap to GOP nominee John McCain. This is a beautiful development."
Oh my. How funny would it be if Ron Paul's shadow convention was bigger and better than McQueeg's?
RNC's Excel Center, seating capacity:
Hockey/Ice Show/Basketball - 18,600
Half House - 7,000
Circus - 17,400
End Stage 360 - 17,700
End Stage 270 - 15,300
End Stage 180 - 13,500
Center Stage 360 - 19,355
Ice Show - 13,475
Ron Paul convention at the Target Center, seating capacity:
Capacity Basketball: 20,500
Hockey and Arena Football: 17,500
Center-stage Concerts: 19,500
End-Stage Concerts: 13,000-19,000
Many of Paul's supporters were ordinary folks who have never participated in the political process before. A lot of them, when they heard about Paul, went to their local GOP offices to help out only to be sneered at or turned away.
It's unfortunate that Paul did not denounce the moonbats, racists, and anti-war activists that were exploiting his campaign, but at best these people represented a miniscule fraction of his real support.
Jawohl, Frau Kommandant!
Anyone who sticks us with liberal rather than Paul is a traitor. Are you going to support a liberal?
apologies for the (lack of) formatting above
I won’t be marching in his liberty rally but I’m sure you will be.
Most supporters are racist, truthers, dope heads and wackjobs....But that's OK, as long as they proclaim the banner of liberty. And in so doing elect Obama.
That is a bald faced LIE.
That is simply not true. I've been to these rallies and there were people from all walks of life. There were a lot of black people too in the crowds. The only pictures of Truthers YOU SEE are the ones the liberal media and GOP establishment WANTS you to see to marginalize Paul - the ones that were NOT at official Paul rallies or events.
Hmmm... this is tempting. I just wish I could catch a Vikes game while there!
Explain
Yes. Vote for the non-liberal. You make it sound like you have only two choices.
Or, if you want to support the leftward move of the GOP, you could choose to send them the message that they’ll get your vote even if they tack to the left.
How about not voting for ANY liberal or leftist...regardless of political party?
Or at least waiting-and-seeing who the center-left 2008 presidential candidate with the 'R' next to his name picks as his VP before committing?
I don’t worry too much about the vitriolic comments aimed at Ron Paul - they just help confirm that my decision to leave the Republican Party was the correct one.
He can do what he wants in Minneapolis.
The convention is over in St. Paul.
He doesn't even touch the 'Right/Conservative' quadrant. Heck, compare McCain's voting chart to say, Rudy, who no one doubts is a RINO.
Pretty sad when you are a 'Republican' to the left of even Rudy.
He is doing this to help stop the socialist gunk that is poisoning young people's minds - THE JOB THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
RON PAUL NEEDS TO GROW UP
He has - he is not running on as a 3rd party candidate, so what's your tenderloin? He has not endorsed Bob Barr. He win his House seat again and go back to being Dr. No. He is completely out of the presidential picture, so I don't understand why "FReepers" are bellyaching over him holding a rally to promote liberty.
Then they are no better than anyone who supports Odimbulb.
You really don't get it, do you? As I said - these folks would not have voted for McCain to begin with had Paul not ran anyway as they are a mixture of disgusted conservatives/libertarians and people who are sick of politics and the same-old same-old. If McCain loses, that his entirely his fault and not the supporters of Paul. Funny how Paul's supporters are supposedly racists or anti-war kooks, but if they vote for Paul or stay home, how would that hurt McCain? Shouldn't that hurt Obama?
Tough Sh*t. He still LOST. Crying and whining because the big bad media screwed him over is more befitting some San Francisco blissninny than a man who wants to be considered as a viable candidate to run the country.
Where is he crying or whining? All Paul is doing is holding his own rally. He's not on any presidential ballot or ticket, and he has not endorsed anyone. Where is the sour grapes of Paul you speak of at? He's basically doing the same thing FR and CPAC has done.
Wonderful. Then they should stay the hell home.
OK, they should stay home, but if McCain loses, it's their fault he lost? ROFL.
Me neither, but at the same time it's frustrating. You had someone who was bringing in new people and the libertarians into the GOP and restoring some core principles back into the party, and he gets denounced by the very conservatives who whine about how too far to the left the GOP has shifted. It's mind-numbing insanity.
Oh, I forgot, McCain’s lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 83%, I think that is the lowest of all the options we had.. can you get any lower and still be called a Republican?
LOL! How much to they pay you? Do people actually fall for such things?
Well, I guess that with the good ol’ Department of Education edyookatin’ people these days, many probably don’t realize the way you can get a nice conservative rating by following some rather non-conservative positions.
BTW, why do you support Statism so much?
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