Posted on 12/14/2007 12:00:40 PM PST by this is my name not yours
RALEIGH - No, you're not imagining things. That really is a Ron Paul for President blimp flying over the City of Raleigh today.
Organizers for the blimp took off this morning at 8am at the Airship Management Hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and they are on their way to Chester, South Carolina where they will make their first stop.
This afternoon, the blimp will be flying over north Raleigh and will most likely be visible from Interstate 540 at some point, said Bryce Henderson, a media coordinator for the effort.
Organizers say the current schedule has it passing over Raleigh at 1 pm, Greensboro at 3pm, Charlotte at 5pm and landing in Chester, SC around 6pm. The blimp will spend the night in Chester and then head to Columbia, South Carolina in the morning.
Organizers say that the public can follow along on the inaugural trip as the blimp’s coordinates are relayed to www.ronpaulblimp.com via GPS and a live camera feed will also be inside the blimp’s cabin, broadcasting events in real time to www.justin.tv.
Organizers cautioned that the are assuming weather conditions are agreeable.
"Simply to take the blimp out of the hanger requires the wind speed to be under 15 knots," said orgnizers in a statement to the media.
Supporter for Ron Paul, who is running for President on the Republican ballot, raised the close to $300,000 necessary to place the advertisement on the blimp. Ron Paul has been in the news quite a bit lately as a candidate who has gained much momentum via the Internet. His supporters recently made over $4 million in campaign donations in one day at his website.
Trevor Lyman, who was one of the key figures behind the massive Ron Paul fundraising effort, also helped organize the blimp trip and will be on board.
I never considered Ron Paul but now I have grown to detest him as he started appealing to the over zealous college students vandalizing every wall, trash can and bus stop bench across my son’s campus by spray painting “Ron Paul ‘08”.
Besides... Who would vote for a transvestite anyhow?
LOL I'd say someone who spends time tracking this blimp has too much time on his/her hands.
Yeah, like I believe you. :::Rolls eyes:::
I’ve never voted for a democrat in my life. My first vote cast was for Bush 1 in 1988. I was president of the College Republicans at ODU from 1992-1993, I served on the Republican Party of Portsmouth from ‘94 until ‘96...I could go on but you get the picture. I’m not a liar. You’re just rude a-hole.
Where i grew up those signs are illegal if posted along the right of way. I would gather the stakes continuously throughout the election season for our kindling pile. Free wood.
The only thing in the ME worth an American sprained ankle is oil and, since they've nothing else to export, they'll continue to sell us all we can take unless we get involved in their conflicts and create an enemy of one side or the other.
Care to explain your rah-rah postings about Paul’s fundraising back on November 11, in which you state that you made a donation yourself? Doesn’t sound like the actions of someone who was supposedly supporting Fred back then to me.
No, YOU are rude to do the Democrat “I used to be for” crap.
Don’t insult our intelligence and why don’t you just be intellectually honest?
I HAVE voted for a Democrat. I was 18, and didn’t KNOW any better, Jimmy Carter. A couple of years after that, I was a part of a little “exercise” called “Desert One” (there were other names for it), but I learned during that what politics was, and who Carter was.
I changed my politics. And I admit it. Don’t insult my intelligence by saying you used to be for Thompson and come out for Ron Paul.
IF the Republican Party “left you behind” and you’re a “Party of One” as you claim, then you would still be a real Republican, a Conservative, and someone who understands what small government means - instead you try these shenanigans with a bunch of folks that can see right through the crap.
At least admit HONESTLY that you’re for Ron Paul (or WHOMEVER you’re for) instead of trying to denigrate another one in the same breath. That’s intellectually dishonest, as well as rude.
And I admit I’m an A-hole when I catch liars, I don’t give them a break. You’re NOT getting one either.
I admit that I’ve thought Ron Paul was nutty from the beginning and his supporters a bit obnoxious. I thought it couldn’t get any worse until I was handed a dollar for change at a store and it was stamped in red “Google Ron Paul”. Now a blimp. Will wonders never cease?
Reminds me of all the planes flying over Myrtle Beach hauling banner advertisements. Ya just want to scream, “Go away!”.
The big government republicans only rebuttal is often personel attacks, insults etc... so they attack the messanger, because they cannot touch the message of liberty.
Once again FreeRepulic answers my questions. I was driving home from work today (Raleigh area) and saw the blimp. It was too far away to make out what it said, though. Now I know.
I wasn’t supporting Fred on November 11. Never said I was.
It’s not a blimp. It’s RP’s mother ship.
And apparently you missed the last debate or you wouldn’t be writing off Fred. Not saying he’s the guy, but certainly did better than Applewhite.
Oh really...
They also made a Huckabee blimp - they took an old photo of him and filled it with helium.
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