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By The Editor | July 10th, 2007 | 23 comments
To the handful of South Carolinians who get their jollies via the weird Ron Paul fetish known as “The Revolution”: prepare to get out of your parents’ basement and get painting those “I love the leader” signs because the chosen one – a.k.a. Ron Paul – will be in Sparkle City at the end of the month.
After some hard written words last week between Spartanburg GOP Chairman Rick Beltram and Paul’s Republican presidential campaign and its vocal supporters, the Texas congressman-physician has agreed to a noon, July 21 forum in Spartanburg. [DAN HOOVER - Greenville News]
The location is to be determined and will cost $25. VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
I know this sounds naïve to ask, but I need to know. Is this an unbiased political news web site or the political propaganda site of one particular candidate? Is there a section of the site that lists conflicts of interest or bias? This info would help this poor ignorant troll.
I think Ron Paul has more cash on hand than McCain.
Come on Editor, What Would Michael Bolton Say??
LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING
rEVOLation
DAN HOOVER – Greenville News,
Have you even read or watched any of Ron Paul’s interviews? Have you even bothered to look at his voting record? How dare you call the “Revolution” a fetish. Before submitting to your corporate masters, do some research and decide for yourself why so many internet users support Ron Paul. Your corporate masters are keeping him out of MSM because they are scared of what he stands for. They can’t dig up any dirt on him, so they try to denie that he even exists. Ron Paul is not going away. Long live the REVOLUTION.
In case you haven’t noticed yet, a number of RP supporters thrive off of the antagonism thrown at them by certain media.
Let’s face it…the list is growing daily…those who hate Ron Paul. Freedom is a dangerous thing; Truth hurts; and power is addictive. Ron Paul hasn’t drunk the water in Washington. I hate Ron Paul…YOU CAN TOO! http://www.IHateRonPaul.com – “…they hate us for our FREEDOMS!”
“We’re fun, edgy, at times crass, and admittedly conservative. And we’re just fine with that.”
Well, you got the edgy and crass shtick down, but if you were a conservative you wouldn’t be so insulting and condescending to supporters of the only conservative candidate in the 2008 field. And fun? Not so much.
Viva the inCOherent!
I’d be curious to know more about the claim “underwhelming”. How many people showing up is that? Is that also a statement about the demographics, I.E. if only “basement dwellers” show up, regardless of numbers then that counts as underwhelming?
Despite being young and possible naive, the ron paul supporters have enthusiasm, and none of the other candidates
can seem to duplicate that so early in the campaign. They scrounged up 1000 people for a rally in Iowa with something like 2 weeks notice. Things like that can’t be dismissed out of hand.
So, it is a “fetish” to support a candidate that supports the Constitution and the American people?
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So much for the idea of this site as any sort of unbiased source of news. Seems pretty clear that “the editor” is a Ron Paul basher. If I had to guess, I’d guess that’s because he/she is a McCain or Giuliani supporter who doesn’t want to see Ron gain any ground.
This is some low-class, childish posturing though, to talk this way about an appearance
by a presidential candidate.
Is Ron Paul kin to Rue?
Cute blurb. I hope you’ll read my article on the subject.
Partisan Blowback: The GOP and the Politics of Exclusion:
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=31546
Ahh good… Ron’s campaign of truth and his PERFECTLY CONSTITUTIONAL voting record are great ways to filter our the AMERICAN WAY OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM HATING websites JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
Thanks for making us aware of your bias and ignorance of the only candidate whom would do more for this country than any president since Ronald Regan.
You will not be forgotten….you will be remember and exposed.
Comments don’t lie.
Since this the whole Ron Paul ordeal, the Editor has failed to post for 24 hours. How sad is that.
I think Ron Pauls popularity is due to the fact that the Republican front runners are no longer conservative and the true conservatives are looking for someone to back. I would say to all the Ron Paulers to think about a candidate that is conservative and has the support to win in November. I would say that Sam Brownback is the best conservative candidate in the race and everyone should take a look at him. http://www.brownback.com
I’ll be there …..
Justin Young
2600 Kershaw Street
Columbia, SC 29205
Well my family is here today for the lunch and the rally, and we drove here last night from Macon, Georgia. I have never been involved with a candidate this early! The Revolution has begun, and fight for freedom we will do! We will spread the good name of Dr. Ron Paul far and wide. This conservative is proud to support such an honorable person like Mr. Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again still curious, does filling the summit point center to capacity (400) count as underwhelming?
Holding a rally of 800+ supporters in greenville?
Only a third of them were “basement dwellers” even.
The editor needs a bit more practice predicting the future.
Bill A.,
Romney and McCain have each “filled” Summit Pointe with more than 600 supporters. And in both cases, they were entirely from in-state. At least 130 of those 400 Paul-ites were out of state or “county residents who attend nearly every GOP function.” And neither Romney nor McCain had to send out e-mails with the subject line “Embarrassing Situation – I Need Your Help” to get people out.
Consider us overwhelmed.
Ok so we’ll remove those 70 people who “always show up” from everyone’s total, since there presence does not endorse a candidate only a party.
“Beltram said that events held at Summit Pointe for John McCain and Mitt Romney each attracted more than 600 people – mostly from inside the state – and both cost more per person.”
Now I don’t know how much more those other events cost, i’ll guess $50 so that makes each guest at the other events twice as valuable. And he says “mostly from inside the state” now that could be twisted a bit, so i’ll give a conservative estimate of 5% of the attendees for the other candidates were out of state and also don’t count.
And I’ll use numbers from that CNN opinion poll that was posted a couple days ago:
guests “that count” divided by SC support for candidates:
(500 guests * 2)/ mccain 20% = 50 SC guest spending per percentage point
(500 guests * 2)/ romney 4% = 250 SC guest spending per percentage point
(250 guests) / paul 2% = 125 SC guest spending per percentage point
Heck, anyone could twist numbers in any direction though.
I would also question if the other candidate events also served a meal? If they did not then that would have allowed for more chairs in the room; fewer people can “fill” a room if it’s also got 20 tables in it.
Also I suggest that when you cite information about an event, try to do it from an article *that was published after the event occured*.
Here are some examples:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707220312
“Long-shot GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul brought his message of self-reliance, personal responsibility, individual freedom and minimal government intrusion to an overflow, fist-pumping, sign-waving crowd Saturday in Greenville.”
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070722/NEWS/707220341/1051/NEWS01
“About 400 people – at least half of them from out of state – were shoehorned into Summit Pointe for a barbecue luncheon that doubled as a fundraiser for the Spartanburg County Republican Party. The local GOP, after expenses, made an estimated $5,000 on the event.” I believe “shoehorned into Summit Pointe” and “filled” are approximately equal terms, don’t you?
“During the applause, the crowd often began chanting Paul’s name and waving the revolution signs – one stated “Vote Yes for Dr. No.” About 100 supporters were outside with signs, planning to go to Paul’s free rally in Greenville later in the afternoon and not wanting to pay the $25 cover charge to benefit the Spartanburg GOP, said Chris Lawton of Greer, who helped organize Saturday’s events.” I even gave the benefit of the doubt by not including in my calculation that extra 100 outside who are willing to drive to see Ron Paul but don’t want to support Beltram.
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