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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Ron Paul's "Campaign for Liberty" is all over Minneapolis
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a former presidential contender for the Republican Party, is busy organizing the "Campaign for Liberty," a new movement to build on what was popularly called the "Ron Paul R3voLution" (that's "LOVE" spelled backwards in Revolution).
The first big event to jump-start the Campaign is a Rally for the Republic taking place from August 31 to September 2 in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention. We've covered the Rally previously. In anticipation of the Rally, Ron Paul fans have taken out billboards and other advertisements to promote the Campaign for Liberty.
Dubbed "Operation St. Paul," the goal was to raise funds and compile possible ads to place all over Minneapolis during the RNC. They have been successful. Here are a few images of the billboards and the "high tide" video (to view it, follow this link) that is now playing at the Mall of America:
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The first big event to jump-start the Campaign is a Rally for the Republic taking place from August 31 to September 2 in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention.
Posted by P.M. Jaworski on August 27, 2008
They've sold about 500 more tickets since the weekend. Total sales are around 9700. The stadium seats about 20,000. Not exactly Led Zeppelin O2 ticket sales numbers. They'll be lucky if the place is half filled. Seems like not that many people care.
Posted by: The Stig | 2008-08-27 4:25:48 PM
Go Liberty Boy Go!
And I don't care what the rest of you are very predictably going to call me! Ha!
RP is a 90%'r for me and that's one hell of a lot closer than anyone else, anywhere in the western world.
The message is good...the details need work.
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-27 4:27:29 PM
I like your enthusiasm, JC.
I'm also concerned about the attendance, Stig. I doubt they'll sell out, but 10,000 is still a lot of people, no?
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-27 4:29:27 PM
I thought this event was only seating about 13000?? It's different amounts of seating determined by the desired stage setup.
Posted by: kris | 2008-08-27 4:38:15 PM
kris: do you have a link to the seating space? 13,000 seats is a lot less difficult to fill than 20,000.
I'll try to find this on my own, but if you happen to have it handy, please post it in a comment.
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-27 4:41:00 PM
I wish I could go, but I don't think skipping my first day of school to fly halfway across the country as an unaccompanied minor would go over very well. Plus, ninety miles is pretty far to walk for the nearest int'l airport, considering I'm too young to drive.
I support RP all the way on everything that doesn't involve his endorsement of Don Young, who is actually (little-known fact here) the devil on earth.
Posted by: JAL | 2008-08-27 5:09:56 PM
Stig. I doubt they'll sell out, but 10,000 is still a lot of people, no?
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 27-Aug-08 4:29:27 PM
Compared to what? The tickets are only $16.00 I would think that most people could afford that. The Minnesota Timberwolves averaged around 15000 people for their home games at the Target Centre last year. I'd bet a Billy Graham crusade would sell out. Face it nobody cares.
Posted by: The Stig | 2008-08-27 5:29:26 PM
Doesn't that picture of Ron Paul in the shopping mall kiosk have a Big Brother 1984 feel to it?
Posted by: The Stig | 2008-08-27 5:35:52 PM
Stig,
It looks kind of like computer-generated Ron Paul, from that video.
That probably increases the big brother feel of it.
"COMPUTERIZED RON PAUL IS WATCHING YOU!"
Next, they'll come out with a Ron Paul video game using that same character.
Posted by: Terrence Watson | 2008-08-27 5:40:46 PM
Computerized Ron Paul needs brains! Brrrraiiins!
Posted by: Ike | 2008-08-27 6:04:00 PM
9700 People is alot. I think the day of the event will probably draw closer to 11,000 people. The attendance now isn't going to be as important as the words spoken, that will be heard later after Obama fails to address the true problems that are destroying our country.
Posted by: SeanT | 2008-08-27 6:06:39 PM
Yes, that High Tide video is really a bad example of Ron Paul. He looks like a mechanical corpse. The entire video is dark and sinister. That might appeal to freaks in the movement but someone with sensibility can recognize that's not the sort of advertisement that's going to attract people, rather, it will repel them.
Posted by: Cris | 2008-08-27 6:08:40 PM
Computerized Ron Paul says:
"All your brains are belong to us!!"
Posted by: Terrence Watson | 2008-08-27 6:10:20 PM
And Here's your Big Brother Image:
These assholes "really are" watching you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7i0wCFf8g
And Thanks Cris, we're all a bunch of freaks in the NEO CON circus lol
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-27 6:26:10 PM
9700 People is alot. I think the day of the event will probably draw closer to 11,000 people.
Posted by: SeanT | 27-Aug-08 6:06:39 PM
I think the way to fill the place is to let people in for nothing, bring out the Frank Sinatra impersonator and charge them to get out. Most people would pay anything to get out. The organizers could make a fortune.
Posted by: The Stig | 2008-08-27 6:26:41 PM
"I think the way to fill the place is to let people in for nothing, bring out the Frank Sinatra impersonator and charge them to get out. Most people would pay anything to get out. The organizers could make a fortune."
Stig,
Plus, if people complained, organizers could just say,
"Hey, you should have read the fine print before coming in. By entering the building, you've consented to us keeping you here until you pay us 100 bucks.
"Contracts are infinitely binding, guys! Don't try to get out of the deal now, you slimy communists. Without freedom of contract and rule of law, there can be no liberty!"
Posted by: Terrence Watson | 2008-08-27 6:29:44 PM
Computerized Ron Paul says:
"All your brains are belong to us!!"
Posted by: Terrence Watson | 27-Aug-08 6:10:20 PM
What the hell is wrong with you Watson?
I thought you were supposed to be a journalist of some kind.
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-27 7:06:01 PM
"As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom,
I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have combined
to make most of us fat and lazy and indifferent to, or actually
in favor of, the limits being placed on that freedom."
-- Lyn Nofziger
[Franklyn C. Nofziger] (1924-2006) American journalist, political consultant, author, Press Secretary for President Reagan
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-27 7:14:58 PM
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Posted by: Doug | 2008-08-27 8:09:07 PM
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Posted by: Doug | 2008-08-27 8:09:55 PM
Americans seem largely ignorant of the causes of decay. Now we will be handed socialism and the mindless masses will cheer for it. It's a sad state of affairs. Americans seem to have trouble understanding Libertarianism anymore, shame because it is the heart of the free market and free society. Franklin told us we had a Republic "if we could keep it". I guess some are content to be lazy and stupid. They will welcome their new owners. We have a choice this year of Obama-socialism or McCain fascism. The same terrible choices we get each year because people keep giving them votes. No one has the sense to realize that if you keep putting votes into these corrupt parties, things will never change. I'm not sure what will make Americans wake up and get off their couches, at this point I think they will accept almost anything. I don't know if they deserve to be called Americans anymore. Soon government will be so big that it will have to collapse, our fiat currency can no longer bear the weight of our Orwellian war and welfare machine. Something has to give.
Posted by: Vincent | 2008-08-27 8:26:49 PM
Hey I'm a big Dr. Paul supporter, but your right when you say people just don't care. The masses simply keep their nose to the ground. They are totally un-aware. Sad indeed. Yet 10,00 or so souls care and are motivated to spend their hard earned money to travel, give up vacation time and support a true honest man that tells it like is is. A guy that has been slammed, ridiculed and ignored as much as possible for telling it like it is and has been. Tickets are $29.64 usd. Travel, food, lodging much more. 10k making the effort is amazing. Dr. Paul and his insight is priceless. Please come. It will be fun. Don't knock him till you read his book and research his solutions. The only canidate, yes he just suspended, with any solutions. Change indeed.
Posted by: Ella Guru | 2008-08-27 8:38:29 PM
You said it Ella. 10,000 people are willing to spend time and money travelling across the country to spend the weekend in Minneapolis. (I would have gone too, were it not for family commitments I can't get out of.)
That's pretty impressive considering what kind of event this is.
But Stig is right: Nobody cares. And that's kind of the point. The whole purpose of the rally is to raise awareness, and to help people understand the root causes of our economic, military, and monetary troubles.
Instead of meaningless bromides about "hope" and "change", or inflmatory and divisive rhetoric, we want honest, intelligent, objective debate. That's what we get from Ron Paul, and it's unbelievably refreshing. And it's well worth every effort to get more people interested.
Posted by: Bill J | 2008-08-27 9:18:02 PM
This looks great, maybe some people in this country will finally WAKE UP
Republicans and Democrats are asleep at the wheel
Ron Paul is a pot of coffee
Wake Up
Posted by: Brett Favre Jersey | 2008-08-27 9:47:05 PM
Does anyone have an estimate of how many Twin City cars have John McCain bumper stickers? Have any been spotted?
Posted by: Buffalo Bruce | 2008-08-27 9:48:13 PM
The people are taking back their country from a government that has gone tyrannical and is out of control.
Good RIDDANCE!
:)
Shari
Posted by: sharpinchitown | 2008-08-27 10:18:13 PM
Buffalo Bruce, McCain does not have a stronghold in Minnesota. There is a strong libertarian streak in the heart of most Minnesotans.
Posted by: sharpinchitown | 2008-08-27 10:20:34 PM
I hope you're right, Shari. My friend, from Minnesota, tells me that it has a culture and feel very much like Canada.
And, as so very few people know and are aware of, Canada has a strong pro-liberty history and tradition. Much more pronounced prior to Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the cultural revolution that he spearheaded, but it's still strong.
Thanks for your comments.
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-27 10:23:33 PM
I should point out: If you are going to be at the Rally for the Republic, and are willing to provide us with regular updates and pictures/video of the event, we would love to have it.
Please get in touch with us, or let us know how we can get in touch with you.
Since we're Canadian, it is a bit difficult to send one of us to the event. But we would be thrilled to publish updates on the event.
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-27 10:25:27 PM
Not only will Ron Paul be in the twin cities for the event but so will Bob Barr. McCain car stickers are exceedingly rare here in Minnesota thusfar. Most Repubs here in Minnesota are very ambivalent about McCain.
Come if you can, it's going to be one hell of a blast!
Posted by: Peter R. Zidek | 2008-08-28 12:29:09 AM
"How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution."-Ron Paul
"The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people."-Ron Paul
Posted by: Thomas Party | 2008-08-28 12:52:04 AM
It's true that most people don't care. That wouldn't normally be a problem. But those people (who don't care to educate themselves on basic principles of economics) are allowed to steal my money and your money by voting for candidates like Obama, Clinton, and for that matter, McCain.
We need more true statesmen like Dr. Paul.
Posted by: Harold Lodbrok | 2008-08-28 12:56:30 AM
The Rally for the Republic is only the first major event in the launch of the Campaign for Liberty. And the Rally is not just one event but a 3 day series of events which will provide much needed opportunities to learn the skills‚ strategies‚ and techniques necessary to be an effective activist and leader at the grassroots poliitical level. On Sunday, August 31 there will be a day long Real Politics Training School, and on Monday, September 01, there will be a day long
Campaign for Liberty Leadership Summit, a Ron Paul book signing, and the Ron Paul Nation Celebration
in the evening all leading up to the big event on Tuesday, September 02 which is when the Rally for the Republic will be held. Additionally c-span has agreed to broadcast the afternoon events of September 02 live, and broadcast the evening events live on C-Span 2, and send their Campaign Bus for a three hour block to do some additional special coverage.
Posted by: Blonduxo | 2008-08-28 2:00:44 AM
My entire family is still voting for Ron Paul. We do not care if his name is printed on the ticket or not. We will no longer vote for the better of 2 evils. Look where that got us. We have less rights and pay more taxes now versus when our founding fathers were under a dictatorship.
Posted by: HP | 2008-08-28 6:24:08 AM
It's not that we don't care, it's just that many of his earliest supporters have become disenchanted with the fact that he allowed his campaign to be sabotaged by phony neocon managers and gays.
It also didn't inspire confidence that he dissed all of us interested in getting to the bottom of what really happened on 9-11-01, or when it was revealed that all of his immediate female family members are Masons, or that he dropped out on us when he had promised to take this all the way to the Republican National Convention--not some rally that will be controlled (as will the new "Campaign for Liberty") by the same treasonous characters who destroyed the campaign.
It takes a lot to overlook such evidence of complicity with the NWO.
Posted by: SteveMartin | 2008-08-28 6:36:12 AM
Wel, SteveMartin, you are completely wrong on two counts.
First, what really happened on 9/11 has been fully revealed despite what the paranoid conspiracy theorists think.
Secondly, ther are absolutely NO female members of the Masons.
Now go back to reading the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Posted by: Atric | 2008-08-28 8:13:29 AM
It will sell out no problem. For November 5th only 12,000 people said they would donate. At the last minute 38,000 people donated.
I already personally know 20 people from CA who are making the trek. This is going to be really big.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9IPqTyu0y8
Posted by: Jamsie567 | 2008-08-28 8:27:39 AM
You are dead wrong, Atric. Carole Paul is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and Ron Paul's daughters are both members of the Rainbow Girls. Both organizations are Masonic.
For any sane individual to claim that 9-11-01 was accomplished by 19 skinny Arabs armed with box cutters vs. dozens of bigger angry US men on those planes is just plane stupid. Explain how the Pentagon, for example--the mostly heavily guarded building on the planet--could have been attacked a full hour after the second plane hit the second tower and the whole world knew we were under attack. And explain why the government still refuses to release the multiple security camera shots of that "passenger jet" hitting the Pentagon.
Or, explain how burning jet fuel could seriously weaken the hardened forty-seven 4'x 4' vertical I-beams which made up the central core of each tower, or how it could produce MOLTEN METAL in the basements of both towers that left a bright heat signature visible from Earth-orbiting satellites for weeks afterwards?
Anyone who believes those government fairy tales is not fit to be a member of an organization which purports to be seriously interested in returning to the Constitution and restoring the Republic.
I noticed you conveniently failed to address the major point, namely, that RON PAUL LIED TO US ABOUT TAKING THE CAMPAIGN ALL THE WAY TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Ask yourself why it is, that with 5 times the money John McCain had heading into Super Tuesday that OUR CAMPAIGN FAILED TO RUN EVEN ONE NATIONAL TV AD...EVER...while McCain was running dozens of them. That, my friend, is intentional sabotage-- there can be no other explanation.
Now that you have been educated, why don't you go back and read your fairy-tale 911 Commission Report?
Posted by: SteveMartin | 2008-08-28 8:51:37 AM
My question for SteveMartin:
Why in the world would the NWO have Ron Paul promote constitutional liberty, and raise awareness about the failures of our government to millions of people?
Do you ever think that maybe Dr. Paul just has some different opinions that you.
Just measure how much Dr. Paul has done for liberty with the accusations you make about him and his complicity with world organizations. I don't think your equation adds up.
Posted by: Chad | 2008-08-28 12:06:24 PM
It's called a "limited hangout."
Look it up.
You take it so far, and then when push comes to shove, you cave. Seen it many times before.
Posted by: SteveMartin | 2008-08-28 1:57:04 PM
There is nothing, Chad, that counts as a counterexample to the NWO theory. No matter what happens, it is explained by a cabal of insiders who make decisions. Ron Paul quits his presidential campaign? NWO! Ron Paul continues his campaign? NWO! Ron Paul doesn't campaign? NWO!
The sun is shining? NWO! It ain't shining? NWO!
Until conspiracy theorists provide us with instances and states of affairs that would count *against* their theory, it isn't worth taking seriously. If nothing counts as a counterexample, then it isn't a theory anyone should spend any time thinking seriously about.
(What makes me laugh is the people who think Alex Jones is a puppet of the Papists. He's *distracting* everyone from the *real* people running the show--the Roman Catholics--by going on about the Bilderbergers and the Trilateral Commission! What a mess.)
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-28 2:12:36 PM
At the heart of the conspiracy is one angry, angry sea bass.
Roman Catholics eat fish on Fridays in homage to their temperamental overlord (or would that be underlord? or underwaterlord?)
Posted by: Terrence Watson | 2008-08-28 2:26:35 PM
What a disgusting billboard.
Yeah, that's all the U.S. is doing in Iraq.
Apart from freeing the country from a brutal dictator that is.
Just reading these posts indicates what a fever swamp the modern libertarian party is.
Posted by: Craig | 2008-08-28 8:24:52 PM
What a disgusting billboard.
Yeah, that's all the U.S. is doing in Iraq.
Apart from freeing the country from a brutal dictator that is.
Just reading these posts indicates what a fever swamp the modern libertarian party is.
Posted by: Craig | 2008-08-28 8:25:00 PM
Yeah, that's all the U.S. is doing in Iraq.
Apart from freeing the country from a brutal dictator that is.
Posted by: Craig | 28-Aug-08 8:25:00 PM
Sadly the US Government is doing a very poor job of whatever its doing in Iraq. The troops on the other hand are doing a lot more than killing "insurgents". They're playing with kids, feeding babies and some other very "human" things.
But the government? Sorry but they're a little too tied into Arab Oil, Halliburton, the Carlyle Group etc.etc. Its just a huge profiteering scam for them...just like Viet Nam.
And its one of the better reasons to work for change.
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-28 9:37:34 PM
Craig: Why mention the Libertarian Party?
Ron Paul is not a member of it.
Posted by: P.M. Jaworski | 2008-08-28 11:16:17 PM
SteveMartin- The reason I didn't respond to your comment about Paul is because I personally don't give rat's rectum about him or his convoluted politics.
Both my grandmothers were members of the Eastern Star and I cannot recall one moment in time where they were plotting with their sisters to control the world.Perhaps they were too busy making tea and knitting clothes for the underprivileged.
You certainly have a warped view of world affairs.
I hope you get help for your delusional thoughts before it's too late.
Posted by: Atric | 2008-08-29 9:01:30 AM
I am a Mason, and there are many Ron Paul supporters that are Masons in their 20s-40s (older crowd is a bit different sometimes). We have always had revolutionaries of various sorts within the organization, and now is no exception. We are starting to get many more younger (20-40) men like myself coming in right now (I saw 20 come in this past month locally), and they tend to be the Ron Paul sorts. I had more questions about joining (no Mason will ask you to join) at Ron Paul meetings than anywhere else. Also, note the Square & Compass - doesn't that look like a good symbol for Reason - and Paul's Libertarian views are some of the most reasonable available in the world. I'm sure Masons tend to want reasonable free thinking people to be in power, but we don't all sit around and plot it out during official Lodge functions. As a matter of fact, we are not to talk about politics or religion in Lodge.
If you're in... travel lots & stay late when you can and you'll find new friends.
Posted by: Elliott | 2008-08-30 7:51:09 AM
Go Ron Paul!!!
Posted by: joe | 2008-08-30 8:00:31 AM
I wish Harper was more like Ron Paul. Sadly , I will have to vote NDP this time around, since Harper turned out to be a Liberal. At least the NDP want to get out of Afghanistan.
Posted by: pissinginthetent.com | 2008-08-30 7:19:05 PM
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