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Politics

Ron Paulers Won't Stop Believing

Garrett Quinn | 8.28.2012 3:38 PM

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Tampa – As a possible floor fight at the Republican National Convention simmers, a dozen or so Ron Paul backers greeted media members as they entered the security perimeter surrounding the Tampa Convention this morning with signs and chants of support for the Texas congressman. Paul backers of all stripes are unhappy with what they perceive as attempts by the Republican establishment to stifle the strength of their movement by limiting their ability to attend future conventions. Others are still optimistic that the paleoconservative and libertarian icon can secure the nomination today.

"He's got a very good chance," said Michael Heiss, cradling a bullhorn.

"I mean it's a long shot, but of course, of course," said Dana Costello.

 "Ron Paul winning is a long shot but there is still a chance but when people say he's got no shot I'd like to remind them that Buster Douglas knocked Mike Tyson the fuck out," said Heiss.

Late last night it was believed a floor fight would be avoided but Erick Erickson of RedState is reporting that Paul delegates, or "the grassroots" as he calls them, are not happy with any of the agreements.

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Garrett Quinn is a Boston-based journalist. He covered the 2012 presidential election for Reason.com.

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  1. pip   13 years ago

    Feeble!

  2. John   13 years ago

    Hold onto that feeeling!!!!

    1. pip   13 years ago

      I should have gone with Feelings.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3BNRF9ICc

      1. John   13 years ago

        Just a small town pol, born and raised in South Detroit!!

        1. Episiarch   13 years ago

          “I don’t need no instructions to know how to rock!”

          Oh wait, that was a Foreigner belt, not a Journey belt.

          1. John   13 years ago

            Six of one, half dozen of the other.

          2. Randian   13 years ago

            “Every time I hear Urgent on the radio I think of that girl’s boobs and…covered in vomit.”

            1. Episiarch   13 years ago

              Carl: Who set this on head games?!?

              Meatwad: It’s okay, Carl. Ooohh…wee. Maybe it’s not okay. But with computers nowadays, you don’t even have to leave the house.

              1. Randian   13 years ago

                Fryman, we are full of religion now. Everyone, please – bow your heads, and pretend to be serious.

  3. CampingInYourPark   13 years ago

    “‘He’s got a very good chance,’ said Michael Heiss, cradling a bullhorn.”

    “‘Ron Paul winning is a long shot…’ said Heiss.”

    Wonder what he’s really thinking. Maybe something like “This is a waste of time but yelling through this bullhorn is cool as shit”

  4. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Just what makes that little old ant…

    If you’re cradling a bullhorn instead of speaking conversationally through it, you’ve already failed at life.

    1. pip   13 years ago

      That bullhorn? You didn’t cradle that.

      L look forward to:

      That second term? You didn’t win that.

  5. T   13 years ago

    Follow me on Twitter for all the latest updates from the floor of the convention.

    I thought I was following you for the fanboi tears of disappointment when your Red Sox crater yet again. Convention updates are just a bonus.

  6. John   13 years ago

    http://cryptome.org/2012-info/…..opless.htm

    Pictures from today’s DC go topless protest. Two caveats. Definitely not safe for work and red head in the black dress, roaw!!!!

    1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

      Admit it, you mean the red head in the green dress on the right.

      And I wonder how many of them actually believe in the right to walk around topless.

      1. John   13 years ago

        No. And there is a reason why I didn’t go down to that thing. You couldn’t just look at the redhead in the black dress. You had to look at all of them. I think the redhead in the black dress believes it. She seems to be really enjoying it as a matter of fact. And I am sure everyone around her enjoyed her enjoying it.

        1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

          And that’s exactly why we shouldn’t let women walk around topless. Sadly, most don’t look like the redhead in the black dress.

          And I don’t like the arbitrariness of the issue anyway. If we let them go topless, why not let everyone walk around naked? If you’re going to argue that there’s nothing wrong with bare female breasts, I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to argue the same for the vagina or the penis.

          1. John   13 years ago

            Of course the same is true for men. Ryan Lockte walking around topless is not quite the same as Chuck Schumer strutting his moobs for the world.

            In the end, most people, male and female, need to keep their clothes on.

          2. pip   13 years ago

            It is perfectly legal to be nude in public in San Francisco, as long as you’re not being lewd.

        2. Voros McCracken   13 years ago

          Is it cynical of me to think she was a paid model by the group? There’s something about her that’s off from the rest of the group.

          1. John   13 years ago

            Probably not. If she was, I have to give the fat and old ones some credit. Going down to the local strip club and hiring a pretty girl for the cause would be pretty shrewd of the them. A lot shrewder than I thought them capable of.

          2. A Serious Man   13 years ago

            I think it’s a fairly accurate representation of the population you’d expect to see walking around topless. One really hot girl, a few nice looking ones, and mostly meh or worse.

            1. Voros McCracken   13 years ago

              I don’t mean her looks, I mean her demeanor. She looks like she’s modeling and the others do not.

              1. BakedPenguin   13 years ago

                I think you may well be correct. She certainly knows she’s the “presence” of the rally.

                1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

                  I imagine attractive women know that whether hired or actually members of the cause.

          3. Randian   13 years ago

            The true feminists must be going apeshit by now.

            “HAVE RALLY FOR TRUE EQUALITY!”

            …

            Hot chick gets all the attention.

            1. John   13 years ago

              “I was subjected to the male gaze!!”

              “Oh honey, only the pretty girls get to feel like that”.

    2. wareagle   13 years ago

      the thing in the head scarf…is the group trying to kill its own message? Topless is not always a good thing. Fortunately, there is the redhead.

    3. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      Definitely not safe for work

      Thanks for the warning dude.

      red head in the black dress, roaw!!!!

      You bastard.

      1. Randian   13 years ago

        inorite?!

    4. A Serious Man   13 years ago

      I think I see Lucy Steigerwald in the back in a green top in picture number 3.

      1. heller   13 years ago

        Yup.

      2. John   13 years ago

        It does. But she has her top on. That is rather un Libertarian of her.

    5. heller   13 years ago

      Now that’s a double edged sword. On the one hand, the red head. On the other, *barf*

      1. John   13 years ago

        The red head is a force of nature. She makes up for the rest of them.

        1. heller   13 years ago

          Has to be a hired model. Has to be.

    6. Romulus Augustus   13 years ago

      She’s obviously a virgin too.

  7. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

    It’s not technically impossible that Paul could win. For instance, Mitt Romney could be on YouTube in ten minutes having sex with five prostitutes at the same time, while taking money to pay for them–also on camera–from a visiting al Qaeda member. That might get Paul the nomination.

    Other than that, the cause that Paul is part of is very much alive and will remain so even after Romney gets nominated.

    1. John   13 years ago

      There is always that lost Romney/Sandusky sex tape. But I think Axelrod plans that as an October surprise.

      1. wareagle   13 years ago

        from the rumors that have circulated about Obama, isn’t he more likely to be on that tape?

        1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

          Regie Love was not available for comment?

      2. pip   13 years ago

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07P538K83iU

    2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      How often do meteorites hit the Tampa area with the the appropriate amount of energy to kill one person?

      1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

        Maybe he’ll die in a freak accident involving a stripper, a live snake, and tequilla. You can fill in the rest of the details.

        1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

          The tequila is redundant.

        2. John   13 years ago

          Romney is too boring to die like that.

          1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

            It has occurred to me that a stripper scandal could, in his case, improve his image.

            1. John   13 years ago

              It could. Or maybe a nice mistress from his Bain days. Something to make him seem more human.

            2. John   13 years ago

              He needs to sex tape scandal with either Nicki Haley, Sarah Palin or S.E. Cupp. That would humanize him.

              1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

                I’d say Palin. If there were a sex tape with him and her, especially with more her than him, I think he wins in a landslide.

                1. John   13 years ago

                  It is the 21st Century. You can’t be a successful public figure without an internet sex tape. Future generations will wonder at the idea that anyone was ever elected to national office without one.

              2. Romulus Augustus   13 years ago

                But the rumor is that he and Ann Coulter were an item.

                1. John   13 years ago

                  Well, that might get him sarcasmic’s vote.

                  1. pip   13 years ago

                    I bet he’s still fapping to that tranny car ad from the A.M. links.

          2. A Serious Man   13 years ago

            What if some rich Republican convention-goers hire the stripper with the live snake act, put her in a limo and then things go horribly wrong in a way that results in the limo careening out of control and crashing into the Romney motorcade killing him?

            1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

              Paul wins!

              1. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

                A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

                1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

                  I’ve been wondering whether the motorcade I ran across yesterday was Romney’s. Pretty hardcore, with lots of federal black SUVs.

    3. Andrew S.   13 years ago

      Only if they’re male prostitutes.

      Or dead callgirls… whoops, hookers.

  8. pmains   13 years ago

    Well, he may be nominated from the floor, at least. Benton is saying he has the 5 delegations needed.

  9. Enjoy Every Sandwich   13 years ago

    If Ron Paul had had any realistic chance of winning this particular game of 3-card monte, he would have had an “unfortunate accident”.

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