Despite CNN.com's blog not mentioning his coming (Seriously, look at that link and tell me it isn't a conspiracy), Congressman Ron Paul met with supporters at a rally in Columbia, SC on Friday.
The rally drew upwards of at least 500 (ball parking here) dedicated supporters, some coming with home-made signs, with many other signs saying "Google Ron Paul", or "Ron Paul: Hope for America."
The diverse crowd included young and old, boring white people, zany minorities, and men and women. Take that, McCain crowd in Rock Hill a few weeks ago that was pretty much all white old people.
When Paul emerged to take the stage he was met with applause and cheering, and the chant "RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!"
Paul spoke about America's need to get out of Iraq, and how he's more anti-war than Hillary Clinton. He spoke of bringing troops home from Korea, Germany, and pretty much the rest of the world. He said that he would restore and protect our civil liberties, and in general he promised to follow the constitution.
When he finished speaking the audience was invited to come up and meet Ron Paul, and yours truly was the very first person to do so.
Unfortunately, I couldn't think of any clever questions to ask, as Dr. Timbs suggested, but I did say "Good golly, Congressman Paul, you're awesome, I'm totally voting for you." He said that he was glad to hear it and we posed for a picture. Needless to say, I can die happy now.
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Haha you and Ron Paul look adorable!
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