Ron Paul & Michelle Bachmann Student Town Hall Event - 9/25

OK gang,

Here is the full report from Minneapolis as I promised earlier to deliver. My wife and I arrived around 6.20 P.M. and it was already getting crowded. We stopped by the C4L and YAL booths and talked to Terry McCall (C4L regional coordinator for MN2) and bought a couple of t-shirts to support YAL. Terry said that the first people allowed into the auditorium were the protesters, which we found ridiculous. What exactly they were protesting against was something we all tried to figure out. Liberty? Personal responsibility? Who would know?

But, the point was that the security put them in the front rows in the middle section and then allowed RP and MB people to move in and seat around. So, the Obama crowd made of undergraduates and several middle-aged ladies had some of the best seats in the building. We chose to squeeze amongst them. It was funny to see when one of the girls from the group of several future mediocre public school teachers recognized a friend of hers and said “hey, come sit with us” and the guy said “sorry, I’m a Ron Paul guy” and went to sit on the other side. She was bewildered.

Lower level was basically full. I would say that attendance was really good. Not as packed and enthusiastic as for his Super Tuesday event, but very good overall. My wife commented how, when you look at the RP crowd, all you see is a bunch of individuals, and how the Obama people all look the same. Interesting comment.

Marianne Stabbins, MN C4L coordinator, came out and delivered a speech and introduced Tony Sutton, in my opinion a sleazeball chairman of MN Republicans. Why they did that I do not know, because Sutton’s people worked quite hard to block RP delegates at the state convention last year to a disgusting degree (this story is similar to many others our people have experienced in places like Nevada and so forth). I checked out during his BS speech, but then Michelle Bachmann came out. She was not my favorite congressperson from MN (I simply disliked them all in the past for not being people of principles of liberty), but today she proved herself as someone who may be seriously jumping on the wagon of the liberty caravan. Her speech and her answers throughout the evening were pretty damn good for basically a freshman congressperson. She is learning and let’s hope it continues that way.

Ron Paul? Well, you saw it. Great as always, but I left the place with a serious concern. As I am typing this I have not yet seen the video, so I may be incorrect in assuming that something went wrong with his health. He looked really tired during his speech and was not fully himself while answering the questions. He was sweaty and kept drinking water. I assume they had to rush to the airport and fly straight to MN without having any time to rest. Even Bachmann was dressed in the same outfit she wore during the hearings, if I recall correctly. At one moment Ron looked like he was getting sick and soon after he got up and talked briefly to the moderator, then the whole thing ended abruptly with the last question. At his age it is amazing how much that man can endure, particularly on an emotional day like that. I hope everything is ok. Overall, it was a great evening, and I sure as hell feel incredibly fortunate to see him again. If anything good came out of living in the MSP area it is that I had a chance to see him for Super Tuesday, Rally for the Republic, shake his hand, and see him again today.

Still, the most amazing thing that I witnessed at this event was when Michelle Bachmann was comparing the health care of the United States and the Soviet Union, some kid in front of us yelled that he would prefer the Soviet socialist healthcare. This was one of those undergraduates who is still on his parents’ health insurance, so he could care less. Someone else pays his bill. Elitist little prick. I, one the other hand, have experienced communist healthcare, and I am excited about it as much as reruns of Matlock. Ignorance is amazing, and I am not sure how we can get through to people like that. Middle-aged Obama ladies, who thought this event was going to be about healthcare only, chose to gradually take off instead of listening to what the man had to say. Why learning something new and analyzing different viewpoints, right? When he talked about our dismal foreign policy, possible war with Iran, and the troops increase in Afghanistan, do you think he received any applause from these people? They are the same people who, until the regime change in the White House, considered themselves anti-war left, I am positive. Suddenly, it is not important any more to even care about that.

What a great evening. I did'nt see hardly any opposition, one guy sitting down the row from me had a sheet of paper stickered to the back of his shirt urging "healthcare reform now!" and he left about a half hour into the program. All in all, it was a nice wrap up for a hectic day. Michelle did well and hopefully she will continue and come completely full circle and support Dr Paul on everything he does. I'm still watching her carefully for now. I was hoping Dr Paul would announce he was throwing in the hat for another run in 2012 :-)

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sounded like things are getting fired up in the crowd over the healthcare issue...
I think they should have made it more personalized and allowed people to come up and ask their own questions...

Geez, .....it looks bad.

over the place, paul is getting old, still young at heart

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