Green Mountain Boy
10-27-2007, 08:53 PM
I was there at 11:30 this morning with my slimjims and other literature. I was afraid it was going to be a miserable day with the 100% chance of rain forecast but it turned out to be a successful day with hardly any rain at all! By 12:30 we had about 20 meetup members there with 3 "Ron Paul for President" banners, 1 Street-Width Ron Paul rEVOLution banner, signs, dvds and handouts.
An airplane with a banner saying "Ron Paul for President - Bring the Troops Home Now" was supposed to come down from NH and circle overhead, but it was called off due to the weather. It will fly tomorrow before the Patriots game over Gillette Stadium instead.:cool:
We were cautioned about going to this anti-war rally because of the possible association with some of the radical socialist groups present. However, there was no problem - we just claimed our own territory along a path with lots of people walking by and where no other group was set up.
One thing I quickly noticed was that this anti-war crowd was much more receptive to our "Ron Paul message" than at the Obama rally we went to last week. I talked to a lot of people including an Iraq War veteran who came down from VT who supports Paul. There was even a woman who said she voted for Dr. Paul in the past. One thing I have to say is MANY KUCINICH SUPPORTERS ARE RIPE FOR THE PICKING!. Denny K. was the only other candidate there with visible support. (Although I did see an Al Gore '08 sign... WTF?) Kucinich supporters are seeing that their candidate will not make it to the white house. Ron Paul is the only other choice! After returning to the Common after the march around Copley Square a guy from CT came up to us and thanked us for being there. He said that two of his friends were Kucinich supporters, but by simply seeing the big Ron Paul presence - they had decided that they would register Republican to vote for Dr. Paul! Score!!
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An airplane with a banner saying "Ron Paul for President - Bring the Troops Home Now" was supposed to come down from NH and circle overhead, but it was called off due to the weather. It will fly tomorrow before the Patriots game over Gillette Stadium instead.:cool:
We were cautioned about going to this anti-war rally because of the possible association with some of the radical socialist groups present. However, there was no problem - we just claimed our own territory along a path with lots of people walking by and where no other group was set up.
One thing I quickly noticed was that this anti-war crowd was much more receptive to our "Ron Paul message" than at the Obama rally we went to last week. I talked to a lot of people including an Iraq War veteran who came down from VT who supports Paul. There was even a woman who said she voted for Dr. Paul in the past. One thing I have to say is MANY KUCINICH SUPPORTERS ARE RIPE FOR THE PICKING!. Denny K. was the only other candidate there with visible support. (Although I did see an Al Gore '08 sign... WTF?) Kucinich supporters are seeing that their candidate will not make it to the white house. Ron Paul is the only other choice! After returning to the Common after the march around Copley Square a guy from CT came up to us and thanked us for being there. He said that two of his friends were Kucinich supporters, but by simply seeing the big Ron Paul presence - they had decided that they would register Republican to vote for Dr. Paul! Score!!
http://travels.i8.com/misc/highres_2433059.jpeg
http://travels.i8.com/misc/highres_2433060.jpeg
http://travels.i8.com/misc/highres_2433061.jpeg
http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/1/2/8/highres_2433064.jpeg