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purepaloma
11-08-2007, 03:33 PM
Paul campaign leaves "golden" tip

By BOB FREEHY, Associated Press Writer
26 minutes ago

NEW YORK - A day after Hillary Clinton's tipping skills were called into question and exposed in a a National Public Radio interview, presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul continued his unorthodox campaign by tipping a New Hampshire waitress in precious metals. Sort of.

Lisa Becker waited on the Texas Republican and his entourage Thursday at a Manchester IHOP restaurant. Becker said that while she enjoyed meeting Paul, she wasn't sure she would vote for him.

"I mean, he was nice enough, " Becker said, "but I didn't understand much of what he was talking about. He kept switching from topic to topic and rambling on and on, kind of like that South Carolina pageant girl. And everyone around him kept nodding and moaning like they were at some sort of revival."

"It was a little odd, even for this place."

While Paul's eccentricities left Becker a bit befuddled, what happened next left her almost at a loss for words.

"They took off and the busboy and I went to clear their table. He'd left just enough cash for the food, but instead of a tip there were two cheap, broken gold chains and a note."

So what did the note say?

Becker pulls the note out and begins reading.

"What are these broken old chains, you ask
And where's my cold, hard cash?
Trust me please and melt these down
Before the coming crash
And when you go to the polls next fall
Remember your old pal, Ron Paul."

Odd, indeed.

JoshLowry
11-08-2007, 03:34 PM
Got a link? :)

d'anconia
11-08-2007, 03:35 PM
Of course this stuff is over the waitress's head. I hope RP keeps doing this.

Blowback
11-08-2007, 03:35 PM
huh

Vvick727
11-08-2007, 03:36 PM
hahahaha omg that is so badass!

(SC pageant girl? what an egotistical person.)

edit: aww... its a fake.

aravoth
11-08-2007, 03:37 PM
Considering gold is now worth over 800 dollars an ounce, I'd have to say that that is one of the coolest things I have ever heard of.

ChooseLiberty
11-08-2007, 03:38 PM
Sounds like BS. Where's the link?

Hope
11-08-2007, 03:38 PM
Bullshit. It's not even funny.

DrNoZone
11-08-2007, 03:38 PM
It was a joke guys...a satire piece. Funny though!

brumans
11-08-2007, 03:38 PM
Fake

skiingff
11-08-2007, 03:38 PM
Satire

Mort
11-08-2007, 03:39 PM
Ya, I had a hard time believing this was real.

The poem? I mean come on.

JosephTheLibertarian
11-08-2007, 03:40 PM
Ron Paul knows vthe value in gold but this doesn't sound like his style

thuja
11-08-2007, 03:41 PM
huh

yeah, huh?

The Dane
11-08-2007, 03:42 PM
I guess sometimes even a fake can be kewl...

thuja
11-08-2007, 03:43 PM
huh? what?

drednot
11-08-2007, 03:43 PM
Had me going for a while there...:D

Why disturb a good legend with facts?

freelance
11-08-2007, 03:47 PM
Had me going for a while there...:D

Why disturb a good legend with facts?

Even I smelled a rat on this one, and now drednot, you have just become the most gullible forum member. Glad to pass the baton...keep it safe until you can pass it on.

:D:D:D:D:D

reduen
11-08-2007, 03:49 PM
Why would you post a lie like this?

robert4rp08
11-08-2007, 03:58 PM
Even though this is a satire, it's a brilliant idea.

If you don't know, Ron Paul is sponsor of the Tax Free Tips Act. Imagine instead of leaving US monies as a tip, you leave a note explaining the act with some gold or silver for tip (and RP literature).

How would they report their tip? Um... this guy left me a Morgan Dollar.