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04-11-2012, 10:00 AM
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A spectator in Rudder Auditorium on Tuesday night might be pardoned for second-guessing the pundits' declarations that the fight for the Republican presidential nomination is all but over, as a lively, overflow crowd of nearly 3,000 rallied for candidate Ron Paul.
A half-hour before the event, the entire bottom floor of the auditorium was packed as a "President Paul!" chant spontaneously erupted. Hundreds sat cross-legged in the halls of the three floors surrounding the auditorium and listened on speakers after they weren't allowed in.
Outside, graduate student Derek Seidel held a "Ron Paul Revolution" banner. "Freedom is popular with youth," he said as a 26-year-old veteran, Jeff Lane of Huntsville, who opposes the United States' wars, collected information nearby for nominating convention delegates.
For $5 a pop, a vendor wearing a "Don't Tread on Me" shirt and raking in too much cash to have a moment to speak with a reporter was hawking Ron Paul campaign pins.
In the Rudder lobby, Frank Dobrovolny, a Class of 2002 Aggie who drove in from Rusk, just south of Tyler, plopped down $130 for Ron Paul bumper stickers, hats, shirts and signs for his wife, two daughters and himself.
"The fight for delegates is still ongoing, and it's real," the attorney said. "The mainstream media ignore him, marginalize him, anything they can to keep the anti-establishment candidate out."
more at link....
http://www.theeagle.com/am/-Revolution--at-Rudder--7093058
http://www.theeagle.com/assets/7918890/041112ronpaul1_w300.jpg
A spectator in Rudder Auditorium on Tuesday night might be pardoned for second-guessing the pundits' declarations that the fight for the Republican presidential nomination is all but over, as a lively, overflow crowd of nearly 3,000 rallied for candidate Ron Paul.
A half-hour before the event, the entire bottom floor of the auditorium was packed as a "President Paul!" chant spontaneously erupted. Hundreds sat cross-legged in the halls of the three floors surrounding the auditorium and listened on speakers after they weren't allowed in.
Outside, graduate student Derek Seidel held a "Ron Paul Revolution" banner. "Freedom is popular with youth," he said as a 26-year-old veteran, Jeff Lane of Huntsville, who opposes the United States' wars, collected information nearby for nominating convention delegates.
For $5 a pop, a vendor wearing a "Don't Tread on Me" shirt and raking in too much cash to have a moment to speak with a reporter was hawking Ron Paul campaign pins.
In the Rudder lobby, Frank Dobrovolny, a Class of 2002 Aggie who drove in from Rusk, just south of Tyler, plopped down $130 for Ron Paul bumper stickers, hats, shirts and signs for his wife, two daughters and himself.
"The fight for delegates is still ongoing, and it's real," the attorney said. "The mainstream media ignore him, marginalize him, anything they can to keep the anti-establishment candidate out."
more at link....
http://www.theeagle.com/am/-Revolution--at-Rudder--7093058