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sailingaway
04-27-2012, 12:36 AM
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Thousands of chanting, cheering supporters flooded the University of Texas campus to show Ron Paul some love Thursday night, undaunted by the prospect that the Texas congressman is a long shot for the GOP presidential nomination.

There is more to winning than victory at the polls, Paul told the crowd, which broke into occasional chants of "President Paul."

"I'm convinced a revolution is going on. It is an intellectual revolution," Paul said.

"It is going to be difficult, but it is always glorious to have success. And we will have success," he said. "Regardless of what happens next week, next month, November — the spirit of this revolution is not going away."

Paul hasn't won any of the 36 state primaries or caucuses held to date, and his 80 delegates to the national convention are far behind front-runner Mitt Romney's 846, leaving a mathematically slim path to the nomination.

But Michelle Stanley, who drove from Hot Springs, Ark., with five friends to hold a "Dr. Paul cured my apathy" sign at the Austin rally, said she wasn't bothered by the long odds.

"I was ready, for the first time in my voting life, to not vote because I was tired of voting for the lesser of two evils," said Stanley, a mother of nine. "But I am voting for Ron Paul whether he wins or not, because he believes in what I believe in."
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more at link: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/ron-paul-draws-thousands-at-ut-speech-2327732.html






also
http://austin.ynn.com/content/capital_tonight/284421/paul-draws-huge-crowd-to-ut

Sola_Fide
04-27-2012, 12:37 AM
Wow!