- ORLANDO, Florida -- Entering
the CNN Republican "debate" Giuliani reportedly commented to
Ron Paul, "Gee, you have a lot of supporters."
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- Ron Paul replied, "This is only the beginning."
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- Outside Ron Paul supporters filled several blocks. The
supporters were described as a mix of "classy rich-looking people
and hippy-looking people and people from all walks of life."
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- The police commented that the Ron Paul people were the
best crowd they ever dealt with. People were constantly thanking them for
their service. The 160 anti-war protesters who came to protest the Republicans
found ONLY fellow anti-war Ron Paul activists.
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- Dr. Paul commented, "The freedom message brings
people together."
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- Dr. Paul's Abraham Lincoln persona has drawn hundreds
of energetic volunteers to leave it all behind to become traveling vagabonds
working for the Ron Paul presidential campaign across America, sleeping
on the floors of people they met over the Internet.
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- The Florida Ron Paul meetup groups rented a park next
to the debate hall as well as the Paladium Theatre, where 800 Ron Paul
supporters watched the televised debate.
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- New York Times blogger, Marc Santora writes, "By
land, by air and by sea, the disciples of Ron Paul converged on the debate
hall here in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the hours before the debate here
tonight. There were two planes circling overhead, one flying a Ron Paul
banner another with lights spelling out his name Goodyear Blimp-style.
A ship circling in the bay just outside the hall was festooned with Ron
Paul paraphernalia blaring martial music. In the park, just beyond the
security fences erected around The Mahaffey Theater, the Paulites outfitted
a group that was decidedly young and decidedly loyal with shirts and stickers
and other assorted Paul gear."
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- Bloggers reported that no other candidates even had people
holding signs.
- Ron Paul wasn't planning to run for president, but the
American people pushed him to run and spontaneously organized behind him.
Ron Paul said to his loyal fans at the Paladium Theatre following the debate,
"You've cured my skepticism."
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- But make no mistake about it. CNN crucified Ron Paul
on live television.
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- A Zionist provocateur referred to Dr. Paul's supporters
as "Paulestinians," but that is exactly what I was thinking when
I was watching CNN. They gave Ron Paul the Palestinian treatment. The moderator
was even calling him "Ron" instead of by his title.
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- After CNN's online poll before the debate with Ron Paul
getting 95% on the online votes, they managed to avoid asking him a question
for 35 minutes. The only time Dr. Paul was addressed personally was with
leading questions designed to trip him up or else a personal attack. He
was never given more than 90 seconds to talk at a time even though he was
the only candidate with anything of substance to say.
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- A commentator noted, "It was painful to watch CNN
give the questions Paul is strongest on (taxes, monetary policy, saving
Social Security) to everyone else Meanwhile, they asked Paul if he believes
in conspiracies and what he'll do when he loses."
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- Another commentator wrote, "I thought it was really
entertaining to hear McCain trying to say the troops were panting "Let
us win" in front of the man whose call to bring the troops home has
raised him more money from the military than any of the other candidates.
Ron Paul is very much top-tier with his fundraising and astounding support
and yet he got very little attention. It was cute seeing the other candidates
trying to ape his policies, though. "
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- "It is private property and they have the right
to be biased," replied Congressman Ron Paul.
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- Salon is one of the few media outlets that did not downplay
the significance of Ron Paul's mass popularity. "With his millions
raised in online fund-raising and devoted base, we expect greater attention
to be paid to what he has to say here tonight."
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- Ron Paul debate highlights
- http://dailypaul.com/
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- This ad was shown during the CNN Republican debate, towards
the end.
- http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/11/cnn-airs-ron-pa.html
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