Ron Paul Rallies 4,000 Supporters Who Didn't Vote

Texan's bias again (0.00 / 0)

A 4,000 person rally is on the front page instead of Obama's 20-30,000 person rally on Friday.

I'm curios how many of those at the rally were from out of town.

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."- James A. Baldwin

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by: Timothy @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 11:03:45 AM CST

Well (0.00 / 0)

It was a day later, and it was on campus. I guess.

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 11:04:39 AM CST

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perhaps they already voted earlier? (0.00 / 0)

that would be the obvious guess.  Funny to see you Obama folks get a case of crowd-envy. :)

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 14:12:12 PM CST

That was my first thought (0.00 / 0)

...but the Republican early vote turnout is still abysmal compared to the size of that rally.

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by: bbatsell @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 14:29:37 PM CST

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reminds me of some movie... (0.00 / 0)

Or was it the Simpsons???  Where one candidate had the support of everyone, except no one bothered to vote and he lost 2-1.  I think it was the Simpsons, Martin vs. Bart or something like that...

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 16:50:25 PM CST

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Not likely (0.00 / 0)

As you don't see large numbers voting the days before, about 300 total through Saturday.

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by: Timothy @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 15:23:14 PM CST

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Keep in mind (0.00 / 0)

Not everyone can vote at that precinct early. Also I'm sure he had some from out of town join in. I for one am waiting to vote on the 4th, because I will be attending the caucus and be an election judge.

4,000 isn't bad for someone who isn't mentioned on the media every hour on the hour. I doubt McCain could get those kind of numbers in Austin. As far as 19 or 20,000 at an Obama rally "NSYNC" had better numbers than that and look how much substance they had.  

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by: mavtek @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 15:24:27 PM CST

Most of them can (0.00 / 0)

Any of them that are voters in Travis County, which the vast majority of them were, could vote early on Campus.

Of course, if the vast majority were from out of the county, well, than that would say something about his lack of support among students or folks here in Austin (which has the largest Ron Paul meetup group in the nation, more than New York).

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 15:37:57 PM CST

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I think (0.00 / 0)

there actually is a good-sized Ron Paul community on campus.  I've heard students talking about him while they're in line at restaurants, which is pretty good for a Republican at UT.

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 16:52:18 PM CST

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Why the couldn't vote (0.00 / 0)

Actually most of the attendees could not vote because they were wearing Ron Paul T-shirts.  State Law prohibits people from entering a polling place while displaying a candidates name.

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by: argash @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 01:59:50 AM CST

so turn it inside out (nt) (0.00 / 0)

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 02:41:54 AM CST

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Wow, what that solution was hard to come by (0.00 / 0)

Those people really are clueless.  

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 13:24:22 PM CST

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