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Subscribe to RSSBefore the Republican National Convention's weather-delayed start, other conservative political events are happening around Tampa. Above, thousands of people wait for Ron Paul to take the stage at a rally celebrating him at the University of South Florida's Sun Dome.
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"We're not collectivists, we're individualists," says Tony Lanzetta of Port Charlotte, Fla., as he takes a break outside the Ron Paul rally in Tampa.
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Douglas Coggeshall of Palm Harbor, Fla., holds a Newt Gingrich sign he brought to the Tea Party-sponsored Unity Rally in Tampa. Though Coggeshall is firmly committed to Republican values, he considers Mitt Romney to be the wrong candidate to face President Obama.
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Linda Patterson, a Texas delegate from Grand Prairie, attended the Ron Paul rally in addition to her duties at the RNC. Regarding her political involvement, she said "I'm just an American who's said enough is enough."
Supporters of Ron Paul and the Tea Party talk about what motivated them to come to Tampa during the Republican National Convention.
Watch this video to hear what drives these and other non-mainstream Republicans to gather in Tampa.
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Is there a single black person in that whole auditorium? I didn't find one...just saying
Race is a form of collectivism and is sign of ignorance. Focus on strengths and weakness of the individual.
Yep TMOT was there. All Blacks were welcome
The blind see what they choose to see. Your racism blinds you again, Nifmom. But you are evidently OK with that.
No but I did notice Some Repuplican TeaBilly Conservative Whack jobs throwing some Peanuts at Blk People and Holding a Bunch of Signs:
Some Tea Party's slogans from Last Debate:
"We wanna make it White again".
Let's do the White thing this time.
"It's not White to have a Blk President in office.
” I'm dreaming of a White President”.
And since Obama is Half White: We never like Half and Half in our Tea.
What makes these Republican TeaBilly's so Evil and Violent? Is it da Sarah Palin Books?
The Republicans ARE doomed. The shear audacity of attempting to "build" a case against Obama and the Democrats on a blatant lie that has been proven over and over and over to have been taken OUT OF CONTEXT and in which the particular sentiment expressed regarding the role that infrastructure plays in our society, has also been illustrated by Mitt Romney himself as well, and then, to showcase it at your party's national convention with signs displaying this mocking "We Built It" platitude, perfectly illustrates the separation from reality that has taken over the Republican Party.
Wonder if there's still any chance of the Ron Paul delegates opening the convention up to additional nominations (not limited to Ron Paul)? Sure seems like there could be enough of them (delegates), with this impressive turnout during a tropical storm. Presumptive Nominee
BTW, Nifmom, let go of your focus on race, we already have a black President. Focus on the rest of us, who are not as rich or entitled as Barack Obama is. The economy is the issue in this election, not race. Too bad the sorry state of people's pocketbooks doesn't show in the color of their faces; then you could see who Ron Paul's supporters really are.
ron paul has been on media blackout.they want you to have their choices.this is a perfect example of "freedom of the press". fair and umbiased my turd shooter!!!!!!
lookin' pretty empty in there...
Romney wishes he could draw such crowds. Ask Romney about his reception from Ron Paul supporters in Poland. :) Ron Paul has worldwide support. Romney only has the elitist banker support.
"Watch this video to hear what drives these and other non-mainstream Republicans to gather in Tampa."
Those that gathered for this event are the REAL Republicans. The others are corrupt and only care about their power and nothing about this country and its people.
Me thinks you do protest too much --- I managed to find (where's Waldo style) only 2 black faces in the Ron Paul crowd, and one of those seemed to be in a press box or similar. Just saying ... well actually, I agree that labeling on the basis of skin color (aka "race") is atavistic nonsense, but it is surely a significant sociological fact that this crowd is close to lily white. The Ron Paul crowd is a collective, like it or not, and happens to be a collective, with collective values that that seem to appeal mostly to whites.
Me thinks some of you protest too much. I did a "where is Waldo" type search of the photo of the rally and found only 2 black faces --- and one of those seemed to be in the press box. Just saying ----Actually. I agree that labeling people on the basis of skin hue is atavistic nonsense, but surely there is some political and sociological significance in the almost lily white complexion of the rally. Paulists are, like it or not, a collectivity, and one not very appealing, it seems, to anyone who isn't white.
I think this Republican TeaBilly Conservative Whackjob Convention could have been held in a "Phone Booth"......LOL.
You BetCha.....Fer Sure.
One good thing about those Tea Baggers and Republicans .If you give them enough String they will hang themselves every time!
If the Republicans and their Stepchild “The Evil Violent Tea Party” aren’t Inbreeding they are Infighting. You Bet Cha.
I think these Tea Baggers need to have a “TeaBotomy”. Fer Sure………
Folks all ya Heard from da TeaBilly’s for the past few years is:
We want our Country Back.
We Cleaned up or Rally really Nice.
Now all ya hear is:
Anybody but Obama.
It Shows ya how they have no Leadership, Direction, Solutions or Substance and have Lowered all Expectations and Standards.
You Bet Cha….Fer Sure.
As I watched the RNC last nite and the cameras panned the whole arena, practically all I saw was blonde hair, gray-gone-blonde hair......repubs are a dieing breed, becoming irrelevant, because of the browning of America which they choose to demean and/or ignore. They are racist, priveleged white people who simply believe they are "BETTER" than the rest of us. They are nauseating to me.