Atlanta Blackstar Texas congressman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul plans on holding a major rally for his supporters prior to the Republican National Convention in August, according to an announcement posted to his presidential campaign website.
The Ron Paul campaign signed a contract on Thursday to secure the University of South Florida’s 11,000-seat Sun Dome for Sunday August 26th, the day prior to the beginning of the three-day Republican National Convention, where presumptive Republican nominee is expected to accept the party’s nomination.
“The Republican National Convention is just around the corner, and the establishment is about to find out what you and I have known all along this election season – the future is ours!” Mr. Paul wrote supporters in an email sent out on Friday. “So on Aug. 26, the day before the convention convenes, I hope you’ll join me at a special rally to celebrate how far our message and movement have come this year.”
Ron Paul supporters plan on organizing their own three day Ron Paul festival, leading up to the rally that will feature the libertarian candidate.
During a recent appearance on CNN, Mr. Paul refused to endorse Mr. Romney, as he wants to have a strong presence at the campaign for his thousands of supporters who are expected to show up in strong numbers. Mr. Romney and Mr. Paul have different views of how the Republican party can not only win the general election, but also restore the economic vibrancy of the U.S. economy and reduce the national unemployment rate.
The Texas congressman has amassed a significant number of state delegates. The Republican party’s uniquely binding delegate rules has allowed Mr. Paul to build support, and the strong number of delegates could serve as providing Mr. Paul with credibility among Mr. Romney and the other top Republicans Tampa for the convention.
The Republican National Committee has approved of the pre-convention rally that will feature Mr. Paul, according to his campaign website, which further gives the Texas Republican and his supporters credibility for having their views heard on balancing the federal budget, scaling back government involvement in domestic affairs and drastically reducing the nation’s military presence in foreign countries.
Ron Paul campaign chairman said that the goal of the rally is to set a tone of “professionalism and respect” for the delegates that will be supporting Mr. Paul at the national convention. In recent weeks, both Mr. Paul and members of his campaign team have asked his supporters not to portray a negative or argumentative tone at the national convention, in an effort to make sure that his message for the Republican establishment is not shrouded by negative reports about his supporters.
The Ron Paul rally is not a ticketed event at the University of Southern Florida, so it will be interesting to see how many Ron Paul supporters travel from all over the country to show how much support their candidate has.
I’d go to the Ron Paul Festival, if I had a job and money. Still waiting on Obama to prove his figures that unemployment is 8.1% and not really 35% or more and to point me into the direction where all of these “jobs” are in the economy that he so proudly speaks of on a daily basis. I think I’ll be waiting for a long time. LOL
I’ll be there. I already bought my flight to Ron’s inauguration too. Stranger things have happened. Call me naive or stupid, but I have the right to believe in what I want too
See ya in Tampa.
I too am out of work. It would seem that this administration is bent on eliminating small business. It is now going after small scale mining. and eliminating it through regulations. many biologist and scientific study’s prove that it does no harm. But our kiss ass congress will do anything the “O” man says and neglect the proven fact that we are not destroying the world. For a look at his agenda, look at “UN agenda 21 for dummies”.
Call me paranoid, but I cringe at the thought of rallying all of Dr. Paul’s delegates at one venue just prior to the RNC. Don’t put it past the powers in control of our government to claim the nomination for Romney at any cost. I wouldn’t want all my eggs in one basket going up against the establishment. Power to Ron Paul and the Republic!
It’s July 4th, 2012 – Do YOU KNOW what time it is?
(It’s time to pass H.R. 459, and AUDIT THE ‘FED’!)
http://chooseliberty.org/auditrphf3.aspx?pid=0703
When I heard about the Ron Paul rally the day before the convention I wrote an E-Mail to the Romney campaign to challenge them to do the same so that the country and the world could have a comparison as to who really has the most support from the people. I`m still waiting for an answer.
I don’t think Ron Paul will lock up the nomination, but he will lock up the convention. At that point in the standoff, Jeb Bush will be marched in wearing a white hat and without campaigning or earning a single delegate, he will become the compromise nominee. Strange but possible?
Then we will have been disenfranchised and will take this country back by force.
You will be waiting a long time for that answer i am afraid jeff as it would prove the obvious that they are trying to hide. The republican party is throwing this election to their allies in washington intentionally to keep the illusion in place
That white hat will have blue in it i am sure. Anyone ever wonder about politicians infatuation with blue ties? I have my theories and believe them to be correct.
Not sure a compromise candidate emerging from a deadlocked convention should be characterized as disenfranchisement. A convention is its own animal and delegates probably have broader authority than we think. The Jeb Bush angle is far fetched I know, but…