Rally for the Republic

Over the course of some eight hours of speechifying, videos and music at yesterday’s Rally For the Republic at the Target Center, I didn’t hear a single laudatory word uttered by Ron Paul or his supporters regarding the current state of the Republican Party. Considering that Paul garnered more votes than supposed party stalwarts [...]

In a rousing speech at today’s Ron Paul Rally For The Republic, Jesse Ventura scampered all over the political map, variously declaring “the hell with the Patriot Act!,” engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories, offering up a staunch defense of the right to bear arms, belittling anti-immigration policies as fear of “brown-skinned people coming across our [...]

Some random observations from this afternoon at the Ron Paul counter-convention:
The Target Center is between a third and a half full. One of the volunteers asked another if any more tickets were needed because she still had 15 left. The guy with her smirked and slowly shook his head no.
Grover Norquist (pictured) gave a speech [...]

Pundit-without-portfolio Tucker Carlson was one of the featured speakers at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis today. I caught up with Carlson for a brief conversation about the Paul phenomenon and what had brought him to the gathering.
MnIndy: Obvious first question, who are you voting for?
TC: Oh I don’t know. I don’t have [...]

Jesse Ventura, who is a featured speaker at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic today, just held an impromptu press conference of sorts with half a dozen people, myself included, who gathered round him in the hallway at Target Center. Here’s the transcript.
Q: Tell me what you think about the people who are fired up [...]