Ron Paul in San Francisco

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Guess what I did on Thursday?

Yep. I went to a fundraising breakfast for Ron Paul. It was held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The hotel’s lobby is lovely, in a gold-encrusted sort of way. But the maître d’ at the restaurant on the first floor really needs to work on her customer service skills. “Pardon me, ma’am, where is the Ron Paul breakfast?” “I don’t know.” * Turns back to her desk.* “Do you know who might know?” “No” “Which way to the concierge?” * Waves dismissively toward the desk of the concierge. *

The room was divided into a lecture hall, with a breakfast nook to one side. The breakfast nook was well-appointed with eggs, quiche, fruit, yogurt, potato wedges, and a bunch of other breakfast foods. I had quiche, fruit, and potato wedges. Delicious.

When Paul arrived, he walked through the room shaking hands, and introducing himself to the attendees. Unfortunately, he didn’t sit down at my table. However, I did meet several interesting people. One of my table mates was Jerry Cullen, and older gentleman who served as a delegate from New York for Goldwater. I also met Ben, a Googler.

After the breakfast, Paul spoke to the audience for about half an hour, hitting all his usual themes. Toward the end, his speech was punctuated by shouts and chants from the crowd of Ron Paul supporters gathered on the streets below. I had to step out early to pick up a bag from kime7673, who kindly ferried it from browascension for me.

After the lecture, we took to the streets. From the Palace Hotel, we marched to the Palio D’Asti, where Paul was to speak to a lunch fundraising crowd. The crowd was enthusiastic, probably 60 - 80 people. Some of them had made huge Tyvek signs, 20 feet long and 13 feet high. We chanted “What do we want?” “Ron Paul” “When do we want it?” “Now!!” and “Say yes to Dr. No!” It was the first time I had participated in a political march. It was fun, but I must say, marching like that does not fit my personality.

BTW, if you’re a Ron Paul supporter, the end of the quarter is coming up in two weeks. The amount of attention Ron Paul receives will depend in large part on his fundraising ability. So now would be a good time to make a donation.

Original: craschworks - comments

Comments

[pasquin.livejournal.com]

You so walk the walk.

[sweet-evil.livejournal.com]

That is so excellent! Did you make this trip just for the Ron Paul event - or was that just something that cooincidentally came up on a trip that was already planned?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_luaineach/]

Thanks for the end of quarter donation reminder.

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

I think you are saying that 60-80 people were in the lunch crowd. How many were in the breakfast crowd?

[crasch.livejournal.com]

There were about 60-80 people marching in the street. About 20-25 people attended the breakfast.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/ron-paul-is-not-a-great-candidate-were-just-so-in-love-with-him-that-were-not-paying-attention

[crasch.livejournal.com]

No candidate is perfect. For example, I'm unhappy about Paul's stance on border restrictions, the partial birth abortion act, don't ask/don't tell, and the separation of church and state.

But most of the things on that guy's list are reasons to support him in my book, not flaws. I oppose Federal involvement in eduction, and health care. I think the EPA, FDA should be abolished. While I'm pro-choice, I think legal reasoning behind Roe v. Wade was shoddy, and it should be left up to the states. In general, I think it's a bad idea to try to force everyone, in every state, to live under the same laws, even if it means that some states (*cough* Missippi, California *cough*) will implement stupid laws.