It was great. We had the largest crowd yet for a Ron Paul rally. The applause and the loudness made Ron Paul’s wife and granddaughter, who were sitting just off to the side of Ron Paul, giggle a lot. Los Angeles is wild!
He kept it short and simple. He talked about the decline of the dollar, the need for reform in the area of currency, and the threat to our economic freedom that the Federal Reserve poses.
He stuck it to both parties when it came to civil liberties, and excoriated the PATRIOT Act and NDAA. He bashed on the TSA and explained to the crowd of mostly college students the dire necessity of legalizing drugs. He explained that pharmaceutical drugs are much more dangerous than marijuana, and that they get subsidies from the federal government and are behind prohibition.
He denounced the military-industrial complex. He talked about the need to bring our troops home from around the world. From Japan. From South Korea. From Germany. From Uganda. And from the Middle East. He talked about engaging the world through free trade and the need to treat other nations as we would like to be treated. Unlike South Carolina, Los Angeles went wild with applause for his calm argument in favor of a rational and humble foreign policy.
He talked about the freedom to choose, the importance of tolerance, and about the need to abolish – outright – the 16th Amendment.
While waiting around for Ron Paul to speak, the crowd did the wave for a while, and chanted on and off again ‘President Paul’, ‘Ron Paul’, and of course ‘End the Fed’. While I am loosely associated with the libertarian groups on campus (I have to work if I am not studying; I am paying my own way through college), it was great to see their hard work pay off. These guys spent months working to get enough signatures from around LA County to bring Ron Paul to UCLA.
It was a night to remember, that’s for sure. I can’t believe the Republican Party had repudiated this man (I can totally believe that an intellectually bankrupt Left could do such a thing, though). The times are a’changin’ though, and change is in the air. The younger generation of Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, and this is the libertarian fountain of progress.
Best of all, hearing Ron Paul speak replenished my thirst for individual liberty and justice for all.
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Can he pull it off in California? One poll has him at 10%. At least it is not state-wide winner take all.
@keimh3regpeh2umeg afraid to show your face.That’s Blackout Dis-information. Primaries and delegate counts skewed by lame-stream. 10% percent my ass, have you searched “election fraud” since Iowa kick-off? r3VOLution!
No. I am not afraid to show my face. Why do you care? If it means that much to you, I can send you a photo with my eyes showing. Didn’t think so. And if I am so ashamed, why do I have my name, Hank Moore, and my location, Billings, Montana plastered all over my blog?
Let me explain. Remember the blackout moneybomb? It was a fad for Ron Paul supporters to ‘censor’ their eyes. I jumped on the bandwagon, okay? I personally think it looks cool anyways.
I have no doubt there is election fraud going on. And I know for a fact that the delegate count is pure conjecture used to paint things a certain way. But what do you think his actual numbers are? 20%? 30%? I’m not so sure. Most people are so stuck in their voting patterns or in their apathy, or just fall for these media tricks you describe that I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if his numbers were less than 20%. Sure, the samples and the questions on polls are garbage. That’s how polling works. But my question still stands: can he pull it off in California? I ask that with hope in my heart, not doubt. r3VOLution!
I was at the Ron Paul speech at the University of California at Berkeley last night Thursday April 5. There were so many to hear him that the event was moved from Zellerbach Hall to outside by the library. I will re-register republican so I can vote for Ron Paul!
Yesssss! I just re-registered last week. My friends at Youth for Ron Paul UCLA did a great job of gathering over 5,000 signatures to convince Ron Paul to come to our campus.
Glad you got to hear him speak! It probably comes as no surprise to you that I don’t have to re-register 😉