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Kicked off today at the Fort Worth convention center. Seemed like sort of a low turnout, I think they said there were 3,xxx delegates present and around 900 alternates. I expected there to be more, but who knows. I do know they had every alternate seated in our SD caucus and there were still a few empty seats left. The morning was just a bunch of speeches with Rick Perry and Gregg Abbott being the two big names. Perry had everyone cracking up when he said, "Running for POTUS and being the front runner was the most exciting 3-hours of my entire life." Then he got booed/Cruz when he brought up his endorsement for Dewhurst. Perry seems like a goofball that would have been the life of the party back in his college days.
Many older folks in the crowds, but there were also a ton of under 40 people too. Kind of funny to just people watch at times. There were a lot of Ron Paul people walking around. Probably a 10-1 or greater ratio of Paul signage/bumper stickers vs anyone else in the convention hall and in the parking lots. Only a handful were wearing mo-hawks or spiked hair... I honestly didn't see but one Romney t-shirt and one bumper sticker. The highlight of the day was a 45-minute Ron Paul speech in the afternoon. I missed the majority of it because our SD kind of had their heads up their ass and ran over the allotted time frame for our caucus. The part near the end I caught it was one standing ovation after another and the crowd seemed to love it. I watched it online and he had a great introduction by Donald Huffines and the crowd went nuts when Ron came out. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23150740
I'm optimistic about the rest of the week and anxious to see how the committees end up and how the voting turns out especially for the national delegate positions. IMO there is little doubt that the party in TX has started to realize that the Liberty movement is for real and it isn't going away anytime soon. Every speech was filled with the buzz words "liberty" "grassroots" "constitution" from all of them that stood up and spoke. I still think the 60+year old electric scooter mafia roaming around believe everyone who even says Ron Paul is a dope head who just wants to steal their medication so they can get high off of it. And many of the chair positions don't want to rock the boat for fear that these old folks will quit sending in the portion of their SS checks every few months and instead go play bingo or slot machines. Something I find odd is that Romney was in town this week and isn't even scheduled to make an appearance. Maybe he feels it isn't necessary, but I would think a quick stump speech would help to whip up the base and get some more $$$ flowing into the party.
Many older folks in the crowds, but there were also a ton of under 40 people too. Kind of funny to just people watch at times. There were a lot of Ron Paul people walking around. Probably a 10-1 or greater ratio of Paul signage/bumper stickers vs anyone else in the convention hall and in the parking lots. Only a handful were wearing mo-hawks or spiked hair... I honestly didn't see but one Romney t-shirt and one bumper sticker. The highlight of the day was a 45-minute Ron Paul speech in the afternoon. I missed the majority of it because our SD kind of had their heads up their ass and ran over the allotted time frame for our caucus. The part near the end I caught it was one standing ovation after another and the crowd seemed to love it. I watched it online and he had a great introduction by Donald Huffines and the crowd went nuts when Ron came out. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23150740
I'm optimistic about the rest of the week and anxious to see how the committees end up and how the voting turns out especially for the national delegate positions. IMO there is little doubt that the party in TX has started to realize that the Liberty movement is for real and it isn't going away anytime soon. Every speech was filled with the buzz words "liberty" "grassroots" "constitution" from all of them that stood up and spoke. I still think the 60+year old electric scooter mafia roaming around believe everyone who even says Ron Paul is a dope head who just wants to steal their medication so they can get high off of it. And many of the chair positions don't want to rock the boat for fear that these old folks will quit sending in the portion of their SS checks every few months and instead go play bingo or slot machines. Something I find odd is that Romney was in town this week and isn't even scheduled to make an appearance. Maybe he feels it isn't necessary, but I would think a quick stump speech would help to whip up the base and get some more $$$ flowing into the party.
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