I was so thrilled to have seen Ron Paul in person. He was a Rock star at the annual Lincoln day GOP dinner in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 12th, 2013. There was a huge line to meet him at the beginning and end. The GOP said the dinner had never had so many people before nor a long line as what happened that evening. It really was the most amazing evening. First to see Ron Paul in person and up close and to meet and be able to talk to so many awake and aware people in one room! WOW - Totally Cool and exciting!
The place was packed and the dinner had sold out. The room handled 850 max. from what the website says. People drove in from the surrounding states to see him.
Ron Paul spoke over half an hour. I was not able to get all the speech but I got most of it. What I didn't get was the "solutions" to the problems in the U.S., which he said is to only elect those who are Liberty and Freedom minded for government positions.
There were many "expensive tables" right in front. I observed those people at times during Dr. Paul's speech. Their looks and demeanor said it all! They were not interested in "ending the Fed" nor hearing how all the past presidents, Democratic and Republican have gotten us into wars (Bush) we never should have been in and it was really about big business. He said that the U.S is a welfare state but it is not really the poor, the money goes to but to the "super rich" banks, military industrial complex and other big businesses. He said they are the ones who are really getting all the money from the people. It is not the poor that benefit but the big business benefits from the welfare state of the U.S. (that portions starts about the 22 minute of the video) The system is bias against the poor it is destroying the middle class through inflation and the super rich are benefitting.
He spoke so much TRUTH, it was Completely AWESOME!
The bigger the government the more LIES they tell us!
He said that the whole North Korea stuff is propaganda and the U.S. is lying about it all! He asked "Do you really believe North Korea will bomb the U.S?" (at 27 minute mark) He says the U.S. is the one who stops countries from getting along and making peace with each other. The U.S. invades countries for their resources! He said the meetings they had in committees they were lied to by administrations.
Listen to the video it is WORTH IT! He says things that he has not said before, especially about current events: Unemployment (really over 20%), Presidents as "kings" in taking us to war.
Video of speech: The lighting was terrible and the sound was low in the beginning but got higher as time went on.
Edit to Add 4/15/13 - Here is a better video of the speech gotten by someone else and with a better camera.
One guy had the most amazing car. It IS a Ron Paul car. I have pictures of it and after the dinner I was introduced to him, which he put the top down and let me get in it.
I will have more pictures of the dinner and of Ron Paul when I receive them from a professional photographer: Franklin, who was there and will email me. He got some really amazing pictures of Ron Paul during the dinner. I will put them up when I get them.
Here are the pictures I took of it.
Here I am with the car.
