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“College campuses will still be on my agenda. That’s where the action is.”
He added, “The young people don’t like the debt they are inheriting, the violation of their civil liberties. They don’t like the war and it’s a fertile field. The people up here sort of ignore them.”
During the 2012 GOP presidential primary campaign, Paul said that he visited at least 36 college campuses. He was surprised that the best turnout occurred at the historically liberal bastion, U.C. Berkeley, where 8,500 students attended his event.
“The same week I went to Texas A&M, which is conservative, I got like 4000 [students]. They thought that was good, but we went out to Berkeley and they said that [crowd] wouldn’t have happened in the 60′s,” Paul said with a chuckle.
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Oh. I thought this was about Bill Clinton.
Dirt McGirt on November 18, 2012 at 8:13 PM
The GOP was insane to ignore and ridicule the many young Paul supporters. It might be too late to ever get them back.
iwasbornwithit on November 18, 2012 at 8:30 PM
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ConservativeLA on November 18, 2012 at 9:13 PM
Yep, gotta go after those Nobody But Paul folks. Electoral gold.
ConservativeLA on November 18, 2012 at 9:14 PM
Paulbots do a good job of alienating everyone.
wargamer6 on November 18, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Yeah considering most of them stayed home or voted for Johnson.
melle1228 on November 18, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Get them back?? Never had them. They are democrats claiming to be conservative. Their entire belief system is based on legal drugs and destroying Jews.
Of course Ron Paul sticks to college campuses…the easy brainwashable college kids are easy. Way to go out on a ledge there Paul.
The Notorious G.O.P on November 18, 2012 at 10:17 PM
At least someone is making inroads into the campus environment instead of surrendering it and the generation of adults that go to school.
amazingmets on November 18, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Do you ever tire if being an insane, disgusting liar? Ron Paul supporters are conservatives. You and your ilk are socialist-lite like your “electable” boy Romney. IF you are a conservative you should be thanking your stars that there are still principled people out there that won’t sell out their ideals because someone slaps an “R” after their name. If Romney is truly the best the GOP can do, why not vote democrat? WTF is the difference?
iwasbornwithit on November 18, 2012 at 10:23 PM
My post above was directed at this bs.
iwasbornwithit on November 18, 2012 at 10:27 PM