Rally For The Republic

So I headed out last weekend with Joe and Christe to the Ron Paul Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis. It was actually a three day event as there were other gatherings on the two preceding days. Based upon what I saw there, Ron Paul ain't playing around. The new organization named Campaign For Liberty seems to be pretty well thought through. I would say that right now, it feels like a political action committee with grassroots representation, although I could see it easily turning into a full fledged political party if that was the desire. One thing is definitely for sure, neither Ron Paul nor his peeps have any intentions of going away any time soon. Dare I say that they are just getting warmed up.

Through a couple chance circumstances, I actually found myself backstage at the Rally For the Republic. Of all the people that I met, I gotta say that I think Jesse Ventura is my favorite. While Ron Paul is certainly great, I feel like he still is playing inside the box so to speak. He is pushing the boundaries, but he still has every intention of sticking with the Republican party and reforming it. He appears to be trying to make gradual changes from inside. Jesse Ventura on the other hand, wants nothing to do with either the democrats or republicans. He is all about a third, or fourth or however many parties. He also comes right out and says whatever he wants. Compared to Ron Paul, he is a bull in a china shop. He doesn't care if you like what he says or not. He believes it to be true and he makes no apologies. I just gotta love him for that. Ron Paul probably has a way better strateegery than Jesse Ventura but he gets big points for boldness. Here is a link to Jesse's speech.

On a semi related note, Rage Against The Machine was playing the Target Center the very next night. I was snooping around and I found this on you tube.