From Fox News: Rep. Ron Paul, with his trademark fervor, used a counter-convention
rally in Tampa Sunday to take shots at a Republican establishment he
claimed was "failing" the country. As the 77-year-old congressman
prepares to retire after three presidential bids and decades in
Congress, Paul told a rowdy crowd that the party would eventually drift
into his "tent."
"We'll get into the tent, believe me, because we'll become the tent
eventually," Paul said. "Once they know we are the future they will know
about us."
Paul, whose most recent presidential bid ended earlier this year,
drew about 8,000 to a rally in Sun Dome stadium at the University of
South Florida, separate from a weekend rally by Paul supporters at the
Florida State Fairgrounds. Paul reportedly declined an invitation to
attend that event.
The final stop on the Texas Republican's presidential tour was
several miles away from the official Republican convention in Tampa,
Fla. With the start of that convention effectively delayed by Tropical
Storm Isaac, Paul's rally was just about the most lively political event
in town Sunday -- as Paul and his supporters heaped scorn on the
convention that was about to get underway.
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