AltWeeklies Wire
Anarchy in the GOPnew
Fueled by passion, conviction and a little sage advice, young 'liberty'-lovers are threatening the establishment.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
06-23-2011 |
Politics
Ron Paul Supporters Look to Shake Up Nevada GOP from the Insidenew
Most Republicans across the state seem to think that the GOP, rather than getting caught in the compromised waters of centrism, of keeping up against the Democrats, needs to tack right and return to limited government.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
12-04-2008 |
Politics
The RNC: Meaner than a Junkyard Dognew
Once Hurricane Gustav had passed, the convention took on a meanness absent during the Dems' gathering. One could not have imagined, for example, Democratic delegates turning toward the press and booing for 25 seconds, as their GOP counterparts did during Palin's speech.
GOP Unconventionalnew
Oklahoma was apportioned 41 delegates and 38 alternates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Of that number, eight delegates and seven alternates were Tulsans. Their days are filled from early in the morning until late at night.
Urban Tulsa Weekly |
Michael D. Bates |
09-10-2008 |
Politics
Florida Republicans Fight the Paulistas' Assaultnew
Last fall, Nick Egoroff entrenched himself in the local Republican machine when he became a member of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee. But according to OCREC chairman Lew Oliver, Egoroff didn't just want to be a member. Rather, he wanted to take over and remake the party in the Ron Paul mode -- anti-war, anti-tax, pro-civil liberties.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-08-2008 |
Politics
Inside a Ron Paul Uprisingnew
As the mainstream media obsesses over the Democratic Party's brewing civil war, supporters of Ron Paul are already staging their own quiet uprising at GOP conventions across the nation. Will it spill over to the Republican National Convention?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-08-2008 |
Politics
Inside the Ron Paul Revolutionnew
"It's kind of like the movie The Matrix, where people think everything's all fine and lovely, but they're really asleep and this whole other thing going on. I call it waking people up."
Let's Talk Pauliticsnew
The Ron Paul Revolution is alive and well in Kentucky.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
01-15-2008 |
Politics
I Sing of Ron Paulnew
Musician Steve Dore has taken up the outsider candidate's cause -- and become a one-man YouTube revolution in the process.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Gary Singh |
01-10-2008 |
Politics
The Ron Paul Phenomenonnew
How a Republican presidential campaign caught fire in San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sara Knight |
12-28-2007 |
Politics
Could Ron Paul be South Carolina's Perfect Candidate?new
"He's not just out there saying stuff to get your vote," says Travis Ward, a DJ who voted Democrat in 2004 because he wanted a change. "Ron Paul's telling how he feels, and it shows in the way he's voted for the last 30 years. And I don't think the income tax is fair, and the war on drugs is retarded."
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
12-05-2007 |
Politics
Ron Paul's Apostlesnew
Armed with bumper stickers, DVDs, literature on civil liberties, a few Bush-bashing marketing tools, and copies of the United States Constitution, local supporters of the 2008 presidential hopeful aren't acting like their candidate is a long-shot to become the next leader of the free world. They actually think he can win.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
11-14-2007 |
Politics
Ron Paul, Rock Starnew
Paul is to the GOP what Howard Dean was to the Democrats back in 2003 -- only bigger, and so far minus the Iowa shriek.
Boulder Weekly |
Josie Dembiczak and Erica Grossman |
11-05-2007 |
Politics
Apostles of Ron Paulnew
On the hometown turf of Clinton and Giuliani, we find a small but determined group who support the quixotic candidacy of the Congressman.
New York Press |
Edward-Isaac Dovere |
11-01-2007 |
Politics
Hitting the Streets with Portland Backers of Ron Paulnew
The Texas congressman's political stance against most federal spending and overseas military engagements has won over enough disaffected Democrats, ex-Greens and loyal Republicans under one banner to meet weekly at three locations around the city.
Willamette Week |
Paul Leonard |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
