Ron Paul Lets Us Down
This weekend’s upcoming nor’easter isn’t only wreaking havoc with our holiday theater plans, but it also canceled the political event to end all political events. We were shocked to find that our boy Ron Paul won’t be bringing his airship to Boston this weekend. (Link via Bostonist.)
Ron, we thought we knew you.
The Ron Paul we know and love wouldn’t let the weather keep his blimp down. (That’s not a euphemism, even though it sounds like it should be.) You’re the guy who raised $4 million in one day, the most of any Republican candidate this election cycle. Where is the determination that we love so much?
The media has tried to paint you as the impossible candidate, but you persevered. And the vicious political pundits are a force much stronger than some gusty winds and a few snowflakes. Our hearts, they break.
But there is hope. Maybe we’ll have a Boston Tea Party Day miracle.
This evening Airship Management Services and the Ron Paul Blimp Team reviewed the weather expected this weekend in Boston, MA. We have determined that there is less than a 10% chance that it will be safe to have the blimp in Boston or in flight to Boston on the weekend of December 15th/16th.
Unless major, almost miraculous changes in the weather occur in Boston the Blimp will now be in Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday the 16th of December during the nationwide TeaParty.
We’ll keep wishing for smooth sailing on Sunday. In the meantime, we’ll amuse ourselves with this interview candidate Paul gave in a college dorm room last year and his holiday advertisement. The only thing stranger than the Paul family’s white Christmas tree is the unusual sight of the Texas congressman trying to smile on cue.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Thanks for your coverage of the blimp; I share your disappointment, but I’m glad to see that the it is in the air!
Also, I think it is worth mentioning that Dr. Paul himself has no say over the blimp - since the blimp is being rented by an independent supporter’s company, and not by the official Ron Paul campaign.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
You realize that the Ron Paul Blimp is a private effort not officially associated with the Ron Paul Campaign right? That is the amazing thing about Dr. Paul’s campaign; it is an amazing example of decentralized grassroots initiative. People are advertising for Ron Paul without his command.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I am switching from Democrat (Hillary) to Republican (Pau). Their supporters are having way too much fun.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I believe in Miracles. Go Ron Paul!
December 14th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
I can’t imagine how dull this election would be if I weren’t pulling for Dr. Paul.
As much as I was pulling for the blimp to be in Boston, an accident would not be the news we want.
December 14th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
The Boston Tea Party will be a day to remember in political history even without the Blimp. It will be a message for Liberty heard around the world!
December 14th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Ah, c’mon. You guys in Boston have no imagination at all. while you are sipping your tea Sunday, we will be celebrating the inaugural flight of FREEDOM ONE with a gigantic fundraiser.
Take a look at this picture, and tell me you can be complacent.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21836324@N02/2110136951/in/set-72157603458016531/
December 15th, 2007 at 5:37 am
I’m doubling my vote. If Ron Paul doesn’t get the Republican nomination, I’m voting for the Democrat so that it costs the Republicans double. If enough people pledge to do this, the Republican “gruppenfuhrers” may have to do some recalculation.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Just because the blimp won’t be in Boston doesn’t mean the event has been “canceled”. That’s kind of misleading. The tea party will go on, blizzard or not.
December 15th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
If all of the democrat and independant supporters reregister republican we will elect Ron Paul.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Tattoo exclaims,”The blimp, the blimp!”.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Ron Paul never lets us down. Go Ron Paul.
December 15th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
It would be mindless to try to fly a hard to control blimp to the Boston area with bad weather about. The tea party anniversary will be a success without the blimp and the possibility of accident will be avoided. Go Ron Paul.