Writes Rick Fisk: “My family went to see Dr. Paul speak yesterday at UT’s main mall. What a crowd and what a speech! When we approached from Guadalupe, it seemed the entire city had become Ron Paul’s own. There was a plane dragging a banner overhead and all manner of people with their Ron Paul signs and stickers arriving. That bell you see Dr. Paul ring just before the Texas straw poll was there as well. Both of my daughters wanted to ring it. When I took them down to ring the bell, who should be just arriving but Dr. Paul himself! It was the closest I ever got. I wanted to get a picture of Dr. Paul and my 9-year-old daughter ( who canvasses the neighborhoods with me ) after his speech but there was just no way. He was definitely a Rock Star. There was a huge crush to get a handshake or signature.
“Three local TV stations were there to cover the event which made me mad actually. All of this blackout and now they show up. It was a great speech. 4000 is probably just shy of the number. Jimmy Vaughn played his brother’s ‘Texas Flood’ to close his show and then told us all about how he supports Ron Paul and no one else. It was a great day.”
12:35 pm on February 24, 2008
