Ron Paul Announces Rival Convention

Or, as Wonkette sensitively puts it, "Oh God: Ron Paul Plans Paultard Convention"
As of now, your Wonkette still plans on attending the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities in early September, because why not. But now there may be something interesting to do! That's right: Ron Paul will hold a Rival Convention, same time, same cities, with every Paultard in the world.
And from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: (I like the tribune, but not so much the review. Too predictable.)
A Paul campaign aide said the Texas congressman hopes to pack about 11,000 supporters into the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 2, which coincides with the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in neighboring St. Paul.
At first, I thought this would be a big monkey wrench in my "Ron-Paul-calypse Now!" plan, but since that's set for day 1 of the convention, this event will allow the triumphant Paul Army to get together and celebrate, sing hymns praising my name, perhaps design a tattoo for me. Then, on day 3, perhaps a rumble?

The Ron Paul campaign has not made any official statement about Operation: RonDemption (and the 24% showing in Idaho that resulted from it), but I can assure you they know about it, just as they know about "Ron-Paul-calypse Now!" This announcement cannot be a coincidence.

For those of you who missed it, here's the plan:
MyRonPaulBlimp.com sells mini Ron Paul Blimps (not to be confused with Law & Order actor Fred Thompson's "Fred Zeppelins," or the "Huck-enberg"), and they ain't all that mini, measuring 15 to 26 feet in length, depending on how much coin you want to drop. A portion of the proceeds go to the Ron Paul campaign.

They're pricey, I'm not gonna lie, but they have some useful suggestions on how to defray the cost.

The plan is for massive numbers of Ron Paul blimp owners to descend on Minneapolis for the Republican National Convention, September 1-4, 2008. I want several thousand Ron Paul mini-blimps to ring the Xcel Energy Center, expanding out like a shock wave, with "Flight of the Valkyries" blaring from every Paulite's car stereo.
So, just to be clear, at this point, Ron Paul has to be named as a VP candidate in order for me to get the tattoo.

Still, if I see enough Ron Paul blimps in the St. Paul skies on September 1, I might just be moved to the ink. Wager notwithstanding.

While the political press likes to have fun at the Paul Army's expense, I would like to point out that the whole genesis of this is the fact that Ron Paul has been denied a speaking slot at the GOP conclave because he won't endorse McCain, due principally to Dr. Paul's opposition to the war. I don't see anything "Paultarded" about that.

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