Monday, February 27, 2012

GOP candidate Ron Paul holds town hall in Detroit

GOP candidate Ron Paul holds town hall in Detroit | Seattle Times - Mike Householder, Associated Press:

February 27, 2012 - "Ron Paul brought his limited-government message to the Democratic stronghold of Detroit on the eve of the Michigan Republican presidential primary, where he hoped to continue his strategy of earning delegates in states that hold non-winner-take-all nominating contests....

"More than 3,000 students and other supporters cheered him at a Monday afternoon rally at Michigan State University in East Lansing.... Hundreds of college students attended a Paul campaign rally Saturday in Mount Pleasant, and some couldn't get in because the auditorium reached capacity. That wasn't the case Monday at Little Rock Baptist, where pews were not filled to hear the candidate speak.

"Still, he earned raucous applause after some lines and a standing ovation after describing as 'not fair' statistics that indicate minorities disproportionately are arrested, convicted and imprisoned in the United States."

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