Nevadans for Ron Paul 2008

July 13th, 2007

Dr. Ron Paul
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Dreamer's Cafe is a coffee-shop downtown, on the corner of the Riverwalk and Virginia Street. It stands right by the Truckee River and overlooks where the Mapes once stood. It's usually a busy place, crowded with families with kids, businessmen in suits, and teenagers with friends. You can buy all kinds of coffee drinks at Dreamer's, along with milkshakes, sandwiches and pastries.

Last Friday afternoon, a group of people gathered at a couple of the tables in Dreamer's cafe. They weren't there to drink in coffee and the atmosphere; they weren't there to read a newspaper or watch the passers-by. They were the Reno supporters of Ron Paul, a presidential candidate. Even though the election is over a year away; even though the media tries to ignore their candidate or viciously attack him; even though most people in Reno haven't even heard of Ron Paul, these eight people were dedicated enough to come downtown on a hot, windy summer afternoon and march out of Dreamer's Cafe carrying signs that read: "Ron Paul President 2008".

People stared at them. The Ron Paul supporters went across the street and over the bridge to the downtown farmer's market and were soon pounced upon by the organizer of the market. This was a city event, she said; and the city didn't want them to be disturbing the shoppers. She asked them to put their signs away.

The determined band Ron Paul supporters did not put their signs away, but they did march back across the street, and down the sidewalk into an "arTown" event. They passed out flyers as they went. A few people stopped to ask questions; some people wouldn't take a flyer at all. Then an "arTown" volunteer, identified by her fluorescent green over-shirt, told them they couldn't stay in the arTown events. They were private events, she said; arTown had rented the space.

The little band, still carrying their signs that were buffeted about by the hot, dry wind, moved on yet again. They ended up on the sidewalk on the corner of Arlington and Island Ave. They stood on the bridge with their signs and passed out flyers to all the people coming to Wingfield Park.

The group soon realized that they were in an ideal spot. The Friday afternoon traffic was becoming thick as people headed home from work. People in the cars stared at them and read their signs. The number of people walking by increased as a concert in Wingfield Park commenced.

The little band was in high spirits. Despite being routed out of two city events, they had found a place where they could reach a maximum amount of people: those on foot and those in cars. As the hot afternoon stretched into evening the group stood on the bridge and talked to people. Some drivers honked as they passed, others shouted and waved, and most just stared. People on foot flooded by them; people with kids, people on bikes, people dripping wet straight from the river. All kinds of people came by; and most of them went away having heard of Ron Paul, and that man's message of freedom, limited government, and economic truth.

The Ron Paul supporters went home after a couple of hours. In that time, those few people had spread to word to hundreds of others. They had passed out over four hundred flyers, and many more people had seen their signs. It was a good day's work; but they knew very well that there was still so much more to be done.

--JL Terhune

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