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Ron Paul Supporters Taunt Rudy on Ferry

By Blake Dvorak / RealClearPolitics.com
At a Ron Paul rally in Chicago on Saturday, campaign manager Lou Moore regaled the crowd with a story about Paul supporters heckling Rudy Giuliani on a ferry boat ride to Mackinac Island, Mich. The story was, as told by Moore, that Giuliani, suddenly confronted by enthusiastic Paul supporters chanting their guy's name, had to take refuge inside the ferry's pilothouse. The Chicago crowd, needless to say, went wild. An unscientific sample of applause noise told me that if there was a candidate more loathed by the Ron Paul folks than Hillary Clinton, it was Rudy. In any case, I filed the story away, not sure what to make of it, until the Detroit Free Press reported on it. Full story...

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Paul Campaign on Heckling Giuliani
By Dawson Bell / Detroit Free Press
Campaign spokesman Jesse Benton said he was aware of Internet reports on the incident, which occurred when Giuliani was leaving after speaking to a Michigan Republican Party conference. No Paul campaign officials were involved, Benton said Monday. Ed Wyszynski, a longtime GOP activist from Eagle, said the Paul supporters threatened to throw Giuliani overboard and harassed him as he took shelter in the ferry's pilothouse for the 15-minute journey. "It was awful," said Wyszynski. "Never, ever have I seen such a disgraceful performance."

Update: There is a YouTube of it:

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Ron Paul Posse Throws Rompson Overboard on Guilty Verdict
The Spoof (satire), UK
Lake Huron, The Open Sea - Rudy Rompson was thrown overboard Sunday after about thirty Ron Paul supporters discovered his stowaway hideout and resourcefully took advantage of admiralty-maritime jurisdiction. Firm rule-of-law advocates, they quickly formed a posse comitatus and gave Rompson every opportunity of due process of law in a full, fair, and complete trial during the 15-minute ferry ride, before they forcibly disembarked him.

Posted by Editor at September 26, 2007 05:49 PM