The Tampa Bay area is being inundated by politically active people from all across the land this weekend — but not all of them are Mitt Romney supporters.
At the Florida Fairgrounds Friday afternoon, Paul Festival 2012 commenced at the Expo Hall shortly after 1 p.m, and slowly but steadily members of the Paul brigade flocked to the fairgrounds, where they intend to stick around for the entire weekend soaking up that Libertarian spirit (in fact, some are camping at the Fairgrounds).
Shortly before 3 p.m., Jason Rink, author of Ron Paul: Father of the Tea Party, took to the stage. Like many disciples of the retiring Texas Congressman, Rink said he didn’t know anything about Ron Paul until he ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2007. He looked him up on the Internet, and “a seed was planted in my mind that would eventually expand and radically change my worldview.”
Rink is also the director and producer of the DVD Nullification, about the theory that states can and must refuse to enforce what are perceived to be unconstitutional laws.
This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2012.
