It was a lackluster crowd at best. The candidate himself was smaller than life; not much of a speaker, either. In fact, one could only wish that Congressman Ron Paul was bigger, younger, smoother and slicker in the flesh, because every word he said was true. He's just so un-presidential that he doesn't stand a chance. Still, for a chilly, blustery January afternoon, it was a respectable crowd of about 400 souls that turned out to hear him speak today on Maine Street in downtown Freeport, right across from the L. L. Bean retail campus. In fact, Paul was introduced by Linda Bean herself, standing right there atop her very own eatery, Linda Bean's Maine Kitchen.
Accompanied by his band of handlers and his little pixie of a wife, Congressman Paul was undeniably endearing, and sort of funny. He started off by saying how pleased he was to be in the very town "where freedom was invented, or so I've heard. Something like that." (I think the Chamber of Commerce cooked that one up, but who knows--maybe it's true.) He got the most applause when he said, "Americans must seek out virtue and excellence." I also liked it when he reported that, based on his talks with people he's met traveling during the campaign, "freedom is still very popular in this country." Good to hear.
It was a lackluster crowd at best. The candidate himself was smaller than life; not much of a speaker, either. In fact, one could only wish that Congressman Ron Paul was bigger, younger, smoother and slicker in the flesh, because every word he said was true. He's just so un-presidential that he doesn't stand a chance. Still, for a chilly, blustery January afternoon, it was a respectable crowd of about 400 souls that turned out to hear him speak today on Maine Street in downtown Freeport, right across from the L. L. Bean retail campus. In fact, Paul was introduced by Linda Bean herself, standing right there atop her very own eatery, Linda Bean's Maine Kitchen. 
Accompanied by his band of handlers and his little pixie of a wife, Congressman Paul was undeniably endearing, and sort of funny. He started off by saying how pleased he was to be in the very town "where freedom was invented, or so I've heard. Something like that." (I think the Chamber of Commerce cooked that one up, but who knows--maybe it's true.) He got the most applause when he said, "Americans must seek out virtue and excellence." I also liked it when he reported that, based on his talks with people he's met traveling during the campaign, "freedom is still very popular in this country." Good to hear.
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