How did you "discover" Ron Paul?

I'm a compulsive reader. I ran across a copy of "The Revolution" in my church's pile-o-books, and became a convert somewhere in the middle of chapter three.

I have "converted" three people by giving away exactly three copies. Sure, I cherry-pick, but you have to admit it's a fairly impressive record. One of my most outspoken "converts" is Jewish, and had been really concerned that Dr. Paul might be an anti-you-know-what, like the decepticoi (tm) keeps trying to tell everybody, but the book straightened him out. He has since converted several others.
 
I vaguely remember seeing Ron in a Republican debate in the 08 cycle, but I wasn't paying attention. I didn't know who he was, and had no interest in learning about the Republican candidates.

In December of 09, I met a man who is now very special to me, and he started talking to me about Ron Paul. It didn't take too long for me to realize what Ron was saying made a lot of sense.
 
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I'm a compulsive reader. I ran across a copy of "The Revolution" in my church's pile-o-books, and became a convert somewhere in the middle of chapter three.

I have "converted" three people by giving away exactly three copies. Sure, I cherry-pick, but you have to admit it's a fairly impressive record. One of my most outspoken "converts" is Jewish, and had been really concerned that Dr. Paul might be an anti-you-know-what, like the decepticoi (tm) keeps trying to tell everybody, but the book straightened him out. He has since converted several others.
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Go ahead, say it aloud. You're in America, land of the ???? home of the ????? with fully protected speech. Go ahead, and instead of implying, call RP AN ANTI-SEMITE. You despicable whore.
 
I found Dr. Paul from his views on the drug war. My view on marijuana introduced me to Ron Paul, but his views on liberty and free market made me a life long follower. I have now started my education in the origins of freedom, and the basics of the economy. Ron Paul is literally my hero, and i inspire to continue the cause of liberty for the rest of my life.
 
In 2007 I'd always see signs and think "He's just a Republican Kucinich with a cult following".

4 years later, things are getting real with the debt and no one else is serious about addressing it. So I actually listened to him, and that's the story. :)
 
Been a libertarian for a long time, so I heard his name on and off through the years. Then more so with AJ.
 
For me, it started with running across a bunch of Thomas Jefferson quotes. I was discussing the quotes with my brother-in-law and how I wished we had a president that thought like that. He suggested that I look into Ron Paul. It wasn't enough to get me to look into Ron Paul because I didn't really want to even think about a Republican at the time. When it came time for renewal of the Patriot Act last year, I saw that Rand Paul was the only one to stand against it on that day. Harry Reid accused him of wanting to help the terrorists (or something like that). I was so pissed, that I started looking into Ron Paul on these forums. It didn't take me very long to become a supporter. It did take a while longer for me to be "un-brainwashed" from my liberal mindset. Once you realize that freedom is the opposite of government and that government is almost never the answer, there is no turning back. The single most important issue to me is stopping the police state: Patriot act, NDAA, SOPA, PIPA, Drug War, H.R. 347, militarized cops, etc
 
I'd voted libertarian in 2004 and heard about Ron prior to 2008 and saw him in some debates, but I always thought "Geez, I'm libertarian, and this guy who'd like 0% taxes is even too far out for me!"....

But I was sitting at a friend's house one day in 2008 waiting to go somewhere, and picked up Dr. Paul's latest book, "The Revolution: Manifesto", not even paying attention to who the author was... I got about 15-20 pages in before I was so impressed, and asked my friend "What class is this for?" (since it was the type of book normally reserved for political coursework). He tells me it's Dr. Paul, and I was immediately hooked.

Then came the financial collapse, which officially took my government skepticism into outright political abandonment. If both parties were going to let the "too big to fail" players to do whatever they want domestically like they were already financing and influencing overseas, then I officially had no more hope that even seemingly moderate McCain had a soul that couldn't be bought.... I had already grown to support Paul, but it was then that I went all-in, wrote him in, and have spent the last 4 years quite successfully planting the seeds of liberty with every person who would listen, and will continue to as long as it's needed...
 
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2005/2006 time frame, I was investing in commodities, then gold miners. Read about Ron Paul on forums and then Lew Rockwell then Ludwig Von Mises and Austrian Economics. Once I learned how the fed worked, the difference between fiat and hard money, etc I was changed forever. There is no going back once you reach the point of no return as I am sure many here understand and others will soon discover.

p.s. I voted for harry browne so i was probably a low hanging fruit for the liberty movement
 
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saw him giving a televised campaign speech on Cspan in 1987 (he was right on the money with what he was saying and I was immeadiately impressed with someone telling it like it is). thanks C-span.
 
Late 07 or so. All the other candidates were horrible, Ron was awesome in the debates, decided to vote for him after reading up.
 
He came to me in a dream holding the constitution and explained to me that it put into words what is written on every heart at birth
 
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