I knew I was going to support Ron Paul when....

[justinpagewood]

My friend kept asking me to watch these YouTube videos about some politician.

I told him, no way am I listening to any politician! They're all boring and self-centered.

3 months later, I finally caved after his relentless bothering, and watched one video of Ron Paul speaking, and then another, and then another, until I was addicted.


So, personally, having something like www.ronpaulflix.com to spread the message is really important to catch people like me.

 

[josiahkeller]

An acquaintance showed me the video of Ron Paul on the Colbert Report in 2007.
I became an instant supporter.

 

[Simple]

Ron Paul stood out in the debates in '07, but I'll admit I never really paid him much attention until last year when the Tea Party started ramping up. The more I heard the Tea Party called racists, the more I was intrigued to see why this group was getting attacked. The more I heard from Ron Paul the more I realized that his views were a close reflection to my own. I voted for the first time in '10 and I plan on supporting Ron Paul in '12. Ron Paul cured my political apathy and now I'm reading stuff from Rand, Friedman, Hayek, and of course Ron Paul.

 

[ForLiberty2012]

Reviving this thread for more awesome stories!

 

[hmochel1992]

I googled him. I didn't even know what libertarianism was until then. The reason I googled him was actually the passionate '08 supporters. I was driving through a nearby town when I saw people standing on the sidewalk enthusiastically waving Ron Paul signs... I picked up "The Revolution: A Manifesto" and was sold. I continued reading Dr. Paul, as well as other Austrian School/libertarian writing and here I am as a college student studying political science/economics hoping to find a career where I can advance liberty!

 

[jason43]

I found a speech he gave about Kosovo when I got back from there (army) and agreed with everything he said. My best friend died in iraq in march 2007 and I went full on with Ron for president in 08. I knew he was the only one opposed to war on principle aside from kusinich and gravel. Sucks we lost. Lots more dead soldiers from our "anti-war" demopublican. Anyways that was about it. I became an anti interventionist because I was sent to intervene one time and it was bullshit. Ron is the real deal.

 

[simplyjacy]

Yahoo answers back in '07. I saw a mention of him, and looked him up. Never looked back.

Now I'm very active in the election section of Yahoo Answers, all pro-RP answers and I have 33% best answer, so I guess we are doing well there.

It's a great way to reach undecideds.

i shall try that way to spread the message.

 

[simplyjacy]

my husband mentioned Ron Paul to me when I first got here in the US. he came across the good doctor in YouTube. since i was not an electorate back then, i didn't pay so much attention. when my husband watched the Presidential Debate '08, i learned more of his principles and such match my views on most if not all issues. since then, i've been following him until now... first time to get involved in politics; first time to join a campaign; first time to donate to a candidate; and my first time to vote and it will only be him - No One but Ron Paul.

 

[bb_dg]

I heard of Ron Paul when I was a freshman in college during the 2008 election but didn't pay much attention to him. about 8 months ago I was watching an Episode of Penn and Teller's Bullsh!t (episode on Taxes). Ron Paul was in that episode and he sounded really honest in what he was saying. So I just went on youtube, typed in Ron Paul debate, and found this video.



It just made complete sense to me and I couldn't stop watching videos of him for the rest of the day.

 

[Conza88]

I've been heavily indoctrinated as a libertarian since I was around ten y.o. and always knew Ron to be a good friend to the ideology. Twenty years later and here I am.

You mean enlightened, to the political philosophy, right?

 

[jasonxe]

when i saw this ad

 

[TheTexan]

I knew I was going to support him the moment I heard him speak. He'd said things I'd been thinking for years, but I never gave any serious consideration to previously.

I also used to talk about how it's "literally impossible for an honest person to become President. That's not the way politics works." Then Ron Paul happened.

 

[jeremiahj13]

Hm my story is interesting! I could not vote in 2008, but supported Huckabee because I am a born again Christian . The war issue I was undecided about, and I respected Ron Paul because he was different, and offered a different perspective on the war. Also one of my friends supported Paul. So Paul was my 2nd pick, but I always support my number 1 to the fullest extent without wavering!

However, I joined the army, and got back from basic training. Now that my opinions were not just developed from behind a computer screen, but now having real life experience, I realized being away from home sucked also how difficult the military experience truly is. This made me staunchly anti-war, and very depressed because all of my SGT's throughout training all stated "I promise you, and gaurantee you will deploy to the middle east." I was disillusioned with these wars, and of course came to the conclusion it is time to end them. Of course Ron Paul rang a bell in my head, and I was a Ron Paul fanatic when I got home from Basic Training (November 2010). So I was calling for Ron Paul to run way before anyone even thought about him... I felt so alone, I ordered a generic Paul 2012 sign on www.gopmall.com and tried to muster what support I could to get a Paul 2012 ticket. Here we are today, with so much more support, and Ron Paul running well in the GOP primaries

 

[dannno]

I was a former libertarian/Republican turned Green/Independent during my liberal university education, voted Nader in '00 and '04. Never voted for any Democrats for anything that I could recall. I didn't think most of them "got it".

I wanted to see if there were any good Republican candidates because not only were the Democrats that were being talked about initially in the press sounding like complete tools, but I didn't want it to be (some random Democrat) vs. Bush III. Plus I knew when I heard there was a guy named "Barack Obama" running I knew somebody was pulling some shenanigans on that side. So I watched the debates one night, but my roommates were talking over most of it so I didn't hear much. There was one guy I heard talk about economics that I thought made sense, but I didn't remember who he was. A few weeks went by and it was bothering me that I couldn't find which of the Republican candidates I identified with that night at the debate, and finally I came onto Ron Paul doing some research. Watched some of the debate videos including the one of Guillianni and I was pretty much hooked. Wasn't sure about his immigration policy so I e-mailed the campaign and got a very re-assuring response. Wasn't excited about his pro-life policy, but that was never an issue that I voted on if for any reason because it never changed no matter who was in power. In fact, I knew that in '00 when the media announced Bush won and the girls watching the news in the college dorms started almost crying and really freaking out. One of the reasons was because he was pro-life. I actually remember assuring them that it was unfortunate that he won, but that there was no way he was going to do change the country's abortion policy. Accurate prediction on my part.

Anyway, another concern was environment. It didn't take long at all for me to realize that I pretty much agreed with him on everything, and soon discovered that I couldn't really disagree with a word he said about what he would do in federal office.

 

[dolphin]

... when I heard him in one of the 2007 debates schooling Rudy and the rest of the muppet show on foreign policy. I had already felt that the wars were immoral and unjustified and everything he said made perfect sense and introduced me to the concept of blowback. I started researching him more, and I realized that everything he was saying made perfect sense!

When/what made you decide to support Ron Paul??

48 years old and I have never once voted in my entire life.

My only regret over the years was not getting off my butt to help Ross Perot.

Ross Perot was the only Presidential candidate that ever gave me a sense of being real.

Having only experienced that once in all my years made it easy for me to realize I was experiencing it again with Ron Paul.

I decided to get off my butt this time rather than live to regret it like I did last time.

 

[PierzStyx]

I never knew much about him until teh recent debates. About 2 months ago I was listening to him in a debate and what he said BLEW MY MIND. It wasn't the ideas themselves, I had already thought down similar lines myself. But I had been yearning to hear a politician speak the truth and stand for the Constitution. And there was Ron Paul doing exactly that. I investigated him for a few days, to ensure he wasn't another Romney or McCain. When I discovered who he was and his record, I fell in love with him. He is my political hero now!

 

[ForLiberty2012]

I never knew much about him until teh recent debates. About 2 months ago I was listening to him in a debate and what he said BLEW MY MIND. It wasn't the ideas themselves, I had already thought down similar lines myself. But I had been yearning to hear a politician speak the truth and stand for the Constitution. And there was Ron Paul doing exactly that. I investigated him for a few days, to ensure he wasn't another Romney or McCain. When I discovered who he was and his record, I fell in love with him. He is my political hero now!

It is so inspiring to hear people that are just hearing about him and getting just as excited as we are/have been! The flame of liberty can only grow.

 

[Eric21ND]

I heard of Ron Paul when I was a freshman in college during the 2008 election but didn't pay much attention to him. about 8 months ago I was watching an Episode of Penn and Teller's Bullsh!t (episode on Taxes). Ron Paul was in that episode and he sounded really honest in what he was saying. So I just went on youtube, typed in Ron Paul debate, and found this video.



It just made complete sense to me and I couldn't stop watching videos of him for the rest of the day.

There is so much WIN in that video its mindblowing! What does your family think of you getting involved?

 

[gmc1988]

I don't know when exactly I became a supporter or even exactly why to be honest. It was sometime around the debate where he got into it with Rudy about 9/11. He was different from the other candidates on stage at the debates, and I believed in him and his message and started supporting him.

 

[Karsten]

I would like to answer a slightly different version of this question:

I WISH I knew I was going to support Ron Paul when...
We took a field trip to the Federal Reserve Los Angeles in my high school senior economics class in 2004.