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Eryxis

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Well let me set this story up. I'm a pharmacist at Walgreen's in Alabama. I tell any patient I hear bitching about government/healthcare etc about RP. I have a RP 2008 button on my white coat. I will hand out slim jims to anybody I think would be receptive. I'd say I average 2-4 people a day who have never heard about RP who really like what he has to say. Then usually 1 person every other day who is a real supporter. Needless to say I've forgotten who I've talked to about RP sometimes. Anyway, I was checking a customer out tonight and they saw my button and commented about how well he did in Iowa. I'm sure my mouth dropped open, but I stumbled and muttered something about how I had my hopes set higher, but he did much better than everyone expected. Anyway I got the impression that combined with my introduction and his "better than expected" showing in Iowa my customer was seriously considering RP. To people who aren't political junkies like most of us on RPF Iowa was a real eye opener. It made them think he's not some loser. He's in the same league as McCain and Thompson "frontrunners". Anyway I'm not down anymore and I'm very hopefuly. I've definitely stepped up my "canvassing" from behind the counter :)

Ery
 
Eryxis said:
Well let me set this story up. I'm a pharmacist at Walgreen's in Alabama. I tell any patient I hear bitching about government/healthcare etc about RP. I have a RP 2008 button on my white coat. I will hand out slim jims to anybody I think would be receptive. I'd say I average 2-4 people a day who have never heard about RP who really like what he has to say. Then usually 1 person every other day who is a real supporter. Needless to say I've forgotten who I've talked to about RP sometimes. Anyway, I was checking a customer out tonight and they saw my button and commented about how well he did in Iowa. I'm sure my mouth dropped open, but I stumbled and muttered something about how I had my hopes set higher, but he did much better than everyone expected. Anyway I got the impression that combined with my introduction and his "better than expected" showing in Iowa my customer was seriously considering RP. To people who aren't political junkies like most of us on RPF Iowa was a real eye opener. It made them think he's not some loser. He's in the same league as McCain and Thompson "frontrunners". Anyway I'm not down anymore and I'm very hopefuly. I've definitely stepped up my "canvassing" from behind the counter :)

Ery
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I am seeing this first hand and reading/ hearing lots of reports like this! Iowa was a victory :cool:
 
That is what many of us have been trying to tell the nay sayers. It was a disappointment to us RP supporters because we built our hopes up, but for the casual voter 10% from Ron Paul was amazing, and now he will get the attention of some people who never considered Ron Paul, however the rest of us will still vote for him.
 
Thats one hell of a job Eryxis, thats one hell of a job. Your right too, alot of people a down but if they read and heard what the journalists are saying about our solid performance plus what non political junkies are saying, we actually did very well.
 
Dorfsmith said:
Iowa was a victory :cool:
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No, not even close. We're talking about revolution here people. Revolution is not fifth place. Stop fooling yourselves.

However, we're mad as hell and not giving up till the last breath, I hope. THAT is revolution.
 
I did not say Iowa was a victory. Merely making a point that it wasn't a total loss like I felt it was.
 
I had a similar reaction from one of my customers. He asked me how well RP did yesterday, and I said not as well as I'd hoped. He said, "oh, only 2% huh". After I told him the real result, I could tell he was impressed.
 
Finn said:
No, not even close. We're talking about revolution here people. Revolution is not fifth place. Stop fooling yourselves.

However, we're mad as hell and not giving up till the last breath, I hope. THAT is revolution.
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It may not have been a large victory but it was still a victory. Failure would have been placing behind Rudy. The one Rudy supporter I know was not in a good mood today :D
 
Double digits is not bad. We keep hearing the media talking about how he is "only getting single digit support," yet now the 10% ACTUAL vote total in Iowa knocks us up a bit, I believe. I STILL wouldn't describe it as a "victory" though. ;)

JM
 
Eryxis said:
Well let me set this story up. I'm a pharmacist at Walgreen's in Alabama. I tell any patient I hear bitching about government/healthcare etc about RP. I have a RP 2008 button on my white coat. I will hand out slim jims to anybody I think would be receptive. I'd say I average 2-4 people a day who have never heard about RP who really like what he has to say. Then usually 1 person every other day who is a real supporter. Needless to say I've forgotten who I've talked to about RP sometimes. Anyway, I was checking a customer out tonight and they saw my button and commented about how well he did in Iowa. I'm sure my mouth dropped open, but I stumbled and muttered something about how I had my hopes set higher, but he did much better than everyone expected. Anyway I got the impression that combined with my introduction and his "better than expected" showing in Iowa my customer was seriously considering RP. To people who aren't political junkies like most of us on RPF Iowa was a real eye opener. It made them think he's not some loser. He's in the same league as McCain and Thompson "frontrunners". Anyway I'm not down anymore and I'm very hopefuly. I've definitely stepped up my "canvassing" from behind the counter :)

Ery
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Thanks for sharing! Its great to hear its being recieved that way.
 
Same thing happened to me today. A coworker said, "Hey Ron Paul did pretty good." I said, something like "Yeah, not bad for a guy with a couple of spammers on the internet as supporters."
 
And IA is one of the states we can expect to do bad in, so I think 10 % is pretty decent seeing as the MSM says we've only got single digit support. Not to mention we were only 3 % away from 3rd place.

Ok, so it's not the super boost we were all hoping for. But if you can't take bad news then maybe politics isn't for you. :)
 
I am absolutely pumped about tomorrow's debate. The first debate where people know he is to be taken seriously. And only 6 people in this one IIRC.

The snowflake has landed on the mountain and started rolling...
 
Great job Ery!

I think it's great if people like you who are pharmacists, clerks, storeowners, etc, who meet tens or hundreds of people per day can talk about Ron Paul. It's a fantastic conversation topic and frankly it's certainly one of the best ways to convert someone, even better than canvassing, because they come to you instead of you going to them.
 
It's amazing! We considered it a loss because we didn't place in the top three and other people who aren't hardcore Ron Paul supporters yet, thought we did great! This just put Ron Paul on the map and opened peoples eyes. It was a victory after all.
 
This is exactly how I feel about it. Think... he had hardly ANY media coverage and he did that well! It's a really good sign.
 
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