I was RON PAUL when RON PAUL wasn't cool.

[wgadget]

So there!

 

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

 

[FreeTraveler]

I was RON PAUL when RON PAUL wasn't cool.

I need that on a teeshirt for the next time I go to a meetup. School all the young kids. (I'm 59)

 

[tbone717]

I need that on a teeshirt for the next time I go to a meetup. School all the young kids. (I'm 59)

At 59 you can say "I was Goldwater when Ron Paul wasn't cool"

 

[phideaux-deux]

How about the 431,750 of us who voted for him in 1988!

 

[BuddyRey]

Sometimes I let my ego get puffed up a bit when I think of how unhesitatingly I jumped to embrace the RP movement in mid-'07 back when the media still pretended he didn't exist (not that they've changed much), but then my ego shrinks yet again when I remember that there are people who were supporting him all the way back in the '70s and '80s. Those are the guys who really laid the groundwork. Us "seveners" are really wet behind the ears, relatively speaking.

 

[FreeTraveler]

How about the 431,750 of us who voted for him in 1988!

Let's see, that's you and me and 431,748 others, right?

 

[tbone717]

Let's see, that's you and me and 431,748 others, right?

431,747.

 

[phideaux-deux]

Let's see, that's you and me and 431,748 others, right?

Right!

 

[Peace&Freedom]

I've been aware of Ron Paul since 1981, shortly after I had voted for Ed Clarke for President.

 

[Machiavelli]

I wonder how many of the people who voted for back in 88 are still relevant, or if actually still support him. Interesting.

 

[FreeTraveler]

Maybe us old fogies need a thread to beat up on all the youngn's that rag on the old folks and point out that we've been fighting for freedom since before they were a gleam in their daddy's eye.

 

[tbone717]

Us "seveners" are really wet behind the ears, relatively speaking.

Yes you are. You have no street cred unless you were torn between the choices of Andre Marrou & Howard Phillips. LOL

 

[phill4paul]

Wait. Wut? There was a time when Ron Paul wasn't ?

 

[FreeTraveler]

I wonder how many of the people who voted for back in 88 are still relevant, or if actually still support him. Interesting.

There's a huge component of long-term supporters. Most anybody in the libertarian movement that's old enough to have voted in 1988 probably pulled that lever. You can figure anybody who's over 40 and has been "awake" the whole time pulled that lever. Take a walk around the freedom movement websites and make note of how many of their writers are over 40. That will give you a peek at a few of them. It's worthwhile to remember that Judge Nap is among those in that "old folks" group that "doesn't understand Ron Paul and are only concerned about their Social Security Checks."

I think that's why some of us get so bent out of shape when "old folks" get attacked here. Some of us got our heads cracked open in the 60s and 70s, and as a result you youngn's don't have to worry about being drafted and sent to Afghanistan or Iran. Four of our contemporaries are commemorated at Kent State, remember.

 

[jersdream]

Did you say being cool?!

 

[Original_Intent]

Yes you are. You have no street cred unless you were torn between the choices of Andre Marrou & Howard Phillips. LOL

I bought Howard Phillips lunch at ARBY's once...LOL.

 

[Rocket_pilot]

I could care less when any of you became Ron Paul supporters, as long as you are one now. Being a supporter NOW is what matters the most!

 

[tbone717]

I bought Howard Phillips lunch at ARBY's once...LOL.

I think that would have counted as a campaign donation. Better go back and refile your 1992 return.

 

[anewvoice]

I would totally buy that shirt!