POLL: Were you a Ron Paul supporter during the 2008 Campaign?

[pcosmar]

Been here since May 2007. One of the old guys.

Nice to see you check in. +Rep (owe ya a couple)

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

This thread is awesome!

 

[Eric21ND]

Been here since May 2007. One of the old guys.

Larry your presence is requested in the Iowa subforum, specifically the thread about setting up grassroots busing.

 

[bb_dg]

I first became intrigued with Ron Paul when he was on an episode with Penn and Teller's Bullsh*t. I just liked the way he articulated answers so I just started looking him up and I fell in love.

 

[bkreigh]

Lurked for a couple months before i joined because i was on another RP forum. Then i just migrated over here.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'm an "eighty-eighter"

2008? Hell, I was a Ron Paul supporter when he ran in 1988! That was the first POTUS election I was eligible to vote in.

I voted for Harry Browne in '92, but afterwards became so fed up with both electoral politics & the LP that I haven't voted since.

After 9/11, I became so disgusted with the rampant warmongering, welfarism, & myriad other manifestations of anti-liberty bullshit that I tuned out completely. I deliberately ignored politics, stopped watching the news altogether, etc.

I was so far out of the loop that I didn't even know Ron Paul had run in 2008 until after it was over. I found out when someone at work mention Rand Paul's senate run in 2010. I went to the 'net to find out more & discovered what I had missed out on in 2007-2008. I've been kicking myself ever since.

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

2008? Hell, I was a Ron Paul supporter when he ran in 1988! That was the first POTUS election I was eligible to vote in.

I voted for Harry Browne in '92, but afterwards became so fed up with both electoral politics & the LP that I haven't voted since.

After 9/11, I became so disgusted with the rampant warmongering, welfarism, & myriad other manifestations of anti-liberty bullshit that I tuned out completely. I deliberately ignored politics, stopped watching the news altogether, etc.

I was so far out of the loop that I didn't even know Ron Paul had run in 2008 until after it was over. I found out when someone at work mention Rand Paul's senate run in 2010. I went to the 'net to find out more & discovered what I had missed out on in 2007-2008. I've been kicking myself ever since.

Don't kick yourself. There is so much more ahead of us! Welcome back

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

Found the forums back in 2007 and helped start a Students for Ron on my campus in 2007

If these forums had not been here, I don't know if I would have been dedicated to the campaign. Before joining this, my local meetup really sucked, and I wasn't sure how to get involved otherwise. Luckily I stumbled upon this site afterwards and put a good deal of time into Ron and Rand's campaigns

 

[Occam's Banana]

Don't kick yourself. There is so much more ahead of us! Welcome back

Thanks! Ron Paul, his message & the inroads they've gained make it worthwhile to jump back into the circus.
And with Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Glen Bradley & others. the future doesn't look quite so hopeless after all.

 

[BamaAla]

Okay, I've got something to admit: I supported Mittens in the primaries. There...I said it.

My girlfriend, a huge Ron Paul supporter along with her family, and I began dating just after the primaries. She and her father went to work on me and I converted before the general. I began lurking around here in early fall '08 and finally joined late last year.

 

[RP4Pres2008]

Okay, I've got something to admit: I supported Mittens in the primaries. There...I said it.

My girlfriend, a huge Ron Paul supporter along with her family, and I began dating just after the primaries. She and her father went to work on me and I converted before the general. I began lurking around here in early fall '08 and finally joined late last year.

So awesome to hear stories like these! Welcome!

 

[givemeliberty]

I found out about Ron Paul through Lew Rockwell's site back in 2007, found this forum just after that. Never turned back as Dr. Paul's message and the Austrian School fit my thinking exactly. Didn't post a lot as I am busy raising triplets but lurked a good bit. Never really stopped coming around, just changed my main lurk to Politics from Grassroots.

 

[07041826]

Saw the dabate at the Reagan Library in 2007 and started spreading the word- instantly new who I was supporting. Donated to all the moneybombs in 07.

 

[lynnf]

still here.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

So awesome to hear stories like these! Welcome!

Indeed! The RP cult is growing! He's catching on, I tell ya! lulz

 

[ShowMeLiberty]

Last time we were polling at 1% nationally for months, even though the internet was exploding. Most people are not internet political junkies and only catch their news in passing. They don't look that deeply into things. Whoever is in the media at that particular time gets filed away subjectively. When someone polls them about candidates, they picture those select few "media candidates" and choose from that. For right or wrong, being on tv gives a person a certainly level of legitimacy to the general public. Ron Paul has made tremendous inroads on this, he's a frequent guest on news programs now and had several best selling books, and now his son is the star of the Tea Party movement. He's polling at 10% now and hasn't even officially started his campaign yet, nor has the general public gotten into Presidential Election campaign mode yet. This is outstanding news!

^This.

969 members came on since yesterday and we have only 182 votes in the poll right now, so....

plus you have to register to vote.

altogether 9079 people have been on since yesterday, and a couple of days ago it was 11,000+ in one day.

That's awesome for so early in the election process!

Well, I'm starting to regret even posting that in this thread - but I still think my point is valid. (Even though everyone disagrees with me.)

There is not enough "new" support since 2008. This poll shows it. You can say it's unscientific or whatever, and yes, there is a huge margin for error - but still I think this poll (even with margin of error) is more telling than many will care to admit.

Original 2008 support for Ron Paul is great and clearly necessary - but if the "new" support option does not reach 50%-67% come next January - then I don't think Ron Paul will come close to winning Iowa or NH.

It's not that you're wrong exaclty, it's just that (I think) we learned the hard way in '08 that internet support does not equal votes IRL. In the 2008 election, Ron Paul OWNED the internet, and he will again this time. But we can't let up OFFline because that's where elections are won... or lost.

Anyway - I've been here since hearing about Ron Paul on a forum where a lot of the members are libertarian. Dr. Paul was exactly what I was looking for in a politician but never thought I'd ever find.

 

[speciallyblend]

Okay, I've got something to admit: I supported Mittens in the primaries. There...I said it.

My girlfriend, a huge Ron Paul supporter along with her family, and I began dating just after the primaries. She and her father went to work on me and I converted before the general. I began lurking around here in early fall '08 and finally joined late last year.

your wife and father are smart folks mittens? i have to go take a shower now when you coming out to visit colorado? let me know i work at hotel

 

[RPIdeaMan08]

RON after first debate and also lurked ALOT

 

[Carehn]

Been on this site for a long time now i guess. Sometimes i use it a lot then maybe months will go by without me seeing whats up. Found Ron through a slim jim posted on a cork board in the wall out side of Bruce willise's bar 'the mint' in Hailey Idaho. Lived up there at the time and was never going to vote again. I was told republicans wanted small government and knowing little of government at the time simply thought this to be a good idea. Found the republicans to be no good and was never going to vote again. Damn slim jim cursed the hell out of me.

 

[Dave Aiello]

note: These percentages are nowhere near where they need to be for us to win. 50 / 300 are new supporters. That's a 12% increase from '08. We have a lot more people to awaken. I hope Ron isn't reaching maximum capacity.