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

[KramerDSP]

I'm curious what the makeup of the forum members is at this time, and this poll will help us get a sense of where we have come as a movement in terms of representation on this forum.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Chuck Baldwin. And before that, Howard Phillips.

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

i supported mccain in 2008 because i considered myself republican even though a lot of their issues didn't really sit right with me... i just knew i wasn't a democrat. i wasn't real politically active before 2008 because i was in college/just starting a career and didn't have much time to worry about it. after obama won i started reading more and when i found ron paul and where he stood on the issues, how he articulated his points, how consistent his message was, and how he was more concerned with rallying behind an idea instead of a party... i knew i found my fit.

 

[Rothbardian Girl]

There doesn't appear to be a poll, but I would say I was a RP supporter in 2008, even before I fully understood the ins and outs of libertarianism, in a sense. I do know that I didn't really like Obama or McCain, and looked at RP with some interest, but I never realized he had such a devoted following. So RP was more like a "passing interest" for me. Now since I have done my research, I have concluded that supporting Paul is definitely worth it.

I did recognize that both parties were corrupt from an early point in my "political awakening" in a sense... I remember having many lively debates with my partisan dad about how evil both parties were, but I guess I had given up hope in anything actually changing.

 

[nate895]

See my join date. I went back-and-forth between Paul and Huckabee until I realized Huckabee was a fan of taxes on just about everything.

 

[mCsenget]

The first politician I ever cared about was Ron after seeing a video of his interview at Google. Circa July 2007

 

[MelissaCato]

I was a Ron Paul supporter in 2008 who frequented the forums as a user

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

My original join date was November 5, 2007. Found out the moneybombs were being planned here, checked it out, and have been hooked ever since.

 

[Matthew Zak]

I became a fan early on, after one or two debates in 2007. I had seen him on TV getting berated by the neocons, and as one at the time I thought "Wow, that old man is nuts."

Later, I watched the debates for no particular reason, and when Ron Paul said he didn't like secrecy in government my ears perked. From there it was a matter of research and watching youtube videos.

 

[Theocrat]

Yes

I supported Congressman Paul since the first day he had formed an Exploratory Committee for the 2008 Presidential race. During the first part of 2007, I frequented the Daily Paul forums, and then a friend of mine recommended these forums to me. So, I've been a member here since October 2007.

 

[Maximus]

Other: I supported Romney in the primary, but in the summer before the general I found Ron Paul, and wrote him on my ballot

 

[Anti Federalist]

A "Seven-er"

 

[sailingaway]

I started to be a supporter during the campaign. I donated to the 11/5 and 12/16 moneybombs just cause I despised McCain and thought Ron sounded better (I was worried about Huckabee and the Constitution). But I didn't really look into Ron carefully until nearly the primaries in my state (California) and when I did, it was pretty much over, except for chip ins for other states and high tide, etc. which I found out about reading/lurking at DP.

When Ron won CPAC in 2010 I decided he was going to run again, and found this forum (a thread here and there had come up in google searches before) and joined Daily Paul which I had tried to join in 2008 - but the sign up hadn't worked for me for some reason (It killed my username, though, which is why I am sailingaway1 there.) This time I want to help at the front end!

 

[TheNcredibleEgg]

I was mostly apathetic in 2008.

Hated Democrats. Really hated GWB. So didn't care and didn't watch debates. I didn't know there was someone like Ron Paul out there.

But I did follow Peter Schiff for stock news - and he led me to Ron Paul.

So I am a new supporter.

 

[liberalnurse]

I lurked from maybe April 2007 until I joined. I was a "liberal democrat" until a friend convinced me to google Ron Paul. (Which was a 3 month battle.) Wow, what a weekend that was. I literally fundamentally changed in those 48 hours. It was a time of awakening and a time of mourning. I must say after taking the red pill and going down the rabbit hole it's been you guys who really keep me sane in all the insanity.

 

[Brett85]

I voted for Ron in 2008, but I didn't join the forums until Rand's campaign for the Senate in 2010.

 

[pcosmar]

I'm still here.

 

[tasteless]

Didn't know who to vote for during the 2008 elections since I didn't want a third Bush term. Grew interested in Ron Paul but didn't like a lot of his supporters that read online. Started lurking here in 07, became set on Ron Paul in 08 and lurked on and off until '10 when I signed up to laugh at an Alex Jones video.

 

[Dustancostine]

A "Seven-er"

+1

 

[heavenlyboy34]

A "Seven-er"

ditto. (though, as you can see, I didn't make it here till '08)