Which form of media won you to Ron Paul?

[wgadget]

Poll is above.

 

[Orwell]

Youtube in late 2006 or very early 2007.

 

[ronpaulhemp]

Mine was in mid 2007 when I discovered Dr. Paul at some of the debates on Youtube. I've been hooked ever since!

 

[ronpaulhemp]

Is there supposed to be a poll with this thread?

 

[kah13176]

Googled "Selective Service" and found one of his essays. Later, saw "The Revolution" in a bookstore.

 

[NYgs23]

I first remember him being talked about on a Catholic forum I was on back in 2007, but it was just a name. I first saw him in one of the 2007 debates: "Oh, that's the guy people on that forum were talking about." I suppose that spurred me to research him a bit and find out that he never voted for a tax hike, never voted for an unbalanced budget...

 

[Luieburger]

I can't remember which one it was. A posting on punditkitchen.com, Bruno the movie, or my friend who told me about him. I think they all happened around the same time. Early 2009.

 

[vechorik]

Youtube in late 2006 or very early 2007.

YouTube for me as well (should be added to the poll for as a selection)

 

[Jingles]

I heard his name via some friends. Then watched a couple youtube videos. I don't count those because they didn't really sell me as much as make me interested.

It was reading The Revolution: A Manifesto that did it for me.

 

[Mark37snj]

Youtube in late 2006 or very early 2007.

Youtube

 

[Jenbu]

My Micro Economics professor talked good things about him, I went on youtube and watched his debates in 09.

 

[wgadget]

YouTube for me as well (should be added to the poll for as a selection)

Bleh... I'm having trouble editing the poll with this iPod. Maybe go with online documentary?

 

[JimInNY]

Back in 1998 I guess, at a (used to be) conservative discussion forum.

His congressional campaigns were the first and only campaigns I ever funded in any way, until 2007, and then I tossed some money at a few other RP type candidates.

 

[wgadget]

I'm surprised how many went to Ron by people talking to them!

We should take that to the bank.

 

[Aldanga]

Someone on a forum mentioned him in the summer of 2007, so I looked him up. I liked his stances, but wasn't sure about foreign policy. I wondered how he could be right about everything but foreign policy. It didn't make sense that someone who had such sound reasoning would misfire on that one topic. I wasn't totally set in my ways, given I was only 18, so I was open-minded about FP, but still unconvinced. I figured he didn't have a chance, so I put a pin in the idea. I juggled his ideas in my mind for a couple months, eventually becoming convinced that he was right.

It's actually pretty similar to the story of when I accepted reformed theology rather than the Wesleyan Arminianism I had been taught growing up.

 

[Xenu]

Voting Record

 

[Unknown.User]

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[ironj221]

I honestly cannot remember, but I'm positive it had to be something online. Probably Youtube.

 

[Edward]

The Simi Valley debated televised on May 3, 2007. I had no intention of watching it, but I was flipping channels and I thought I would entertain myself with the usual Republican blather, then... WOW! Afterwards, I Googled a lot that night!

 

[RockEnds]

It was actually a combination of things. He caught my attention in the debates (may 2007) when he wanted to end the IRS & bring the troops home, but I'm more than a little skeptical of people who make big promises. I came on board after the Des Moines Register ran an article on Dr Paul being excluded from the Taxpayer's forum in DSM. The campaign set up their own forum next door. I drove 100 miles to see him, and I was sold. He definitely had something I hadn't previously seen in a politician, and I liked it. And, of course, he had the right message.