I still have my Ron Paul Revolution t-shirt. Voted for him three times. It was really exciting to see so many young people embrace him. Then the establishment screwed all of us by putting the fix in for No Name/Hussain.
Dr. Paul was sometimes called "the only honest man in Congress."
Paul was an absolute rock star when he ran for President in the 2008 and 2012 GOP primaries. He also ran for President as the Libertarian Party candidate during the 1988 election, also with strong support but with little chance of a win on a third-party ticket.
Check out the famous Ron Paul Blimp, a supporter-created advertisement for the campaign, at the Wikipedia page for Paul's 2008 campaign.
The Ron Paul Blimp was an aerial billboard launched in December 2007 with considerable publicity. It was emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" and, on the other, "Ron Paul Revolution." At 200 feet (61 m) long, the blimp was longer than the Goodyear Blimp.[218] With a stated cost of $400,000 per month, supporters raised enough money to keep the blimp afloat for about six weeks. Piloted by Dick Schwenker,[219] it flew over Walt Disney World for several days,[220] as well as the January 10 presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.[221][222][223][224]
The blimp was financed by a for-profit company (Liberty Political Advertising, L.L.C.), rather than the campaign itself.[225][226] This structure was created to permit donors to escape federal limits of $2,300 per person on campaign donations.[227] The FEC has not commented on the validity of such a finance structure.
A supporter named Elizabeth Blane also created a 20-foot (6.1 m) "micro-blimp" emblazoned with the same logos as the full sized blimp, which flew over the San Diego area.[228][229]
Try to imagine ANY other candidate -- aside from Trump, of course -- having rank-and-file supporters enthusiastic enough to do something like that.
Paul was treated by the press with the same honesty, courtesy, and fair-mindedness they've shown to Donald Trump. In other words, [they] pulled out all the stops to derail his campaign and prevent him from winning the race. A typical example: During his campaigns, Paul often topped even the biased polls and when that happened he was sometimes LEFT OUT OF THE LIST OF CANDIDATES in stories about the polling results.
And he’s still calling them out. He has a channel on Rumble called The Ron Paul Liberty Report.
He woke me up too. Up until he ran I was a sleeping Democrat.
me too. when I noticed how unfairly he was covered by the press.
When Potus isn’t my pressure. RP is my president.
I’m noticing that this maga movement is similar to the Ron Paul movement. I guarantee similar convention shenanigans will commence next year.
I still have my Ron Paul Revolution t-shirt. Voted for him three times. It was really exciting to see so many young people embrace him. Then the establishment screwed all of us by putting the fix in for No Name/Hussain.
I still have mine, too!!
Noice!
I was 24
Dr. Paul was sometimes called "the only honest man in Congress."
Paul was an absolute rock star when he ran for President in the 2008 and 2012 GOP primaries. He also ran for President as the Libertarian Party candidate during the 1988 election, also with strong support but with little chance of a win on a third-party ticket.
Check out the famous Ron Paul Blimp, a supporter-created advertisement for the campaign, at the Wikipedia page for Paul's 2008 campaign.
Try to imagine ANY other candidate -- aside from Trump, of course -- having rank-and-file supporters enthusiastic enough to do something like that.
Paul was treated by the press with the same honesty, courtesy, and fair-mindedness they've shown to Donald Trump. In other words, [they] pulled out all the stops to derail his campaign and prevent him from winning the race. A typical example: During his campaigns, Paul often topped even the biased polls and when that happened he was sometimes LEFT OUT OF THE LIST OF CANDIDATES in stories about the polling results.
I loved the Blimp.
We need a Trump blimp.
I was an alternate delegate for him.
Trivia ----- Ron Paul won the straw polls.
Wow!
https://www.politico.com/story/2010/02/boos-as-paul-wins-cpac-straw-poll-033225
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ron-paul-campaign-press-release-ron-paul-wins-rlc-straw-poll
It was worse than Trump.
I really hope he lives long enough to see the end of the war.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
I used to think Ron Paul was “a good guy, but out there”.
Oh, what a good little stupid, naive sheeple I used to be.
Ron Paul is the greatest
I hope he gets to see the new republic
He named his son Rand for a reason.
R an D
Ron Paul Revolution 2008 was the first time I voted Republican. He was robbed by GOP again in 2012.
Alas I mostly know him as Happening Ron / Doom Paul, but he seems like a sensible guy.
Happy birthday Ron, see you next time IT'S HAPPENING!
God bless Dr. Paul, but I actually prefer his nickname, Dr. No. So named because he has never voted for an appropriations bill.
And criticized for it, too 😂
An absolute legend, him and Dr. Stan Monteith where a big part of my awakening.
Amen to that! He was a big part of my awakening - in the political/financial realm. Great man before we even heralded the "man in the arena"!
Happy Birthday, Ron Paul.