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.
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.