Remember when..

[Paulitical Correctness]

Remember in past primaries when RPF would have thousands of people on at once. Everyone clicking threads frantically to be a part of all the excitement?

Remember?

300 people. What a bunch of pussies.

Granted, my posts lack substance and I mostly lurk, but still. I'm not going anywhere. Why should you?

It's like half, if not more, of the people on here / supporting Ron Paul were caught up in a fad. Like it was the new "cool" thing to do. Raising 20 million dollars, beating records, being outspoken and trying to make a difference. Well, as we all know - fads pass.

Problem is, Ron Paul is not a fad.

So. The media won, then? They convinced everyone that this is the end of the road?

I'd like to see these people in real life as they walk away with their shoulders hung low like a beat dog and tear them a new one.

Where the fuck did everyone go? God damn.

/rant :mad:

[acptulsa]

Fads come and go, but liberty never really goes out of style. Some of us will fight on to our last breath. Nothing else will do, you know?

[abe447]

http://ronpaulgraphs.com/rpforums_active_members.png

[Delaware]

I too, check everyday, mostly lurking, but yes i do remember and wish it were still occuring our movement has faded (at least for now, on the forums)

[aperetti]

Remember when there were only a few who had heard the libertarian ways? Remember when nobody even knew who Ron Paul was?

Look at the bigger picture.

[LandonCook]

http://ronpaulgraphs.com/rpforums_active_members.png

Fuck sunshine patriots...

[Paul.Bearer.of.Injustice]

the seeds were gathered; The winds of life carried them away.
There are sleeper patriots everywhere now.

[pacelli]

Fuck sunshine patriots...

...as well as disinfo agents, trolls for other campaigns, and demotivational experts.

[Fields]

What a depressing graph.

[Cinderella]

well im still here...but i think people got depressed and just left....hopefully they still spread the message

[N13]

They will return when the time is right.

Only the core remains.

[nate895]

...as well as disinfo agents, trolls for other campaigns, and demotivational experts.

such as abe, the one who posted the graph.

[Dave39168]

Just b/c they aren't online doesn't mean we have lost them. I think thousands of people have been woken up and turned on to new (new to them) ideas. This will go way beyond some message board on the internet, into people's lives, conversations with real people at work, at home, with friends, etc. Some of the excitement is gone, yes, and people aren't on the board as much. But, they probably realized that this is a long fight. We will not restore the republic within the next few months, or the next few election cycles. But the message will continue to spread... not by the same 300 people talking to the same 300 people online, but by real people passionately sharing our message with real people in their everyday lives! That is how real change will come, not from a message board...

Don't get me wrong, I like this site. Just don't accuse someone of 'fair-weathered patriotism' b/c they don't log in as much as you do.

[StilesBC]

last time I checked you don't win elections by posting on message forums.

did it ever occur to you that they got sick of preaching to the choir and have decided to do something productive (canvass, etc)?

[ronpaulitician]

Seems to me that there are still a lot of active participants. Not bad for a "fad."

[JK/SEA]

I'm still here, and i remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6SODAhbJdE

[AlbemarleNC0003]

last time I checked you don't win elections by posting on message forums.

did it ever occur to you that they got sick of preaching to the choir and have decided to do something productive (canvass, etc)?

Not based on the results from the last few states. The voter numbers are dismal. People in NC have no idea who he is and couldn't care less. McCain is the nominee and no matter what you tell them about delegates, etc, they just walk away and don't care. They don't like McCain, but they vote for him.

[Paulitical Correctness]

did it ever occur to you that they got sick of preaching to the choir and have decided to do something productive (canvass, etc)?

It did, but then I recalled our poor performances in basically every state.

The supporters didn't just up and decide to take their support "offline" so to speak, they left alltogether. :rolleyes:

[freedom-maniac]

Not every one spends their lives on the forums. The decline is too be expected now that McCain's practically won. But the next time a R3volutionary leader arises to fill RP's footsteps, this whole process should start over.

For the time being, I'll be here when I have some spare time. I've been studing a lot, reading a lot, and planning a lot, for when I make my own political run.

REMEMBER:

WE'RE NOT JUST THE INTERNET!

[Paulitician]

last time I checked you don't win elections by posting on message forums.
Well said.

Is a good thing less people or on the messageboard, or a bad thing?

One thing is for sure: the illusion has been shattered.

[justatrey]

Theres almost 700 people on right now. Is that really so bad for a guy who hasn't won a state and is running in a race that most agree is already over? I think its actually pretty impressive.

Did you really expect the numbers to increase or stay the same after Super Tuesday? Should they go up once McCain hits 1119? Of course not.

[RP4Pres2008]

I'm optimistic that people will return in large numbers again...in the close future.

[HenryKnoxFineBooks]

Present!

[Enzo]

What can you say.... Most people are soft.

I'm proud to have voted for Ron Paul... and to be supporting what I believe in still... instead of turning my back on everything I know is right.... to take part in a popularity game.

[freedom-maniac]

Well said.

Is a good thing less people or on the messageboard, or a bad thing?

One thing is for sure: the illusion has been shattered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean

[amy31416]

Fuck the people who left, there needs to be a sieve to separate the people who will do the real work from those who follow fads.

Am I disappointed? Yes.

Am I surprised? No.

We have lost a lot of people, and they have likely gone to Obama. They never knew what this was about in the first place....let them go. I hope they become educated some day.

[brandon]

i'll be here until we either
a) reclaim our country
b) get imprisoned/killed for trying to reclaim our country