Remember when...

[Elwar]

Remember when...

.. Ron Paul overtook all other Republican candidate YouTube subscriptions...combined...
.. Ron Paul hit 50,000 friends on his MySpace friends list...
.. Ron Paul finished less than third in a straw poll...
.. Ron Paul had 30,000 volunteers on meetup.com...
.. Ron Paul only took second place in that one text poll after one of the debates...
.. Ron Paul hit the 25,000 YouTube subscriber mark...
.. Ron Paul used to only poll nationally around 1-2%...
.. Ron Paul only had 160,000 mentions on digg.com...
.. ronpaul2008.com was only getting 27% of all of the Republican candidate web traffic according to Clickz.com...
.. ronpaul2008.com was ranked at 20,124 on alexa.com...
.. Ron Paul's odds of winning the primary were only 8 to 1...

...you remember that...?

[Elwar]

Remember when...

..Ron Paul hit the 20,000 person mark on Facebook?

[bc2208]

...you said to yourself, "Who is Ron Paul?"

[ladyliberty]

...the news media tried to ignore him, but his name just seems to keep popping up in the most unusual places - like when someone is forced to remove their own sign that they purchased and placed on their own private property - so now more poeple want to know who this guy is and why there is such a furor over the issue?

(Those other guys could not BUY this kind of publicity if their lives depended on it!)

[Elwar]

..Ron Paul only had 40,000 meetup members...

[FSP-Rebel]

Remember when RP only had $2.4 million cash on hand:cool:

[risiusj]

... Snuffleuffagus said a Ron Paul presidency wouldn't happen.

[micahnelson]

... John McCain was a lock for the republican nod.

[paulitics]

when this forum was just crawling along at a snails pace.

[FSP-Rebel]

... John McCain was a lock for the republican nod.
... When the McCain campaign wasn't broke?

[LibertyEagle]

... When we said we were willing to do whatever it took to get him elected?

[nayjevin]

..

[Elwar]

...when Ron Paul's weekly average rank on alexa.com was 9,538
...Ron Paul hit 1000 meetup groups...
...Ron Paul raised $5.08 million in one quarter...
...Ron Paul had 30,000 subscribers on YouTube...
...Ron Paul was #1 on eventful.com among GOP candidates...
...Ron Paul's share for becoming the Republican candidate on intrade.com was $7.0...
...Ron Paul had 6 to 1 odds on of being the president and 4 to 1 odds of being the Republican candidate on sportsbook.com...

[xerxesdarius]

Remember when you went to your first meetup rally and found out there were a ton of RP fans?

Remember the sense of satisfaction you got from a donation?

Remember?

[BLS]

...when Ron Paul was 100-1 odds to win the GOP Nomination
...when NOBODY had heard of Ron Paul
...when Fox was a giant shitbag of...oh nevermind
...when Ron Paul was excited that he raised $600,000 in his first quarter
...when everyone thought Ron Paul blamed Americans for 9/11

[QWE]

...you said to yourself, "Who is Ron Paul?"

That was about half a year ago! whoa...

[rdenner]

When his website was an absolute EMBARASSMENT, and I had to plead with HQ to accept online donations.

and I actually snail mailed my first donation back in March!!!!


BE PROUD MY FRIENDS, we have come so far.. I remember sending an email to Ron Paul's local newspaper back in 2004 begging them to send him to the white house.

Who would've thunk it'd come this far!!!

Robert

[robatsu]

.... When people used to say, "Well, its a free country"?

[Pedro TT]

Remember when you went to see Ron Paul speak at the value voter convention and not a single supporter showed up for another candidate yet over 300 people stayed to watch Ron Paul speak afterwards.

God that night was amazing!

[Elwar]

...remember when Ron Paul hit 60,000 meetup members...

[koob]

...you said to yourself, "Who is Ron Paul?"


omg. how did i live before i knew about this guy?

[Ron Paul Fan]

...When Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani got into a tiff way back on May 15th and Michael Steele said, "Ron Paul basically, for me, it's done." The other commentator said at the time that Rudy should send a contribution to Ron Paul, but I think it's turning out to be the other way around. That was one of the early turning points of the campaign and probably when some people on here fell in love with Ron Paul. I think that was the debate where Ron Paul came in 2nd in the text poll with 25%. Definitely one of the early defining moments of the campaign.

[ScotTX]

...When Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani got into a tiff way back on May 15th and Michael Steele said, "Ron Paul basically, for me, it's done." The other commentator said at the time that Rudy should send a contribution to Ron Paul, but I think it's turning out to be the other way around. That was one of the early turning points of the campaign and probably when some people on here fell in love with Ron Paul. I think that was the debate where Ron Paul came in 2nd in the text poll with 25%. Definitely one of the early defining moments of the campaign.


That's what did it for me. I was just a casual observer until that point. I got so mad that I had to get involved, and I think that is what happens every time they dis Ron Paul. They are only enboldening us with every attack. Blowback is a bitch.

[Primbs]

When HQ was a one room 315 square foot office.

[Roxi]

DUDE remember right before the Iowa straw poll? GAWD that was hectic, can u imagine what primaries are going to be like

[Sematary]

Remember when RP only had $2.4 million cash on hand:cool:

When the only people who even knew who he was were political junkies like myself and the people in his district?

[Elwar]

Remember remember the fifth of November...when Ron Paul raised $4.3 million in one day?

[freelance]

Remember when they were going to exclude Ron Paul from the December 4th debate?

[Dlynne]

When his website was an absolute EMBARASSMENT, and I had to plead with HQ to accept online donations.

and I actually snail mailed my first donation back in March!!!!


BE PROUD MY FRIENDS, we have come so far.. I remember sending an email to Ron Paul's local newspaper back in 2004 begging them to send him to the white house.

Who would've thunk it'd come this far!!!

Robert

Oh my goodness, Robert! It was probably in 2004 that I called Paul's office in DC and pleaded with a staff member to talk Paul into running for President. The staffer laughed, said he wished he could, but Paul would not run again for President.

[hopeforamerica]

Remember when we thought filling the quill was a big deal ;)

[Elwar]

Remember when Ron Paul raised over $6 million in one day...

[Coola]

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/540/rpgraphhw6.jpg

[Elwar]

Remember when Ron Paul raised almost $20 million in one quarter.

[Elwar]

Remember when Ron Paul got 10% in Iowa and beat Rudy handily?

[Dave Wood]

Remember when Rick Beltram SC GOP chief said Ron Paul is not invited in my neck of the woods. He will get NO support from me or the party. LOL

[rajibo]

...you were lying on your couch, channel surfing and came across Bill Maher, and you heard "Presidential Candidate RON PAUL will be here tonight", and you said to yourself "Holy Shit, he's running?????"

Well, that's what happened to me at least.........


:)

[RoyalTenenbaum]

Remember the first time you saw "Stop Dreaming"? The first time you were told to "Restore the Republic"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8

Remember back before you knew that a political commercial could bring tears to your eyes?

[austin4paul]

When you first saw George say "that's not gonna happen" and you said to yourself: You wanna bet? and then Ron said the same thing!

[Azprint]

I remember starting to watch Situation Room and Tucker just to hear 10 seconds of Ron Paul mentioning and I was hella happy when it occurred once a week.

Also watching Stop Dreaming, when it had less than 100,000 views. That is it.

And I remember defending Ron Paul against negative comments on forums, before I was certain what his positions were. Good times, I am glad to know, that when I am 30-40 I can remember good times of being part of something meaningful even if Paul wins.

[eok321]

lady liberty was half full

[Elwar]

Remember when we started preparing for a second round...this time for the win!

:D

http://www.theronpaulteaparty.com/e107_images/banners/banner.jpg (http://www.TheRonPaulTeaParty.com)

[Elwar]

Remember when we were polling in first place in Iowa just over a week before the caucuses?