margomaps
10-05-2007, 05:07 PM
As I walked down the road today, I saw a cell phone sitting on the pavement. Being a decent and honest person, I looked through the contact list and called the entry listed as "Dad". Left a message on the voicemail explaining that I must have found his kid's phone, and provided my contact info. Later in the day the phone's owner called me, and I gave him my address so he could pick up the phone.
As I was waiting for him to show up, I decided to put my Ron Paul t-shirt on -- I do that sometimes in the hope that someone, somewhere, will see it and think "Ron Paul...huh...so he does have real supporters beyond the internet!".
Anyway, the guy pulled up to my driveway, and the first thing he said when he saw my shirt was, "Hey, Ron Paul!"
Me: "You've heard of him?"
Him: "Oh yeah! He came to our church last Sunday morning."
Me: "Wow, that's great! I was at a rally for Ron in Manchester Sunday morning, and I heard he was going to attend a local service. How was his speech?"
Him: "There was no speech. He actually joined us in our Sunday school class for the entire hour, and worshipped with us. We've had other presidential candidates come to our church before...Buchanan, McCain...but none actually sat down with us in Sunday school to study the Bible and worship. I was very impressed."
Me: "That's pretty neat."
Him: "Yeah...he's got my vote -- that's for sure."
Me: "Me too. Awesome!"
That was pretty much it. Now that I typed it out, it doesn't sound that interesting. But it really made my day to meet another Ron Paul supporter in New Hampshire, totally out of the blue. And the circumstances under which we met and got to talking about Paul were a bit uncanny. I almost didn't pick up that cellphone when I saw it (I thought it was broken). I almost didn't put on my Ron Paul t-shirt. Here's a 40-something year old conservative religious voter, and he's sold on Ron Paul. Makes me think/hope that Ron might have a lot better shot at getting that segment of the vote than I initially thought.
It was cool. And it shows you the value of on-the-ground campaigning, and just hanging out with people as Ron did at this church.
Thanks for listening. :)
As I was waiting for him to show up, I decided to put my Ron Paul t-shirt on -- I do that sometimes in the hope that someone, somewhere, will see it and think "Ron Paul...huh...so he does have real supporters beyond the internet!".
Anyway, the guy pulled up to my driveway, and the first thing he said when he saw my shirt was, "Hey, Ron Paul!"
Me: "You've heard of him?"
Him: "Oh yeah! He came to our church last Sunday morning."
Me: "Wow, that's great! I was at a rally for Ron in Manchester Sunday morning, and I heard he was going to attend a local service. How was his speech?"
Him: "There was no speech. He actually joined us in our Sunday school class for the entire hour, and worshipped with us. We've had other presidential candidates come to our church before...Buchanan, McCain...but none actually sat down with us in Sunday school to study the Bible and worship. I was very impressed."
Me: "That's pretty neat."
Him: "Yeah...he's got my vote -- that's for sure."
Me: "Me too. Awesome!"
That was pretty much it. Now that I typed it out, it doesn't sound that interesting. But it really made my day to meet another Ron Paul supporter in New Hampshire, totally out of the blue. And the circumstances under which we met and got to talking about Paul were a bit uncanny. I almost didn't pick up that cellphone when I saw it (I thought it was broken). I almost didn't put on my Ron Paul t-shirt. Here's a 40-something year old conservative religious voter, and he's sold on Ron Paul. Makes me think/hope that Ron might have a lot better shot at getting that segment of the vote than I initially thought.
It was cool. And it shows you the value of on-the-ground campaigning, and just hanging out with people as Ron did at this church.
Thanks for listening. :)