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austin4paul
12-31-2007, 10:13 PM
Thought it would be fun to end the year with a bit of nostalgia. What was your most memorable Ron Paul moment of 2007? Here's mine:

December 16th, 2007 - Standing at the steps of the State Capitol building before the sea of Ron Paul supporters that turned out for the event. we'd expected a few hundred people to turn up, and so we hadn't filed for a parade permit as that costs some bucks to get police escorts, etc. As we're looking out at the crowd with a bit of amazement, one of the police officers who showed up came up and told us that because there were so damn many of us, they'd called in motorcycle escorts to close off the side streets for us so we could march down Congress Avenue to the lake where we were going to re-enact the Tea Party. It was such a glorious feeling, not only that such a great crowd had turned out, but that our local police were doing their jobs and supporting us instead of harassing us. I felt like "yeah...this is how America should be!" It was such a complete moment -- everyone aligned behind the cause of freedom, a supportive government 00 everything that I envision a Ron Paul presidency will be like for the whole country.

dw1345
12-31-2007, 10:28 PM
Two words-- November Fifth.

MrCobaltBlue
12-31-2007, 10:28 PM
Fox Tool: "So you're saying we should take our marching orders from Al'Qaeda? If they want us off the Arabian Peninsula?"
Ron Paul: "NO!"

Still gives me chills.

jblosser
12-31-2007, 10:31 PM
End of August, Ron Paul's birthday bash, my friend in the Paul family wanted to know if I wanted to ride down with them since their family wasn't going. Next thing I know I'm sitting at the freaking head table with Ron and Carol and their kids.

That was the best speech I've ever heard from him, and I don't think it's because of where I was sitting. I wish it had made it to youtube.

Marching in the TX Straw Poll parade a week later would be a near-tie for second, though.

nimo
12-31-2007, 10:34 PM
"What's it going to take to save face!"

Ron Paul Fan
12-31-2007, 10:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aFXRAW7mg

May 15th! Giuliani vs. Paul. The beginning of the exponential growth of the Ron Paul Revolution, imo!

Peace&Freedom
12-31-2007, 10:41 PM
Catching him live the evening of October 12 when did his stump speech at the NYC HQ. A rock star appearance!

Perry
12-31-2007, 10:43 PM
This may seem silly but here goes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuxe63ORh_I

austin4paul
12-31-2007, 10:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aFXRAW7mg

May 15th! Giuliani vs. Paul. The beginning of the exponential growth of the Ron Paul Revolution, imo!

LOL. Hadn't seen that one before!

hamdog
12-31-2007, 10:48 PM
this is mine:

http://ronpaulsaysno.ytmnd.com/

logolepsy
12-31-2007, 11:00 PM
Definitely the head shake in response to McCain's idiocy.

dw1345
12-31-2007, 11:06 PM
Definitely the head shake in response to McCain's idiocy.

+1

That was awesome.

Andrew-Austin
12-31-2007, 11:11 PM
Thought it would be fun to end the year with a bit of nostalgia. What was your most memorable Ron Paul moment of 2007? Here's mine:

December 16th, 2007 - Standing at the steps of the State Capitol building before the sea of Ron Paul supporters that turned out for the event. we'd expected a few hundred people to turn up, and so we hadn't filed for a parade permit as that costs some bucks to get police escorts, etc. As we're looking out at the crowd with a bit of amazement, one of the police officers who showed up came up and told us that because there were so damn many of us, they'd called in motorcycle escorts to close off the side streets for us so we could march down Congress Avenue to the lake where we were going to re-enact the Tea Party. It was such a glorious feeling, not only that such a great crowd had turned out, but that our local police were doing their jobs and supporting us instead of harassing us. I felt like "yeah...this is how America should be!" It was such a complete moment -- everyone aligned behind the cause of freedom, a supportive government 00 everything that I envision a Ron Paul presidency will be like for the whole country.

Guess that would have to be mine as well, it was fun. :)

integrity
12-31-2007, 11:13 PM
I know it sounds selfish but when I got to shake his hand!

Chase
12-31-2007, 11:54 PM
Waking up after the Tea Party and seeing over $18 million in the campaign coffers for the quarter. It was incredible validation of the massive power of our grassroots movement.

mwkaufman
01-01-2008, 12:37 AM
Fox Tool: "So you're saying we should take our marching orders from Al'Qaeda? If they want us off the Arabian Peninsula?"
Ron Paul: "NO!"

Still gives me chills.

Definitely this.

rfbz
01-01-2008, 12:44 AM
Fox Tool: "So you're saying we should take our marching orders from Al'Qaeda? If they want us off the Arabian Peninsula?"
Ron Paul: "NO!"

Still gives me chills.

that exchange is historic, there's a few really good exchanges from that debate. I like when Huckabee tells RP we need to stay the course to protect our honor, and Ron says "how many more lives is it going to cost to save face???"

Dave Pedersen
01-01-2008, 12:46 AM
Two words-- November Fifth.

Yes.. that was a very special day in my life.

I will always remember..

AggieforPaul
01-01-2008, 12:47 AM
Romney: You have to sit down with your lawyers and see what you can do

Moderator: Congressman Paul, I wnat to bring you in. Do you think the President needs Congressional approval to go to war?

RP: Ah-Absolutely. All this discussion about going and talking to attorneys totally baffles me! Why don't we just open up the Constitution!? You're not allowed to go to war without a Declaration of war!
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Runner up:

RP: NOO!! We should take our marching orders from our CONSTITUTION.

ChickenHawk
01-01-2008, 12:53 AM
When Neil Cavuto asks him what he is going to do with the $500 he got from the Stormfront guy:

"I probabaly already spent it"

RWNED!

Goldwater Conservative
01-01-2008, 02:13 AM
His impromptu stump speech at the end of the CNN/YouTube debate (in response to some bogus question), ignoring the other candidates as he left the stage in a different direction, and giving one hell of a speech to his supporters afterwards. It seemed to me like something clicked in him that night.

Happy New Year everyone! :)

preserveourliberties
01-01-2008, 05:32 AM
We're bombing and building bridges overseas and we're neglecting our bridges here at home.

mel_from_Texas
01-01-2008, 07:43 AM
I think we should all be aware without being paranoid, that the opposition is an evil beast. They are likely to plant people, even in this forum, with discouraging words in an effort of cooling down the fire thats burning across this nation. Its the same thing the media has been doing only on another level. good to keep in mind.. at all times. we must be on our toes..

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