Dear Friends,
I just got off the phone with a reporter who is doing a story on Ron Paul's amazing popularity on the internet. "How is it," he asked me, "that Ron Paul has become THE internet candidate?"
It is an excellent question, one that he is trying to answer for an article he's writing on the subject. I could only speak from my own experience, which in short is:
I had never heard of Ron Paul until February 2002, when I saw him one morning on CNBC as I was getting ready to go to work. He was on live TV, challenging Alan Greenspan and the role of the Federal Reserve - how it simply prints money, and the government uses Enron-style accounting. He was saying things I knew to be true, but things I never expected to hear on TV. (As I said in my blog post about it at the time, I was so happy I cried.) Indeed CNBC hastily cut away for a 'commercial break' - but I had heard everything I needed to know. I made a note of his name and later began researching this Ron Paul character on the internet. The more I read, the more I liked, and the rest is history.
When I heard he was running for president, I set up the www.dailypaul.com. It was not something I really felt I had a choice about - I had the skills, the passion and the ability, so ... I guess there was no reason not to. I had heard that weekend Dr. Paul in an interview talking about how this election would really test the new powers of the internet. I knew that was true, and I wanted to be a part of it.
I'm asking for other's input on the matter as well in an open thread on my site.
http://dailypaul.com/node/422
You can either post your responses to my site, or here in this thread. I'm going to try to get the information to the reporter - he says the story is due out next week. I don't know if he'll use any of it, but it is an interesting topic nonetheless.
Best regards,
Michael
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