Remember, remember, the fifth of November …

I wrote about my intentions to vote for Ron Paul, but I wrote them with the idea that I was in a very small, eclectic group of people. Specifically, I thought that the Ron Paul supporters were fewer in number than that of the other lower-tier candidates; however, today made me rethink that position.

Today the grass-roots campaign, This November 5th apparently caught fire. Over 22,000 people donated today, raising over $3.5 million in a single day. When I went to sleep last night, there was about $100 thousand in donations for the day. When I woke up, nearly $1.5 million. As the day continued, the numbers continued to increase.

I originally came into this campaign believing that Ron Paul was, at best, a fringe vote, limited to people who were simple “too liberal” for todays society. Every time I would engage in a discussion about Ron Pauls policies I would either be mocked (”so you’re a 9/11 trutist”), questioned (”why support an isolationist”), or just downright treated like an idiot (”you’re going to cause another 9/11″). But for every person that mocked me, there were two people who supported my position.

After today, I am convinced that we - Ron Pauls supporters - are not the lunatic fringe. We’re simply the people who genuinely want the federal government to act in the way the founding fathers outlined for us: with a clear, logical mind, unhindered by the pressures of religion, and unwilling to impose its will upon the will of the people that created it.

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