My neighbor with the huge Ron Paul signs all over his house, [View All]

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just demonstrated to me that Ron Paul supporters have a cult-like quality. They moved into the neighborhood in 2004, but I didn't get to know them at all. But in a neighborhood restaurant they noticed me and introduced themselves. "You have the Kucinich bumper sticker on your car, right?" I said, "Yeah, that's me." They said, "We're Libertarians. We always vote for the loser too." I just said, "Oh. Okay." ... For most of this year they have had huge Ron Paul signs on the front of their house and even a box of flyers you can take and read. But I have had almost no contact with them since they have lived here and I even forgot their names. I don't have the Kucinich sticker any more because I recently got my car painted and I haven't gotten another sticker. This morning, I was walking the dog right past their house, and he was out there talking with another neighbor. When I passed them he recognized me and interrupted his conversation to say to me, "Hey, if you're not interested in Kucinich any more, how about Ron Paul?" I just said, "No, I don't like Ron Paul" and kept walking. He said, "Okay" and went back to the other conversation. It struck me as kind of eerie that he would try to recruit me on the spot in person.