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What did Ron Paul do that was at all comparable to Obama's my.barackobama.com?

• unalone 18y ago
  Yeah. Ron Paul went viral, but not because of anything he did. Obama beat the two greatest political machines of our age and he did it almost entirely grassroots.
  • yummyfajitas 18y ago
    Obama grassroots? I don't think you are using the term correctly. It doesn't just mean "has popular support". Grassroots, as I understand it, is when the movement is not orchestrated, but just springs up around the politician. Ron Paul and Huckabee certainly qualify, but I don't see how Obama does.
    • unalone 18y ago
      I'm sorry. I thought "grassroots" meant something akin to "community organization." My bad! Okay, Obama isn't grassroots. But he has still put together the single most powerful team of volunteers any election has seen. And he's orchestrated a lot of it over the Internet.
    • Kaizyn 18y ago
      Congratulations, go to the head of the class.
• mattmaroon 18y ago
  Nothing at all. Ron Paul was pretty much unknown to everyone who doesn't read Digg.