I can't say I was as involved as this guy in 2008. Far from it. But it is a pretty good reflection of my own experience. In 2008 I just bought into the word on the street that Ron Paul was a crazy old kook with dangerous ideas. In the years since, I watch Afghanistan and Iraq drag on and on and on. I've watch the terrible things done by drug cartels and dealers continue to escalate. I watched as Obama tried to fix the economy by making it bigger and in the process prolonged the recession.
Then a year or two ago, for the first time ever, I actually took a serious look at Ron Paul, initially at
OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues . I was still supporting Jon Huntsman and it took awhile but I gradually began to realize that I liked Huntsman because he was Ron Paul lite.
I'm still not sold on hating every other candidate. Misguided though they might be, they mean well. I'll even stick up for Obama if he is being hated on unfairly, much as it pains me. But Ron Paul has the vision for a future where the United States of America can truly regain its greatness. I still have high hopes that we can pull it off this year, but even if we don't, the message lives on.
FYI: I have a friend who had exactly the same experience. He was on the Mitt Romney campaign staff in 2008. This year he's going for Ron Paul.