Distance driven to and from New Hampshire: 586 miles
Hours slept before leaving for trip: zero — wide awake at 3:00 am taking bathroom mirror pics
Time slept in car on way to NH: I estimate 20 minutes total, Dustin says it was more like the 4.5 hour duration of trip. 
Hoodies are very useful for car naps.
States driven through on trip: 4
Ward number assigned to us at Ron Paul Headquarters in Concord: 7
Fellow sign-holders in our ward: 1 – According to locals, this was the least amount of candidate-supporters they have ever seen outside of the ward 7 polling station. Apparently there are usually dozens of people, this time a total of 3; two of which were Dustin and me, the other was a nice lady supporting Jon Huntsman.
Average number of degrees during our time on the sidewalk of ward 7: ~36 degrees F not including the wind-chill
Hours spent holding Ron Paul signs and chatting with voters: 6 – We stayed until the polls closed at 7:00 pm. My fingers and toes were about to fall off.
Number of cars passing giving signs of support (honking, waving, thumbs-up, etc.): At least 40 or 50
Number of votes Ron Paul received in ward 7: 138 – coming in third place in a heavily Democratic and socially-conservative district!
Number of votes Ron Paul received in the entire state of New Hampshire: 56,848 – a strong second place finish against opponents with tens of millions of dollars in campaign financing!
Number of candidates we support for President in 2012: 2 – Ron Paul and Gary Johnson
Number of burrito bowls eaten on trip: .33 of one – chicken with guac + all other toppings
Chipotle is quite generous with their bowls. So GOOD.
Of course we encountered some peaceful opposition at the polls, but in general everyone was very well-behaved, polite, and friendly. We had several people say they would vote for “our guy” (Ron Paul) but they can’t get past his foreign policy because they believe Iran shouldn’t have a nuclear weapon and that it’s our duty to help Israel. They believe Ron Paul is an isolationist, but that is completely untrue. Ron Paul is a non-interventionist:
Nonintervention or non-interventionism is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct self-defense
When we give money to other nations, we forcefully take it from poorer people in the US to give to the wealthy leaders in those other countries and they redistribute it as they see fit, only it’s always in the leaders’ favor. It does not help anyone other than the corrupt, greedy leaders which we end up going to war with years later and the fact is that we give seven times more money to Israel’s enemies than to Israel—How does this help?! Ron Paul supports Israel, he just doesn’t support forcefully taking money that we don’t have from Americans to give to unknown destinations around the world. People are still free to help anyone or any cause they choose, but Ron Paul believes that should be private and voluntary, not coerced by government. This is one of the many policies that I agree with Ron Paul on and why he is my choice for President of the United States. 
{ 12 comments }
