“The whole revolution / tea party / constitution / 1776 vibe was repopularized by the Ron Paul campaign / grassroots.”
Well, mebbe from a marketing perspective. The idea of Patriots and Sons and Daughters of Liberty, has been long lived aside from Mr. Paul.
Fair enough. I was talking mostly about big / mainstream political discourse. The Ron Paul campaign in 2007/2008 was all about Revolutionary War era symbolism. It was distinctive. Typically, Presidential campaigns really don’t get that into that. This was mostly the grass roots as well, as the official Ron Paul campaign had a pretty standard logo with “Hope for America”. Fairly generic stuff.
The Ron Paul campaign on the grass roots level back in 2007 was doing some pretty interesting stuff.