When did you first hear of....

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Barack Obama: Early 2008 from my dad, indeed, I was an Obama supporter during this period /shock.

Hillary Clinton: 2008, possibly before.

Joe Biden: Middle of 2008, whenever he was picked as Obama's running mate.

George W. Bush: September of 2001, when my 5th grade class and I were learning about 9/11. Up until then, I thought Clinton was still President. Was a massive Bush fanboy when I was 13 too.

Dick Cheney: Not sure, I would have been around 12 or 13 (2003/2004)?

Mitt Romney: 2011, when the primary debates were getting underway for the 2012 primaries. Disliked him from the word go.

John McCain: Mid-2008, became a McCain supporter around September that year.

Rudy Giuliani: Not until 2010 at the earliest.

Ron Paul: Early 2009, through the Internet.

Sarah Palin: July or August of 2008.

Michelle Bachmann: Around 2010, like ChairmanSanchez, thought she was the new Palin.

Newt Gingrich: 2011 I think, same reason as Mitt Romney.

Rick Santorum: Same as Gingrich.

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David Cameron: 2008, around the time I became a McCain supporter.

Ed Miliband: 2010, around the time of the UK election.

Tony Blair: Early 2000s.

Gordon Brown: 2007, when he became Prime Minister.

Ken Livingstone: 2008

Nick Clegg: 2010, I remember the "Cleggmania" of the polls in the lead up to the 2010 UK election.

Boris Johnson: 2008

Kevin Rudd: 2007, in the run-up to the election. The politically naive AK, who thought John Howard should go because "he was in for too long" (mind you, he should have retired in '06 with hindsight, but that's from a different angle) was a massive Rudd fanboy at the time.

John Howard: Around 1999.

Julia Gillard: 2009

Tony Abbott: 2009, not long before he became Liberal leader.

Stephen Harper: 2008/2009

Justin Trudeau: 2012/13

Francois Hollande: 2012, when he won election as French President.

Nicolas Sarkozy: 2009 I think

Angela Merkel: 2009/10

Vladimir Putin: 2012