Posted on 07/19/2007 8:31:22 AM PDT by uxbridge
Earlier, we reported military contributions among Republican presidential candidates place Ron Paul on top at 49.5%, with nearly as much as all Republicans combined.
A more complete compilation of statistics by Phreadom shows that presidential candidate Ron Paul leads all 2008 presidential candidates in military contributions from the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and war veterans. Presidential candidate Ron Paul leads with an impressive one-third of all contributions this second quarter according to newly released data from the FEC.
Ron Paul currently has more cash-on-hand than John McCain this quarter, and this new information is indicative of Ron Paul’s success. It appears that our soldiers and war veterans have an affinity to, or inclination for Ron Paul’s non-intervention principle - defending our homeland and pursuing terrorists, but no nation-building.
Military contributions for Q2
Ron Paul 32.94%
John McCain 22.99%
Hillary Clinton 13.92%
Bill Richardson 7.03%
Barack Obama 6.85%
Mitt Romney 4.68%
Rudy Giuliani 3.06%
John Edwards 2.97%
Tom Tancredo 1.85%
Duncan Hunter 1.32%
Joe Biden 1.06%
Mike Huckabee 0.20%
Mike Gravel 0.09%
Sam Brownback 0.07%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Tommy Thompson 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Jim Gilmore 0%
John Cox 0%
Ping
If true, that’s pretty stunning.
Sumthins fishy.
David Duke had it all over his website...
Don’t know much about Ron Paul. Maybe we should be taking a closer look at him. During the debates, he didn’t get much notice.
Daily Wyler’s Alert Ping.
This info has already been posted 3-4 times, several days ago. No one but the Paulettes fails to smell the fishy aroma of this info. No one but the Paulettes is impressed.
Don’t care.
I’m more concerned with the list as a whole. Look at who is 2nd, 3rd, and soforth.
BS
Now, go figure. David Duke....
Gotta agree, the list doesn’t even enter conservative territory till about 9th on the list.
Don’t know the methodology here (comprehensiveness of reporting, enlisted/officer v civilian DOE employee, etc). But the key will be how many actual military votes Paul gets.
While I was in, I would have gladly voted for Paul for congress, but would not have voted to nominate him as the Republican party candidate over a Hunter or Tancredo.
And while I was in I rarely had money to donate to any candidate.
It’s different data. This one shows he leads all candidates, not just the Republicans. Might help to read the article.
So he got a whopping $25,000 out of ‘em.
That’s supposed to mean something.
Well, by golly, you may be right. Good point!
During the debates, he didn’t get much notice.
Uh huh. The tinfoil/blame America comments at one of the debates is the only reason he's gotten any attention at all.
It is surprising
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