Ron Paul on track to be biggest fundraiser (politico)

Politico ^ | 11/30/07 | Jeanne Cummings

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This isn't counting the grassroots money being spent, including on things like 'chipins' and, lol, the ron paul blimp. :)

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"..he is on track to capture another big title: Top Republican fundraiser for the final quarter of the money-obsessed 2008 presidential primary."



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[Badeye]

Interesting how my leftwing sites are interested in pumping up Paul.....

[Jokelahoma]

This may be the best argument against Campaign Finance Reform yet, since all this money isn't helping Paul get past mid-single digits in the polls. Money doesn't necessarily help one shed the "Blame American First", "Gold Standard NOW!" lunatic image he's worked so hard to cultivate, does it?

It is, though, entertaining to see so many lefties give their money to an anti-war libertarian with absolutely no chance of garnering the nomination. That's like preparing for battle by passing all your ammunition to a three-year-old with a cap gun.

[Alter Kaker]

Senator Lamont and President Forbes both show us that the most important metric is the amount of money a candidate has...

[traviskicks]

Interesting how my leftwing sites are interested in pumping up Paul.....

If leftwing sites support someone who wants to abolish the IRS and desolve half the federal government, shred oppressive regulations, save us from socialized medicine, expand gun rights, strenghthen property rights, end abusive lawsuits, eliminate birthright citizenship, repeal the welfare state, end domestic american socialism, eliminate all foreign 'aid', and bring home troops from most of the 130 countries third world basketcases where they are stationed around the world, get the US out of the UN, WTO, etc.. and restore our sovereignty... then more power to them. I didn't think liberalism supported any of the above goals.

[bamahead]

“Look, the man’s a doctor; he understand the health care mess,” says one woman.

The campaign reeaaallly need to hire a sloganmaster or something. The billboards are now EVERYWHERE across the Southeast (tons on I-20 through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi), but they are very drab and not eyecatching. You can tell they have the dollars, but don't really know how to use them.

[Badeye]

Thats not why they are doing it, anymore than they were in support of McCain in 2000.

[Captain Kirk]

You miss a key difference. Lamont, Forbes, and Romney spent their own money. Ron Paul’s money nearly all comes from small donors. Most of it was not even raised by his campaign. Paul’s money indicates a much higher level of enthusiasm compared to the other candidates you mention.

[traviskicks]

yea, sometimes I think the grassroots would have been better off keeping their money and spending it on their own... IMO, this will be the future of political campaigns.

[Captain Kirk]

The campaign reeaaallly need to hire a sloganmaster or something.

Perhaps but the "campaign" had little to do with the signs. They were put up by people on their own initiative. That is the secret of Paul's success thus far.

[samtheman]

This nitwit, and his legions of nitwit supporters, are going to go third party. Which is fine. They’re all a bunch of jihadist-boot-lickers who would never vote for a strong-military candidate anyway. If there was no L Ron, they’d all talk themselves into voting for the beast.

[BobS]

Is this a retirement trick? He won’t win his congresssional seat again next year. He has a scam going. The way to go is to convert his funds into Swiss Francs. You have to wonder who is screwing who’s wife here.

[Captain Kirk]

This “nitwit” has been elected to ten terms in a conservative Texas district despite consistent oppostion from GWB and the rest of the party leadership in his home state. You obviously hate him but a “nitwit” could never pull off that feet.

[papasmurf]

A fool and his money...

[traviskicks]

well, as was said on another thread:

“Wouldn’t you prefer that leftists be tricked into voting for someone who respects the Constitution, rather than we Republicans being tricked into voting for a gun-grabbing RINO like Guiliani?”

I think the minority of Paul supporters who are leftists are simply blinded by their opposition to the Iraq war, above all else. Then again, ironically, most conservative opponents of Paul’s may fall into a similar category too...

[Badeye]

Most ‘conservative opponents’ of Ron Paul understand that contraryism isn’t a valid substitute for creativity.

[SubGeniusX]

If there was no L Ron, they’d all talk themselves into voting for the beast.

Not a chance I would vote for Hillary ... but you can have fun voting for Rudy in the Generals

[LRS]

Ron Paul for Jerry Lewis’s Labor Day Telethon replacement!