Posted on 12/30/2007 10:07:59 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul may lag behind in public-opinion polls. But after raising about $19 million for the final three months of the year, he is now among his party's front-runners in the race for campaign cash.
When the books close on the year's fourth quarter today, the plain-spoken antiwar Texas congressman will have posted one of the best fund-raising periods of any Republican presidential candidate this year.
To be sure, other Republican candidates hadn't disclosed their fourth-quarter fund-raising figures as of yesterday. But to date, only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has issued a better three-month report, and just once: $20.8 million in the first quarter, not counting loans the former venture capitalist made to his campaign.
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There were discernable differences in those two instances so it is a case of nuance and circumstance, not inconsistency or hypocrisy.
Say what?
He's sure got a lot of you fooled.
Buys a lot of tin foil.
Are you comparing Romney's own personal money, that he earned fair and square and is using in his own campaign, to the coffers of Ron Paul filled by White Supremacist? Guess ol' Ron Paul, doesn't have any personal wealth of his own, and must depend on White Surpremacist's money.
And then BAM! My optimism and hope is dashed.
I think he's going to do it. He only needs about $900,000.
(Thanks, Mom)
Leni
He's paying his own way, a traditionally conservative thing to do.
Ron Paul is getting money from liberal democrats so he can disrupt a Republican primary election. Traditional conservatism? Or maybe just dishonest political pandering?
Ummm, no...I'm pointing out that Romney has to reach into his wallet because he has no real support.
Guess ol' Ron Paul, doesn't have any personal wealth of his own, and must depend on White Surpremacist's money.
Dr. Paul has a nice personal income despite not dipping into the taxpayer trough, rejecting pay raises, or taking advantage of a Congressional golden parachute retirement. I don't know about you, but $500 bucks from a single individual white supremacist is far less controversial than the corporate special-interest/lobbyist/globalist money that have been contributed to two-faced Oven Mitt.
More like buying the WH. Fortunately, voters realize this, which is why Romney is currently in debt and has spent over $80 million this year trying to prove he's a conservative.
Ron Paul is getting money from liberal democrats so he can disrupt a Republican primary election.
Maybe liberal Democrats enjoy the message of freedom and liberty and are tired of being liberal Democrats.
Traditional conservatism? Or maybe just dishonest political pandering?
Paul's not soliciting any of these funds. Everybody is contributing to him on their own without direction from the official campaign.
“How does it disrupt the rep. party, since Paul’s chances of winning the nomination are minimal if existent at all?”
Then you support excluding Ron Paul from the debates?
“His anti-interventionism stance and enlightened position on the war on drugs could serve to peel some voters away from the liberal party.”
His isolationist stance and support of legalization of all drugs would have the opposite effect since those who support those things will turn to the liberal party. Having Ron Paul in the Republican debates is allowing the democrats to have a spokesman on stage.
“The only way Paul’s campaign can hurt anything is if he runs as a third party candidate, but again, he would be appealing to voters of all stripes, so it would be a wash.”
No, when it comes to actually counting votes, Ron Paul won’t draw votes from the democrats but from libertarians that might vote republican.
“But, then, why aren’t they reflected in the polls?”
My guess is that the polls ask for Republicans and many people supporting Paul are (I) and even (D).
“single individual white supremacist “
How racist of you.
Defending the constitution is a platform generally associated with the republican party, not the democrats. Strict constitutionalists are who republicans like to see as judical appointees, not democrats. Reducing the scope and power of the federal government is a traditional republican value, not a democrat one. Paul absolutely belongs on the republican stage, or at least a conservative stage, for those reasons alone. That liberals might benefit from or be attracted to the consequences of these principles does not make Paul a spokesman for them. He is a spokesmand for conservatives who understand conservatism.
The democrats like having Ron Paul on stage since he appeals to the republicans disgruntled by mainstream republicans. The democrats hope this appeal will pay dividends when a number of republicans decide to vote third party or stay home.
Only $858,000 to go to reach $20,000,000.
So it's an entitlement? Can't he do all of those things from the Libertarian stage?
Why does he run as a Republican when he is a Libertarian? Why can't he show honesty in this most basic area?
There isn't much time left before the key primaries are over, and he's done.
Best make your donations early and often.
D'oh!
I suppose you are right. It is much easier to deride Paul as a kook, than to actually incorporate even an iota of his principles. Instead of wooing libertarians and disgruntled conservatives by saying anything positive about constitutional principles, it must be more practical to go after the pro-abortion vote, the gay constituency, and the Israel first crowd. Winning is much more important than actually standing for something. It's much better to silence Paul, kick him out of the party he has represented in congress for twenty years, shut him out from debates, and attribute any support he has to the nefarious machinations of the democrats.
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