Posted on 01/01/2008 12:39:23 PM PST by rface
Edited on 01/01/2008 12:48:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Ron Paul said today his presidential campaign raised nearly $20 million in the last three months of 2007 from 130,000 donors.
Ron Paul brought in nearly $5.3 million that quarter.
Paul's campaign said that more than 107,000 donors were new and the average donation was about $90. More than half of the total came from two 24-hour online fund-raising events organized by supporters -- one on Nov. 5, and the second centered in Boston on Dec. 16.
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Paul is very RINO, that is why he had an ACU rating of only 76%. He is a moderate libertarian with ZERO accomplishments in his decades in office other that lately selling out to the anti-American left, troofers and neo-nazis.
The Paul coalition
Cindy Sheehan and Stormfront Leader Jamie Kelso at a Ron Paul rally.
Ron Paul with Stormfront leader Don Black
All that money really does is illustrate that you cannot buy votes.
Dollars do not equal votes.
Who or what are the “benjamins”?
his lies about Lincoln put him outside of the Republican fold
This isn’t guilt by association, this is relationships that are making themselves more and more apparent as time goes on.
Ron Paul is a Libertarian, he has NEVER claimed to be a conservative.
On some things, libertairians and conservatives agree. Ron Paul has not chosen to emphasize these areas of common belief, but has wandered off into some fever swamp where paranoia and suspicion of everybody else’s motives are paramount.
There is some question about WHERE the influx of cash is coming from. I would suspect some major benefactor like H. Ross Perot, but there is no Bush in this race. And George Soros is directing his efforts elsewhere.
My only fear, is that Ron Paul will think he has enough support to make his mark, and still run as a third party ticket.
But it’s his life, he can do what he wants.
I miss having conservatives in the Republican party.
So RP hasn’t been elected to Congress as a Republican ten times. That doesn’t appear to be enough for you. I’ve got my problems with him from a policy standpoint, but to say he ain’t Republican just isn’t true. He represents a side of Republican policy thought that you disagree with, but he isn’t off the reservation on many of our key issues. Lower taxes? Yep. Smaller government? Yep. (or like too many so called conservatives have you forgotten that one?) Eliminate gun control? Yep. Pro-life? Yep, and consistently so over a long period of time (and you can’t say the same about Mitt). And so on.
“not chosen to emphasize these areas of common belief” Flat out untrue.
was his district competitive, or do you just have to have the R after your name. As far as i know, we don't owe him any thanks.
David Duke was elected to congress in Louisiana and ran on the same platform of small government, low taxes, etc, that doesn’t mean he is a true Conservative Republican.
$20 Million?
See, this is why I keep saying that a proscription, on the model of the Romans, would be the best way for dealing with traitors.
Print out a list of Ron Paul donors and others, nail it to the door of the Capitol, and then let those who deal with the problem keep a percentage of the profits, with the rest going to fund the war effort.
I don't know. If he's such a poor Republican and there are no Democrats in his district, is it really true that they couldn't come up with a single other Republican to run against him in a primary for Congress that would be more to your satisfaction?
I think it's more likely that yes, he's been elected to Congress lots of times, and yes, that's because people in his district like him.
Time for a change, let’s get a real conservative in that district.
http://www.chrispeden.org
In most of the Roman proscriptions, the marked individuals also had the option of fleeing into exile and abandoning their property.
then he was of no benefit to Republicans outside of his district. Let him continue to run there or , if he’s primaried , another Republican will represent his district. What’s the difference to the rest of us?
“That guy, you mean David Duke ...”
No. Must I spell it out for you? I mean the guy in your picture (Don Black) who actively supported & contributed to Reagan in ‘80. So are you calling everyone in Reagan’s coalition a neonazi? Are you saying that Don Black’s support influenced Reagan in any way?
ACU ratings are nice but they also include votes on topics that have nothing to do with conservatism or constitutionality, such as the Patriot Act & S 3930 (Roll Call 508) a bill authorizing military tribunals to try unlawful enemy combatants in the war on terror. Paul votes against bills that he feels are contrary to the constitution.
Paul’s lifetime rating is still 82.3%. Perhaps in ‘05 & ‘06 when he got 76% he thought unconstitutional legislation was being passed.
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