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[Ron] Paul Raises $6 Million in 24-Hour Effort [December 16, 2007]
breitbart.com ^ | December 16, 2007

Posted on 12/16/2007 10:43:13 PM PST by grundle

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.

Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.

At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.

Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.


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To: Rick_Michael

Sorry, I meant to inform the poster you were quoting that the only votes cut and run will get are from the blame America first crowd.


361 posted on 12/18/2007 1:37:37 PM PST by rideharddiefast
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To: No.6
There is an understandable backlash against Paul because of his desire to lose in Iraq (or more tactfully, to take actions that would result in a loss in Iraq).

Yeah, I don't agree with Paul on Iraq, but I have a feeling that if he did somehow win the election, political realities would intervene. You can't just order hundreds of thousands of troops in Iraq and a hundred other countries to come home tomorrow. It's a process, and stuff happens along the way. On the other hand, we can't afford to guarantee the security of S. Korea and Taiwan and Europe and Israel and Japan forever.

I disagree that another splinter party is a solution

Not in 2008, but Paul has energized quite a few college students and exposed them to ideas that might not otherwise gain much exposure, let alone acceptance, on a campus. Those people, and the voting blocs you identified are not going to go away, and will ultimately find representation. You're not a Whig are you? ;-) It can happen.
362 posted on 12/18/2007 3:46:45 PM PST by publiusF27
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To: publiusF27

My hope is that some other bright real conservative will incorporate the best ideas in Paul’s campaign and back them up. This is a key election and I’d rather not see “Hillary!” implementing socialism in 2009.

I don’t care whether the winning party calls itself ‘GOP’ or ‘Libertarian’ or ‘Constitution Party’ as long as it achieves conservative/libertarian ends. However the odds are pretty good that either the GOP nominee or the Dem nominee will win :)

In short I’d rather the GOP become more libertarian than the conservative movement splinter and lose 5 elections in a row trying to sort out what name it ought to call itself.


363 posted on 12/18/2007 7:37:08 PM PST by No.6 (www.fourthfightergroup.com)
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To: End Times Crusader

One word: PROOF...


364 posted on 12/18/2007 8:08:17 PM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: rideharddiefast

No prob...happens often actually.


365 posted on 12/18/2007 8:58:05 PM PST by Rick_Michael (The Anti-Federalists failed....so will the Anti-Frederalists)
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To: John D

Do you have proof of your contention or is it just misguided hearsay?


366 posted on 12/18/2007 10:10:01 PM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: No.6
In short I’d rather the GOP become more libertarian than the conservative movement splinter

That would be nice, but I don't see it happening. If FR is any indication of conservative thought, the current thought is to smear and expel the libertarians.
367 posted on 12/19/2007 3:25:12 AM PST by publiusF27
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To: publiusF27

“If FR is any indication of conservative thought, the current thought is to smear and expel the libertarians.”

If memory serves Mr. Robinson had something to say about Mr. Paul specifically, but that was directed at his Iraq stance.

(see #s 150, 212, 216, 232 on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933229/posts)

Note: this is mild compared to what Mr. Robinson wrote about Mr. Guiliani, hehe.

As you would expect for a political site that has occasionally made significant impact out in the real world, the opposition would like to discredit FR. While there are many real libertarians and conservatives who support Paul for good reason, there are also a good number of Dim-RATs who support Paul for the sole reason that he’s taken the same tack on the war as ‘Code Pink’ and other far-left groups. These individuals have often elected to masquerade as ‘disaffected conservatives’ here. So we have had a number of Paul trolls trying to disrupt things - with the effect that Paul is not well received here generally.

Libertarian (small-l) thought continues to flourish here and competes vigorously on many threads. Unlike DU, people here do not think in lockstep and argument is the order of the day. That’s normal and if it ever stopped I’d worry.


368 posted on 12/19/2007 5:53:37 AM PST by No.6 (www.fourthfightergroup.com)
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To: No.6

Thanks for your thoughts in this exchange. I keep coming back for a reason. Rock on, FRiend.


369 posted on 12/19/2007 2:31:24 PM PST by publiusF27
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