Latest Paul money bomb looks like dud

The Politico ^ | 11-30-07 | By: Kenneth P. Vogel

[MNJohnnie]

Looks like the smoke and mirrors that is the Paul campaign is starting to fall apart. Raise almost $12 million and still cannot get even 10% in any polls. Have to wonder just where is all this money coming from?

And that not considering the "independent" expenditures being made on Paul's behalf.

I wonder if some fat cat Paulbots are not going to be surprised to discover US Campaign laws do apply to them as well as the rest of us.

[Always Right]

Maybe we should print up some Liberty Dollars to send to Paul.

[Allegra]

This may explain why the Paul Faithful appear to be getting even nastier and moonbattier of late. ;-)

[EDINVA]

Is it me or does anyone else get annoyed with articles that quote individuals without introducing them? WHo is Benton, who is Lyman? Their quotes are just thrown in there early in the article as if we’re supposed to know who they are, then they are described (if at all) several paragraphs later.

[publiusF27]

And that not considering the "independent" expenditures being made on Paul's behalf.

I wonder if some fat cat Paulbots are not going to be surprised to discover US Campaign laws do apply to them as well as the rest of us.

I wonder how it is that a primary author of those laws limiting freedom of political expression is still in the Republican Party and running for President.

[cripplecreek]

I noticed that Paul didn’t get the big cheer he’s used to when he was introduced at the recent debate. Also I noticed that the moonbats haven’t been able to FReep the FR poll enough to put him near the top this time out either.

[Rush4U]

Republican Presidential candidate, Ron Paul, is now the frontrunner in the GOP race according to this months fund raising numbers. Paul rose over 10.3 million in the fourth quarter with a month left to go in the quarter. That number is double of what Paul raised in the third quarter.

By contrast, rival Fred Thompson raised $9,750,821 in the third quarter. Mitt Romney raised $9,896,719 in the third quarter, and Rudy Giuliani raised $10,258,019 in the third quarter.

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=182537

[Darksheare]

They also haven’t spam monkey’d every thread that mentioned him in a couple days.
I was waiting for them to appear yesterday on two threads in particular that made their hero look bad.

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I wouldn't call $500,000 in one day a 'dud'... :)

[billbears]

Have to wonder just where is all this money coming from?

Paul Cash

How many donors does that say? 120,000 with an average donation of $89 per person. Now I know I've donated $200 and several others I know have donated about the same amount. This is the first time in my entire life I have given a penny to a political campaign. Contrary to the party faithful we aren't receiving checks from George Soros. No, what upsets the party 'faithful' is we aren't choosing from the 'mainstream' candidates whose mealy mouthed responses are the same I've heard for decades now. What upsets them even more is they can't track these people because dang it they either haven't played the party game before or they had given up on most politicians long ago. They can't track them to know what they'll do when it comes to the precious voting system that has been dominated by Idiot Party 1 and Idiot Party 2

Dud? Let's see. I heard about Rudy's Reading Day about 7 days before. Most others probably around the same time, perhaps a few days extra. So in 10 days supporters of Ron Paul, without the help of the campaign, got out the message and raised over $500,000. Yeah that's a dud alright. A dud any of the 'frontrunners' would gladly accept.

Better wake up Johnnie my boy. The libertarians are back and this time your little closed party of nanny statists and interventionists are going to be put out to pasture hopefully once and for all. It may not happen this election, it may take 16 years like it did between Goldwater and Reagan. But I'm thinking not. As fast as information travels now, the clock for the big government Republicans to go away will be ticking a lot faster

[JJTHEBULL]

Its getting ridiculous that they keep doing these at the last minute so theres no planning or organization behind them. Theyve raised 10 million this quarter, thats more than enough for now. The 16th could be a HUGE day. Especially if he gets 6 or 7 million on that day. Which I would say is VERY likely to happen. But how much of that money has already been contributed instead of waiting for it all on one day like originally planned?

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

I’ve given $500 now, so I guess that makes me one of the “fat cats” among Paul donors...luckily that Soros check will be coming soon to reimburse me. And WE’RE the conspiracy theorists....

[rineaux]

As you guys know, RP donations average about 160K dollar a day with about 1500 donors.

His second so called “money boom” did over 500K in one day. I would say it was a really good day compared to his average.

The big day as you guys are writing about is the 16th of Dec. However, I heard they wanted to combine the 15/16th together in fear that some would not want to give money on a Sunday.

Regardless, I do believe the weekend of the 15th will be very successful. When it is, we will have those who hate Paul (dont understand him) blame Soros for funding him and yet these same detractors are calling this 500K a dud and claiming RP is losing his momentum and support.

How did Fred giving day do? Did the campaign raise over 500K in the one day? I know some are being VERY quiet about giving day.

Thanks for the ping TK

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thanks for introducing your friend Lefty to the Forum.

[jmeagan]

*****Dud? Let’s see. I heard about Rudy’s Reading Day about 7 days before. Most others probably around the same time, perhaps a few days extra. So in 10 days supporters of Ron Paul, without the help of the campaign, got out the message and raised over $500,000. Yeah that’s a dud alright. A dud any of the ‘frontrunners’ would gladly accept.****

They also didn’t mention that, when Ron Paul’s person in charge of fund raising sent out the e-mail saying the campaign needed money now, Ron Paul supporters chipped in somewhere between $200-300,000 on that day. (I couldn’t find the numbers, but I think that my numbers are close.)

With such an up front primary schedule, I thought making the next money bomb Dec. 16th, after the Nov. 5th money bomb, was pretty late. I think Trevor was looking for something that could not be spun by the MSM, so he selected the date of the Boston Tea Party.

In any case, Dec. 16th will be huge. It will not get the overlay that Nov. 5th got. (About $1.8 M pledged, $4.2 M received.) I expect that about $3 M will be pledged and about $6 M. will be received.

Good showings in Iowa, top 3, and N. H., top 2, will give Ron Paul the momentum to pull off the greatest political upset in our history.

[publiusF27]

The comparison to Goldwater is, I think, an apt one.

Goldwater excited a generation of future conservative leaders while they were still just college kids, and that's what Ron Paul is doing today. On another forum I visit, one of the guys posted a picture of Ron Paul with the caption, "Yes, mom's going to be pissed that you donated next semester's tuition"

That's pretty funny because it has some ring of truth to it, something you couldn't say if it were about another Republican candidate. Who else is getting college kids in large numbers to learn about individual freedom and limited government? No one.

Goldwater lost big time, but he left behind a legacy - a group of young people who had become interested for the first time in politics. Ron Paul is doing the same thing today. Every day, some more or less apolitical college kid whose opinions have been formed mostly by the mainstream media hears about him and goes to his issues page. Where else are these kids hearing positive things about property rights and low taxes and gun ownership? Almost all of them know Social Security is a political scam and they'll never see a dime. Who else is saying so right on his campaign website?

Ron Paul may not even be in the race in a couple of months, but he has already changed the world by waking up some youngsters, just like Goldwater did before him. The GOP is just being stupid by shunning Paul and cozying up to northeastern liberals, IMO. Pushing away potential allies. It's like they want a third party to emerge.

[fortheDeclaration]

Inoticed that Paul didn’t get the big cheer he’s used to when he was introduced at the recent debate. Also I noticed that the moonbats haven’t been able to FReep the FR poll enough to put him near the top this time out either.

I didn't even bother with the poll.

Polls are for those who are worried about what other people think-consensus thinkers, like most of the GOP candidates.

[fortheDeclaration]

They also haven’t spam monkey’d every thread that mentioned him in a couple days. I was waiting for them to appear yesterday on two threads in particular that made their hero look bad.

First, Ron Paul supporters hero is the 'Constitution'.

Second, who is your candidate?

[fortheDeclaration]

Ron Paul may not even be in the race in a couple of months, but he has already changed the world by waking up some youngsters, just like Goldwater did before him. The GOP is just being stupid by shunning Paul and cozying up to northeastern liberals, IMO. Pushing away potential allies. It's like they want a third party to emerge.

What the Ron Paul campaign has done is expose the truth that there is no difference between either Party and that either the Constitutionalists are going to take over the GOP, or it is going the way of the Whig Party.

[Darksheare]

Ah, spam monkey dead threads.
Dance for me spam monkey.