Posted on 12/16/2007 11:57:44 AM PST by traviskicks
On Nov. 5, supporters of Ron Paul raked in more than $4.2 million in donations in 24 hours, mostly of them collected over the Internet.
Today, they're at it again. Hoping to detonate what they call a "money bomb," the supporters started fundraising at midnight Saturday and have already raised $2 million as of about 10:30 a.m. today, more than at this point on Nov. 5, according to figures they posted online. They hope to collect a total of $10 million by midnight Sunday.
Last time, they tied their fundraising to Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates a British mercenary who tried unsuccesfully to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. This time, they're seizing on the 234th aniversary of the Boston Tea Party and converging on this snowy city to rally.
They plan on gathering on the State House steps at 1 p.m. and parading down to Faneuil Hall, where they will listen to speeches in tune with Paul's libertarian platform. Speakers will include the Republican presidential candidate's son, Dr. Rand Paul, an eye surgeon, and Carla Howell, the libertarian who ran unsuccesfully for governor in 2002.
There are also plans to dump some tea (or at least some boxes labeled tea) into the Harbor, though the details were still sketchy as of this morning.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Do you call all your doctors “Doctor” Lastnamehere?
“My comments are colored by my not supporting Ron Paul, but does it matter how much money he raises?”
No.
These fools think that by raising all this money that it somehow proves that the village idiot is “viable” as a candidate despite the fact that 95% of Republican voters are against him.
Just ask howard dean how all his fundraising and internet buzz worked for him LOL.
The idiot only has 77,000 supporters nationwide (not including those on neo-nazi sites such as stormfront and resistance), and that’s based on the membership rolls of his “support groups”.
“Ron Paul raises millions in today’s Boston Tea Party event ($3.2 million @ 3:00 EST)”
“A fool and his money...”
But seriously, good for him and I still wouldn’t vote for him.
“Just curious... What happens to the money he has raised after the primaries are over and Ron Paul is not the candidate?”
He’s going to use it with his buddy kucinich in their bid to run as a third party scab.
“Many people support him in spite of his foreign policy because he is the only person with the record on wanting to reduce government”
I’m one of those. I can’t see foreign policy changing overnight, no matter how much Dr. Paul would like it to. But he has my full support on everything else.
In 40+ years of voting, I’ve never agreed completely with any candidate, there is always one part of their platform that I would have liked to see different. I vote for the candidate who has views closest to mine on issues important to me.
“Another factor is that he has all these volunteers, over 75,000 meetup members that will work fanatically for him,”
Just like the brownshirts were fanatical about hitler during his rise to power.
“This grassroots activism is what wins elections.”
Really?
And how did howard dean do with all of that “grassroots” support he got?
Oh that’s right he FAILED!
YEAAARRG!!!
ROFL
This is a foreshadowing of things to come. Hopefully, it is the rebirth of the Republic.
The way y'all are alienating that 5%, sure hope the Republicans don't need them come November.
“Regardless of your views on Dr. Paul it is astounding to see a candidate get this much financial support in such a short period of time.”
And if you look at the graphs, you will see that from the time this silly “Tea Party” gimmick was announced, donations to his campaign was $0.
They save it so they can all give on one day. It’s nothing more than some childish publicity stunt by a desperate campaign of a senile old coot.
Beautifully said. The RINO infection has become gangrenous.
This isn’t 1810. Isolationism doesn’t work anymore. Face the threat THERE, or HERE.
There also isn’t 10% support in America for returning to just what is in the Constitution. If there was any significant support for that concept, the Democrats wouldn’t control Congress.
Apparently he needs the $$$. In flyover country, his campaign consists of spray paint graffiti on public signs and some private property. Nice.
I applaud you for your politically astute evaluation of the Paul phenomenon. The "smear and sneer" anti-Paul bashing won't bring all these political novices into a functioning coalition, and unless tapped with care their energy will otherwise dissipate into Third Party impotency.
We went to war with Iraq....now, it is Iran who is the bigger threat.
I am leaning toward getting America out of playing world cop.
We are spending trillions upon trillions over many years to stop drugs, stop nuclear proliferation, stop illicit arms deals, unseat dictators and so on.
This world is no safer, and we have no less drugs on the streets than twenty years ago.
I’m starting to believe the feds are trying to keep us in a constant state of fear. It’s just one damn crisis after another.
Iraq was no threat to us. Besides, we removed Saddam and his sadistic son’s....can we like bring our troops home now?
I was shocked to learn we maintain approx seven hundred bases around the world....what the heck?
If the feds were so dedgum worried about terrorism, then why leave our borders wide freakin open? Makes no sense.
I think it’s time for Americans to wake up and demand Congress protect American industry at home, protect our jobs, stop spending like a teenager with a new credit card. Bring our troops home and putt’em on our border.
Pass term limits for the senate...get these old bumbs outta there, build the damn border fence, negotiate FAIR trade deals.
Demand Congress criminalize foreign lobbyist and gain control over corporate sweetheart deals in the halls of Congress.
These "stunts" buy lots of free publicity.
Funny that you as a veteran support that village idiot.
ron paul has voted against the military budget time and time again.
He has voted against pay raises for the military.
He has voted against improving quality of life for hte military.
He has voted against increases in veteran benefits such as healthcare, education and retirement.
He has voted against funding for critical equipment such as body armor.
He called our own military war criminals after Desert Storm.
He said that he was disappointed in that the clinton military cuts didn’t go deep enough.
ron paul has failed in his constitutionally mandated duties as a congressman under Article I Section 8 of the Constitution.
ron paul has stabbed our troops in the back and now wants to complete his betrayal by pulling the rug out from under them.
“But I am curious to why you criticize both?”
Because they’re not ron paulie girl cheerleaders
And how did howard dean do with all of that “grassroots” support he got?
And how did the grassrots do in '94 with the Republican Revolution?
Oh, thats right, they WON.
With people like YOU out there, why in God's name would a Paul supporter consider voting for the Republican nominee? You've called them kooks, fascists, white-supremecists, Code Pinkers, and a variety of other names.
Guess what, if the Republican candidate doesn't get their votes, they'll LOSE the general. And I won't blame them either, because people like YOU have tried their hardest to make them feel unwelcome in the GOP.
People are tired of Bush and all his broken promises, his baby steps towards socialized medicine, his failure on social security, and his abandonment of Republican principles. We don't Huckabee or any of the other big government Republicans, we don't want an ever expanding federal government stealing our liberties piece by piece.
I probably wont vote for Paul, I'm willing to compromise with Fred. But I completely understand why so many support Paul so fervently.
“$3.5 million today with 12,208 new donors.”
So?
You’re wasting your time; he’s off his meds.
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