Posted on 12/14/2007 6:27:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Once again honoring the revolutions of history, Texas Congressman Ron Paul will commemorate the Boston Tea Party Sunday, with his campaign attempting to set another one day fund raising record and beat out the $4.4 million he collected from supporters last month on November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day.
The campaign's new blimp also took to the air Friday, leaving North Carolina on its maiden voyage up the east coast.
The blimp was originally scheduled to drop tea into Boston the harbor on Sunday, but a launch delay forced organizers to reschedule the flight plan for a New Hampshire primary appearance on January 8th.
Despite a low standing in national polls, Paul’s extensive grassroots campaign may yet give credence to the fact that early polls are merely snapshots of the race.
Given Paul’s media attention and die hard supporters, there is little doubt Sunday’s event will eclipse November's record.
But can Paul bring in enough Republicans for a bid at the nomination?
Current support has leaned heavily on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who recently took has a commanding lead in Iowa, and as a former Baptist minister, has proven adept at courting the parties evangelicals.
But for Paul and others, Iowa will not be the end all.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is high in the national polls, but not in Iowa where he has never planned on securing a victory. His big ticket rides on the larger states and later primaries.
Paul has seen stronger media attention lately and with his commitments to a completely new monetary policy and immediate withdrawal from Iraq, the real contest will come down to whether people believe Paul, or candidates like Giuliani when it comes to foreign policy and fiscal management.
We’re gonna go way over the top ($12M) on Sunday! Wh00t!
Wouldn’t one need an environmental impact statement before dumping the tea into Boston harbor?
and will it be decaf? wouldn’t want to buzz the little marine critters , now would we?
LOL! I think tea is a natural product though Norm. The fishies will be OK :-)
Oh, I don’t know, if its from China, I’d be real careful. ;-)
Flying a blimp and throwing away perfectly good teas, inspires me to vote for RP - why?
The phone rings, I answer and say hello, and then there's this long silence. You know, the silence that comes when you're being hooked up to some computer system somewhere.
Then this cheery recorded chick comes on and says, "Hello, please hold for a very important message from Dr. Ron Paul."
And then I hear another recorded voice that says, "Hello I'm Dr. Ron Paul..."
Now, I've never held on to the phone beyond that point so I've no idea what he's about or what his rap is.
I do see a lot of Ron Paul sign in the neighborhood though.
They're on the crazy people's lawns; the people who won't shut up at town meeting, the people who write letters to the editor of the local paper every week, the people who write letters to the editor in rhyming verse, that sort of element...
Remember RuPaul. Hold your tea cup with your little finger up in the air.
You Rue Paul supporters going to do all kinds of mutual “Tea Bagging” to celebrate?
No, YOU?
If I were supporting Rue Paul, sure. Tea Bagging is a requirement for support followed by a hit on a bong, and a need for serious psyc meds.
Go Rue Paul. 12 million Tea Bags.
“...all kinds of mutual “Tea Bagging” to celebrate?”
Gee, thanks alot for almost causing me to do a spit take all over my keyboard.
Congrats to Ron Paul, the only Republican who can turn Greens , Deaniacs , and disaffected Dimocrats into part-time Patriots ....
Hey, I call em like I see em.
The Rue Paul contingent are a bunch of Tea Baggers.
In case other people do not understand the ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging
It just keeps getting cruder and cruder. If there's a bottom to this barrel I hope we hit it pretty soon.
Nah, you’re just jealous because FR’s favorite, Fred Dunce Thompson, is sucking ass in the GOP primaries.
Are you kidding me? RP brings out the worst in people. Cut and run. Pass the bong. Racism. Anti-Semites. etc.
Ron Paul is a putz.
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