Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
Paul Hauls $4.2 Million A day that started with expectations of roughly 18,000 giving roughly $1.8 million to the Ron Paul campaign produced final results that were truly an exploding money bomb: $4.2 million from nearly 40,000 contributors.by Walt Thiessen
(libertarian)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Trevor Lyman's ThisNovember5th.com website led to an extraordinary political explosion yesterday as it helped raise more than $4.2 million in just 24 hours on November 5, 2007 for the Ron Paul campaign. It was the largest Republican haul in history, the largest single online haul in history (dwarfing Howard Dean's famous $700,000 day four years ago), and it was apparently the third largest fundraising day of any kind for all candidates, eclipsed only by Hillary Clinton's $6.2 million splash earlier this year and a slightly smaller day for Barack Obama.
That brings the Paul Haul for 4th Quarter 2007 to nearly $7.25 million, almost 50% higher than its shocking $5 million fundraising effort in the 3rd quarter of the year. $10 million is now looking like a very realistic possibility for the entire 4th quarter, and even $15 million may not be out of reach.
One of the main goals of the now famous "money bomb" was to get the attention of major media, which is just now beginning to happen. Google News shows roughly 2,800 articles on the subject of Paul's fundraising jaw-dropper, including articles by the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and ABC News. Even so, we're still waiting for the big breakthrough. Network TV news last night ignored the story (the ABC News story was included on their website but apparently not in their evening news broadcast. The Paul story doesn't even appear on their list of main headline items on their website).
CNN did a report on it, so there isn't complete major TV ignorance of the event, but the big 4 (ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX) were all wrapped up instead with the crackdown on moderates and liberals in Pakistan and the embarrassment of Oprah Winfrey. Of course, the fundraising day hadn't completed yet at the time of their evening broadcasts, but if the network news channels don't carry the story in tonight's edition of their broadcasts, then there is indeed concern of a media brownout of the Paul campaign. Obviously, it can't be called a blackout anymore because there has been some coverage. But if the biggest internet political fundraising day of all time goes by with only minimum notice by the major media, the term brownout seems quite appropriate to describe the situation.
The next question, of course, is how the Paul campaign will use their new windfall. Prior TV ads aired in NH received mixed reviews from supporters and opponents alike, so the pressure is on to produce better content the next time around.
The biggest question in the long run is how well will all this fundraising translate into votes in January? Anecdotal evidence suggests that some who were leaning toward more visible Republican candidates are now swinging toward Paul in the belief that he is no longer an asterisk in the campaign, but there is no way as yet to know how much of a trend this really is.
Even the polls that will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead may only give us a partial picture of how well Paul will do in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Michigan after the new year. With questions about the accuracy of pollster counting of the cell phone generation from which Paul generates much of his support, even the polls might be misleading.
Today Paul supporters everywhere can rightfully celebrate their success. It is well earned. But they can't rest on their laurels if they want to help their candidate continue to move forward in national popularity and recognition. There must continue to be more and more similar efforts made to find ways to help Dr. Paul get his face and his message in front of nearly 100 million Americans, the overwhelming majority of whom still haven't heard that message directly.
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What a glorious day November 5th must have been for the herds of unattended sheep all across America. Wow! Think of it, a Republican politician who'll actually allow Libertarians to sing along with real Republicans. Please turn to page 666 in the moral majority hymn book and sing along:
We shall come re-joic-ing, bring-ing in these poor, lost, forgotten sheep…
"Ron Paul? Oh, he's a fine man, he's had his problems like the rest of us, but I'm really pleased that he has finally raised enough money to draw attention to himself and his ideas. I love nostalgia. The question is will Mr. and Mrs. Paul dance to the Tennessee Waltz with their supporters on television?" -Rudy Giuliani AP/TIME 11/05/07
We support Ron Paul because we love freedom and we love our country. Ron Paul represents real change and a return to our founding principles. We are the Sons of Liberty. Welcome to the Revolution.
What a nice sounding phrase. Why not Sons of Paul? This old brain dead man who couldn't get the attention he wanted as a Libertarian wisely became a Republican. At least now he'll get his picture taken and get some news coverage. Lou Dobbs, being an Independent, is doing what he can for him. Still, his racist past is going to catch up with him should he ever get to 3% and that'll be that. Right now he's like a landfill, it looks pretty from a distance, but get close and the stench will gag you. The clue here is most of those who support Ron Paul supported Bush. But it's really hard to find these Bush Christians now that their hero has turned out to be Satan's grandchild. But that's to be expcted of hypocrites and bigots. Go ahead and cheer this old man because it's now or never. In a few months, Ron Paul will be just another Libertarian mirage.
Bob Miller- Unfortunately, Paul is fighting for the civil rights of morons like you, too. And for that, you should donate twice as much as everyone else.
Bob, bob, bob.... the tired messge of the ill-informed... He was a republican, tried libertarian, then returned republican... you really need to update your talking points. you dont lend any credibility to your cause...
Besides what are you so afraid of that you have to post your misinfo here anyway... he's just a mirage, right?? ha ha... you must be one of the liberty haters that support Clinton.
I've given to both Clinton and Giuliani. My business partner, a retired rear admiral, and I own a warehouse in Florida. It's near a Navy base and the admiral's friend, a Mr. Rumsfeld, convinced him that we should lease it to Westinghouse, who in turn, leased it to the Department of Defense.
Our Uncle Sam, who is also your uncle, fixed it up for us and put a fence around it with a lot of little signs, "Keep Out! - Department of Defense." To my knowledge, there is nothing in the building and only the security guards show up for work there, but the checks arrive on time each month. Thank you dear taxpayers.
That's just one of at least fifty-billion reasons that Mr. Ron Paul will never sit behind the desk in the Oval Office. I truly enjoy owning my own airplane, Carver yacht, and second home in St. Thomas (USVI), as do thousands of others. If sending Ron Paul to heaven is what it takes to maintain that lifestyle, like John and Bobby Kennedy, that's where the boys will send him. So, you can send $2 and a pint of your blood to Paul if you like, he's going nowhere. But we are gracious enough to allow you to dream of a better world. So close your eyes, boys and girls, and say your prayers.
Posted By: William Wallace
Date: 2007-11-06 11:39:42
It is refreshing to see my fellow Americans finally waking up to the circumstances they are in. Even if 1 billion dollars is raised for truth and freedom, even if every thinking non-robotic person wakes up and supports Dr. Paul, even if every MSM media scumbag article is challenged on the facts by hundreds of people who see the facts, IT WILL ALL BE FOR NOTHING if we do not take back the voting system to open transparent fairness.
Electronic voting machines are a part of the foundation of the establishment's control. The tyrants can safely sit behind phony poll results as a screen for the fraud they will pull on election day. The establishment foresaw that a certain percentage of Americans would start to awaken as the tyranny became more obvious. Unless you want all your work to go down the drain you MUST do something about the electronic voting machines. The system can crank in any result they want.
50 lawsuits in the 50 sates are in the process of being filed that demand the decertification of electronic, paperless voting machines like the Diebold system. Please check out the votefraud org also VoteInSunshine and the National Clean Elections Lawsuit: "N-CEL" for more details about this vital subject. Time is short. I pray it is not too late for all of us!
“I care not who votes, I care only about those who count the votes”.- quote attributed to the dictator Josef Stalin
Sounds to me like Bob Miller is one of the corruption problems that plague the nation. No surprise that if he's speaking the truth about his personal situation that he would not bite the hand that feeds him. People like him are lost to Dr. Paul, and lost to freedom, because they care more about their own wallet and situation now than the bigger picture that will bite us all if not dealt with. That's typical and unfortunate short-sighted greed. Good luck to you, Bob Miller, you're going to need all you can muster. Karma can be a biatch when it comes calling...
In the grand scheme of things a peasant is a peasant. It doesn't matter if they're legal, illegal, black, brown or white they're nothing more than worker ants. So send your hard earned dollars to Ron Paul, because if you don't give it to him, one of the other soldier ants will take it from you.
By the way, the meek do inherit the earth, but they tend to inherit very small plots, about six feet by three. I'll stay in touch to rub your Bush noses in this next big mistake. We all know that most of you voted for Bush. You're just too much like him.
This is a good question. It shows that you know your station in life, but hope to improve it by asking those more advanced than you questions. This is a big and important step in an invertebrate's life if they're going to ever stand upright.
Answer: I do not consider members of Independent parties a waste of time. They serve two purposes. 1) As free entertainment. 2) I see them very much like Henry Kissinger saw the men in our armed forces. I simply change the words "foreign policy" to whatever.
"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." -Henry Kissinger
PLEASE PEOPLE! Stop with this "civil rights" nonsense! Civil Rights are PRIVILEGES that were created for the freed slaves (aka US/federal citizens) after the War of Northern Aggression. As for me, I am a citizen of the USA - not a US/federal citizen. And I have UNALIENABLE RIGHTS endowed by the Creator! PLEASE - try to understand, try to wake up and learn, and do not continue with your subjugation as a slave to govt!
Mr. Miller, wouldn't you be sailing on a larger yacht and flying a more respectable aeroplane if you concentrated your energies (and those of your blood-sucking cohorts) on the likes of the Chinese? What's holding you back, really? No flair for languages? Or just self-satisfied with being an upper-middle-class peon?
"And I have UNALIENABLE RIGHTS endowed by the Creator!"
So far this creator of yours has failed miserably to enforce the rights of anyone, especially the million or so that've been murdered by Christians in Iraq and a hundred other places. You remind me of two preachers who didn't like the fact that the CIA was dealing in drugs in their little part of the world. They were shot some fifty times each. Then six guys who were herding donkeys nearby were shot. The eight of them were thrown in a pile, some AK-47s were placed around the bodies, and finally, the press was called in to report the successful capture and execution of the rebels who had murderer the preachers. Yeah, hypocrite, you have rights, and that's the right to do as you're told and the right to have an assisted suicide.
Having worked for the federal government since 1958 I just crack up each time I hear "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave". This frightened Christian nation has 168,000 armed troops and another 48,000 armed mercenaries in Iraq who are murdering men, women, and children as they please, and they still can't control these goat herders who Saddam--one man--had under control. And your freedom doesn't extend one inch farther than George W. Bush and the directors of the FBI and CIA says it extends. I'll bet that not one of you have thought it strange that Jerry Falwell and James Kennedy, two of George H.W. Bush's soldiers, left this world almost together. They had served their purpose and knew way too much about his, "Just say yes to drugs" program.
I realize that this is a waste of my time since most of you would need a tutor to help you comprehend this information, but there's a chance that one of you might start doing a little research on what took place in this country in 1976 after George H.W. Bush took charge of the CIA.
On February 22, 1977 Robert H. Stewart III, the chairman of the holding company for First International Bankshares of Dallas, announced that Bush would become the chairman of the executive committee of First International Bank in Houston and would simultaneously become a director of First International Bankshares Ltd. of London, a merchant bank owned by First International Bankshares, Inc. Bush also became a director of First International Bankshares Inc., which was the holding company for the entire international group. Thus, less than two years before Margaret Thatcher came to power, Bush acquired the status of investment banker in the City of London, the home of the Eurodollar market and the home of British imperial financial circles in which such figures as Lord Victor Rothschild, Tiny Rowland, the Sultan of Brunei, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and the Emir of Kuwait were at home. An annual fee of $75,000 as a "consultant" also sweetened this pot. During the 1988 campaign, Bush gave the implacable stonewall to any questions about the services he performed for the First International Bankshares group or about any other aspects of his business activities during the pre-1980 interlude. Interfirst was then the largest bank in Texas and was reportedly running speculation all over South America, China, and Europe.
Later, after the Reagan-Bush orgy of speculation and usury had ruined the Texas economy, the Texas commercial banks began to collapse into bankruptcy. First International of Dallas (or "Interfirst") merged with RepublicBank during 1987 to form First RepublicBank, which became the biggest commercial bank in Texas. Bankruptcy overtook the new colossus just a few months later, but federal regulators delayed their inevitable intervention until after the Texas primary in the spring of 1988 in order to avoid a potentially acute embarrassment for Bush. Once Bush had the nomination locked up, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation awarded the assets of First RepublicBank to the North Carolina National Bank in exchange for no payment whatsoever on the part of NCNC, which is a darling of the intelligence community (CIA).
And the beat goes on...Now get back to work. This Republican wants to upgrade from a Piper Chieftian to a Citation. That'll take more than usual of your tax dollars. And yes, by all means please vote. It really doesn't matter who you vote for since there's only one political party. Surly you've guess that watching George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton crisscrossing the globe checking on their pipeline. The good news is this year's opium production in Afghanistan will be the best on record.
"Concentrated your energies (and those of your blood-sucking cohorts) on the likes of the Chinese?"
Been to China twice this year and have a trip planned for 2008. The young women over there are unbelievably talented. Now what about your plans, going to Mom and Dad's or will you get one of those subprime deals that Countrywide is offering and go to Disney World?
It really doesn't matter who you are, or how intelligent you like to (try to) appear. What kind of boat you own (or say you own) or how much globe-trotting you've done. It makes no difference who you know, or how far advanced you think you are. It doesn't matter if you're a slut (liberal democrat) a whore (neo-con) or a rape victim (most everyone else) you're still screwed. And anyone who has time to waste by trying to piss people off on the web can't possibly have much of a life.
Some of us belive in the moral underpinnings of Americas founding documents, which originate in ancient Chinese philosophy. And our beliefs are exercised by supporting Dr. Ron Paul. It is a moral issue sans religion, as old as civilization, which will endure until the end of humanity.
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