Paul’s active service member donations get noticed (Troops support Ron Paul)

The Hill ^ | August 3, 2007 | Klaus Marre

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Paul’s active service member donations get noticed
By Klaus Marre
August 03, 2007

Rep. Ron Paul (Texas), the anti-Iraq war candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and darling of the Internet, said his colleagues have taken notice that he has raised more money from active service members than any other GOP White House hopeful.

"Lots of military people turned out to be aware that our campaign got more donations from soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines than any other," said Paul in a statement on his website. "Funny, that made a big impression in Congress too. Many of my colleagues were amazed and encouraged that you can be against this unconstitutional and disastrous war, and get military support."

While campaign spokesman Jesse Benton did not name names, he said that "two southern Republicans" recently approached Paul. They noted that his success in getting money from members of the active military is "turning some heads."

Paul said it is "an outrage that we are accused of not supporting the troops" and called it a "scam when the warmongers claim to be pro-soldier."

Despite his popularity on the Internet and a surprisingly strong second quarter fund-raising effort, which saw his campaign haul in $2.4 million, Paul is universally considered as a long shot candidate for the nomination.

However, he told supporters that he is "cautiously optimistic" about next week’s Iowa straw poll.

Paul also noted that he has received some good press about being frugal with his campaign contributions.

"I treat every donation with care, since it comes from a good American who shares our hope for the future, and who had to work hard to earn that money," Paul said.

Benton added that the prudence in spending is a sign of what is to come.

"The way he runs his campaign is a microcosm of how he would run the country," said Benton of his boss. He added that Paul would spend money where it needs to be spent but would otherwise be careful not to waste a penny.

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RON PAUL supports the Troops:

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for National Defense and Foreign Affairs.
• Ron Paul voted for the National Missile Defense Act. (source)
• Ron Paul is one of only two co-sponsors of H. Res. 123, for the establishment of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs to "conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, or Gulf War, including MIA's and POW's." (POW-MIA InterNetwork)
• Ron Paul supports a strengthened Coast Guard and increased port security, and increased benefits for veterans.
• Ron Paul advocates United States withdrawal from the United Nations and withdrawal from the World Trade Organization. Says Ron Paul: "We don't need CAFTA or any other international agreement to reap the economic benefits promised by CAFTA supporters, we only need to change our own harmful economic and tax policies. Let the rest of the world hurt their citizens with tariffs; if we simply reduce tariffs and taxes at home, we will attract capital and see our economy flourish." (source).
• "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." --U.S. President Ronald Reagan

...And the Troops support RON PAUL!

According to second quarter FEC presidential campaign fund raising statistics, GOP congressman Ron Paul pulled in more contributions from self-identified U.S. military personnel than any other candidate for the GOP nomination.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Why was this Thread previously pulled?

The FACT that Active Duty US Military are primarily supporting RON PAUL is a legitimate News Story worthy of reporting on Free Republic, which is a Pro-US-Military Website!!

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

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This Thread should NEVER have been Pulled in the first place; US Military Personnel have every Right to support the Candidate of their choice, and WE have every Right to celebrate their support for RON PAUL!

[philo]

Create your own website.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oh, yeah. By all means, go right ahead and thumb your nose at the mods. < /sarc>

[TexasAg1996]

Unless I'm mistaken, this is based on the same BS study that:
(1) relied on self-identification to determine who was in the military;
(2) referred to "employees" of the military, not soldiers;
(3) had a huge percentage of donations with no employment information, meaning there was a large margin of error; and
(4) the total donations to RP amounted to a mere 1% of all of his donations.

Oh, and RP is still a crackpot with 1%-3% support. He'll be the next manager at the local Wendy's before he's the Republican nominee for President.

[angrymarine]

Kind of like trying to push a propped up story about troops supporting Tsongas, or Simon, or LaRouche. JUST AINT HAPPENING.

[deport]

Pulled...... hell this was discussed a few weeks ago on this thread...........

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/1868416/posts?

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

To: OrthodoxPresbyterian; Admin Moderator Oh, yeah. By all means, go right ahead and thumb your nose at the mods. < /sarc> 4 posted on 08/04/2007 6:19:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I have always resoected the fact that this is Jim Robinson's website, and I have always respected his appointed Moderators.

For all I know, this Thread was previously pulled due to the insane frothing of the Paul-bashers against a good man, Ron Paul, who was Ronald Reagan's choice for Leader of his Electoral Delegation from Texas.

Hopefully, this time around, the Paul-bashers won't be so quick to insult an honorable man who was one of Ronald Reagan's closest supporters.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I have always respected the fact that this is Jim Robinson's website, and I have always respected his appointed Moderators.

Ahem... OPie, check your Preview...

[Admin Moderator]

For all I know, this Thread was previously pulled due to the insane frothing of the Paul-bashers against a good man, Ron Paul, who was Ronald Reagan's choice for Leader of his Electoral Delegation from Texas.

Nope.

Hopefully, this time around, the Paul-bashers won't be so quick to insult an honorable man who was one of Ronald Reagan's closest supporters.

You're welcome to wish for a pony too.

[deport]

Army Times also had a story on it which caused the Paul-bashers to call Army Times a leftwing publication.

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Just what is the Army Times?.....

It’s a Gannett publication not owned by the military.

You’ve posted from them and they are on the do not post list here at FR..... Maybe you’d like to alert the Admin Mod to pull that post.....

[indcons]

LOL....funny. Looks like you’re on a roll this morning.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Okay. For whatever reason this thread was previously pulled, that's your discretion. You've got the thankless job of "herding cats", and Jim Rob trusts you to do so; me, I just pay my monthly subscription.

However, I do hope that you'll allow this thread to remain in the News/Activism Forum this time around. It is News; it concerns Activism (US Military support for Ron Paul), and I hope that Threads concerning US Military support for Republican candidates will be permitted for discussion.

Thank you for moderating the Forum. I don't imagine it's an easy job.

[Admin Moderator]

The Army Times being a Gannett publication, links only please.

[George W. Bush]

Just what is the Army Times?..... It’s a Gannett publication not owned by the military. You’ve posted from them and they are on the do not post list here at FR...

I posted a fair-use excerpt. I think it's under 300 words (but didn't actually count them yet). And we quite often have fair-use quotes from websites on the do-not-post-articles list, either the ones who have requested no articles posted or those JimRob has banned from FR. Some Paul-bashers have even quoted that notorious banned racist site extensively and posted links here. I didn't see you complain about that, did I?

Of course, I can see why you don't want people to know about RP's military support, given the dismal support all the other GOP candidates (except McCain) have received thus far.

But I am flagging the moderator as you requested if he wants to remove my brief excerpted quote from the upcoming Army Times print edition.

[TexasAg1996]

Those were early numbers, compiled by Paul supporters from the reports posted on the web at FEC. Not independent examination by media or FEC which confirm those early findings.

It is the same garbage. The article linked by the OP only says that RP claims his fund raising is turning heads: "Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) ... said his colleagues have taken notice that he has raised more money from active service members than any other GOP White House hopeful... Many of my colleagues were amazed and encouraged that you can be against this unconstitutional and disastrous war, and get military support.” It's all based on what RP is claiming others have said.

The Army Times article is the same junk. It requires folks to self-identify themselves as soldiers, which is a pretty sloppy way to do a study and gives you huge margin of errors. And these numbers are pathetic. $14,000 out of $2.5M is supposed to be something significant?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Interesting that Paul gets more donations from US military personnel than the other candidates.

I am beginning to wonder if the GOP establishment is truly nervous about Paul. More than just the “he cant win” spin

[George W. Bush]

Sorry, I thought it was fair-use.

[TexasAg1996]

I am beginning to wonder if the GOP establishment is truly nervous about Paul. More than just the “he cant win” spin

Yeah, $14,000 is really gonna turn heads in a race where the leading candidates raised $30M, esp. where the person claiming to be getting the donations is at 1-3% in the polls.

I guess the RP supporters need something to hang their hats on, given the dismal poll numbers.