Posted on 11/07/2007 5:54:10 AM PST by theothercheek
Second-tier presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) pulled off a first-rate fundraising coup, netting $4.3 million in online contributions from 38,000 donors in a single day, bringing his total haul to $7.3 million in 4Q 2007. No other Republican comes close to Paul’s 24-hour feat, but Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has him beat at $6.2 million.
Paul supporters flashed their cash in honor of Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the would-be assassin of England’s King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. Guy Fawkes was also the inspiration the novel-turned-movie "V for Vendetta," in which the lead character takes on a fascist government in England. In several GOP presidential debates, the libertarian Paul has all-but called George W. Bush a fascist – taking issue with the Administration’s policies on domestic spying, for instance.
So does this mean Paul has a shot at the nomination? In a word: Nah. The Stiletto agrees with WaPo political blogger Chris Cillizza’s: take:
Paul was widely seen as a political gadlfy when he entered the race, but through skill, luck or a little of both he has built himself into an Internet phenomenon. …
It's not yet clear that Paul's online national community can deliver actual votes for him. … While Paul is at the center of a national movement, it won't help him in Iowa or New Hampshire if thousands of people from California or Illinois are backing him. …
There has always been a pot of money that exists for unconventional candidates who believe the system is fundamentally broken and are only tangentially affiliated with a party. …
[H]is money and his message make him a actor in New Hampshire ... he remains a decided longshot ... the excitement and attention he is drawing would seem to be a perfect lead up to a third party candidacy if and when he loses the Republican nomination.
The Houston Chronicle reports that Jonathan Bydlak, the Paul campaign’s fundraising director posted a message on the candidate's Web site that the ka-ching means just one thing: “Ron Paul is for real." Maybe. But it appears his supporters are real (second item).
Note: The Stiletto writes about politics and other stuff at The Stiletto Blog.
I have a feeling you’re not very well read man, if you believe that.(respectfully) Popular sentiment among the dems is that a third party paul candidacy destroys their chances of winning.
Their conspiracy is that Paul is going to go third party and is being funded by the bush family neocons. They feel that Pauls antiwar, anti CFR, anti-patriot act, will pull a decent chunk of thier base.
Now i personally think that paul is running because he wants to be president, but my point is that its not nearly as clear cut as you pretend it is.
Libertarians would all vote Republican while the Democrats vote for Ron Paul?
Who are you going to make believe that one my friend?
Don’t “fix” it. ANSWER it... But if you have no answer, you gotta “fix” it, right???
Do you mean, ‘Do I have a grammar book’? Well, yes I do. Looks as though a minor writing technique was just a little over your head. I’ll try to dumb it down for you.
If Hildebeast wins the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the GOP for, among many other failings, being unable or unwilling to field a legitimate conservative candidate.
And they’re still stuck on the nameplate that the candidates have below their names.
Guiliani is no conservative...neither are any of the other middle of the roaders in the race.
We’re done. I’m just gonna vote for Hillary and sit back with “I told you so” on my answering machine. I'm tired of being a sheepdog. I say if they're stupid enough to court the wolves, let them get eaten.
I always get a kick out of these type things. Since my writing and spelling skills are not the best, I have had my share of such posts. Usually, it comes back to bite them in the arse. I think 99.9%, of the people posting here, recognized the you wrote that way deliberately to make a funny type point.
The best one I remember was when a person made a big point correcting my spelling of a certain word. However, I had copied the spelling of the word from one of her previous posts because I knew I was bad at spelling. She was a bit embarrassed when I pointed that out to the forum.
OTOH, I have seen people debate a person, who’s spelling and grammar made me look like Shakespeare, strictly on his ideas. Not a single person corrected or even made any comments about his horrible writing skills.
In general, when people stoop to the tactic of correcting posts in that way, they can’t debate you with intelligent arguments.
You have missed President Ahmadinejad and his “Israel should be wiped off the map” road show...
I guess you have missed out on the stonings of young women in the very “progressive” Muslim culture of theirs.
Most of all I guess you have missed the Iranian arms and personnel that have been reported in Iraq, keeling OUR men and women.
Of course in Ron Paul world that’s ok, they are just defending themselves...
If you want to go visit your go Iranian buddies and sing songs and pass out daisies knock yourself out, be honest it would not surprise me...
Smugglers and Thieves Await Passage of California's Prop. 86 Cigarette Tax Hike
Beginning in October 2000, three East County men went on a six-month crime spree, robbing at least 20 gas stations and convenience stores in the San Diego area. Armed with semi-automatic weapons, they burst in, assaulted clerks and customers, and cleaned the stores out of cigarettes.
Why did the thieves take cigarettes and not the Twinkies or the razor blades or just the cash?
The answer, of course, is taxes. Federal and state cigarette tax hikes have turned a pack of cigarettes into a gold mine for criminals, spawning a massive black market that makes it easy for thieves to quickly unload stolen cigarettes for cash.
The San Diego group's luck ran out with an arrest in April 2001, but similar gangs across California and smugglers all over the world are eagerly awaiting a Yes on Proposition 86, which would double, triple or quadruple their profit margins.
In addition to encouraging theft, high cigarette taxes have led to staggering levels of cigarette smuggling into the state and casual tax evasion by consumers. The Board of Equalization has the tough assignment of enforcing cigarette taxes, and it admits that about 300 million untaxed packs are sold in California each year despite requiring elaborately printed tax stamps to be affixed to each pack.
When deciding whether to vote Yes on Proposition 86 to raise the state's cigarette tax from 87 cents to $3.47, the nation's highest rate, Californians should weigh the severe law enforcement problems that come with being the preferred destination of cigarette smugglers.
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As far as the rest, the marque and reprisal bit has done in these pages again and again.
If mercenaries would work it would have been tried. there is a$50 Million bounty on the guys head.
There are also tactical considerations that maybe in play as well. Again this is 21st century warfare.
Well there is the foaming at the mouth...
“If you’re a single issue voter, and your single issue is the WOT then i totally get why you can’t be for the guy.”
It’s not about being a single issue voter. It’s about priorities. Fiscally, Paul has good ideas THAT I GUARANTEE WILL NEVER PASS. The presidency isn’t a dictatorship.
On the other hand, we have the most important issue in this campaign that Paul is clearly on the wrong side of. And even worse...he believes we should pull out of every country where we have bases. That is irresponsible and why he will fail.
70% of independents and 35% of Republicans agree with him on his non-interventionist view of Iraq. Does that look like math that adds up to a win for Guiliani?
We’ll keep you safe since you are a citizen and all that.
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