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 Pauls 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 Englands 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 Administrations 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 Cillizzas: 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 campaigns 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.
The cat is a nice touch ...
Right...
By who? Moveon.org?
I don’t know the source of the World Banks money. National treasuries, I presume. That might be why we have a veto.
Pod people
You are indeed a Paul supporter.
This is the future of our nation, not a political stunt.
Who said anything about surrendering?
Remember, it was our inept and clueless government that gave the terrorists the openings they needed, in terms of visas (Visa Express), drivers licenses, inept border officials, poor communication, lackadaisical overstay prosecution, and so on, and yet you think that having American soldiers driving around a foreign country is the answer to the terrorist threat?
Ron Paul supported arming pilots in 2002 and earlier through a wave of obstructionism imposed on pilots by anti-gun Norm Mineta.
I said the responsibility for protecting passengers falls with the airline, not the government--and not the passengers. The airline's responsible for the aircraft and the passengers. If we wouldn't have been dependent on the federal government to set all the rules, which meant no guns & no resistance, then the terrorists may well have had second thoughts, because the airlines would have had the responsibility. But we assumed the government was going to take care of us. After 9/11, instead of moving toward the direction of personal responsibility & private property & 2nd amendment, we moved in the opposite direction. We turned it over to the federal government. Private industry protects their property all the time. But here is one example when the federal government was involved and they messed it up.
Of course the federal government messed it up. That's just what they do.
Maybe we’re not really serious about fighting Islamic extremism.
Somehow I don’t think a Ron Paul administration would sit idly by and let a huge chunk of our money go to a nation that supports terrorism if he had the authority to stop it.
Perot got 19 percent of the vote? How many Ronbats are there?
Do a little research of the World Bank as well as internal revolutionary strategy I believe it is called, as a method of regime change and get back with me.
Things are a tick complex this day and age so take your time...
It fits the RP “juggernut”...
>This is the future of our nation, not a political stunt.<
Explain the future of our nation when we do have any national sovereignty left to trade away. Bush hates the fact that we have any now.
Doesn’t “would be” mean he was foiled?
You want out of Iraq right?
You want to retreat with in our borders and lock them down (a good idea, but not a complete solution).
So what is your plan to protect us?
Thanks so much
The older I get, the more questions I have. I’d appreciate it if you answer them or give me links that support your beliefs.
Somehow I dont think a Ron Paul administration would sit idly by and let a huge chunk of our money go to a nation that supports terrorism if he had the authority to stop it.
You mean Saudi Arabia, right?
Meanwhile, cars that get double the mileage of hybrids are banned, because they burn diesel and emit more than 0.1% of what cars 20 years ago did.
You get about 90% there and then bomb, no pun...
You just don’t understand the complexities of the 21st century. Don’t worry neither does your boy.
Yes, it may well be a Pakistani Nuke.
But it won’t be stopped by a border patrol agent.
Do you believe that the Iraqis are going to supply us with oil at below market costs after the fighting subsides?
Reagan showed us how to collapse the Soviet Union, I don’t see any similarities between the Soviet Union and Iraq.
What benefit is there to America and our citizens to even be in this war. Do you think they approached the threat the Soviets did to us? I don’t and I don’t think Ron Paul does either.
Enforce the Second Amendment, maybe? Make it so that airline pilots don't have to worry about a crazy-quilt patchwork of arbitrary gun bans as they fly across the country? Make all concealed-carry licenses issued by any state valid in all states, or better yet, do away with concealed carry licensing and defenseless-victim zones entirely? Insure that the next time a terrorist tries something, like an attack on a school, he'll be shot down quickly?
But it wont be stopped by a border patrol agent.
But it will be stopped by propping up the Pakistani dictator?
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