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S.F. billionaire quietly funds Ron Paul super PAC
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/26/12 | Richard S. Dunham, Carla Marinucci

Posted on 02/26/2012 12:39:38 PM PST by SmithL

Ron Paul revels in the fact that he is the presidential candidate of America's small donors, receiving more contributions under $200 than any other Republican seeking the White House in 2012.

But, like every other GOP presidential contender, he also has a mega-millionaire "sugar daddy" helping to fund a super PAC that is promoting Paul's candidacy.

Yet while Newt Gingrich underwriter Sheldon Adelson and Rick Santorum super-supporter Foster Friess have shared the campaign stage - and the national political spotlight - with their candidates, Paul's benefactor, San Francisco entrepreneur Peter Thiel, has never met the Texas congressman he's aiding.

Who is this mystery man who has donated $2.6 million to Endorse Liberty, the pro-Paul super PAC that has produced several viral videos and sponsored sharp attack ads against Santorum, Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry?

Thiel, 44, is a low-profile libertarian with a background as quirky as the candidate he supports.

Born in Germany, he's a self-made billionaire who became a chess master as a child, majored in philosophy at Stanford University, and founded the conservative-libertarian Stanford Review to "present alternate views" on a campus he felt was dominated by liberals.

Co-founded PayPal

He's a lawyer who co-founded PayPal, invested early in Facebook (he was portrayed by actor Wallace Langham in the Academy Award-winning "The Social Network"), dabbled in Hollywood (as executive producer of the libertarian satire "Thank You for Smoking"), ran a venture capital firm that saw the potential in startups such as LinkedIn and Yelp, and now serves as president of a global hedge fund, Clarion Capital.

He is a conservative Christian, a strong supporter of unfettered capitalism, an aggressive critic of "political correctness" and a generous donor to Republican candidates, including Paul, his son Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, and California Republican Reps. Dan Lungren, Dana Rohrabacher and Ed Royce.

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To: Antoninus

More history on Ron Paul’s homosexual billionaire sugar daddy Peter Thiel:

Facebook billionaire, Peter Thiel, broke up his boyfriend, Patri Friedman, the grandson of Milton Friedman, arguably the most famous economist that’s ever lived.

Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-08-12/wall_street/30031513_1_billionaire-hamptons-estate-elevator#ixzz1nbkUZ4b9


41 posted on 02/27/2012 10:24:21 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Antoninus

I was making a rhetorical statement about his talents and abilities and taking a light jab at Paul — was not making a literal suggestion. Chill.


42 posted on 02/27/2012 10:25:18 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Yehuda
The American military should be used with discretion,and when they are deployed, it should be to ANNIHILATE our enemies and massively break stuff

Spoken like a true globalist.

Soldiers pledge to defend the Constitution. The American military is for DEFENDING OUR NATION and INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS as defined by the United States Constitution. They are not "used to break stuff" for rotten globalist politicians, foreign governments and trashnational corporations.

Globalists have sunk so low they use ALINSKY tactics to smear anyone and everyone who supports constitutional government, regardless of who it is. They NEED NATO to command our troops so that their agenda can be fulfilled. They have no interest in America other than what they can loot from our economy, and for fodder for useless, lawyer controlled actions through their ROE in their globalist conflicts.


43 posted on 02/27/2012 12:26:31 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Yehuda

You have identified yourself as an enemy of the Constitution.

Name calling is just a distraction for your paucity of understanding of the issue.


45 posted on 02/27/2012 4:46:10 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Yehuda

The only thing I said, was that your comments are right out of the globalist playbook, and its proving true as you try to Alinsky your way out of the conversation with name calling, attempting to associate me with thoughts and comments that you have completely made up.

Before the globalists got so much power, there was an ability to have a civil conversation about the American Constitution.

However, globalists have studied Alinsky diligently, and his horrible legacy is constantly displayed in the public arena to stifle legitimate conversation about critical issues facing this Republic.

Shame on your name calling. Shame on your thoughts that the military is to be ‘used’ for globalist purposes.

Shame


47 posted on 02/29/2012 7:37:21 AM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Yehuda

You speak for yourself, not for me.

Your attacks are disgraceful.


49 posted on 03/01/2012 8:12:20 AM PST by hedgetrimmer
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