Posted on 06/07/2007 7:08:11 PM PDT by Remember_Salamis
GOP Ron Paul - Five Million Dollar Man? Thursday, June 07, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
Congressman Ron Paul’s donations have moved up - not by hundreds of thousands - but by millions as a result of his debate performances and groundswell of support on the Internet and in New Hampshire, observers close to the campaign say.
The move is especially impressive since as of March 31, 2007, he had perhaps $500,000 on hand (see candidate estimates below).
FMNN had previously reported – after the GOP presidential debate in South Carolina - that candidate Ron Paul’s (R-Tex) donations, large and small, had nearly doubled.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=42336
Now observers close to the campaign are revealing – with some astonishment – that donations to the campaign in recent weeks have pushed the total up to perhaps $4 or $5 million.
“That’s a huge number at this stage,” says one observer. “That starts to put him in a position where he can compete – state by state, anyway – with the major candidates.”
And this source added, “Of course, it’s hard to tell because the numbers keep changing – and thus nobody at the campaign has a firm count, at least not hour to hour. But the numbers are big. It’s definitely over three, probably over four, and if it hasn’t hit five yet, it will soon.”
At this rate, say observers, Ron Paul could have something like $10 million in his coffers inside of several months, and the total could keep growing – so long as he continues to hit on themes that Americans support – how to return the country to a true, small government, constitutional republic and how to end the war in Iraq.
To be sure such amounts are somewhat speculative. But to put the amount of money Ron Paul is said to have raised recently in perspective, here are the figures of cash on hand for GOP candidates as of March 31, 2007:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/money/gop.html
Sam Brownback cash-on-hand: $806,626
Jim Gilmore cash-on-hand: $90,107
Rudy Giuliani cash-on-hand: $11,949,735
Mike Huckabee cash-on-hand: $373,918
Duncan Hunter cash-on-hand: $272,552
John McCain cash-on-hand: $5,180,799
Ron Paul cash-on-hand: $524,919
Mitt Romney cash-on-hand: $11,863,653
Tom Tancredo cash-on-hand: $575,078
Tommy Thompson cash-on-hand: $139,723
Source: CNN
Staff Reports - Free-Market News Network
And your point? If the government says it’s not a declared war then why do you think it is?
“The GOP is scared of him and the establishment media doesn’t know what to do with him.”
It’s like the Neil Cavuto interview w/ Ron Paul a few hours before the South Carolina debate. He started off by saying he had never seen more people request a candidate be interviewed, ever, than Dr. Ron Paul. Then he proceeds to do a bush-league, setup interview with Ron Paul. Cavuto was constantly trying to interrupt Paul and ambush him. Cavuto looked like a real a-hole and Ron Paul handled himself well. Support is growing amongst the grassroots. The shrill cries of the naysayers are becoming more desperate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZgd9wxE98
Is Alberto the government? I thought he was head of the justice dept answering to the CIC, who calls it a war all the time.
Of course he was preparing for war. It was looking more and more inevitable. There was no way the GOP or the dems would stand by to see Britain fall.
I’d be with you Pre-Saddam’s capture on that war thing, even though we didn’t declare it but it’s not a war now.
You can tell too when the Paul bashers resort to name-calling, posting silly graphics, and painting him as a Libertarian.
I'm glad Paul is in the race to explain to boneheaded people that big-government policies are the cause to almost all of the problems we're facing now. If a liberal, cross-dressing Mayor can run as a Republican, so can a staunch Constitutionalist in Paul.
They are rabid dogs, somebody is getting close to their food.
Remember, Iraq has not initiated aggression against us. We, on the other hand, have bombed them, taunted them by flying military jets in their airspace, and starved them with economic sanctions- all for more than a decade. We haven't done these things out of humanitarian concern for Kuwait, we've done them because we want to protect our oil interests.
You and I would disagree on what Mr. Paul...implies. I agree with him on plenty of other issues, but he sounds exactly like the Kucinich arm of the Democrat Party when it comes to dealing with the terrorist network.
Welcome to Free Republic.
You really need to start reading and listening to what he says instead of what his enemies say he says. The tw aren’t necessarily the same. But as long as you keep getting attention by spouting regurgitated lies and BS you probably won’t want to educate yourself.
Carry on. Your mother would be proud.
Like I said, the Neil Cavuto piece was a hit. What an a-hole that guy is. Check out the YouTube video I linked to a few posts up.
Can you guys add me to the Ron Paul list? I’m in NH too, if that gets any special mention! :)
His only problem is that advertising his positions will make many Republicans less likely to vote for him.
In any case, Arabs hate Iranians and so couldn't care less about the 1953 CIA intervention. Instead, they care about eliminating Israel and any country that supports its existence.
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