The chants from the background start off faint. You can barely make out the words they are saying. "ron paul. ron paul. ron paul." They get louder and louder as the days and weeks roll on. "Ron Paul. Ron Paul!"
Records are broken, the media is no longer able to ignore this dark horse and the chants that could barely be heard are now drowning out the arena... "RON PAUL. RON PAUL. RON PAUL."
"He is an enigma wrapped in a riddle nestled inside a sesame seed bun of mystery." - Stephen Colbert on the Colbert report
As most of you know on November 5th, 2007 the Ron Paul campaign set a record for the most money collected in donations in a 24 hour period by raising roughly $4.3 million.
Now what gets me about this story is, people still won't consider Ron Paul a front runner or top tier candidate for the republican president nomination.
Well maybe his one day fundraising gimmick was a fluke. Maybe he is just a lot of hot air. Or is he? Other top tier candidates on both Republican and Democratic sides have tried to mirror Ron Pauls success.
Barack Obama had a one day fundraising attempt to mirror this amazing feat Ron Paul has accomplished. Baracks Friday Nov. 16th wasn't much of a success for the Senator Obama. There in fact wasn't much sound coming from the donation trail that day for the Senator from Illi(noise).
A Total of $4,650 were raised by 72 people. Falling short of his goal set for his fundraisers by $995,350. And falling short from Ron Paul's record by a massive $4,295,350 for all of you out there who are too lazy to go grab that calculator.
Another attempt at a similiar day with "Fred's Giving Day" gave Senator Thompson a whopping 82 pledges for $100 each. But in all honesty, any money to any campaign is better then zero dollars. They're just falling short of the drowning voice Ron Paul supporters have.
There's another "Money Bomb" being attempted that is set for the Mitt Romney campaign and is to be held on December 7th, 2007, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. "Dec 7th For Mitt" has a not so ambitious goal of 100 people to pledge only $30 each. They are excited about their success of beating their goal by reaching 191 pledges. This will give them a staggering number of $5,730.
Ron Paul has another "Money Bomb" that appears to be bigger then the first that broke records on November 5th. This one is to commemorate the Boston Tea Party whose anniversary is coming on this up coming December 16th. Ron Pauls Teaparty.
All this really does is show you that Ron Paul is not out of the race by any means. That his competitors are starting to copy Ron Paul verbatim, not only by donations but by their speeches.
The Mainstream Media would like to tell you that there are only a few people that are making all this noise. They are the ones that are making the polls on the internet tip in their favor. They are the ones making it seem like Ron Paul has a chance.
Then I stumbled upon this bit of info. Here are pictures and links to each meet up group for the top tier candidate and Ron Paul.
This is a picture of the location for each campaigns Meet-up groups. Organizations that support their President of choice throughout the country. I'll tell you right now that the difference is HUGE and goes against what the mainstream media is telling you.
hrclinton.meetup.com/about/
barackobama.meetup.com/about/
rudygiuliani.meetup.com/about/
mittromney.meetup.com/about/
mikehuckabee.meetup.com/about/
ronpaul.meetup.com/about/
Another bit of info... Most of the national polls are not accurate either. They are conducted from people who were likely Republican voters in the last election. I can tell you now that the majority of Ron Paul supporters come from apathetic voters who never had the passion to care so much for a candidate for President. And there have been a lot of democrats coming to the republican side to vote for Ron Paul. So don't put all your faith into national polls.
I guess the purpose of this article was not to sling mud or slander anyone other then the mainstream media. My advice to you is, vote with your gut. Don't disregard a candidate because the media tells you he has no shot. Let that persons actions dictate your vote. Let that persons supporters let you know that you're not alone.
If there was one thing that you could give your children and be proud of, wouldn't it be Freedom?
Vote Smart, Vote Ron Paul.
Ron Paul 2008
Monday, December 3, 2007
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3 comments:
well, I definitely concede that Ron Paul has the largest interwebs presence of the '08 cannidates.
My guess as to why the media hasn't taken RP seriously: He doesn't tow the party line and his Libertarian connections cast him as an extremist in the eyes of the moral majority.
Is there any thought in his camp of Ron Paul running on a third party ticket?
...And would you vote for him if he did?
I honestly think that would be the real test for his supporters as I don't believe Ron Paul is in line with the GOP.
I don't see Alaska on your map! I'm really frustrated with the fact that our state is seen as a foriegn country. But now, everyone wants to use our natural resources to continue this dependancy on oil and natural gas.
Has anyone thought about using alternative forms of energy and IMPACTING the environment in your everyday lives? Why do Americans insist on government taking care of the problem but then rant about how "big government" is ruling our lives??????
Take responsibility for the environment people! You can make a difference, this is actually one thing we CAN control in our everyday lives!
Sorry this is SO unrelated to this topic but it's frustrating that we are not on your map! LoL.
Thanks
These maps showing the # of meetup groups for the candidates are great. I just joined one yesterday for Ron Paul.
I'm also a democrat that switched to republican to vote for Ron Paul.
Lol @ upset Alaskan guy
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