Mon 17 Dec 2007
Ron Paul is the new Six Million Dollar Man:
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, raised an astounding $6 million and change Sunday, his campaign said, almost certainly guaranteeing he’ll outraise his rivals for the Republican nomination in the fourth quarter and likely will be able to fund a presence in many of the states that vote Feb. 5.
Paul’s campaign spokesman late Sunday announced the campaign had eclipsed the $5.7 million that John Kerry raised the day after he locked up the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination – arguably the largest single-day fundraising haul in U.S. political history.
Paul’s single driving position behind the fundraising, including the November 5th, $4.2 million haul is his stance on the Iraq war and his rallying against the Bush civil liberty destruction machine. His supporters see themselves as true patriots and many of them are. Paul has the highest number of active military as donors than any other candidate. Go figure. Should we be surprised others in the GOP are fed up with BushCo and the war?
For instance, he said 24,940 new donors contributed during the Dec. 16 haul.
It was timed for the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, a day meant to resonant with the Libertarian sensibilities of his supporters.
What is terminally sad is he is doing more to get us out of Iraq than Nancy Pelosi. The mind boggles.
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December 17th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
It is my firm belief that the vast majority of those in congress or the White House no longer remember, or, more likely, do not care about their oaths of office.
I had a feeling that Pelosi would be absolutly pathetic…not because of the gender factor, but because she is spineless and more concerned with keeping things as they are. I recall a lot of barking from Congress during the last elections and lots of barking since…but I have seen no action. None.
I have seen some progress to actually taking action, but it is slow and akin to that of a most venerable slug. I know that Congress can act quickly if they feel the need to do so. Yet they still plod along as if they are waiting for time to run out.
It is most bothering to me that Congress has all but ignored the obligations that got them in office in the first place.
…why am I still in this country again?
December 19th, 2007 at 8:16 am
Paul is demonstrating the unpopularity of the war, but a more productive use of campaign contributions is to give them to Cindy Sheehan’s campaign to replace Nancy Pelosi.