Ron Paul Breaks One Day Fundraising Record
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Iowa, Ron PaulThe original record was set in 2004 by John Kerry to the tune of $5.7 million. And that was after the Democratic convention. Think of all the press surrounding that event. Think of the drive to try and get Bush out of the White House.
And yet with very little fanfare, Ron Paul has gone over $6,000,000 today.
That puts his total raised this quarter at around $18,000,000. And there’s still one more money bomb to go on December 31st.
If that next money bomb is even half what this one is, Paul is over $20 million for Q4. That is simply a phenomenal number. He’ll have raised more money than a lot of the GOP candidates combined.
So what now? Will Iowa be his state? New Hampshire? South Carolina? Nevada?
We’re less than 30 days from finding out.
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December 16th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
But…but…Justin! You said he’d end the 4Q with “a healthy $17 million.” Dude, he’s ALREADY AT the $17 million. He raised $6.4 million today. A very excellent fundraiser today! I maxed out today. So did others.
Now are you going to join the REVOLUTION or are you going to keep living in denial?
December 16th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
He will do well in Iowa. He placed 5th in the Iowa straw poll back in August despite almost zero campaign presence there in the weeks prior. Since then his position there has surely improved. New Hampshire is his best bet, and a recent CNN poll found him at 11% in South Carolina. He may surprise a lot of people after New Hampshire.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:00 am
You’re right, Justin. Ron Paul has made HISTORY! Let’s see how the mainstream media reports this news.
Ron Paul 2008!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Simply amazing… Every day I am gaining more confidence that Ron Paul truly has the chance to pull this thing off… despite the lack of mainstream media attention. I can barely contain my anticipation of the primaries.
If anything though, if Ron Paul happens to pull the upset in Iowa, N.H., S.C., etc, I wonder what the MSM reaction will be like… and furthermore, I wonder how many great youtube compilations will juxtapose things said about the candidate before and after. It will be amusing if it happens to go down.
Anyways, GO RON PAUL!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Hey guys we did it!
Let’s wait how the media twist and turns its way to a smear of our efforts. Screw globalism and its disregard for individuals’ liberties. We won’t go without a fight.
If you’ve maxed out, or aren’t a citizen, please help out by donating to the Blimp and the other efforts not coordinated by the campaign.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Ron Paul is over $18M right now. You say he might reach $20M with the next money bomb. He will be over $20M BEFORE the next money bomb even starts! The two biggest accolades for Paul is that:
He has no corporate donor puppet strings on him. Ordinary people have done all this.
His contribution trajectory is way beyond any other candidate.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:06 am
also, what do you bet that the MSM will report today’s money bomb like: “The latest money bomb from the dark horse candidate that failed to reach its stated goal of $10 million. Even though he has no chance of winning whatsoever, what will this mean for the frontrunners?”
December 17th, 2007 at 12:08 am
It is now time for Democrats and Republicans alike to decide who they want Hillary Clinton or Ron Paul?
ALL of the Democrats I know prefer Paul. And so do all the Republicans I know. How about that!?!?!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Win or lose the election, the revolution has begun.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:25 am
People are sick-and-tired of the same-old song-and-dance from their presidents. See this YouTube music video satire on the president, the MSM, and the war on terror, from the award-winning feature film, “Song of the Dead.” The filmmaker likes Ron Pau so much, he’s giving a share of his profits to the Ron Paul campaign.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQmkkoxSKYw
December 17th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Mitch C got it right when he posted:
Win or lose the election, the revolution has begun.
Here in Montana, the Paul supporters have already formed a subgroup to promote this states sucession from the US if Paul doesn’t get to the White House.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:43 am
George West, got a link or any additional info?
December 17th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Ron Paul is the only candidate who understands just how grave our situation is. He is not running for office. He’s offering himself for the position.
We are at a threshold. We are no longer governed under the terms of the Constitution. We are closer, than most would like to admit, where the obligations spelled out by the Declaration of Independence (the overthrow “by any means necessary” of the established government (if an oligarchy or plutocracy can be called “government”).
We are near the point of no return folks.
It’s either Paul, and the reassertion of the rule of law (the constitution), or the unknown consequences of the “obliged” anarchy (revolution) prescribed by the Declaration of Independence.
All bets are off if we fail to take Ron Paul up on his offer. Let’s hope the Declaration of Independence remains an artifact of democracy rather than what it is, a call to arms. Time is short. It’s now - or it’s over folks.
Think about it. Think real hard.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Re: LPM
No link or website yet. Get me your email add and I’ll keep you informed. georgewest@hotmail.com. I am the instigator and I have held several meetings already with some Ron Paul meetup group people and a church leader. I have contacted the governor twice and got dead silence. He has been a good governor so far. But I think he has some federal puppet strings on him now. The John Warner Defense Authorization Act is my biggest issue as it federalizes our state National Guard. A friend that is a Reg. Nurse and a member of the NG received a notice 3 days ago that he had 48 hours to report to a VA hospital on the East coast for a one-year term of duty. Thats one less nurse in our state militia and one more nurse for our potential enemy. It gets worse. Montana had the foresight to deal with the 2nd Amendment interpretation of a collective right (We The People) meaning the state militia and not an individual. Montana amended their state Constitution to make every adult in the state a member of the state militia. It might also mean that every Montanan can be called to federal duty any time like the nurse.
Montanans take the 2nd Amendment seriously and its under attack. Our founding fathers’ intent behind the 2nd Amendment was as a means of getting rid of tyrannical government. Our police here know they are servants, not authorities. Its legal here to pack a gun everywhere except schools, banks, and the federal building. Silencers can be bought at any gun store and machine guns are legal too. We don’t have crime and we don’t have those problems that are fraudulently blamed on gun ownership. Kids go shooting in the woods and ammo is on the shelf at WalMart next to the candy bars.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:43 am
I’m moving to Montana after that post. You guys ROCK!!!!
December 17th, 2007 at 2:06 am
We are the only state that could fearlessly suceeed from the US. We produce more of every consumable commodity than we use (coal, nat gas, crude, refined gas, corn, wheat, hogs, beef, lumber, copper). Wheat Montana produces enough wheat to feed 13,000 loaves of bread to EVERY Montanan EVERY day. We are the 4th largest state in the US and we have less than 1 million people. But you better be a straight shooter before you move here. One guy wrote his 3rd bad check and got 10 years. Last week, a flasher got 25 years. And Montana will extradite for almost anything if you run to another state. A friend of mine was hauled back to Montana from Los Angeles for a bad check to a music store.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:57 am
The globalists are heading off any reservation in Montana for the American pioneer. Ted Turner is buying up all the land there in the name of “the environment”.
Someone should ask him why he buys up one of the least biodiverse areas rather than a tropical rainforest.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:57 am
The reason Ron Paul is so popular, is that he is popular with a Majority of people.
The other reason he is so popular with the Majority, is he is ‘unpopular’ with the minority that is polled.
He is also a threat to the military industrial complex and its propaganda wing, the main stream media, and the people are standing up to say, we are ready for Ron Paul, the constitution and real change.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:07 am
George: Shut the hell up before you turn-off even MORE potential Ron Paul voters! Don’t be a moron!!!!! Anyone can see between the lines of your moronic bs and I am a huge Ron Paul follower. Shut UP!!!! Montana is a nice state, but lying about the rule of law there? That isn’t going to help ANYONE! SHUT UP!!!!
RP2008 all the WAY!
December 17th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Now, hopefully this will bring about more scrutiny of Ron Paul and his fundraising machine.
Questions were never answered in his 1988 Libertarian Presidential campaign about where all those $millions of dollars of contributions ended up. Nadia Hayes, Paul’s Chief Aide, was busted late in that effort for embezzlement of over $140,000. But insiders suspected a much wider conspiracy.
And then there was 1992, Ron Paul’s Presidential Exploratory Comm. Tens of thousands were raised for the effort. But it was ended abruptly with no accounting for all the monies raised. Just some vague references about a PAC to be formed to help Ron Paul type candidates for Congress. Of course, nothing ever materialized.
And then there’s the mysterious ex-Jesse Helms guy David Mertz, alias David James, who has been Ron Paul’s Chief Fundraiser for decades. Nothing is ever seen or heard from James.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:59 am
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December 17th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Ron Paul Breaks Record, Raises $6.3 Million in 24 Hours…
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That’s right folks, Ron Paul has set the single-day fundraising record! $6.3 million raised in 24 hours!!!!
There are some important thi……
December 17th, 2007 at 11:32 am
So Eric is kinda like the scandal with “Ron Paul” money that was backed by gold and stolen by the federal government, they said thats why he was raising, so much what a load of crap! sure maybe Paul had a bad egg working for him back in the day but more likely that she was fraudelently accused to smear him. Besides a guy who returns his annual budget to congress each year and doesn’t participate in the congressional pension fund, you know he returned the money raised in ‘88 to either taxes or other charity funds, likely no one said anything about it for the same reasons the MSM won’t even mention him, they’re scared. Kinda like you.
December 17th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Eric Donerdo….LOL
December 17th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Eric Dondero is a former Paul aide who has since been disenchanted with Ron Paul because of Ron Paul’s principled resistance to the war in Iraq. Eric Dondero runs a website called “Mainstream Libertarians” in which he (unsuccessfully) tries to convince Libertarians that a pro-war position is all that matters. Essentially, Eric Dondero is, in a sense, a jilted lover and in his scorn has vowed to run against Ron Paul in Paul’s Galveston TX district.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
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December 17th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
This stuff about Montana is interesting. I support Paul, and my great-grandparents lived in Montana at the turn of the century. My Grandparents lived there until my mom was 13, and my fathers side great-grandparents were mexican [read: illegal] immigrants who worked the Colorado coal mines during the Depression.
My family reveres my ancestor-pioneers that built the northwest and fired the steel mills that built this nation. My family stands for work, discipline, and family honor. My grandfather was shot in the Pacific in WWII, and still fought with a hole in his arm. He liked the Marines because he naver had it so easy - what with hot water on demand and electric lights. Today, my grandmother lives in Uma, AZ and Conrad, MT. Maybe this is why I live the way I do. Maybe this is why I support who I support.
Vote America! Vote Ron Paul!
December 17th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Go Ron Paul! We gave all that we could give! Now, we will save all that we can and any cash that we get for Christmas is going to Ron Paul’s campaign. All I want for Christmas is FREEDOM! I want my country back!!!
December 18th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Go ahead make accusations about me, and engage in name calling. I’m a big boy.
When you’re done how about addressing the issue at hand?
What happened to the millions of dollars raised by the Ron Paul campaign in 1988? No TV ads ever aired as was promised. Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager ended up going to jail for 6 months for embezzlement of $140,000. But many suspected she was the Fall Gal.
And what about the 1992 campaign? Over $80,000 raisded for that effort. The money just “faded away.”
December 18th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Hey Dondero, how about we just give you five bucks to shut up? You’ve been spewing all over for months. When one baseless smear won’t get traction you start with another. You think Paul has “ethical issues”, but you also think we can choke down another old-school political crook like Giuli? If you were any kind of man you would just pick up a gun and go kill those Muslims yourself instead of trying to force someone’s son or daughter to do it for you. Hater. Baby Killer by proxy.
December 19th, 2007 at 5:41 am
Don’t feed the Dondero.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Eric Dondero:
Aren’t you the Aid that Ron Paul had to fire? Wasn’t it because you didn’t agree to his Constitutional views? Stop being so bitter, I am sure you got another job somewhere in Giuliani’s liberal camp.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Frankly Donderi, we don’t care.
December 19th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Eric Dondero is a loser who used to work for Ron Paul but was fired after he revealed himself to be a fascist prick. He now spends his miserable days trolling the internet and spreading lies and misinformation about Ron Paul and libertarianism. Don’t bother arguing with him, just laugh at him.