Ron Paul Raises $6M In 24 Hours

(AP)  Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.

Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.

At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.

Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.

[bud28dy]

LOL. Let''s see, Ron Paul acquired 6 million bucks and still has almost no voters. Huckabee still has almost no money and has acquired 6 million new voters. Gee, I think Huckabee''s strategy is working better.

[bud28dy]

LOL. Let''''''''s see, Ron Paul acquired 5 million bucks and still has almost no voters. Huckabee still has almost no money and acquired 5 million new voters. Gee, I think Huckabee''''''''s strategy is working.

[bud28dy]

LOL. Let''''''''s see, Ron Paul acquired 5 million bucks and still has almost no voters. Huckabee still has almost no money and acquired 5 million new voters. Gee, I think Huckabee''''''''s strategy is working.

[bud28dy]

LOL. Let''s see, Ron Paul acquired 6 million bucks and still has almost no voters. Huckabee still has almost no money and has acquired 6 million new voters. Gee, I think Huckabee''s strategy works better.

[hwy71so]

If you like big government, high taxes, and the destruction of our Constitutional rights, then Ron Paul is not your candidate.

Posted by gunownerdan at 04:08 PM : Dec 17, 2007

No, you''d have to look to Hillary, Obama, or John for that...

[jon2012-2009]

What I do know about Ron Paul is that he represents the only legitimate choice among the Republican candidates to what the Democrats have. I wish him luck. I never would have expected the likes of him to come from the Republican chattering masses, they whose ideal society is a theocracy, and who will push the culture war into a political conflict.

With the threat from climate change looming, we need people in the White House and Congress who''ve got their heads on straight, more so than ever.

[gunownerdan]

If you love big government, high taxes, and the destruction of our constitutional rights, then Dr. Ron Paul is not for you.

[cfin5]

Been thinking about what makes the Globalists tick. They favor stronger than needed centralized government. They just love it when they, say let criminals go practically unpunished to commit another crime which increases said rate so they can tout more of their "regulations" against our rights. Always quick to give our citizens hard earned dollars away to some other country and then turn around and raise our taxes to keep the "spendaholic" party hoppin'' around the globe. Yet come to think of it,....if these public servants were working for one of the companies that they own and tried blowing money like that, they wouldn''t even make it to their first 10 minute break without gettin'' canned........Hmmmmmm, the last time that the world was united like they want it to be now was,.....at the TOWER OF BABEL........Now you know the rest of the story! The saying, "There''s nothing new under the sun" is true indeed.

[starleo146]

Posted by homespunlady at 08:51 PM : Dec 17, 2007


I am so sorry your daughter had to feel this awful pain, My prayers are with her and the family of the lost friend.

[homespunlady]

Posted by bud28dy at 08:41 PM : Dec 17, 2007

Before you move on I REALLY DO hope you let me know WHO you are backing. I too don''t Deify ANY candidate. In fact disagree about several parts of Dr. Ron Paul''s platform.

The 2 things that lean me toward him is I haven''t caught him in a lie yet and I haven''t found in all my research where he''s taken lobbyist money or been implicated in some SHADY deal.

Besides, in giving him a decent look-see I found him to be BY FAR more knowledgeable and intelligent about the National Economic CRISIS this nation is heading into.
I''m fascinated with economic policy - some of the other candidates ideas have me so afraid I''m considering following the Clinton and Bushco profiteers as the "head for the hills" er "foreign vacation property".

Food inflation is at 4.1 percent; Wheat hit an ALL time high today and it''s just the beginning. I want to be able to afford to eat and on my income it''s looking less and less likely.