Paul will get blasted by hardcore Rudy and Hillary fans, but watching his web momentum is fun, and there is no doubt that his campaign is starting to make money. So I will leave you with this video, tip to Dag at videosift. That graph is now up to 400K (12:40 PST.) Which reminds me I should go to bed, but first if you want to donate, visit the Ron Paul website.
Happy Guy Fawkes day.
Reader Comments ( Page 2 of 2)
16. People imagine Ron embracing their views and then send him money. Sounds like mental disease to me. Most don't what this man stands for, so they can assign any position they agree with to him, and then support him. Clearly this is mental disease.
Clue: The man isn't a blip on the screen and has a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination. Clearly, Ron is nothing more than a wetdream for a lot of people that are reality challenged. Go figure?
Thomas J Gassett at 4:28PM on Nov 5th 2007
17. Kent: Re. your Libertarian friend voting for Romney - what a laugh. If that's true your friend is no libertarian, for one cannot be a lover of liberty (libertarian) and vote for a freedom hating authoritarian like Romney. Also, re. Paul's alleged lack of organization - more important than a centralized organization is the spontaneous organizations that have arisen among his supporters. No candidate inspires passion like Ron Paul. His supporterw will go to hell and back to vote for him in the primaries. All other candidates will have to bribe their lukewarm supporters to get off the couch on election day. Most won't. Point - Paul will win.
Re. your second post - without a Federal Reserve "how will the U.S. regulate its money supply?" Answer - it needs no regulation. Money supply can be a function of the marketplace as is the supply of any other good. The US managed just fine for most of its history without a Federal Reserve when currency was backed by gold and silver - as provided for in the Constitution. Result - no inflation; people's savings actually increased over time. Then the Federal Reserve was foisted on the people and now the US dollar, divorced from backing by precious metals, has only the purchasing power of 4 cents compared to the 1913 dollar (when the Fed came into being). Further, the Fed created inflation hurts the poor and pensioners most because as new (i.e., counterfeited) money enters the system, the commercial and banking elite get the new money first, before it dilutes the value of the dollar. By the time these new dollars trickle down to the poor and pensioners the entire monetary base has been diluted causing the purchasing power (and savings) of the dollar to be reduced. So th eelite get the money when its worth more. The poor get it later when the money is worth less. The Fed is a scam to rob the people. It also allows the government to raise money for wasteful projects (like foreign wars) because the people would never tolerate paying such amounts directly through taxation.
marlow at 7:46PM on Nov 5th 2007
18. Ron PAul is the ONLY republican who has a CHANCE of beating Hillory or any democrat candidate.
You people think the American people are much stupider and more shallow than they are.
Ron PAul can win.
dale legan at 5:40PM on Nov 5th 2007
19. I'm interested to see what will happen with Ron Paul. He never polls very well, but the polls are taken from only people who voted in the last years primary. Most of his supporters are the kind of people who wouldn't have voted in years past. The media hates him and views him as a threat, which means he must be doing something right. I hope he does well. I am now registered as a Republican now so I can vote for him in the primary.
I hope he is able to make the changes he is talking about. He is our last chance, if he doesn't get elected we need to start a revolution. The people in power are not helping the people, they are hurting the people. If this does not stop the revolution will begin.
Richard at 5:58PM on Nov 5th 2007
20. I hope he is able to make the changes he is talking about.>>
Clue: NO president is able to make the changes he's talking about. If he even tried both parties will bury his administration. Don't you remember Carter?
Reagan had about three issues he cared about and in eight years he got most of them done. President's that want to remake our government in many areas generally fail to change anything. Again, don't you remember Carter?
He is our last chance, if he doesn't get elected we need to start a revolution. The people in power are not helping the people, they are hurting the people. If this does not stop the revolution will begin. >>
Instead of starting a revolution ... get out of your armchair and see the rest of the world. Only someone with a child's keyhole view of the world could think our country is failing to serve it's people. We are the richest country in the world. Our people take liberty for granted ... liberty that is denied most of people in this world. We are secure in our homes, our children are well educated and healthy.
What do you non thinking liberals want in a society that is missing in the USA? Do you even know ... or is mouthing the unAmerican line all you can do? Inquiring Americans want to know.
Thomas J Gassett at 9:20AM on Nov 6th 2007
21. Sunday Fundraisers DO NOT work (NOV 11th)
WORKDAYS do when millions are at their desks/ computers (Like Nov. 5th).
Dec 16th falls on a Sunday (MISTAKE)
It needs to be on a workday to succeed.
Is anyone listening?!!!
James Cottrell at 11:25AM on Nov 14th 2007
22. Please join in this grassroots movement and spend the days before Thanksgiving collecting canned goods on Ron Paul's behalf. On November 21, the day before Thanksgiving, thousands of Ron Paul Meetup Groups across the country will deliver the food they've collected to a local foodbank (affiliated with America's Second Harvest) in Ron Paul's name.
rp-thanksgiving at 2:37PM on Nov 15th 2007