Check out Ron Pauls fundrasing for the next 24 hours

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I've been in a "rain on your parade" mode today, but I'm calling them like I see them.

Please support your candidate, but realize that there is no way that either party wants Paul. He doesn't conform to their mold, and they will crush him before he's allowed to be taken seriously by the American public.

Probably, but that doesn't mean people should just give up.

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: RaiderJ

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
It's about $360k right now according to Ron Paul Graphs.

For all the "spammers" and "bots", they sure do seem to generate a lot of cash! It must be the Ron Paul virus out there magically siphoning cash from people's bank accounts 😉

Is www.ronpaulgraphs.com his official site?

No, but the info they pull is from his website. The last quarter's filings matched this website as well. So, no, it's not a "bot site" 😉

Ok... I just tore RP's website apart looking for fundraising totals. All I saw was the animation on the home page of a $4 million+ total that kept rolling up. I didn't see anything referencing totals for the last 24 hours or any other notation of fundraising totals. Maybe you could provide a link?

Well, it does involve "math". So, if you take value X at midnight on day 1, and value y at midnight on day 2, subtract one from the other, magically you get a daily total!

If you'd like an explanation how they use "math" to get the other numbers, I recommend your local learning institution. I'm afraid it's really beyond the scope of AT to teach you such things.

 

[fskimospy]

Yeah seriously. I mean we all know Ron Paul doesn't have a chance to win the presidency... I guess he can't say it publically but he knows it too. I doubt that's his purpose though. The whole reason to do what he's doing is to try and get the larger party to acknowledge his position and adopt some of his ideas. Depending on how many votes he gets in the primary states before he drops out, he may in fact show to have a large enough (and active enough) voting base to have that happen. I know he's indicated he's not really considering an independant run, but depending on how things turn out that could be another effective hammer he could use against the republicans.

So... let people support who they want. Everyone says it doesn't matter, but they're wrong. If there's one time that an outsider can influence US national politics its with a candidacy with significant support in a presidential election year.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I've been in a "rain on your parade" mode today, but I'm calling them like I see them.

Please support your candidate, but realize that there is no way that either party wants Paul. He doesn't conform to their mold, and they will crush him before he's allowed to be taken seriously by the American public.

Probably, but that doesn't mean people should just give up.

I agree, and that's why I said he should continue to support him. If any change is going to happen it's because someone is going to look at what people like me say and reply "screw that, I am going to make it work" and pull it off somehow. I'd LOVE to be wrong.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: bamacre
How is the election affected when and if Ron Paul does not get the Republican nomination, but runs as a 3rd party candidate, directly against Rudy and Hillary? Will he take more votes away from Hillary, or Rudy, or will it be a close number of votes taken away from both? What if he comes in second place in the national election, and a third party becomes very strong in this country? Will it force change in the other two parties, then trickle away?

Rudy versus Hilary...

Ron Paul wins by write-ins.

God I hope thats not what it comes down too. But it does always come down to the choice between a douchebad and a turd.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: brandonb

Originally posted by: NaughtyGeek

Originally posted by: bamacre

No kidding. See Ron Paul in the thread title, move along. How hard is this? 😕

No, that's impossible. If RP is in the thread title, it's my moral obligation to enter that thread and spread as much FUD as possible. If I create enough straw men and repeat over and over again that a vote for RP is a wasted vote then maybe all these wackos will quit wanting a change and will donate their hard earned money to the corporate establishment instead of this whack job running around talking about that stupid Constitution thingy. This wacky RP guy has raised 1.6 million dollars in 12 1/2 hours, I better post more about how crappy he is. My message is getting lost in translation somewhere obviously.

🙂

I just donated my $25. 😉 First time ever I paid a cent to any political person. Might be the last (unless I feel generous to RP again.)

Bless you!

 

[NaughtyGeek]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I'd LOVE to be wrong.

We'll continue to fight vehemently to make it so. 😉

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: alchemize
jman19: People complain about RP fluffers because they are annoying with their internet spam. Frankly, I like the vast majority of his viewpoints. It's his followers I can't stand. He managed to attract the lowlife conspiracy theorists and anti-semites with his questionable comments on 9/11 (and lending credibility to certain talk show hosts) and his unrealistic stance on the federal reserve.

This summer there was a Ron Paul booth at the state fair. The folks manning the booth looked like it was the first time they had crawled out of their mom's basements in years. My wife looks at them, looks at me with that raised eyebrow and says "who is Ron Paul?".

If you don't like these Ron Paul threads, you are free to not participate in them. If you don't like the RP supports on this board, you know who they are - don't click on their threads. The solution is simple. All of the complaining about RP in his threads do nothing but bump these threads to the top.

No kidding. See Ron Paul in the thread title, move along. How hard is this? 😕

Relax RP fanbois...I'm not complaining about the threads, I'm explaining the "why" behind the dislike.

I like participating in RP threads, but for different reasons than you do!

 

[HeXploiT]

An email from the official campaign says that the record for single day fund raising by republicans in the primaries is $3.1 million by Romney. Paul is currently at $2.1 million with 9.5 hours to go.
I wonder how much of that $3.1 million Romney gave himself?

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: alchemize
jman19: People complain about RP fluffers because they are annoying with their internet spam. Frankly, I like the vast majority of his viewpoints. It's his followers I can't stand. He managed to attract the lowlife conspiracy theorists and anti-semites with his questionable comments on 9/11 (and lending credibility to certain talk show hosts) and his unrealistic stance on the federal reserve.

This summer there was a Ron Paul booth at the state fair. The folks manning the booth looked like it was the first time they had crawled out of their mom's basements in years. My wife looks at them, looks at me with that raised eyebrow and says "who is Ron Paul?".

If you don't like these Ron Paul threads, you are free to not participate in them. If you don't like the RP supports on this board, you know who they are - don't click on their threads. The solution is simple. All of the complaining about RP in his threads do nothing but bump these threads to the top.

No kidding. See Ron Paul in the thread title, move along. How hard is this? 😕

Relax RP fanbois...I'm not complaining about the threads, I'm explaining the "why" behind the dislike.

I like participating in RP threads, but for different reasons than you do!

I'm not a "fanboi" of RP, and I already know that you don't like RP followers - my point is that the reaction to these threads is irrational. If you don't like the thread topic, don't click on the thread.

 

[FoBoT]

what is the point

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I can't stand Ron Paul. I think he is a lunatic with dangerous ideas, and most of all I hate the Ron Paulbots that spam almost every online forum I participate in. I have never taken the guy seriously as a candidate, until now. I always thought that his apparent support was a core group of internet spammers, but looking at these graphs is something else. I think anyone who still denies the popularity of this guy is deluding themselves - well over $2m and rising in a single day is impressive to say the least.

Having said that, he still won't get the nomination. It could be interesting to see him running independently.

 

[GoPackGo]

I went to his website and he has zero plan on there...

He mentions what his complaints are and what he thinks is wrong but he does not lay out how he is going to fix it.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
I went to his website and he has zero plan on there...

He mentions what his complaints are and what he thinks is wrong but he does not lay out how he is going to fix it.

I'll take a President with "no" plans compared to the plans of Hillary and Rudy.

 

[brandonb]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
I went to his website and he has zero plan on there...

He mentions what his complaints are and what he thinks is wrong but he does not lay out how he is going to fix it.

I'll take a President with "no" plans compared to the plans of Hillary and Rudy.

For fun, I went to Obama's website, and I see just as much plan there as I do on Ron Paul's.

According to Obama, his idea for Social Security is "Protect it because Seniors need it! Don't allow them to privatize it. Negotiate with drug companies to lower prices. Allow Seniors to import drugs from Canada"

Geez. That doesn't sound like much of a plan to me. Isn't that what they do today?

 

[NaughtyGeek]

This isn't the part of the campaign where you lay out how. At this point you're just trying to establish what IMO.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: brandonb

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
I went to his website and he has zero plan on there...

He mentions what his complaints are and what he thinks is wrong but he does not lay out how he is going to fix it.

I'll take a President with "no" plans compared to the plans of Hillary and Rudy.

For fun, I went to Obama's website, and I see just as much plan there as I do on Ron Paul's.

According to Obama, his idea for Social Security is "Protect it because Seniors need it! Don't allow them to privatize it. Negotiate with drug companies to lower prices. Allow Seniors to import drugs from Canada"

Geez. That doesn't sound like much of a plan to me. Isn't that what they do today?

Nope. In fact, IIRC, they voted to not allow themselves to negotiate drug prices. Another way government is screwing over the healthcare system. And, no, we do not allow anyone to import drugs from Canada.

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: NaughtyGeek
This isn't the part of the campaign where you lay out how. At this point you're just trying to establish what IMO.

But they want millions in donations and they have been campaigning since 06...

I dont expect complete details...but there is nothing!

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: brandonb

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
I went to his website and he has zero plan on there...

He mentions what his complaints are and what he thinks is wrong but he does not lay out how he is going to fix it.

I'll take a President with "no" plans compared to the plans of Hillary and Rudy.

For fun, I went to Obama's website, and I see just as much plan there as I do on Ron Paul's.

According to Obama, his idea for Social Security is "Protect it because Seniors need it! Don't allow them to privatize it. Negotiate with drug companies to lower prices. Allow Seniors to import drugs from Canada"

Geez. That doesn't sound like much of a plan to me. Isn't that what they do today?

We must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

 

[HeXploiT]

Story coming up on the situation room in a minute.

 

[glugglug]

Donated $100. Never would have expected my first political campaign donation to be to a Republican.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: [b😀]glugglug[/b]
Donated $100. Never would have expected my first political campaign donation to be to a Republican.

Welcome to the GOP! Want to go hunting and chew some tobacco?

 

[Kelvrick]

Wow, my first actual post in P&N.

I sent in my 25 bucks (30 if you count the 2 bumper stickers I bought). Never thought I'd donate or pay for my own bumper stickers.

I actually just talked 2 people in my office (hopefully) into voting. The receptionist and another coworker. Since its not tax season, things are slow and I convinced them this is the perfect time for them to figure out which candidate they like and to vote. CNN just happened to report on RP's fundraising right when they asked me who I was voting for and I said Ron Paul and pointed at the TV.

 

[HeXploiT]

This is getting rather ridiculous.
http://www.ronpaulgraphs.com/daily_totals.html

 

[First]

What's with all the spammers in this thread? If you don't like RP threads, I don't understand why you'd click on one and then proceed to post about it and expend even more energy replying to posts. Seems highly illogical. Keep your agendas to yourself and I'm sure RP supporters, like any group of supporters, will gladly keep it to themselves as well.