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Ron Paul may in fact be the real American's last hope. America needs to get back to it's founding fathers roots. The beliefs which the Constitution is founded on.

Ron Paul will guide us to do this.

You mis-spelled his name dear...

it is Ron Paul

Ron Paul will win the presidency.

Well stated Adam from San Diego! Ron Paul will be represented in New Jersey by my vote for President!

Really now, does any other candidate, especially Republican, get this kind of dedication:

http://www.nolanchart.com/article284.html

You've mis-spelled his name dear.

It is Ron Paul.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com

Ron Paul will win the presidency.

If not I will come to your house and cook you some top ramen, cause that will be all you can afford to eat.

I like it when Ru Paul stammers and stutters in the "debates." Ru Paul will not win the Presidency.

My mother and I both pledged $100 for the December 16th Tea Party and I'm working on the rest of my family as well! This is our man! I have never in my 45 years felt so positive about a presidential candidate! Ron Paul speaks for those Americans who, up until now, have not had a voice in our government. If you don't like the idea of a North American Union – get behind Ron Paul!

In response to Jon's request we defend 3 positions:

It is not the Ron Paul supporters or Ron Paul that has to justify these positions any longer. It is the U.S. government that is due an explanation as to the failed policies that are robbing our nation of treasure, privacy, health, families, and ultimately our Liberty. It is you that owes an explanation to your fellow Americans as to why you continue to support failed and destructive policies that have ravaged American society over the last century. And in our view, it is time for those who have forced their views on the public through government beaurocracy and disinformation campaigns to be held accountable to the American people. As Ronald Reagan himself asked in his 1976 speech in support of Goldwater, are we not due a some type of progress report on these social programs?

1. The "drug war" is a failed policy that is destroying our personal liberties, flooding our prisons with nonviolent offendors who spend more time in jail than murderers and rapists, and ultimately over substances less harmful as alcohol (no matter how much this information is supressed). Decriminilization is NOT legalization, it is a sane and humane policy to move into medical treatment of addicts and get away from destroying families of substance abusers.

More on these policies here:

http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/topic.php?id=23

2. Ron Paul has stated quite clearly that his intention is to prevent the CIA, FBI, etc. from continuing to do damage and incite hatred in other countries. He has the position that it is time for these organizations to be held accountable for their actions. It is time to streamline and rebuild these groups in order to create a more secure nation, not to eliminate intelligence gathering as some would want the public to believe.

More on his foreign policy and intelligence positions here:

http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/topic.php?id=10

Which should also cover your third point. And as much as some would like to continue the American empire, the fact of the matter is we have no reason to continue subsidizing Europe's defense while our nation suffers the cost. And we have no reason to continue the prevention of the reunification of Korea. As you mentioned China, I am sure you understand as Ron Paul does that our greatest threat to our national security is China. But not by military force, but by the simple and very well known fact that China owns a large portion of our national debt. Money which as repaid they use to purchase military equipment and expand their military capabilities.

Ron Paul is about sanity in domestic and foreign policies, and a return to traditional American values.

The only crazy ones are the ones that call Dr. Paul crazy. they're the ones that follow like sheep and they must consider the Constitution an old piece of paper because that's what these other candidates do. the federal reserve has fleeced this country long enough. ask yourself why have they NEVER been audited and never will be. I hope we all realize they are not a part of the federal government. so what business do they have dictating financial policy? whay business does the Council on Foreign Relations have in dictating foreign policy? we do not need the UN or NATO. all they are here for is to condition us into accepting a one world government. don't believe it? do your own research on who started it. Dr. Paul is our only hope for a president who will abide by the Constitution.

I'm voting for him and I DO KNOW ALL his positions. I'm all about it. Nothing scary to me. Some of you have your opinions on Ron Paul and will vote your way. I just want to go on the record and announce my official support for Ron Paul.

Giuliani, Thompson, McCain, Romney, and Huckabee are ALL just George Bush all over again. Open borders and endless war. Want that? I didn't think so. There is a good reason that ALL (repeat ALL) of the fired-up patriots in this election are in the Ron Paul Revolution. Find out why by attending one of more than 1,200 Ron Paul Meetup Groups with 80,000 Members in every town in America.

George Soros doesn't have enough money to buy off Ron Paul....

He Won't be Bought.

Watch the You Tube vid called Ron Paul – Don't Tread On Me, then you'll donate to his campaign too smalksy.

Dr.Paul isn't anyones clown...Wow,sure would be refreshing if the detractors could foist a legitimate argument rather than juvenile name calling! I guess we should all believe now that there is a computer genius running the ticker on his website with numerous name lists around the country to dupe us that he has financial support from "we the people". Duhh...my bad thanks!!!

Soros? Haha, good one. See, you don't understand smalksy....this campaign is about Freedom, Peace, & Prosperity. That's a message you don't hear from the likes of Soros, moveon.org, and the other candidates.

it's always good to know exactly where Soros' money is going...unfortunately, buying a clown to spoil an election won't work now the way it did with Dole/Perot...

The most honest man in American politics today.
He is the only one who could restore America's good name as a respected nation in the world once again.
Hillary and the rest are the same old Bilderberg-controlled gang, feverishly destroying our Dollar to bring in a One World Government, and we are sick of it.

Ron Paul would be the first president since JFK & Abraham Lincoln to take on the Federal Reserves stranglehold on power. If you don't support Ron Paul, then you really need to read a book or two and hopefully begin to understand.

RON PAUL CURED MY APATHY!

RON PAUL 2008!

Ron Paul our Next President!

Wouldn't it be nice for once if you showed Dr Paul the respect he deserves by using a photo that doesn't have him in some weird facial expression? Honestly, how slimeball is that?

Ron Paul, a new kind of Republican crazy, running as fast as he can from Libertarian ideals.

Ru Paul is the Mike Gravel of the Republican party.

Ron Paul Revolution. Remember our last revolution? We escaped the tyranny of England. Now by everyone on this registering republican and voting for Ron , The People can Win again. It is sad that money has to be raised in such high ammounts for a person to be elected to lead this great nation.

This will be the fifth time I've tried to post these same comments.

ronpaul2008.com

Ron Paul is the only candidate that can beat Hillary Clinton.

1. Ron Paul owns her on the war. She voted to go to Iraq (won't say she was wrong), declared Iranian Rev. Guard Terrorist, and said it would 2012 till we got the troops out.

2. He will reduce the budget and taxes (he is the only one who talks about the deficit and the harm it is doing via inflation)

3. He is intergrity. No SKELETONS in the closet. A honest and clean voting record.

4. He stands for liberty and less gov.

A breath of fresh air than none of the other Republicans can bring to the table, and he will defeat Hillary once we give him that chance.

I'm Impressed the MSM is finally waking up to what the American People want "The Trueth" No Planted Questions By Hillary or by Frank Luntz and Douglas Maher WOW we have a Person that knows the issues! Paul has Schooled Rudy on Blowback! Paul schooled Mitt on the Constitution! Paul schooled OReilly on History! Paul Schooled Hannity on his own poll Numbers! WOW do you at the MSM think we Americans are stupid! We have Exposed everyone who has tried to Negatively spin a True Honorable Statesman! Wake at the Media Like Fox owned by Murdock the FOX owner we know the Corporate Bias and we can see right through it! The sooner you admit it the sooner we can solve the issues that face America Not the NAU that is Not what America Wants! Maybe the CFR is wanting America to be Canada and Mexico to become apart of some global Empire but Not us Americans! We will take our country back very soon the Days are Numbered December 16th is fast approaching and so are our VOTES!
Just Keep printing that fake money to support your world Empire expose more of the Government lies we've been feed for far too long! So You can Keep your 300 to 500 poll numbers and you what you can do with them! We are not Corporate endorsers of candidates We are the American people supporting our candidate Ron Paul! Yeah we are crazy crazy about a Constitution not HR 1955 or the Patriot Act or the the NAU yeah we are crazy we are crazy to be Americans one last time one last fight if thats what it takes to restore our Honor our Freedom and our Liberty and if need be OUR GOVERNMENT!

Dr.Paul is the only free-market capitalist running. He understands the road to serfdom is paved with collectivism. He will lead us on the capitalist road to freedom, human dignity and prosperity.

Ron Paul is for the people and our constitutional rights!
He will never have to worry about an American flag falling on him!

Ron Paul is going all the way to take the White House seat.
America supports you all the way!
Can't wait to see the outpour of support on Dec. 16th!
Ron Paul 2008............YEAH

Even though Ron Paul is starting to show up in the polls, the results are still a lagging indicator. Paul supporters are tech savvy. They use cell phones and often don't even have a land line. And if they do, they're not sitting around waiting for the a call from their friendly pollster; they're out working to get Dr. Paul elected. Pundits who rely on polls are in for a rude awaking when the votes start to get tallied.

Wait until December 16th. We the People will show the world we mean business.

http://www.ronpaulforpresident2008.com/

"It would be refreshing to see all this revenue converted into numbers on the polls."

The reason that Ron Paul has had such low polling numbers is that until just recemtly, Ron Paul's name has not been included in the polls. Sad to see that happen in the USA.

Although the MSM will now take notice of Dr. Paul because of the funds contributed by his supporters, it is mainly because they see dollar signs and not the because they have embraced his values and/or his message of personal freedom and individual responsibility.

Welcome aboard Jon.

Ditto on your John McCain sentiments. He's still a great American, he just got caught up in the machine.

WASHINGTON – The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.

Sick.

Bring the troops home.

WOrd out on the net is that Ron Paul supporters are planning another mass donation day on December 16 in honor of the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Teaparty07.com

This spring I was rereading the Declaration of Independence and The Consitution and I was sickened almost to tears.

Though there was hope, for in the words of the Founding Fathers:

"whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

Join the Tea Party 12/16/07

NOV.5 WAS NOTHING

WATCH WHAT WE DO DEC.16TH!

http://WWW.TEAPARTY07.COM

I may agree with him on ending the war, but everything else this man says is hogwash.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Forget this idiot.

Actually, CNN has a very easy way to verify that all the money has been collected - just go to his website. Every new donation is posted, and the total updated, as they come in. It's radical transparency, the kind Ron Paul would bring to the government as President.

The millions Ron Paul is collecting is much more impressive than similar amounts raised by other candidates, because it's coming from more voters, in smaller dollar amounts. The $4.3 million on November 5th was quite impressive, but even more impressive was that over 36,000 individual donors contributed on that day.

While Ron Paul may have some good ideas, most others, particularly Senators and congress people don't agree with him. So how's he going to do all the things he says he's going to do? Do we get a new king after King George?

I am thoroughly disgusted with the Republican field with the exception of Ron Paul. While I may end up voting for Obama, these two candidates both offer good judgment, trustworthiness, and a different approach from the tried and failed methods of Washington.

I have a mancrush on Ron Paul.

Posted By Phil, Corvallis Oregon : November 13, 2007 1:39 pm

^^^^^OMG the Ron Paul Cult is just too funny. They call him the luck skywalker of politics. The "Revolution" and what not I call them Star Wars crew! There really crazy.

For his Republican party and Liberal views and voting history how does he think he has a shot of winning? Yeah you have a nice following. But who is really going to vote for Dr.Paul? Its funny

Ron Paul is the only candidate that can beat Hillary.

He has her on the war, economics (everyone knows we need to reduce the debt), medical matters (he is a doctor), he hasn't flip flopped, has no skeletons in his closet, and is simple speaking a much better message..

The message of liberty.

ronpaul2008.com

Ron Paul is a true Conservative.

He is also the only candidate that can beat Hillary. He can bring together Conservatives, Liberals, Independants, and just about anyone else.

1.) Ron Paul is left of Hillary on the war. She will not commit to bring the troops home. She will not commit to having dialog with Iran to ward off conflict. She has 0 foreign policy experience, unless you count what Bill did. I do not. She voted FOR the Iraq war and will not admit that vote was a mistake. Ron Paul's position on this resonates with 70% of the American people.

2.) Ron Paul is right of Hillary on spending, the budget, and the economy. Hillary is completely out-classed in this category. As we all know our wonderful Congressman does not vote to raise his pay, does not take the pension plan, does not vote for unbalanced budgets, is infinitely better in his understanding of economics and he marketplace, does not want to raise taxes, and has a 10 term congressional voting record to back that up.

3.) Hillary will attempt to run on socialized medicine. Ron Paul is a doctor and will be able to sucessfully rebut any argument she makes on this issue through personal first-hand knowledge of the sytem, its flaws, and what is needed to fix it.

4.) Our candidate Ron Paul has taken a consistant position on illegal immigration that is not only "block the border" but also addresses the socio-economic reasons we have illegal immigration in the first place. Hillary can't even say whether or not she supports driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.

5.) Hillary Clinton has been up to her eyeballs in scandals throughout her career. Big stuff, not just little stuff. Our candidate Ron Paul is as pure as the driven snow in his personal life and in his voting record. He's got integrity, honesty, great work ethic, and principles. And we have the records to prove it.

I sure hope you Ron Paul supporters are paying attention to all his positions and not just his stand on the war.

While I agree with him on Iraq his domestic policy agenda is, in my opinion, crazy.
Posted By Dave, Evergreen CO : November 13, 2007 2:41 pm

What specifically do you find crazy? The US Constitution? Go to the website and read his issues tab.

Have a great day!

AJ, those weren't pledges. Go to http://www.RonPaul2008.com yourself and see how it works. There is a live donation ticker that flashes the name and location of every donation recieved over the internet via credit or debit card. I dare you to donate $5 and watch your name immediate appear on screen. The Romney camp tried to pass off their "pledges" as a 1 day campaign haul... but FEC reports revealed that what he earned was only half that amount. Hillary Clinton's 1 day records are all strangely enough reported on the last day of the quarter. But you can plainly see for yourself on the Ron Paul website exactly how much money he is getting, and where it is coming from. Try it yourself if you dont believe me. Ron Paul is for real – the media just wants you to believe otherwise.

We don't need honest people in the white house...We are used to liars!!

AJ, these aren't pledges, these ARE donations that have already been collected. Ron Paul's graph is tied directly to their credit card processing unit. So every time a person donates using a credit card, the campaign automatically adds that to the total. And offline donations get added once they accrue a decent amount.

Thats why this is now a record breaking day for donations...because while other candidates had days where they "raised" more money...those were just pledges, and Romney's highest day was something like 3.1mil. And this is real cash, thats is automatically added to campaign's account.

You can pledge a trillion dollars, does not mean you'll ever pay it

Ron Paul is the only candidate that can beat Hillary.

ronpaul2008.com

He can bring together conservative, liberal and independant.

1.) Ron Paul is left of Hillary on the war. She will not commit to bring the troops home. She will not commit to having dialog with Iran to ward off conflict. She has 0 foreign policy experience, unless you count what Bill did. I do not. She voted FOR the Iraq war and will not admit that vote was a mistake. Ron Paul's position on this resonates with 70% of the American people.

2.) Ron Paul is right of Hillary on spending, the budget, and the economy. Hillary is completely out-classed in this category. As we all know our wonderful Congressman does not vote to raise his pay, does not take the pension plan, does not vote for unbalanced budgets, is infinitely better in his understanding of economics and he marketplace, does not want to raise taxes, and has a 10 term congressional voting record to back that up.

3.) Hillary will attempt to run on socialized medicine. Ron Paul is a doctor and will be able to sucessfully rebut any argument she makes on this issue through personal first-hand knowledge of the sytem, its flaws, and what is needed to fix it.

4.) Our candidate Ron Paul has taken a consistant position on illegal immigration that is not only "block the border" but also addresses the socio-economic reasons we have illegal immigration in the first place. Hillary can't even say whether or not she supports driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.

5.) Hillary Clinton has been up to her eyeballs in scandals throughout her career. Big stuff, not just little stuff. Our candidate Ron Paul is as pure as the driven snow in his personal life and in his voting record. He's got integrity, honesty, great work ethic, and principles. And we have the records to prove it.

If Ron Paul is elected to office he will be the first president in years to truly be the people's president.

AJ, those donations are real. They are NOT pledges, but actual dollars. I know as I'm missing the actual money from my account.

There are pledges for him as well that total near a billion dollars, but I doubt those will be collected. The 8.1 is real and very much spendable.

AJ, those were not "pledges" on Nov. 5th. That was real money. At least that's what my checking account says. If you knew what was going on with it you wouldn't ask about that. So get involved and support Dr. Paul–the rest are just more of the same garbage we have now.

Hey AJ, those aren't pledges. Ron Paul has actually collected $8.1 million in donations since Oct. 1.

Wow, this Ron Paul guy is amazing! I can't believe I haven't heard about him before. How can he have raised this much money and not gotten as much mainstream attention as the other candidates? It's strange, all the "official polls" have him in the low single digits, but in every straw poll I can find, he completely blows everybody out of the water! Where does one go to find an accurate poll, in which he would obviously lie somewhere between the two?

I think Ron Paul should run for President of Texas and we should secede from the Union. TEXAS! A whole other country. We don't need the US.

Cudos to Ron Paul and his supporters. This is the way to get a candidate noticed. He has not been paid much attention too because he had not raised much money (relative to the leading candidates). Support for president is measured in dollars and sense. Now perhaps Ron Paul will be given a serious look by voters in the country.

And the corrupted media tries to convince us that a candidate who has raised millions of dollars from thousands of supporters is barely registering in the polls. We're supposed to believe that Mike Huckabee is polling higher than Ron Paul? We're supposed to believe that pathetic, programmed, anti-conservative frauds like Giuliani and Romney are polling higher than Ron Paul?

I sure hope you Ron Paul supporters are paying attention to all his positions and not just his stand on the war.

While I agree with him on Iraq his domestic policy agenda is, in my opinion, crazy.

Ron Paul for President. I don't think so. Will those donations be collectable is the real question? Making pledges is one thing but actually collecting on them is another especially since only the Paul Campaign is allowed to look the donation details.

Ron Paul is the only candidate who seems to understand the winds and tides of market forces. The 611 billion dollars being spent in Iraq could have been a nice dent in our BOP trade deficit. Eventually the FED and its monetary policy won’t be able to help the economy with their little rate cuts. The longer we oppose market forces with monetary policy the longer we will have to face the consequences when we stop.

Americans seem to think they are entitled to just about everything just for being American. Republicans and Democrats, it doesn’t matter, people will be in for a reality check in the coming decade. The world is catching up, and we seem to have derailed everything that made this country flourish in the first place. Ron Paul is the only one who can put us back on track.

Wow. That's a lot of money for a supposedly "second-tier" candidate. People must really believe in this guy. I'm surprised the mainstream media doesn't cover him more, with the kind of backing he gets on the web. I'm not normally 'into' politics but since I've heard so much about Paul, I've started doing research on him, and although I don't agree with everything he says (of course), he does stand out with his honesty and integrity.

Ron Paul is a naive fool who wants to surrender to the terrorists so they can come over here and conquer us and make us submit to Sharia law.

I know this because Hannity said so.

Just wait until Dec. 16th! Then you're gonna see some real fundraising - Nov. 5th was just a warm-up.

http://www.teaparty07.com

I believe that should be $8.1 million raised since October 1, not November 1. There was approximately $2.6 million raised in October and the total now (13:10 central – from ronpaul2008.com) is $8,116,478.66.

Seriously, everyone forget what you know about politics. The rich and elite rule our politicians. Our government is corrupt to the core. It is no longer government by the people, it is rule over the people. Only Ron Paul speaks out to this fact, and only Ron Paul can save this nation.

Dr. Paul is the real deal, watch out for him!

I was part of the November 5th money-bomb and I have never been happier to donate money to a politician. Ron Paul has my vote and will get a lot more of my money on December 16th.

Go Dr. Paul!!!

And none of it from big business or fanatical Right or Left but from people who want the USA returned to what it was!

Go Ron Paul!

He's been sneaking in under the radar for a long time, now it's Congressman Paul's turn to shine.

Google Ron Paul.

Thank god this guy is getting traction – I see few other honorable people out there like him.

I have a mancrush on Ron Paul.

Dr. Paul's campaign raised a few eyebrows in Washington last week when it announced that it had raised $4.2 million in just 24 hours, on November 5.

Which just shows how out of touch Washington is with everyday people. Eyebrows might not have gone so high if other candidates truly resonated with informed voters.

People who have donated to Ron Paul's campaign are tired of those who claim to understand voters; they want someone who really does understand them.

Go, Ron, Go.

thanks katy. what is little mentioned is that we found dr. paul, he didn't go out and spend on us. in fact, we're probably spending a magnitude greater, collectively, on our own through purchase of slim jims (brochures), signage, highway billboard signs, aircraft banners at sports events, rallies, local festivals, travel, newspaper adverts, radio ads, internet adds, political blogging, auto painting adverts, civil disobedience, battling MSM, writing and calling representatives, neighborhood parties and bbqs, t-shirts, hats, running for local office, bumber stickers, rides and walks across America, concerts, etc, etc. etc.

...starting to get the picture?

We DAUNT the other candidates' support, in numbers and in real dollars. All done with ZERO debts.

I still love this Country!

In the interest of correcting the story ahead of time, I am sure the RP campaign did not claim from November 1st. The 8.2 million is since October 1st. However, around 5.7 million of that was since November 1st.

Every time I read about the dollar amount each candidate has, I get angry that it seems that Americans will almost gear their vote not towards political philosophy but towards who has the bigger campaign money bag.

I think the media is starting to wake up and realize that the Ron Paul campaign is for real, and has real shot at the GOP nomination.

This is why the neocon attacks on him in the media have increased rapidly in the past week.

As for the low poll numbers, John Kerry was even lower at the end of 2003.

Just wait until the primaries. The neocon GOP establishment will be shocked to the core.

Bye, bye neocons. Your false ideology has been exposed and your day in the sun is over. We're not 'leftists', and we're taking our party back. Go back to the Democratic Party from whence you came.

Yet another poll today has Ron Paul running very strong - today, it is in Nevada!

Not only does he bring in a good amour of donations, those donations are given to him without Paul having to promote. His supports want change so much they can't wait to give him money. He also is very careful with his spending of those donations, which I believe translates into sensible money handling if elected.

Just wanted to point out an error in the report.

He's raised 8.1 million since OCTOBER 1st, not Nov. 1st.

This is great. Hopefully, Paul's fundraising blitz will give him more firepower in the debates against his GOP colleagues.

Now that he has the cash to conduct a fighting campaign, the Republicans will be forced to admit that public discontent with the President, the War, and with Washington is greatly affecting their party.

I hope Ron Paul raises another $20 million simply to prove – all the money in the world can not buy an election for a candidate with extremist views.

Ron Paul disciples get angry when folks suggest he is unelectable and suggest everyone else is just ignorant. PLEASE – any Ron Paul supporter .. defend these 3 Ron Paul positions:

1. LEGALIZE DRUGS

Marijuana has not been proven to kill or be more harmful than cigarettes, but Cocaine, Heroine, Crack, Meth, etc ARE dangerous, lethal, and cause significant crime in this country.

2. Eliminate FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, IRS, Dept of Education, etc.

I know RP is suggesting these issues should be managed at the State level – not the federal level. And some of the non-military issues certainly make sense. But asking Louisiana – who can't get basic services to their citizens after a hurricane – to some how manage to keep an eye on terrorists in Yemen is pure lunacy. Eliminating the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security is clearly a step which makes us all more vulnerable to our enemies.

3. Withdraw ALL soldiers deployed outside the US (Japan, Germany, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, etc).. and withdraw from UN, NATO, WTO, etc.

Yes the Soviet Union does not exist but other threats (terrorists, China, nuclear-Iran, nuclear-Korea, etc) DO exist. Effectively Ron Paul wants to close his eyes and pretend these threats don't exist and won't ever reach our shores. Ron Paul also thinks we should stop getting involved in outside "issues" – genocide in Rawanda, genocide in Darfur, etc. HOW can one be called the last remaining super-power and turn a blind eye to our neighbors that are indiscriminately killing?

It would be refreshing to see all this revenue converted into numbers on the polls.

December 16, 2007. The Boston Tea Party. Give 'till it hurts!

Libertea for America! IT IS POSSIBLE NOW! WE CAN DO IT!!