I'm a Republican that twice voted for Ronald Regan and will be proudly voting for Ron Paul.

The Republican Party needs to get back to supporting what the people want - not just special interests.

Yes, CNN, please (!) keep treating Dr. Paul as a fringe candidate unworthy of your so reasoned take on this race. You are only motivating average Americans to the cause of returning liberty to this country and helping him get elected.

The seeds are being sown, and will be reaped on election day. Then perhaps we will know mainstream media for what it truly is–a mouthpiece for big business and special interests in Washington.

I DON'T THINK CNN IS USING MY COMMENTS BUT I HAVE TO TRY:
TO INDEPENDENT VOTER, TN WHO IMPLIES THAT RON PAUL WANTS TO RETIRE ON HIS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
IS THIS COWARD, WHO WON'T EVEN USE HIS NAME AWARE THAT RON PAUL WON'T EVEN ACCEPT THE CONGRESSIONAL PENSION, TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED? AND HE TURNS BACK A PORTION OF HIS CONGRESSIONAL SALARY TO THE U.S. TREASURY (ON PRINCIPLE. AND WHEN DR PAUL TREATS A MEDICARE PATIENT, I THEY CAN'T AFFORD HIS FEE, HE TREATS THEM FOR FREE (WILL NOT CHARGE IT TO MEDICARE (TAXPAYERS). DR. PAUL IS IN IT TO WIN IT!! HE WILL SPEND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WISELY AND WELL ON THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. AND THAT'S THE WAY HE WOULD MONITOR CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, IF HE IS ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. NOW….INDEPENDENT VOTER COWARD, TN GO LIE ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE. THIS HEROIC MAN DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR DEROGATORY REMARKS.

ANOTHER INDEPENDENT VOTER, GRACE PAYTON
"NO COWARD"

OH! AND ROBERT LA UNLIKE MOST
REPUBLICANS & DEMOCRATS, RON PAUL
IS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE. HE WILL
MAKE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS COUNT BY
USING THEM WISELY. YOU WON'T SEE
HIM OVER-SPENDING. AND THAT'S THE
WAY HE WOULD RUN THE GOV'T. NO
INCOME TAX CUZ HE WOULD SHRINK THE
SIZE OF GOV'T TO CONSTITUTIONAL SIZE
AND BE THE FISCAL CONSERVATIVE HE WAS
ELECTED TO BE.

I GET TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT
RON PAUL IS NOT DOING WELL IN THE POLLS
WHEN HE WON THE FOX NOISE POLL WITH
38%, SEAN HANNITY DISCOUNTED HIS OWN
POLL, WHEN ONE OF PAUL'S TALENTED
SUPPORTERS PROVED ON VIDEO, THAT IT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO VOTE
MORE THAN ONCE. (LIKE MITT ROMNEY'S
SUPPORTERS DID IN THE STRAW POLL IN
ST. PETE, FLORIDA. SEE THE ST PETE
TIMES). I HAVE A LIST OF STRAW POLLS
IN WHICH RON PAUL CAME IN FIRST PLACE.

FOR EXAMPLE: PAUL'S %
NEW HAMPSHIRE TAXPAYERS 65.3%
FREEDOM WORKS STRAW POLL 56.0%
STRAFFORD COUNTY N.H. 72.2%
WEST ALABAMA 81.2%
MANCHESTER, N.H. STRAW 65.0%
CWA NJ GOP STRAW POLL 77.0%
PORTLAND, OR STRAW POLL 67.0%
JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA 57.8%
SPRINGFIELD,MO GOP CLUB 77.3%
VIRGINIA STRAW POLL 38.0%

I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE.
SOME OF YOU ARE GLAD THAT THE MEDIA
WON'T TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT
THE POLLS I JUST LISTED. BUT THERE
ARE MORE. I PROVED MY POINT.

Truth of the matter is ,,the controlled media only airs Ron Paul in limited fashion, he represents what America is supposed to be known for , Liberty, Freedom & the Constitution of the United States of America , The Mass media is owned & in association with foreign interests , including those of the CFR ,Bilderberg Group , etc , Ron Paul's rally's have drawn more people than all of the other candidates combined , in Philly he drew 5000 people+ ,,i was there , i saw something i've never seen for 1 candidate , especially one that is never seen on TV .Isn't it amazing how The IRS & Federal Reserve who stole America in 1913 or before are not of any interest in upper middle class Americans , i am shocked that this man has the guts to spill the beans on the fascist government & speaks to thousands of how he will bring America back to what it was known for . We are the most hated nation in eastern hemisphere , Islam , Arabs , Iraq,Iran , etc etc ,,all hate us , we can never mind our own business . Iran , wants to have protection & defense for their country & who are we to tell them what they can & can't have.

Why are we always involved in everyone elses business ., why do presidents disobey the constitution that they are sworn in to protect .

Ron Paul is our next George Washington & he will bring the criminals who carried out 9-11-2001 & Oklahoma City . did you know that Larry Potts of the FBI was who carried out that event , just look up Terri Nichols declaration in which he states in a 51 page document , that the FBI was the ones who carried out the attack & that the bomb that he helped Tim McVeigh make couldn't blow up a bus ,, did you see the chunk in that building???

America ., . wake up people , this is not our government , the democrats & republicans are both the same party , puppets for the bilderberg group & the skull & bones secret organization that does whatever they wish to us , & the New World Order is making their move right now on planning to take out 80% of humanity ,. Google End Game , Alex Jones ,. They are trying to take away our liberty & they are planning to deal with us as we resist !!!!! We need to take back our nation , we are the people ., The gOVERNMENT IS WHO WE VOTE IN ((Unless it's rigged like it has been for so many years now)) ,,We need to stand up for all u believe in now & get rid of the corrupt,tyrannical evil people that are not against Al qaida & their enemy is not ISLAM or IRAN , IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU !!!! All the news you see on the wars & on politics is all staged unless they have to put Ron Paul on ,,WHEN THEY DO ,,They never let him speak & they stage the you tube questions & try to make him out to be a conspiracy nut , The conspiracy is the 392 loop holes in the 911 events . Open your eyes everyone , this is our generation , your kids generation & we need to make this country our country so our kids & grandkids can grow up & live a happy life & have privacy & have a 2nd amendment !! We have to face up to the enemy .. LOOK UP THE 7-7-05 BOMBINGS OF LONDON , How THE MILITARY had drills of the same buses & trains being bombed at the same time the attack was taking place ,, is that not coincidence ??/ The chances of that happenening ((as it always does with these attacks ,,there's always a DRILL going on )) ,,u see ,,they have to cover why they screwed up or why they didn't act accordingly , People , i don't know what to tell you ,, go to infowars.com & listen To Alex Jones , the man who predicted 9-11 & said who they would blame & what they would do .. Our economy is falling ,,our dollar is falling & the gas prices are rising although we have more oil now than ever in the history of the world , we attacked IRAQ in 1990 because oil was being overpumped & was .84cents a gallon !! We had no reason to go there, GH W.Bush said that the IRAQI's were taken babies out of incubators & killing them , we now know that was not true !!!! George Bush's brother Marvin was in charge of Securicom ,, the security firm that handles Dulles Airport in Dallas & Thw World Trade Center , The pentagon never showed a plane hitting their building ,,they showed a cartoon of a plane with fake smoke out the back in 5 chopped up & editied frames when they have 86 cameras + 3 others in gas stations ,hotels & DOT ,, why couldn't we see it ????

I mean , you people have to clean up your brainwashed minds , this government's enemy is us !!!!!!!

Ron Paul is the only candidate that will help save us & Bilderberg has secretly called out for removing him ,., what does that mean ??? Think of JFK & what they did to him to get in LBJ , so he would stage the Gulf of Tonkin & USS LIberty attack ,,we lost 58,000 lives after that crock of lies !!!!

There's so much evidence folks ,, i mean watch the towers fall in 9 seconds straight down ,, watch the WTC 7 bldg. fall ,,watch the BBC CLIP OF Jane Sandling reporting that it collapsed in a live broadcast with the bldg standing behind her , it's all scripted folks ,,Shwn Hannity ,. Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck , Anderson Cooper , They are all paid off by the corporation of destruction , they use liberty & freedom to keep us in check & now they are promoting torture & tasering & police state type government & martial law !!!!!!!!

RON PAUL IS OUR ONLY HOPE TO FORFILL OUR FOREFATHERS & WHAT THEY WARNED WE WOULD BE UP AGAINST IF WE IGNORED ,,WE DID & NOW WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR IT ::: UNTIL NOW !!!!!
jOHN IN USA

Re: Thomas, Detroit, MI : December 17, 2007 8:48 pm

I agree, the federal government does stink. Where did I say that the current policy isn't flawed? You make it sound like it's Ron Pauls's way or the current way, which is far from the truth. I'm fully aware that we're headed for trouble and I think that the reactionary measures that some of you Ron Paul supporters would escalate those problems in the long term and would cause incredible economic havoc to a great deal of the nation. We should be backing up our money with collateral (gold, etc.) rather than devaluing the dollar. What you fail to realize is that for many years, we effectively did this without the measures that Ron Paul calls for. It would help if we didn't sell our fiscal value to China with the debt that we're in.

As for privatization and the waste in federal programs, have you noticed what we pay private companies for government contracts. Have you ever noticed what we pay them and the ridiculous markups?

Regarding this part -
"Most of the people that are currently working for the federal government would get picked up by the states, since they would raise your taxes to fund the programs that each state needs." - Did you miss the point that I was making about how the wide income differences between states and the effect that would have on programs that are currently federally funded? Do you really think that New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland should live in luxury because their average median household incomes for 2002-2004 were above $55K/year and West Virginia, Mississippi and Arkansas should live in relative poverty since their averages were under $35K/year? (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income04/statemhi.html) If we're going to have intelligence gathering, education, etc. all funded by states, I guess I should move across the river to get the best that America has to offer.

I'm really disappointed that the media hasn't paid more attention to this news item. I don't think it is a conspiracy per se, but it does smell of incompetence.

On Larry King Live last night, there was a "Quick Poll" asking who should the Republican nominee. Ron Paul had 66%!!!!

Larry never did announce the results, though. I wonder why? I went to the trouble of voting, and was waiting for the big reveal of the 'poll'.

What happened, Larry? Too scary for ya?

RonPaul 2008 - Hope for America!

Quite a bit of cash Ron raised here…Too bad it is all going to waste. You people have wasted your hard earned money on a loser. There is no way that this guy is going to get the GOP nod….he is carrying too much baggage. His prior racist views alone will stop him; let alone the simple fact that he's a weirdo. The Dems will eat this guy alive….He has ZERO chance.

And the zombies march to the bleating call of 'Ron Paul'.

Seriously, you people funded this nut? You broke a record for an isolationist? Give me a break!

You talk about 'witnessing the revolution' and 'speaking the truth', yet none of you see what his politics will do to our country. The pull-out from NAFTA and the WTO will effectively close our trade borders. The elimination of the IRS and Federal reserve will cause a plummet in our currency that will make the current recession look like a love-tap. And Gold, as you can see by viewing the correct source material, fluctuates even more than the dollar. Putting us on the gold standard would destroy us.

Oh, and pulling every troop home? What happens when the power vacumn in the middle east causes a severe shift in radicalism? What happens to our allies, what happens to us? Predict that with your crazed leader. And what happens when we can't even fund a military? Who will defend us then, and with what?

I truly grieve for the state of the internet when such a foolish man can garner such support. If you wish to donate so much, where were you for the homeless veterans? The genocide relief of Darfur? The victims of Katrina/Rita? Or the California Wildfires? Instead, you piss your money away on a man who would give you ruin in return. You cast your pearls before a swine.

The only relief I see is that you are too few in the polls to raise him to the numbers that McCain or Obama has. And I sincerely hope that you, these people entranced by this snake-oil salesman, can see past his lies and to the core of his being.

Do not be decieved! Think, people! Lest you drive us like lemmings to the cliff. Do not let the rights I and my brothers fight for go to waste, please.

Hey do the math! Ron Paul has gotten $6 million bucks from Republicans and Independents who are sick of Bush's illegal invasion and war. Kucinich is the only Democrat who offers a similar pledge. The war is costing $12 billion a month. That's $40 a month for every single man, woman and child in the U.S.! That's $480 a year for each and every one of us…$1,920 for a family of four. Is the Iraq war worth that to you?

Shoot, I forgot to donate! Better go do that

How about we don't waste our time on CNN.
Ron paul is the best presidential candidate since President Washington!
Ron Paul is for the american people and our constitutional rights!
Ron Paul says no to the North American Union!
Ron Paul will stop this socialist war and bring our troops home!
Grassroots baby………YEAH

Ryan, New York, NY you still have much to learn. Ron Paul won't do this over night or even during his term. He will just help get the ball rolling. You make change sound like it is horrible and scary. Grow up.

Ryan,
You need to wake up and smell the federal government stinks! Ask anyone that worked for the defense industry that is now in the private sector and they will either tell you there is a lot of waste and or now real work being done or they are lying to you. So yeah there would be a lot of lazy people cut from the governments budget but they will need to get a real job and do real work! How is it that a small team can develop things proposed in the x challenges but it takes the defense industry 10+ years to develop a small network of vehicles? I'm all for defense spending and development but you have to get rid of the waste! Most of the people that are currently working for the federal government would get picked up by the states, since they would raise your taxes to fund the programs that each state needs. I also think it is ironic that you think Dr. Paul's economics are flawed and you don't think the current strategy is, do you honestly think you can just print money with no consequences? In case you missed it we are headed for trouble anyways.

The Constitution & Journalism (remember Journalism?) going down the toilet with a single flush! Thanks for all your great work in the infotainment business, CNN.

The truth is. . . none of his supporters menion positions, they simply hoot.

WHO HOOOOO Ron Paul!

Someone mentioned he is against abortion, THAT IS NOT TRUE. He has the same posion as Thompson. Overturn Roe v Wade and let the states decide.

I am not a supporter for several reasons. He wants to do away with the CIA and let states handle that role.

Here is my question for any Paul supporter.

How the hell is the State of Arkansas supposed to acquire intelligence?

We need the CIA. He wants to do away with it. Along with the FDA, homeland securiy. Medicaid, gone. Medicare, adios.

This is why I do not like him.

Why do YOU like him?

Ron Paul is the 2nd coming of Bill Clinton when he came out of a pile of politicians and won it all in 1992.

You Go Ron. Best o' luck to ya bub. Let the Real Revolution begin!!!!! Peace to you all.

WOW…
they reported the story.
GO RON PAUL!! 08

Ron Paul raises $6 million on Sunday, thus enabling him to move his eventual concession speech from the parking lot of a Hackensack office building to a Chuck E. Cheese down the street.

"Sounds like a waste of $6.5 million to me (or $18 million total, as others point out) on a lost candidate. Imagine what this money could do to change the world if donated to a worthy nonprofit instead…"

Lost candidate?? Ron Paul is the front runner, people like you still let OLD MEDIA tell you what to think.

By the way, $6.5MM given to govt would most likely build a bridge in Iraq, that we blew up 2 weeks ago. Yes, very good use of our money.

Single digits among registered Republicans? This Democrat will help get those numbers high enough for Paul to win!!!!

Save us Ron!!!!

Now….they know he's not a Republican…he's a Liberatarian - and they know he wants to eliminate the Department of Education…and the CIA…and the FBI….and pull out of Iraq without any plans for the aforementioned….wow…smart group

now all the Paultards come out of the woodwork
Posted By not a paultard : December 17, 2007 2:13 pm

Grow a pair and at least list your name when you splatter the true Americans. . . . . spineless liberal. . . . .

OK, for the 40-50 people who made comments on here about how it's $18 million, not $16 million - Do you read the comments before posting? If you don't, why do you expect anyone else to? If you do, didn't you see the 40-50 previous posts about the same thing? I realize that there's a lag between when a comment is made and when it's approved, but comments at noon are identical to those at 4:30-5 pm. We get it, he made a lot of money. Congrats.

I wish the media could focus more on Ron Paul. He does make a lot of decent points about the failings of our government and foreign policy. I loved how he took on Rudy at the debate a few months ago about why we were attacked on 9/11. I also like a lot of his slogans, about keeping with the Constitution, not pandering to special interests, etc.

That said, there's no way I'd ever vote for him. I honestly think that if a lot of his supporters realized what would happen if we implemented all of his ideas, they'd be a little more wary of such extreme change all at once, too. I also think that most of his supporters don't realize that you don't have to be as extreme as Ron Paul to get rid of speical interest pandering, imperialism, etc. Someone commented that the 1 million federal jobs lost wouldn't happen all in one day, but how long do you think it'll take for the private sector to create 1 million new jobs? Or do you like homelessness, foreclosures, and bankruptcy? That'd do much more economic damage than the Federal Reserve is.

As for his states rights approach and mostly getting rid of most federal programs in favor of states taking over, go ahead, as long as you don't mind the big states having twice the living standards as the smaller ones. Imagine the standard of living in Connecticut or Jersey compared with South Dakota or Kentucky. It'd be like Wal-Mart competing with mom and pop stores, where everyone would leave the poorer states because the education systems would be underfunded, crime protection would be shorted, and on and on.

YOU GO RON! We're watching you! And seriously — something must be wrong with these polls. CNN should perhaps start paying attention and actually give Doctor Paul's stories of success some front page time. Enough of Hilary and Romney!

CNN, your math skills are as poor as your reporting skills.

When is MSM going to wake up and smell the coffee? What are you media drones trying to pull anyway? Don't you realize how you, yourselves, would benefit from having Ron Paul as president? How the country would benefit? Do you even care about the people?

Maybe Ron Paul won't win - God Forbid - but Ron Paul has started something. He has awaken the people and they aren't going to take this anymore.

Sheepal, shake the wool out of your eyes and join the REVOLUTION! Take back America!

Why is this buried in the Politics section? The Clinton article has 22 comments as I type this, the Ron Paul article has 228! Yet for some reason, Hillary get s a link on the front page and Ron Paul doesn't? Shameful.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org

Ron Paul…what can i say, he's a beast. Get your stuff straight CNN and give him some publicity

Run,Ron Run! America IS tired of being sold out with corporate stooges as president and tired of being dictated to as to which candidates should garner our attention. This entire campaigning process has been controlled by the media; just look at who gets asked the questions in the debates! and when they do throw the so-called lesser or lower tiered candidate a question, they want an answer in 30 sec. Just who decides what tier a candidate is on anyway. America needs to wake up NOW! I just hope Ron Paul decides to stick with the campaign even if he has to run as an independent….it's time for a serious change

Are we forgetting about the electoral college? Any vote for Ron Paul is going to be sent to whoever is leading in the republican primarys. Give it up and vote guiliani… The constitution explicitly keeps canidates like Ron Paul from ever becoming president.

That is pretty awesome!

I waited all day to see news on Ron Paul's record-breaking $6+ million dollar donations in a 24-hour period. The only thing I got was toward the end of my work day (3p.m. in Germany), and I saw Mary Snow's report on CNN. The headline read "Money for Nothing?" What a cheap shot!! CNN didn't have the decency to congratulate the supporters of Ron Paul for pulling together this tremendous feat. It makes me seriously question the motive of CNN's reporting on this, and it makes me wonder if we will soon clearly see the main-stream media become irrelevant as a reliable source of information.

Maybe now the media will recognize the real leader of the presidential race, and stop shoving puppet canidates down our throats.

Ha! If Ron Paul is a nutcase, so were our Founding Fathers.

Paul supports the Constitution. Period. I'm not sure what's nuts about that.

Typical that this huge story — Paul's second blockbuster day of donations already this quarter — gets buried.

CNN and the MSM drool over everything the establishment politicians do in a day. "Obama won't wear the US flag pin," "Rudy eats at a local cafe," etc.

You ever wonder why these polls don't show Ron Paul so high? Its because we have to raise $6 million to even get mentioned.

Polls: People who vote for Bush 2004. If you read the details of the source, they called registered voters from 4 years ago.

It's a fascinating story so I looked into it a little more.

Two Factual Errors in Story:

- Campaign has raised over $18 million this quarter, not just over $16 million as reported

-It appears that John Kerry no longer holds the current record at $5.7 million, as reported. Rather, Ron Paul's $6 million one-day draw appears to break this record making Ron Paul the holder of the record.

we have more that a chance - this is going to happen.
go Ron, go

Nichole Price from Texas -

Yeah, we know what'd it's like to have a loon running the country - like your fellow Texan from Crawford. (A real cowboy's boots have crap on the outside…………..)

GO RON!!!

This article deserves more coverage! Bump it to the front page where it belongs. I'm looking right at you, CNN. Yes you. I'm looking right through the computer screen at the guy moderating this comment right now! Don't you see the support for Ron? I don't see this much support for other candidates. How many news comments are being garnered by Guiliani or Clinton? Ha.

>Ron Paul has no chance at beating the other GOP front running canidiates

Someone didn't get the memo. Ron Paul is a front running candidate and he will win.

But you're right, Ron Paul is a terrible politician, but he's a perfect example of a statesman.

You obviously know a lot about politics, I mean you support Mitt. So you're OK with being told exactly what you want to hear. For most of us, that just doesn't cut it anymore.

ITS 18 million NOT 16!!!

I've been a democrat all my voting life and I just switched parties to vote for Ron.

Go Ron!

The Romney plug at the end doesn't belong, and the swipe at Paul's low digit numbers is a sham. How about putting him on the phone polling ballots! That would help.

Sounds like a waste of $6.5 million to me (or $18 million total, as others point out) on a lost candidate. Imagine what this money could do to change the world if donated to a worthy nonprofit instead…

"I'm trying to be constructive here, so take this in the spirit it is offered.

One reason Ron Paul does not appeal to me (and most people, I think) is that his supporters come across as, well, people who wear tin foil on their heads.

And that is sad, too, because he has some interesting ideas. But the Ron Paul people scare away supporters. They don't WANT to be popular. They want to be in their own little private club. And they don't want anyone else to join.

You can't elect a President that way.

So on any blogsite they post things like RON PAUL RON PAUL RON PAUL over and over again, and that just scares people away.

And I am sure they will flame the snot out of me here, which just goes to prove my point. How can a guy raise so much money and yet poll less than 1%?

It's his supporters. They scare me. They scare everyone. And they convey the message that he is a "fringe" candidate.

Posted By Robert Smith, Brunswick, Georgia : December 17, 2007 3:06 pm "
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So you're saying you vote by association instead of concrete principles? That's very pathetic.

Besides, the so-called tinfoil hat crowd is minimal. We are a cross-section of America, from all walks of life, all genders, races, creeds, ethnicities, incomes, and lifestyles. I think you are making the classic mistake of unjustifiably painting us all with a broad brush. I suggest you don't worry so much about the supporters and focus on the man and his positions.

Besides, Bush had whackjob supporters too. We call them neocons. So does Hillary. We call them socialists.

Meanwhile, nutbags like Atlanta based talk-show host Kneel Boortz rant and rave about how crazy and loony Ron's followers are.

Here's a bulletin to you rightwing trashtalkers - Ron Paul is a force to be reckoned with, like it or not. Get used to it. Or come election day '08 you'll really have something to cry about.

This well educated, politically savvy, peace loving, law abiding 'loon' is not only going to vote for Ron Paul, but I also donated to his campaign. If being for the constitution and against 'politics as usual' is wrong, then I don't want to be right! Ron Paul is going to win this thing.

I would vote for the man if it weren't for his foreign policy stands. I just can not back the idea of withdrawing all of our troops. They there to protect our national interests and the interests of our allies. Our fathers and grandfather paid for each of those spots with their blood, abandoning them seems unnecessary. That being said I have given money to his campaign so he can continue his Libertarian campaign against a Federal Government which is far to large and intrusive.

This is a tremendous story and has encouraged me to look into Mr. Paul. I need to see what the fuss is about. Happy Holidays!

Thank God there is a Ron Paul in this world! He seems to be the only one that speaks common sense in the political arena. I hope he wins the GOP ticket. This media had better start reporting the full story. The news of $6million in 1 day of donations should be front page news on every website and newspaper, and TV, it is was one of the other puppets it would have been. Ron Paul is a man for the people not giantic corups/and their lobby machines. The less coverage the media shows… the more the people will do for him! Go Ron Paul.

The highest donations from the military of any candidate, a truth speaker, wants to bring our troops out of harms way, secure the border, protect civil liberties, save the American dollar, etc, etc, yet he's still no the fringe?? …WHERE IS THE COVERAGE CNN?!?

"Can someone explain this - objectively?
Posted By hotpursuit : December 17, 2007 1:00 pm

Yes. Objectively? No.

The *fact* is, he will grind our country to
a complete HALT. He is a nut-bag who is supported by anti-american zealots that want to throw out everything that keeps this country moving smoothly, freely, and of the greatest of liberties.

It's a bunch of hippy losers supporting the one guy that's going to mess everything up, just to say "ya, we losers made a difference".

In my opinion, it will be a very sad day if this loon is elected to run this country.

Posted By Nicole Price, Dallas Texas : December 17, 2007 2:52 pm"
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Funny, grinding the country to a halt how? You mean government gridlock? That's not a bad thing.

I think you've been overdosing of Hannity's talking points and the neocon Kool-Aid.

I feel that Ron Paul wants to do some things that I personally don't agree with, but since I'm not a liberal democrat I'm happy for the Paul people and respect your opinions, beliefs and support of him.

I would just suggest that all the people who support him read up on what he wants to do. Don't be like those liberal democrats who are screaming that they are voting for Hillary Clinton because they are against the war.

Shock? I would think that appropriate the 1st time he raised a huge amount of money in one day. What will the buried bi-line be the next time he raises huge money, "Wow! Ron Paul gets lucky again" There is design here people. This guy is not a hack and he deserves as much attention as the other people running.

What is wrong with CNN when Pam Andersen's divorce gets a headline over Dr. Paul's historic accomplishment today???

PATHETIC!!!

Please CNN, let's not cater to today's celebrity-obsessed, ignorant American slugs!! You are CNN, not some rag I see in the check-out aisle!!!!!

The *fact* is, he will grind our country to a complete HALT. - Nicole Price

I have to disagree with you. This was my first thought when deciding to support Ron Paul. Even if he were to veto everything congressional bill to cross his desk, it would only force our legislature to strengthen. Having Dr. No as President will cause a stir for the betterment of our system.

Please watch PBS's Frontline program The Dark Side online to see how the movers (Cheney et al) have been shifting power towards the executive.

Go Ron, Go!

"This nut case of a candidate, and the lemmings who are supporting him, actually kind of scare me. Have you REALLY thought about what he advocates? I gotta tell ya, if he got elected, I would be seriously worried about our country… enough so to maybe be looking for a new country to let me call home. This guy is a loose canon who just spouts off wild ideas without thinking of the outcome… and people are lining up behind him without thinking beyond the moment. Scary, scary, scary….

Posted By Lisla Lee, Dallas, TX : December 17, 2007 2:42 pm "

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Yes, we've thought about it, far more than you can ever imagine.

We want to fend to ourselves, to make it or not on the fruits of our labor and our merit. We want our privacy, we want our money, we want our freedom. We want government off our backs, out of our wallets and bedrooms, off our property, and back to doing what it supposed to be doing as limited by the Constitution!

If that's being a nutcase then I'm proudly a crate of Filberts. At least under Dr. Paul I'll be able to afford to buy that…

Let's raise some money and send it to CNN so they can update their front page poll. It would be nice if they did a larger poll with any voting age American. The results might just surprise them. (but not us)

The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation rankings for Republicans are based on 374 registered voters who describe themselves as Republicans or as Independents who lean Republican, conducted by telephone on October 12-14, 2007

First, it was "unconfirmed pledges"

Then it was "pledges"

Now it's "actual donations and pledges"

Getting warmer…

ALL CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS NOT PLEDGES!

Keep practicing maybe you'll get it right CNN.

We are all laughing at how you handle this news.

Important facts.
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against the Iraq war.

CHECK THIS OUT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuzMYIXhTE

"but has had trouble converting that support into higher poll showings. He appears to have single-digit support in most recent polls of Republicans nationwide, and in early-voting states."

Actually, he's pulled ahead of John McCain, so he has seen success. The problem is you, Rebecca Sinderbrand, and the rest of the media not reporting things that is hindering Representative Paul from being the national force he should be.

I see you guys decided not to put up my comment. Does it hit too close to home? Does it get too close to the root of the failure of the mainstream media and its complicity with the stupidity with which our nation is run? Does it not feel very good to look in the mirror and see entretainers and not newsmen and women? Is the suggestion that you have sold out a little too troubling? Go on and keep imagining that you are doing your jobs and have retained your professional integrity — I assure you history will not be as kind.

http://www.whowouldtheworldelect.com/

ENOUGH SAID!!!

Most of the polls they site are less then 1,000 people and only likely Republican voters.

We know his support is growing everyday.

People are switching parties for him.

People who have never voted will vote for him.

He wins almost every online poll and from what little I know people who use the internet are real people.

Good job Dr. Paul!

I am a registered Democrat (have been for life). That party has absolutely no plan to fix this country and I am convinced Obama or H. Clinton would not turn things around at all. What resistance have they offered to the administrations policies? None. All the candidates now, save a few such as Dr. Paul or Dodd, are simply offering vague platitudes, empty promises and 'feel good' style pandering.

A filibuster is underway to stop the butchering of FISA and prevent retroactive immunity right now. How many candidates have spoken out on this issue?

I will vote for Dodd in the primary although he will lose. If Paul wins the GOP nomination (although unlikely as well) I will vote for him. He is the only GOP candidate that has any chance of beating a democrat in '08.

I wish Dr. Paul would consider running as a Libertarian again like he did in 1988.

"ron paul knows hes not going to win and using this money to pay off his campaign debts,..,there a sucker born eveyday,.,.give to the poor instead they will enjoy it more than ron

Posted By jan henderson kingsville texas : December 17, 2007 2:42 pm"
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WHAT campaign debts? He has NONE! This is all cash-on-hand! Go read the campaign reports!

Another uninformed socialist…

I ate soup for two weeks in order to save the minimum amount of money to dotate on the 16th. I resent being called a wacko. I want to believe in America. I believe in Ron Paul.

I am not a hippy/loser/nerd/whacko or whatever other name people want to call Ron Paul supporters. I'm just a normal, middle class working person.

I've been a Democrat all my life until recently registering with no party affilliation. For the FIRST AND ONLY time, I am registering as a Republican just so I can vote for Ron Paul in the primary.

It's about time CNN started to focus some precious airtime/netspace to the only candidate out there who wants to give us our country back.

Ron Paul has my vote. Please stop treating him as an outsider and bring him on board as the one to win. Please.

Ron is so weak sounding and looks so timid on stage.

So very sad that there are voters out there whose ideal candidate has to appear a certain way, or have a certain haircut. Ask yourself who's policy is going to make America a stronger, freer nation - Huckneyani and the rest of the nation builders who want to mortgage our future and have utter contempt for the constitution, or Dr. Paul, who understands that government IS force, and that that force must constantly be kept in check, and that power must be distributed as closely to the local level as possible? What will make us more secure, piling on more debt to foreign nations, or returning to a sound currency? What policy will put more money into the pockets of the poor and middle class? The policy that seeks to put an end to inflation and an end to the confiscation of the products of your labor, or policy that results in endless upward creeping tax rates and inflation? And just what ABOUT RP's foreign policy is weak? It's nowhere near weak to prioritize protection of the homeland, and meet our allies and enemies alike for honest and open discussion. It's a weak, unthinking mentality that would seek to spread an (albeit sound, and maybe well intentioned) idea around the world at the point of a gun, and have no concept or recognition of the very serious consequences.

The truth is, the time of your kind is nearing an end. Regardless of who wins the nomination, or ultimately the general election - pandora's box has been opened.

And thanks, CNN for a decent and even handed story.

"How can he raise so much money but remain so low in the polls? Is the Ron Paul "revolution" really real? And if someone so low in the polls can raise so much, why can't the other candidates raise just as much?

Posted By Don, Des Moines, IA : December 17, 2007 2:37 pm "
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The polls are biased to GOP voters in the 2004 race and exclude first-time and returning voters and cell-phone voters. Yes, the rEVOLution is quite real, go look at YouTube for tons of evidence. As for the other candidates and their fundarising, it's simply because they don't have the support, and the funds they do raise they get from a much smaller number of maxed-out donors and influence-peddling PACs.

Maybe someone could really explain how a broke candidate like Huckabee suddenly shoots up the polls for no good reason? In the stock market that's called pump-and-dump, and it's illegal.

I won't be surprised to learn that all these comments are from Ron Paul's supporters. Rather than wasting all this money to a losing candidate, donate it to HIV/AIDS victims in Africa and elsewhere. The $6 million raised today is enough to provide antiretrovirals to millions of dying kids and mothers in Africa. C'mon Americans stop mocking the rest of the world with this kind of waste.

As Ron Paul's myspace moderator I would like to say Thank YOU to all all the supporters who spread the message of true freedom and liberty yesterday and contributed what they could to support Ron Paul. The significance of yesterdays money raising was that it beat not only ALL online records in political fundraising history, it beat all OFFLINE one day records as well, beating John Kerry's fundraising record of nearly $6 Million in the last election cycle. A difference, however, between Ron Paul and all of the other candidates, including the old Kerry record, is that Ron Paul has more supporters willing to pull $50 to $100 out of their pockets. The rest of the major candidates have big corporate and narrow special interests to thank for their money. Ron Paul is for the people.

Greg Chamberlain
MySpace Moderator for Ron Paul
myspace.com/RonPaul2008

One day CNN and other news media outlets will give full coverage to all candidates instead of the usual Barack, Hillary, Edwards, Giuliani, McCain, Huckabee and Romney stuff. I liked Ron Paul since the day he refused to back down on Rudy Giuliani's statements about 9/11 on the first debate. The more I listened and learned, the more I like. CNN should report on him more and stop doing nonsensical polls on who will win the White House. No one cares now because it's way out in the future when so many things can change.

Give them hell, Congressman Paul!

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Dr. Paul is actually the most conservative and only independent minded candidate in the entire race. Once you know who he is and what he stands for, he simply cannot be ignored- regardless of your affiliation.

"A pledge is not money in the bank. I wonder how pledges compare with campaign promises for not being honored.

Posted By John, Michigan : December 17, 2007 2:21 pm "

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The pledges were made prior to the 16th for donations that day, and the donations were actually made on the 16th, so the funds raised were all money, not pledges. If you knew what was going on you'd know that already.

Obviously most of you Ron supportors do not understand politics. Ron Paul has no chance at beating the other GOP front running canidiates. Republicans want someone who can beat the democrates in 08. Ron Paul would be destroyed by the democrates. If Ron looses the primary's he should turn his funding to support the leading GOP candidate. Ron is so weak sounding and looks so timid on stage. He would be laughed at by foreign diplomats. Ron Paul is only popular online by "kids" trying to jump on a band wagon and they are just throwing away their lunch money.

GO MITT ROMNEY!!!

Spoken like a true neo-con. The mistake you are making is thinking that Dr. Paul needs the support of Republicans, when in fact his greatest support comes from disaffected Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, Constitutionalists, and tons of other people who have no political affiliation whatsoever. These are the people who have never voted before in their lives and who are working for Dr. Paul right now, because they believe that we should elect a man and not a party. I believe that if you think Dr. Paul sounds weak, it is because you have never heard him speak, for if you have for any length of time, you would likely be impressed by the passion of the man and his message. The "kids" you so boldly state that are jumping on the bandwagon are doing so because they want change, and not the phony change that Obama is using to drive his campaign (and is failing miserably to ignite the masses) but real change from the ground-up, fundamental change to government and politics, and putting power back into the hands of the people. Romney had better watch out, lest he run out of money to loan his campaign because he ain't getting it from the people, only his big business supporters.

I knew you could do it Ron - Now just be smart and spend it

"Ron Paul is also a bit scarey in what he preaches. The internet faithful have just made it appear he is doing better than he really is. He wants to scale back most federal departments (bye bye EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, FDA, CIA, Department of Education, and who knows what else). He favors private property rights towards pollution… uhm, sorry? that impacts more people than just the person who owns it.. what happens when joe down the street dumps motor oil on his ground, then you have to drill a new well because your groundwater is contaminated and can't be cleaned, due to no agency existing to help with clean up, or to prevent Joe down the road from doing it to begin with!

What will happen when you have 1 million federal Employees who no longer have a job awash in the system? You think unemployment numbers look bad now.. wait until that happens!!!

He wants to have the states handle most everything. What, then would be the role of the Federal Government? Your state taxes would also increase exponentially due to the increase in burdeon placed upon the states.

Disaster awaits if you really believe in Ron Paul's stances.

Posted By Kent, Michigan : December 17, 2007 2:12 pm "

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It's only "sacrey" (sic) if you're stuck to the government teat.

You also have no idea what you are talking about. Go do some research on spell-checkers and Dr. Paul.

BTW, I'll give you a hint: most states have Balanced Budget Amendments. The federal government does not. That means that if state spending goes up, so does revenue to compensate. That means if the state raises taxes the people really cry foul, or in some states, actually have the vote on it. No such options and limits exist at the federal level, so in effect returning these issues to the state level promotes fiscal repsonsibility in government and undermines the negative impacts of the 17th Amendment. We benefit that because our tax money gets put where it needs to be instead of into stupid stuff like the Bridge to Nowhere or a federal study on greenhouse gasses from cows.

For some of those federal agencies rolled back, fine, since most states have overlapping agencies of their own anyway. In other words, they're not needed.

RP08!

Ron Paul on the CNN main page!? Two stories in the ticker!? Could it be that Dr. Paul has finally broken into the mainstream media?

The real issue here is if you believe in the America of the founding fathers or the America of current status quo. Personally, I am sick of statis quo. I am sick of the endless flood of "candidates" who are interested in doing nothing but keeping America exactly the way it is. A place where big business and big media make sure they stay on top at the expense of the average American. Those who say Ron Paul doesn't stand a chance are those that truely don't believe that an individual's vote can make a difference. THE ARE LYING TO YOU!!! They are afraid of the power you have if you actually decide to use it. Stand up for what YOU want and beileve, and vote. Those who tell you you can't make a difference are just doing so to discourage you. That way an active minority with a loud voice is continuing to keep it's agenda moving at the expense of an entire nation.

What does it mean, Ron Paul “has garnered a major following online?” Is “online” a planet, a state outside of the USA, a place separate from suburbia or the workplace? Would you ever say the so-and-so has garnered a major following among those who still buy and read newspapers? More than 70% of the US population is internet savvy, which means Ron Paul has major support among 70% of the US population. By receiving $6 million in one day from over 100,000 donors illustrates his broad-base support. Ah, but everybody has this tagline that “the long shot from Texas has major online support,” so we all sing from the same hymn sheet, regardless of how stupid that might sound. What has happened to independent journalism? Only Jack Cafferty at CNN gets it. He has a beautiful voice that matches his considerable intellect.

Please research about Ron Paul and what he is actually doing in congress.

http://www.house.gov/paul/

I think more and more of us will support him. I know I do.

"I'll believe this when it can be factually substantiated. I find this very hard to believe.

Posted By John, Villanova, PA : December 17, 2007 2:06 pm"

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Obviously you weren't watching the donation ticker yesterday. It gives a running total and lists actual donors!

John, I think your real name is Doubting Thomas.

As a daily loyal CNN watcher, it is
A-PAUL-ING to see how little exposure you are giving Ron Paul! If he can have this much impact online, imagine what he could do in the oval office? Shame on you CNN, you need to get with the program!!!

"Ron Paul's campaign is not officially credited with the "largest single day" total until Ron Paul files his official records with the FEC. Once the records have been recorded with the FEC and confirmed - then RP will hold the single-day campaign record.

Sadly, Ron Paul's extremist views make him unelectable in today's political environment. RP wishes to wrap himself in the Constitution suggesting the US has dangerously drifted from it's primary course.

Ron Paul would eliminate: FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency, etc. He would withdraw every US soldier deployed everywhere in the world and bring them back to US shores.

There is a significant difference between "follower" and "extremist". RP is the latter.

I'm just waiting for him to bring back the 3/5 Compromise - where the US CONSTITUTION provided slaves would be counted as 3/5 a person.

Posted By Ca Native : December 17, 2007 2:16 pm "

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Funny, with a 40%+ tax burden, I thought the 3/5 compromise was in full force, since we only get 3/5 of the fruit of our labors. In other words, we are the modern slaves because of our tax system. Dr. Paul would free us slaves and save the nation. Remind you of another limited-government Republican that saves tha nation and ended slavery? Oh yeah, that Lincoln guy…

And since when is the Constitution "extremist"? If you're a socialist or a fascist or other authoritarian swine, then maybe. But for Americans it isn't extreme, just necessary.

To all Ron Paul supporters: Where's the money going? What's he doing with it? How many commercials is he running, mailers is he mailing, and other forms of getting his message out?

How dare this lunatic Ron Paul speak of the Constitution!
This is America!
The Constitution was a document written by terrorist liberals and anarchists who wore tin foil hats and violently overthrew their government!
Thank God it has been supplanted by hundreds and hundreds of Executive Decrees that have guaranteed the right of all corporations, foreign and domestic, to artifically create wars in the name of national security in order to secure maximum profit for themselves and the remaining 1% elite that control the nation.
We don't need rights in America, you filthy liberal tin foil hat-wearers.
We are the land of the free!
We must continue to destroy the Constitution to continue our beautiful free American way of life!
God Bless America!
Remember 911 during your holiday shopping season!

It's great to see some coverage of Dr. Ron Paul. Even though cnn has screwed up some of the facts as usual. Dr. Paul you have my vote!

RON PAUL 2008!

For Christmas I'd like a site that's not just rife w/ geniuses who equate intelligence with the number of times they can say "Dr. Paul."

CNN and the rest of the MSM are nothing but shills for the current administration.They are bought and paid for period.The establishment knows that if Ron paul is elected the days of easy money and not having to work for a living are over.Why do you think he's not doing wll in the polls?He's not even listed in many.They know he's a threat to their very existence.Why do you think there pushing for Huckabee.What a joke.They realize that none of their chosen ones are electable so they push Huckabee,s numbers up,because he can be made into a shill for their agenda and the N.W.O. Ron Paul is simply nobody's shill.He is just for the American people and not the corporate cronies. Pretty simple folks if you actually like the status quo and think America's on the right path,Ron Paul is definately not your man.

The real story here is not how much money he raised, but where the money is coming from. These were small donations from people like me, not large donations from wealthy individuals or corporations who want a "return on their investment, which are really bribes. The only "return" us RP supporters want is a "return of" our Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties our Constitution and Bill of Rights ensure us. We are doing exactly what the founding fathers of our Constituion would expect us to do. Unfortunately, the corporations, through the corporate owned media, has decided who the "front runners" are and who has a "chance" or winning. So, CNN, is it you (the media) who should decide who our next President will be…or is it We the People? What does the Constitution say?

Ron Paul is the only one who does not get conned by economists’ b.s. and esoteric jargon and the only one who understands how ordinary american citizens are getting conned with confiscatory taxes and inflationary fiat money.

Few American's recognize the depth of the doo-doo we're in. If we were to get a President who did ANYTHING constructive, that one thing would be justification for his election.

Do you realize that in 1987, if I recall the year, there was federal legislation called "Gramm, Rudman, Hollings Act"… which mandated the Gummint STOP deficit spending!!!

When it came time to obey that law, it was chucked into the trash… I guess it was no fun living with such fiscal constraints.

Federal legislation. Passed by Congress and Senate. Signed into law by the President… then TOTALLY DISREGARDED. And we've done nothing but continue to slide down that slippery slope ever since.

The US became a Power House thanks to the founding fathers policies and legal system which are being taken away by neocons and democrats.

Ron Paul wants to reinstate the libertarian laws and policies that made America so great to begin with.

Ron Paul 2008! History has been made.

The republicans who are voting in primaries do have any brains to understand that Ron is the only candidate who can beat any democrat incl. Obama and Hillary. Imagine Ron is on the ballot, all independents and liberals would vote for him. But, any other republican candiadate has no chance with any democrat nominee.
And Ron can't win as an independent.

Further proof that fools and their money are soon parted. Somebody thought the late Pope was running not some unknown "Libertarian". Hey Dennis, hold the UFO, we've got another passenger for you.

sorry, but the ron paul campaign didn't accept "pledges". .these were ACTUAL money transactions… are you telling me the MISSING money from my bank account was only a "pledge"?…

Ron Paul might only be in SINGLE DIGITS with REGISTERED REPUBLICAN voters…. but how can a man with such a "low" percentage in the polls raise as much, if not more ,money as the "major" candidates? Especially since his money doesn't come from lobbyists and corporate interest groups.

give Ron Paul his credit!

RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!

CNN.. just a word to the wise… television is not the only means of getting the news anymore.. The internet is taking over the television and the newspaper/magazine industries by storm. More people look to the internet for their information. Start covering stories correctly or people will turn to alternative news sources. A time will come when this generation, the internet generation, will be the only ones voting. Don't shoot yourself in the foot.

Wow, Nicole Price, your intelligence is staggering.

Perhaps you should put down that inverted can of Cheez Whiz above your mouth, turn off the NASCAR rally, step outside your double wide and try educating yourself.

Maybe you've been living under a rock for the last 75 years, but this country no longer runs "smoothly", moves less and less "freely" by the year, and has little left of the so-called "liberties" to which you refer.

Since your understanding of geopolitics comes from the back of a bag of pork rinds, perhaps you didn;t notice how precipitately our standing in the world has fallen.

From domestic infrastructure to foreign policy to currency devaluation, this nation is a shadow of its former self.

And guess what?
Not even Ron Paul could turn this sinking ship around.

The party's over, Nicole Price.
Don't you remember the Roman empire?

I don't understand how you can put something as insignificant as Lieberman's endorsement of Mccain on the front page, yet somehow this doesn't garner much attention.
This is a guy who is getting virtually no media play and he's still kicking the rest of the GOP's butts in fund raising. His vision of America's future is closer to what our founding fathers wanted than any candidate running from either party.

He can raise all the money he wants. He's going nowhere fast.

Way to plug Romney in an attempt to downplay this historic record setting day..

The only news this can garner is a small post on the newsticker blog? CNN, while your small single story coverage is still more than MSNBC or some other MSM, you should still be ashamed of your blatant censorship.

Robert from Brunswick, GA:

i feel bad for you that supporters scare you away from the actual candidate that is running. it's the candidate that has the platform, not the supporters. i agree that multiple online posts with just "RON PAUL RON PAUL" over and over again are not winning me over, but they're not supposed to are they?

ron paul himself should be the one to win you or anyone else over. do you know why this man is pulling in so much money but the polls don't reflect that? try tuning into a republican debate on tv and see how much time ron paul gets to answer questions - if he had even gotten invited to the debate to beginwith. republicans and their media (FOX NEWS) are scared of him! they don't want him answering questions, they don't even want him there to debate against them because the man is spot-on and is a "true" republican. they purposely put him out of the scope of tv cameras so you never know he's on stage.

just to be clear though, i am not a 100% paul supporter, but the media is certainly keeping this guy out of the picture so no one knows who he is but the online community. it's actually very pathetic and completely unamerican.

Ahh… the media. Trailing behind the real rEVOLution. They'll continue to scratch their heads while we restore the Constitution, attempting to analyze why such a man as Dr. Paul is so popular. News Flash: WE DON'T NEED THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ANYMORE. The movement is about freedom - anyone working in the media has no clue what freedom actually means. Go back to your TV ratings, planted guests, drug company advertisements, and Jerry Springer bastardization of truth.

How dare this lunatic Ron Paul speak of the Constitution!
This is America!
The Constitution was a document written by terrorist liberals and anarchists who wore tin foil hats and violently overthrew their government!

Thank God it has been supplanted by hundreds and hundreds of Executive Decrees that have guaranteed the right of all corporations, foreign and domestic, to artifically create wars in the name of national security in order to secure maximum profit for themselves and the remaining 1% elite that control the nation.
We don't need rights in America, you filthy liberal tin foil hat-wearers.
We are the land of the free!

We must continue to destroy the Constitution to continue our beautiful free American way of life!
God Bless America!
Remember 911 during your holiday shopping season!

I'm so tired of hearing about money and polls, two things which shouldn't ever matter in an election. We're talking about someone leading the country, not being crowned king. I don't agree with everything Ron Paul says but I do believe, as does he, that government has no right to tell me how to live my life. Ya know? Life, liberty, all that stuff? What a great concept!

It is becoming quite obvious that neither democrats or republicans are happy with the choices their parties are offering. Thus a little known 10 term Texas congressman is emerging as a dark horse.

At first, listening to Ron Paul is shocking and unsettling, but the more you think about what he is saying, the more you realize he is probably dead right.

The only real threat we face is losing our national sovereigty and treasure to an ill-fated attempt at world domination and empire building. We do need to shut down all 700 overseas basis, except those that are needed for purely strategic reasons, and we need to stop interfering in the affairs of other sovereign countries.

If you look at what Ron Paul's policy positions are, its hard to oppose any of them. I wish him the best of luck in a very corrupt electoral process.

I think what I have to say can best be summed up in a line from Frederic Bastiat's book "The Law". 'Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This is the origin of property.'

'But it is also true that man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This is the origin of plunder.'

It is that plunder that we the people intend to stop, and that is why you, the corporate fascist plunderer, down-play the validity of our message.
Liberty calls!!!!!
Vote Ron Paul!!!

It's his supporters. They scare me. They scare everyone. And they convey the message that he is a "fringe" candidate.

Well if you're scared so easily you're probably the same type of person that is scared to death of all the terrorists hiding in every tree and bush in your backyard and you probably endorse the pro-war candidates that think the solution to the islamo-fascist terrorist threat is to invade every muslim nation on the planet and try to exterminate the 1 billion potential muslim terrorists in the world.

Stop being so scared of Ron Paul supporters - start being scared about the dire economic position that the US is in thanks to reckless monetary policy and a disastrous foreign policy.

"Yes. Objectively? No.

In my opinion, it will be a very sad day if this loon is elected to run this country."

No the FACT is …

This country is already going down the tubes.
- We are starting wars in countries that have done nothing to us.

Vote for Ron Paul and RESTORE THE REPUBLIC!!

Dr. Paul cured my political apathy.

I WAS ALL FOR DR PAUL UNTIL I HEARD THAT TRASHBAG ANNE COULTER SAY SHE SUPPORTED HIM. HE MUST BE A LOSER.

RON PAUL WILL WIN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE RON PAUL

Hmmmm…is it because he does not support your propaganda? If we are not at war where are you going to get your ratings and news? I'm not going to vote for him but give the guy some coverage!!

You control our minds already…at least give us all the choices!