CNN's Mary Snow takes a look Ron Paul's "Boston Tea Party" over the weekend.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Monday that it had raised more than $6 million on Sunday – a sum that may be the largest single-day fundraising total in U.S. history.
The haul pads an already-massive campaign war chest. The Texas congressman has pulled in roughly $16 million for the fourth quarter, according to his campaign.
The congressman, the only outspokenly anti-war GOP presidential candidate, has garnered a major following online, and consistently pulled in healthy fundraising totals, 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.
Earlier this year, Mitt Romney’s presidential exploratory committee said it had pulled in around $6.5 million in a 24-hour period, though that haul included both actual donations and pledges for future donations. The current record belongs to Democrat John Kerry, whose campaign received $5.7 million in a single day during the 2004 presidential race.
– CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
From CNN Politics
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Shoot, I forgot to donate! Better go do that
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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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"
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'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.