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The Spectacle Blog
Ron Paul raised nearly $1.2 million yesterday in a “money bomb.” Those Internet fundraisers put the 2008 Paul campaign on the map when they helped him outraise top-tier candidates. This one was billed as “the REVOLution vs. Romneycare,” A mailing promoting it took shots at the “fat cat bankers” and Wall Street bailout recipients the Paulites argued helped Mitt Romney raise $10 million in a single day earlier this year.
Paul fell well short of Romney’s haul, though $10 million wasn’t the goal. But this focus on the presumed Republican frontrunner is a departure from the 2008 race. When Romney declared last week, the Paul campaign was quick to circulate an archived web page from Romney’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign highlighting the frontrunner’s past support of abortion and a federal assault weapons ban. Now they are attacking Romneycare in a fundraising effort. Paul is trying to front-load his fundraising this time around, because in 2007-08 the money came in too late to make much difference in some early states.
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Michael L. Hauschild| 6.6.11 @ 10:10AM
Ron Paul followers actually have increased slightly, and their average intelligence has increased. This phenomenon is explained by transference. As a group they are singularly distinguished by “masochistic libertarianism”, a malady that is diagnostic by the symptomatic behavior of striking themselves in the head with a ball peen hammer while throwing large denomination bills down a storm drain. Much of the former mortality and brain damaging injury involved with this type of religious self-flagellation has been remedied by the “money bomb.” They still waste money and are brain damaged but the brain damage is figurative.
Clint| 6.6.11 @ 11:55AM
Ronald Reagan:
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."
Warrior | 6.6.11 @ 12:09PM
So who is the candidate you support?
SpiralArchitect| 6.6.11 @ 1:13PM
The interactions between a Paul type POTUS & Congress would be very interesting from a spectators POV.
Clint| 6.6.11 @ 1:28PM
Like Many of We Tea Party Patriots, I'm keeping my powder dry, while watching what Palin, Bachman & others do.
Now, it's your turn.
George Washington| 6.6.11 @ 10:15AM
Constitutionally, legislatively, and morally, Ron Paul has no equal. His 22 year voting record speaks for itself.
Mr. Paul has not survived in politics for 22 years and maintain the ethics and morality he has by being anything other than stellar.
If You refute the above comment, then I please invite You to listen to him speak about key issues. It is amazing how well he comes across because he doesn’t have to remember lies like other politicians. He understands what is happening in the world and knows how to apply the basic principles of liberty to achieve the real change that America so desperately deserves.
American to American we are all on the same team. So I present Mr. Ron Paul as my Candidate for 2011 and invite anybody to meaningfully and respectfully debate why he is not the best for American and its people in 2012.
Ron Paul = A real change, not for special interest, but for America’s Interests!
Thank You for Your time
Ron Paul 2012
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.6.11 @ 10:45AM
So, protracted incumbency is your water mark and your rational is that time in office translates to “stellar.” Nothing could be farther from the truth; he is as culpable for the situation we are in as any other, significantly more so since he has been there for twenty two years. This might come as a surprise to you but despite his propensity to raise cash, most voters outside of stacked straw polls (and I have instrumented stacking of quite a few, so I know) find him a laughing stock. If you doubt my argument, it will remain here in print; all we have to do is bide our time to see. I seriously doubt if I will have to apologize or retract.
JL| 6.6.11 @ 3:41PM
I believe the word you were looking for was "rationale" not rational.
By your logic, if I were to serve in Congress for 22 years and propose countless pieces of legislation promoting individual liberty and constitutional government, I would be considered a failure because the rest of Congress did not support my legislation?
Not a chance...
His performance is nothing short of "stellar" as my friend puts it. I would challenge you to prove Dr. Paul's "culpability for the situation we are in" given his endless attempts to avoid the situation we are in.
Too bad you're not smart enough to see the difference.
Sean| 6.6.11 @ 10:16AM
It is good that Ron Paul is attacking the socialist and global warming alarmist Romney.
Ryan| 6.6.11 @ 10:34AM
A couple things:
1. Romney's big money day came from a few sources.
2. I suspect Paul's came from his similar efforts as last time, but he has a history of highly dedicated, but not much growth in his support base.
Both guys won straw polls in different ways. Romney bought his, Paul had the same people consistently showing up to the polls and voting for him.
Clint| 6.6.11 @ 11:41AM
Politico/Target Point Poll: an exit poll conducted by Edison Research at the massive Tax Day protest on the National Mall:
When respondents were asked who “best exemplifies the goals of the tea party movement” — former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Ron Paul.
" Palin, who topped the list with 15 percent, speaks for the 43 percent of those polled expressing the distinctly conservative view that government does too much, while also saying that it needs to promote traditional values.
Paul’s thinking is reflected by an almost identical 42 percent who said government does too much but should not try to promote any particular set of values — the hallmarks of libertarians. He came in second to Palin with 12 percent.
When asked to choose from a list of candidates for president in 2012, Palin and Paul also finished one-two — with Palin at 15 percent and Paul at 14 percent. "
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.6.11 @ 12:02PM
Irrelevant. Ron Paul does not stand the slightest chance of winning the GOP nomination, let alone the White House. In fact, even if the paulbots were to pull an ACORN on the GOP to get Paul the nomination, he wouldn't stand a chance against even Rod Blagojevich during the general election. That's because he's a selectively-conservative Blame America First kook. He's the Libertarian counterpart of Lyndon LaRouche. He provides badly needed comic relief against the background of an all too serious campaign.
Republicans should pay no attention to Ron Paul. The people they need to be worried about are dangerous RINOs like Romney, Pawlenty, Huntsman, and Perry.
Clint| 6.6.11 @ 1:31PM
That's Pretty Bold Foreign Propaganda Talk from a Dude Blogging from Tehran.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.6.11 @ 1:33PM
You say more with fewer words (and with total clarity) than anyone on AS, including the pundits.
Thank you!
SpiralArchitect| 6.6.11 @ 1:18PM
Pauls Constitutionaism absolutism is overshadowed by his proverbial backpack full of kool-aid.
His overboard Constitutionalism is second to his (many) nutty ideas is another way of putting the problem.
Clint| 6.6.11 @ 1:35PM
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."
-Ronald Reagan