Ron Paul campaign donors set a record

Breaking news: Ron Paul campaign donors set a record

Well, it looks like Ron Paul, the 10-term Republican congressman from Texas with the libertarian ideas, and his brave band of fervent followers have broken their own one-day online fundraising record.

Back in November, the Paul campaign reported raising $4.2 million online in one day with what they call a "money bomb," a fundraising gimmick devised by Trevor Lyman, a musician and self-appointed Paul fundraiser profiled by The Times' Dan Morain yesterday. Sunday's gimmick was to celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on a website with a drawing of Paul that looks remarkably like that president on the penny.

As of shortly after midnight Sunday Pacific time, the Paul website was reporting more than $6 million raised on Sunday from more than 30,000 donors and an amazing fourth-quarter fundraising total surpassing $18.1 million. The little-known pro-life Texan, who favors abolishing much of the federal government and the Federal Reserve, could raise the most money of any Republican candidate this quarter. A spokesman said the average donation was $50.

If the reported number holds up when officially reported to the Federal Election Commission in early January, Paul will not only be the only Republican candidate to oppose the Iraq war, he'll be the only GOP candidate to increase fundraising totals each quarter this year -- from $640,000 to $2.4 million to $5.1 million to whatever this quarter's final total becomes above $18 million with two weeks to go.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/12/rp.html

Columbia, SC (AHN)-Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul raised over $6 million in his bid for the White House on Sunday, shattering John Kerry's single-day primary fundraising record of $5.7 million set in 2004.

Surpassing both Kerry's record and his own previous fundraising record of $4.2 million, Ron Paul's aptly titled "Money Bomb" campaign managed to rake in over $6 million in Internet donations by midnight EST on Sunday.

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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009476464

A roomful of California Libertarians. And Ron Paul posters. This close friend, who doesn't believe in taxes or government entitlements, obviously, but is personally very generous, is also the one who urged my sister to go for federal disability benefits (which have miraculously come thru) because she's "entitled."

We love her, but we don't understand her.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=73375&mesg_id=73375



This Ron Paul thing is a great indicator of our times, nevertheless, I would say.

Yes there have always been libertarians. isolationists and racists out there, but something else is going on as well.