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Title: RON PAUL - FIVE MILLION DOLLAR MAN?
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Free Market News
URL Source: http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews-print.asp?nid=43192
Published: Jun 7, 2007
Author: staff
Post Date: 2007-06-07 16:09:59 by Eoghan
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Views: 922
Comments: 21
Congressman Ron Paul’s donations have moved up - not by hundreds of thousands - but by millions as a result of his debate performances and groundswell of support on the Internet and in New Hampshire, observers close to the campaign say. FMNN had previously reported – after the GOP presidential debate in South Carolina - that candidate Ron Paul’s (R-Tex) donations, large and small, had nearly doubled. http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=42336 Now observers close to the campaign are revealing – with some astonishment – that donations to the campaign in recent weeks have pushed the total up to perhaps $4 or $5 million. “That’s a huge number at this stage,” says one observer. “That starts to put him in a position where he can compete – state by state, anyway – with the major candidates.” And this source added, “Of course, it’s hard to tell because the numbers keep changing – and thus nobody at the campaign has a firm count, at least not hour to hour. But the numbers are big. It’s definitely over three, probably over four, and if it hasn’t hit five yet, it will soon.” At this rate, say observers, Ron Paul could have something like $10 million in his coffers inside of several months, and the total could keep growing – so long as he continues to hit on themes that Americans support – how to return the country to a true, small government, constitutional republic and how to end the war in Iraq. To be sure such staggering amounts are somewhat speculative. But to put the amount of money Ron Paul is said to have raised recently in perspective, here are the figures of cash on hand for GOP candidates as of March 31, 2007: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/money/gop.html Sam Brownback cash-on-hand: $806,626 Jim Gilmore cash-on-hand: $90,107 Rudy Giuliani cash-on-hand: $11,949,735 Mike Huckabee cash-on-hand: $373,918 Duncan Hunter cash-on-hand: $272,552 John McCain cash-on-hand: $5,180,799 Ron Paul cash-on-hand: $524,919 Mitt Romney cash-on-hand: $11,863,653 Tom Tancredo cash-on-hand: $575,078 Tommy Thompson cash-on-hand: $139,723 Source: CNN Staff Reports - Free-Market News Network
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#10. To: Eoghan (#0)
Dr. Paul's $5 million is coming from Americans. New GOP darling Fred Thompson has to fly to Israel to get his $5 million. (The FR thread on this topic is worth checking out...those 'conservatives' sure hate the Constitution...)
#11. To: who knows what evil (#10)
Funny how google knows who I mean when I search for "freekrepublic":
When I was a regular at freekrepublic, once in a while I would peek in on DU to see what the crazy lefties were saying. I used to get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach to think there were people in this country that delusional. Now when I want to get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, I just go back to freekrepublic.
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Replies to Comment # 10. The FR thread on this topic is worth checking out...those 'conservatives' sure hate the Constitution
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