What's this? Ron Paul runs a conservative campaign with no loans?

Rep. Ron Paul of Texas and his thousands of fervent supporters may be fighting more over the soul of the Republican Party nowadays than they are for the actual presidential nomination, seNo it's not your eyes It's Republican presidential candidate and House member Ron Paul on a giant TV screen in Killeen Texas a GOP House of Representatives member from Texas who continues to campaign against Sen John McCain. Paul reported his campaign finances March 19, 2008 having raised nearly $35 million with nearly $5.6 million cash on hand and like a good conservative no debts.eing how the congressman is more than 1,000 delegates shy of what he'd need to head the ticket.

And John McCain has already wrapped up the September nomination so tightly he's not even campaigning and has headed off on an overseas trip this week with congressional colleagues.

This just so happens to provide photos back home of him talking to foreign leaders like a president and praying at the Wailing Wall while Democrats argue over Florida again.

McCain's entourage includes Connecticut's Joe Lieberman, former Democratic vice presidential candidate, former Democratic senator, current independent senator and probably McCain's future secretary of defense. Although that hasn't been officially announced yet because McCain first has to win this little thing called a presidential election.

The 72-year-old Paul has plenty of free political time now because no Democrat, not even in Texas, is dumb enough to take him on in the November House election, which will award Paul his 11th term. On March 4, Paul vanquished his main Republican challenger in the 14th District by capturing 70% of the vote. Other than that, it was close.

Paul says he'll continue to take his conservative message of...

smaller government, more personal freedoms and an end to American troops abroad wherever his followers are strong and loyal, places like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, maybe Idaho. But they're actually all over, even allegedly liberal California, where one branch posed nearly-naked for a Hotties4RonPaul pinup calendar. Others did a music video.

As noted here earlier this week, Paul's volunteers are winning GOP influence the old-fashioned way, at the grassroots level county by county, tedious meeting after tedious meeting, largely under the radar of the national media, except The Ticket. Paul's volunteers, many of them new to politics, hope to exert some influence on the platform in St. Paul and go from there, the way the 1964 Goldwater generation of conservatives finally won in 1980 with Ronald Reagan.

This is supposed to be a bad year for Republicans, whose turnout in caucus states, for instance, has been low compared with Democrats. But although Paul has yet to win an actual primary or caucus, he's taken some fourths, fifths and seconds.

And with a minimalist campaign organization and a ton of money from about 400,000 dedicated donors (just watch the comments section below for their bounteous vows of loyalty), Paul has won about 803,000 votes. Which, in case you didn't notice, is more than that New York mayor guy with all the ex-wives got, and more than that tall, slow fellow from Tennessee who was a prosecutor and also played one on TV.

In fact, Paul, a former OB/GYN, raised more money in the fourth quarter of 2007 -- nearly $20 million -- than any other Republican candidate, including those rich guys from the East who were supposed to walk away with the nomination. In fact, Paul's website has a delightful photo display of all 11 Republican presidential candidates.

Nine of them have big black Xs across their face because they're gone. And guess who's not? Paul even outlasted (and easily out-fund-raised) that Arkansas governor who stayed around forever.

Speaking of money, Paul has now filed his required monthly campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission. Knowing how interested The Ticket remains in the Ron Paul Revolution, The Times' dutiful Dan Morain dug out the Texan's new report.

Not only does Paul talk the conservative talk, it seems he walks the conservative walk. He reported having raised $34.65 million since he launched his (get ready, Paulunteers) long-shot White House bid last year. Paul reported spending about $29 million as of Feb. 29. And he reported having an impressive $5.57 million cash left in the bank.

Now, get this: The Ron Paul presidential campaign reported no debts. Not a dollar. Not even a penny. What has this country come to when half the members of Congress run for president and fully one of them campaigns within his means? This conservative revolution will not be run on funny money like the Federal Reserve system they want to abolish.

-- Andrew Malcolm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/03/ron-paul.html

All that and he didn't make a dent.

Where did the $34.5 million go? How are white people better for his campaign?

Thursday, March 27, 2008
I think the blackout has come to an end

Will someone please explain to me, 1. why the Ron Paul media blackout has come to an end? (I think I find more mention of him now than I did, say three weeks ago when he was running a hot and heavy Congressional bid). 2.why I can now only find kind things about Ron Paul?

Here he is referred to by the Guardian as "one of America's most fascinating political figures" and the author calls for him to be Secretary of State. Here he is receiving praise from FOX! WaPo wants a Paul-Gravel libertarian ticket. And, of course, here we can always count on Andrew Sullivan for some good Ron Paul talk. Sullivan explains why Paul still scares the GOP, says look at this mess Ron Paul is right, talks about the concept of being conservative, and says that RP will be remembered much more kindly by history than the chattering classes presently realize.

- Allan in Blue Island
Posted by Americans In Europe For Ron Paul at 8:29 AM
8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have finally come to the realization that the U.S. political system is too broke to fix and the will to be non-corruptible cannot exist in DC.
Ron Paul would be my choice as prez, but unfortunately our presidents are likely/appear to be 'chosen' every four years by powers far beyond the mere voter. I also feel this situation has existed for many decades and yet again, the political theater will play out on the MSM and everyone will be happy with the anointed one and fall all over themselves to vote for these vermin.
Alas America I knew ye well.
March 27, 2008 2:37 PM
Nate Glenn said...

The reason the blackout has been (partially) lifted is simple. They feel that there is much less danger that Ron Paul will end up in the white house, so it is safer to mention is name. He is also, quite obviously, the only candidate who is remotely interesting, in fact, he is one of the very few people in washington who is not a cipher, a stooge, a sold out, corrupt, employee of the decadent elite. He is one of the very few who will not be reviled or forgotten by future generations who look back on this tragic time when America was destroyed, and so many people all over the world were exploited and murdered by the shadowy puppet masters who pulled the strings of this sham democracy.
March 27, 2008 3:40 PM
Carl Pruitt said...

Strangely enough. Fox Business Channel has been fairly supportive of Ron Paul from its beginning.
March 27, 2008 4:33 PM
Anonymous said...

The whores we call journalists killed Ron Paul and now, like decent and respectful whores, they speak kindly of the the dead. After all, they must keep their audience comfy for the next commercial.
March 27, 2008 4:36 PM
Mr. Impractical said...

Well, they've got to have something interesting to talk/write about in order to keep market share and sell advertisers' products, don't they?

And like nate glenn said, only Dr. Paul is interesting. (Wouldn't you soon grow weary of trying to invent "interesting" differences between the "mainstream" candidates?)
March 27, 2008 4:56 PM
Anonymous said...

Don't blame just the establishment.

RP's campaign convinced me that people vote, to a large extent, based on their short-term "Net Present Value of Government".

50+ % of people get $ from Washington, including a large number of business people who depend on Fed contracts.

There can be no reform until everyone's NPVG is so small it doesn't influence their judgment. That is, until after the inevitable crash.

These are the system dynamics that drive countries over the edge. No country has gone so far into socialism and/or militarism as the US has achieved, then exited without a political-economic-social catastrophe, including blood in the streets.

I don't expect the US to be the first.

All people who value freedom can do is keep the idea live that the US had a golden age, and that it was based on Freedom == Limited Government.

Next time, we put in the meta-level statements about how the Constitution MUST BE interpreted, and an enforcement mechanism that is a lot more enduring and instantaneous than the Founder's concepts of 'honor'.
March 27, 2008 5:55 PM
Anonymous said...

Sort of like the ref who throws the game one way, then in the dying minutes when the outcome is assured, calls a token penalty the other way to make like the game was fair.
March 27, 2008 6:11 PM
Anonymous said...

That's easy, they're kind to him because they're trying to sway his supporters to vote for their candidate.

http://americansineuropeforronpaul.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-think-blackout-has-come-to-end.html

All that and he didn't make a dent.

Where did the $34.5 million go? How are white people better for his campaign?

White people are better off because Paul helped show to many the utter bankruptcy of American democracy. Not everyone, not most, but some, and every little bit helps.

Take the big picture Bill. I get Republicans telling me that all we need is to keep voting Republicans into office and everything will be all right. They can't explain however how things keep getting worse and worse and why Democrats and Republicans sound so much alike.

More and more nice, law abiding, patriotic people are learning how evil and corrupt our government is and Ron Paul helped many people see that up close. We will need many more lessons in that regard, so get cracking.

Anonymous said...

I have finally come to the realization that the U.S. political system is too broke to fix and the will to be non-corruptible cannot exist in DC.

Amen!

50+ % of people get $ from Washington, including a large number of business people who depend on Fed contracts.

There can be no reform until everyone's NPVG is so small it doesn't influence their judgment. That is, until after the inevitable crash.

Excellent point. This is always the problem with socialism, it buys people off and corrupts their regard. People who oppose the orthodoxy end up being not just enemies of the State, but enemies of the livelihoods of millions of their fellow citizens. That's a bad situation to be in.

Sort of like the ref who throws the game one way, then in the dying minutes when the outcome is assured, calls a token penalty the other way to make like the game was fair.


Yeah, what he said.

-Brian

All that and he didn't make a dent.

Where did the $34.5 million go? How are white people better for his campaign?

How are White people better with you lurking around hotel lobbies?

It's undeniable Paul's campaign helped us, whether that was his intention or not. The treatment he received from the media woke many to the reality of total media control - by somebody. Teaching people that is part of our WN job, and his campaign made it easier.

It is hard to tell how many people found out about the jew and WN thanks to the Paul campaign. Look at how many of us were posting on all of those Ron Paul forums.

On meet up groups White Will alone woke up many before a Kike in Leslie IL pitched a fit. After Will's banning the regular poster made quite a ruckus over Will getting band and still to this day they keep in touch with Will.

It is hard to tell how many people found out about the jew and WN thanks to the Paul campaign. Look at how many of us were posting on all of those Ron Paul forums.

On meet up groups White Will alone woke up many before a Kike in Leslie IL pitched a fit. After Will's banning the regular poster made quite a ruckus over Will getting band and still to this day they keep in touch with Will.

It is safe to say that there were thousands of us white nationalists all over the country involved with the various tea parties and local Ron Paul campaigns back in 2008. How many received our message favorably? More than you think.

Yes, the locals around Will still keep in touch with him, and they are more than happy to see him campaigning for Ron Paul again this year. That Jewess had no effect, because those who truly believe in liberty, will not condemn a man for what he believes in his heart to be true.

To answer the question, is Ron Paul's grass roots still growing? From what we see in Iowa, the answer is a resounding yes.