Marketing. The campaign put Guy Falks as a hero fighting an oppressive government rather than an assassin. Paul's position has been that the government (bush) is oppressive and needs to be replaced. As for his followers, they're massively overbearing. If there's a poll that has paul's name on it anywhere they'll spam it till he looks like the only candidate rather than a last place one. These money numbers will move him up in the 'ratings' but I'd like to see the real stats on where the cash was coming from. Stacking the deck takes many forms and this looks kind of suspicious.
On Nov 6, 2007 12:27 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering... > > Why do you think they went with the Guy Fawkes theme? > > > > On Nov 6, 2007 5:48 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > November 6, 2007, 8:29 am > > Paul Campaign Sets Record > > > > Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. > > > > They didn't hit their target, but supporters of Rep. Ron Paul's > > campaign made history Monday in what appears to be the single biggest > > day for online donations for a presidential bid. > > > > This morning the Texas congressman reported on his Web site a total of > > more than $7.2 million. When the 24-hour "moneybomb" started at > > midnight Sunday, the campaign showed $2.77 million on the site. > > > > "Is it possible to comprehend what we've done today? Earth-shattering, > > jaw-dropping No matter which way you phrase it, Ron Paul is for > > real," wrote campaign finance director Jonathan Bydlak on the site. > > > > More than 21,000 individual donors contributed to the effort, > > according to Paul's camp, and in the first 16 hours they passed former > > presidential candidate John Kerry's $2.7 million record for online > > fund-raising in 2004 after the Super Tuesday primaries and > > Republican Sen. John McCain's $1 million raised online after he won > > New Hampshire in 2000. The Paul campaign has set a $12 million target > > for the fourth quarter. From here, it looks like it will hit that > > mark. > > > > With this kind of cash on hand, don't expect Paul to go quietly. He > > has more money at this point than McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike > > Huckabee. While he stands little chance of winning or placing in the > > Iowa Caucus Jan. 3, there appears to be an increasingly possibility > > that he could have a spoiler effect in the New Hampshire primary > > where his fierce libertarian vein of politics is most likely to appeal > > to primary voters. > > > > If this money trend continues, Paul could also stay in the race for > > the long haul leading up to the Republican Convention in St. Paul, > > Minn., in September 2008. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
