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Analyst Predicts One Million Ron Paul Supporters Online by 2008
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Quote from ratboy88:
because your point has nothing to do with ron paul and his issues. yes... i have donated to ron paul as have other family members of mine. i have supported ron paul for 10 yrs. i will be working on his campaign as a volunteer .
here is the point though... voting is free. the media dynamics have changed. web 2.0 has brought new dynamics to the process... money is not as big of an issue as it was in the past. that being said, ron paul has surpassed his expectations financially and his dominance of the internet is due to his message not some mystical spammer dynamic.
what i noticed with your questioning was an attempt to minimize Paul's validity tying it to supporters financial contributions. yet you ignore the article someone posted which is very positive. then you fail to mention who you are considering. if your goal was to paint yourself as a fraud... mission accomplished!
Ratboy, I applaud your enthusiasm but your suspicions are unfounded. I am not trying to paint anything of Paul. I accurately pointed out that while Ron Paul has a cult like following among young people, as Howard Dean did in 04, that will not translate into votes if these young people do not financially support him and even bother to show up to vote. His 5 million is not enough Ratboy and you know that. Yes, it may have surprised his people (of course they are going to say that, it's called spinning) but we both know that even though we live in the internet era, money is still money, and it usually speaks the loudest.
I am undecided. I may not even vote. I have no interest in any of the candidates. So asking me who i like is pointless if I have no interest in them. I would like to see more debates and have these guys go after each other more and stop being such kiss asses to each other. And yes Ratboy, there are other candidates that have not yet entered the race. Ever heard of Michael Bloomberg? Not that I would support him either.
The candidate I wanted to get behind is not in the race and is not even a Republican.
Quote from Maverick74:
I accurately pointed out that while Ron Paul has a cult like following among young people, as Howard Dean did in 04, that will not translate into votes if these young people do not financially support him and even bother to show up to vote. His 5 million is not enough Ratboy and you know that. Yes, it may have surprised his people (of course they are going to say that, it's called spinning) but we both know that even though we live in the internet era, money is still money, and it usually speaks the loudest.
I am undecided. I may not even vote. I have no interest in any of the candidates. Ever heard of Michael Bloomberg? Not that I would support him either.
The candidate I wanted to get behind is not in the race and is not even a Republican.
first of all Ron Paul has said this has surprised him.. that is not spin.. Ron doesn't spin. his following is the farthest thing from being cult like. that is media spin. spamming is sour grapes spin. bloomberg is a joke... and al gore will probably announce and win the dem nomination. but mav will be sitting at home not doing anything.
so keep criticizing and sitting on your butt doing nothing opining on ET. when you are paying a global carbon tax don't blame us ron paul geek myspace cult spamming members, we tried.
Quote from ratboy88:
first of all Ron Paul has said this has surprised him.. that is not spin.. Ron doesn't spin. his following is the farthest thing from being cult like. that is media spin. spamming is sour grapes spin. bloomberg is a joke... and al gore will probably announce and win the dem nomination. but mav will be sitting at home not doing anything.
so keep criticizing and sitting on your butt doing nothing opining on ET. when you are paying a global carbon tax don't blame us ron paul geek myspace cult spamming members, we tried.
OK Ratboy, we have a deal. I won't blame the Paul-heads if Al gore gets elected and institutes a carbon tax.
BTW, I don't think Al Gore has any chance of getting elected. And Ratboy, every other candidate is not a joke if they are not Ron Paul. Try to be a little more open minded.
Quote from Maverick74:
OK Ratboy, we have a deal. I won't blame the Paul-heads if Al gore gets elected and institutes a carbon tax.
BTW, I don't think Al Gore has any chance of getting elected. And Ratboy, every other candidate is not a joke if they are not Ron Paul. Try to be a little more open minded.
yes they are... thats why you aren't supporting any of them.
and Al Gore is not only going to run but he is going to win the dem nomination... i thought it was going to be hillary but as i see the globalist whine about carbon i know where this is headed.
so name one candidate that isnt a joke.
Volume of Pro-Ron Paul Calls Shut GOP Call Center?
Monday, June 11, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
When presidential candidate Ron Paul's (R-Tex) campaign manager Lew Moore visited Utah, he told supporters that Ron Paul's support was swelling dramatically and cited two incidents, according to "Utahns for Ron Paul."
First, he reported New Hampshire report for Ron Paul is strong and deep. "At a New Hampshire rally a week or so ago, over 400 people showed up to support Ron Paul which was 50% more than any other candidate, including Barack Obama. A reporter who had been at the same location to report on each of the other candidates told Lew that this group was twice as energetic as any of the other candidates' supporters."
Second, Ron Paul's support shut down the GOP call center, when some top GOP-ers threatened to ban him from the debates. "The Republican National Committee received nearly 20,000 phone calls in support of Ron Paul within 24 hours and had to shut down their call center. They had to call Ron Paul's committee and plead with them to announce immediately that Ron Paul was without a doubt invited to the debate, and ask them to please make the announcement to his supporters so they would stop calling."
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43400
Monday, June 11, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
When presidential candidate Ron Paul's (R-Tex) campaign manager Lew Moore visited Utah, he told supporters that Ron Paul's support was swelling dramatically and cited two incidents, according to "Utahns for Ron Paul."
First, he reported New Hampshire report for Ron Paul is strong and deep. "At a New Hampshire rally a week or so ago, over 400 people showed up to support Ron Paul which was 50% more than any other candidate, including Barack Obama. A reporter who had been at the same location to report on each of the other candidates told Lew that this group was twice as energetic as any of the other candidates' supporters."
Second, Ron Paul's support shut down the GOP call center, when some top GOP-ers threatened to ban him from the debates. "The Republican National Committee received nearly 20,000 phone calls in support of Ron Paul within 24 hours and had to shut down their call center. They had to call Ron Paul's committee and plead with them to announce immediately that Ron Paul was without a doubt invited to the debate, and ask them to please make the announcement to his supporters so they would stop calling."
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43400
Quote from Sihastru:
Second, Ron Paul's support shut down the GOP call center, when some top GOP-ers threatened to ban him from the debates. "The Republican National Committee received nearly 20,000 phone calls in support of Ron Paul within 24 hours and had to shut down their call center. They had to call Ron Paul's committee and plead with them to announce immediately that Ron Paul was without a doubt invited to the debate, and ask them to please make the announcement to his supporters so they would stop calling."
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=43400
lol wow that's great
right, right. i forgot, fox is fair an balanced. you must beQuote from james_bond_3rd:
The only presidential candidate that Murdoch had made contributions to so far is Clinton. Makes one wonder whether Clinton is a Republican or not. Murdoch had never contributed to a Democrat.
kidding. george walker would not exist anymore, not to
speak of his presidency ...
maybe murdoch just supports the candidate he feels will produce as much divisive talk show content as possible. it certainly seems a big switch from gw to hillary
Quote from Maverick74:
Let me ask a honest and sincere question here to all the Paul-heads here. Be honest, how many of you have actually donated cash to his campaign? Seriously.
If Ron Paul is really going to have a million supporters online, he should be able to do what Howard Dean did and raise about 30 million just from the internet. So far he has raised jack shit. Now what does this tell you? It tells you that his supporters don't really give a rats ass about him. I mean seriously. If you really believe in this guy, stop posting crap on here and give him money. That is where you are really exercising your first amendment rights.
But I am very curious how many of you are actually backing up your talk with your pocket book. I suspect almost none of you are.
What do you not like about Ron Paul?