Ron Paul raises millions in today's Boston Tea Party event

[sniffa]

On Nov. 5, supporters of Ron Paul raked in more than $4.2 million in donations in 24 hours, mostly of them collected over the Internet.
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Today, they're at it again. Hoping to detonate what they call a "money bomb," the supporters started fundraising at midnight Saturday and have already raised $2 million as of about 10:30 a.m. today, more than at this point on Nov. 5, according to figures they posted online. They hope to collect a total of $10 million by midnight Sunday.

Last time, they tied their fundraising to Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates a British mercenary who tried unsuccesfully to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. This time, they're seizing on the 234th aniversary of the Boston Tea Party and converging on this snowy city to rally.

They plan on gathering on the State House steps at 1 p.m. and parading down to Faneuil Hall, where they will listen to speeches in tune with Paul's libertarian platform. Speakers will include the Republican presidential candidate's son, Dr. Rand Paul, an eye surgeon, and Carla Howell, the libertarian who ran unsuccesfully for governor in 2002.

There are also plans to dump some tea (or at least some boxes labeled tea) into the Harbor, though the details were still sketchy as of this morning.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/16/ron_paul_raises_millions_in_todays_boston_tea_party_event/

i know the Paul nuts are devoted, but they ain't doing shit today.

[saltpoint]

1. If Ron Paul raised a dollar and a half he'd have more money than common sense.

The kook factor is sky high with Ron Paul.

His supporters strike me as dangerously wacko damaged libertarians who really should not be let anywhere near the Constitution.

[AllieB]

2. Notice his son is named 'Rand' after Ayn Rand?

:eyes:

If he is out in this stuff today, Old Crusoe is right that he has more money than sense. The wind is whipping out there!

[bunnies]

3. Ive been watching his site. He's nearing $3 Million. Fast. nt

[Flabbergasted]

4. He's broken his campaign goal by over 2 million at this point....

[LoZoccolo]

5. Ice pellets, 100% chance of precipitation according to wunderground.com.

Maybe they are going to make iced tea, lol.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=boston%2C+ma

I saw this Ron Paul promotional video that I think was made by one of the supporters (which actually looked better than the "professional" one that the campaign put out), and they were using scenes from the "don't tase me bro" incident to say why Ron Paul is needed, conveniently omitting the parts where he cut in line and tried running away.

All that having been said, I think strategically the fanaticism is a good thing, because these people will have invested so much in trying to win the primary that they might not let it go when Ron Paul loses, and do silly things like write him in on the general election ballots, splintering just enough from the Republican vote to make them lose.

[sniffa]

6. the video they produced featuring Miss Teen South Carolina was better

and i have to say i'm rather pissed that they rejected Chris Crocker's offer to star in a Ron Paul '08 campaign commercial. the kid's got talent, and it's going to come back to bite them in the ass.

[sniffa]

7. Ron Paul on pace to raise over 7 million today

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=201346

woah!