Ron Paul "Money Bomb" Today Gets Noted by The Hill
The newspaper for Congress noted the ongoing fundraising effort for Rep. Ron Paul's presidential exploratory campaign when it was at $590,000 a few hours ago. It is at this writing at $642,000.
A moneybomb for Paul's LibertyPac in February (before the campaign was announced) hit $700,000. Paul's most successful moneybomb day was on December 16, 2007, during his last presidential run, where he pulled a one-day take of over $6 million.
Paul will be one of the presidential candidates appearing at tonight's Fox News debate in South Carolina, along with Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, and someone with the improbable name of "Tim Pawlenty." That airs at 9 p.m. eastern tonight.
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So hey, are you Reasonoids going to be liveblogging this debate, or what?
No, we’re not.
I or others may well be blogging things about it is it progresses (or may not) but we’re not doing the classic liveblogging format thingy.
Too bad. I always find those to be quite amusing. Maybe when there are more candidate to make fun of.
In that case, consider this the open debate thread for commenting if no official post is forthcoming.
Actually, Brian, the accepted media nomenclature is “Presumptive Second Runner-Up Tim Pawlenty”.
There are some who call him … Tim
The money bomb sort of makes all the media types who called Tim Pawlenty “top tier” look like fools. Where are Pawlenty’s supporters? How much has he raised today? This year? Ron Paul is outpolling him nationally, and has lower negatives.
No it doesn’t, you fucking dimwit. Ron Paul makes himself look second tier, and assholes like you confirm it. He can shove his money ball up his wrinkled old ass for all it’s going to matter.
Down, boy.
Ouch! So harsh. There are other things you can do besides debate politics with austrians.
May I suggest.. Frisbee golf?
The unofficial (official?) goal of today’s money bomb is 2 million bucks…. seems like they’re aiming a little high for an exploratory committee. Should have set it at one million.
Yeah, looks like $1 million is as much as they’ll get. Still impressive, this early on.
If Paul does well in the debate they may get to 2 million yet.
Totally possible. If it does then watch the silver and gold markest crash as all the hard money buyers support Ron Paul’s campaign.
No one ever makes note anytime I announce a sex bomb effort.
Damn. I knew I shouldn’t have clicked that. Damn you, Fist.
HOLY FUCK! Noted by the HILL! The tide is turning! The sky is falling…or..or SOMETHING!!!
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Who let the dogs out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ature=fvst
I can’t believe you set me up to see Soros’s face that close to me.
Jim Rogers is the good part of that Ying/Yang.
Fou fucking libertoid morons just won’t let this Ron Paul schick go, will you? I’m not sure whatever it is you’re smoking should be legalized.
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distracted by Tron Puoals Koch
Paul will be one of the presidential candidates, along with “Tim Pawlenty.”
There’s a Good & Pawlenty joke in there somewhere.
Maybe not.
I wouldn’t know a Pawlenty joke if I saw one. Just cuz I have no idea who he is? Debate is coming up so I may find out.
debate moved to september, i hear.
For those who may be interested, Gary Johnson’s Money Bomb is scheduled for tomorrow. Here’s hoping at least the combination of the two causes folks to take more notice of the “second tier” candidates…
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=206258082739870
Hey, Jen, maybe there really is a Tooth Fairy.
I’d consider helping Johnson out, but not if it means going through Facebook.
FB is GoldmanSachs/Matt Taibbi territory. You can’t post on Taibbi’s articles unless through FB.
You don’t have to go through FB, that is just the “event” announcement I received. Just go straight to garyjohnson2012.com to give.
$733,000 with just over one hour to go.
Think of the air time that will buy! The first tier must be shaking in their boots! (I wonder if Germans made fun of Hitler’s supporters this way in the early days. Take heart. You dimwits may have the last laugh.)
as a side note. Hitler was against nullification.
You’re full of beans again today, Edward. Did your special ed class not have recess because of rain today? Or did you get into the dog food again after getting home? You know that that food is just for the dog!
That’s right maxie, they’re a billion dollars behind me. I got this next election bought and paid for.
I had to post this link on the LP FB page, just to get all those Socialist apologists panties in a bunch that are there.
Hehehehehe
I didn’t even know Linkin Park was still together.
*bangs head on keyboard*
Jon Kramer
Ron paul has said for the last 40 years that he is a member of the GOP. he voes 82% the GOP party line. He advocates states rights, not individual rights.
Apparently he would have to blow a rentboy.com boy in an airport stall with a wide stance in order for people to believe he really is a republican.
It is a shame that people can’t trust him at his word, and think he is a liar.
On the plus side, ron paul is better than prison.
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So which of the knuckleheads will try to Guilliani Paul first?
Juan Williams? NPR, GET HIM!
Green, yellow and red lights, just like the terror threat board at DHS.
Like Santorum, I raised my hand before hearing the question.
Like Santorum, I raised my hand before hearing the question. I stain sheets
Geez, Rick, if you love Obama so much why don’t you just marry him.
OSAMA,BAMA, whatever…pussy
Ahem. Buck naked like a deer or butt naked like a union plumber?
RoPaul gets illegal applause.
Fucking doper hippy fags have obviously infiltrated this event!
Who is Herman Cain?
Vince Barnes, number nine!
I think they gave the black guy less time.
A win in Afghanistan would be making it look EXACTLY LIKE AMERICA. Fist of Etiquette for Presifuckingdent.
Gee-Jay, what up dude?
Everyone’s a Monday morning Commander-in-Chief.
I think they gave the pot smoking candidate less time.
I am not anti Islam, I’m anti-notwhite
only the johnson and the paul got any applause. santorum is a joke. but, so is debate.
Catholic reference! Waited all the way to the second question.
As a Catholic, and unabashed bigot, I’d like to say…
Rick Santorum makes me want to hurt things.
Don’t go down the crazy road, Ron
Oh applause, they like it…go nuts dude.
Paul doesn’t want to spend money on anything. Not on Afghanistan, not on secret prisons, not on tailored suits.
Is anyone wearing an American Flag lapel pin? What the fuck is this country coming to?
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH REFERENCE!
Our boys stood up…
Nice.
Someone’s pants are on fire!
You didn’t find shit, Rick.
Stupid black guy sounds just like stupid white guy, our country has come so far.
Juan is talking about the economy? What the fuck? Does he not realize we just killed the shit out of bin Laden?
Johnson gets a pop-up? Or did my pain pills just kick in?
Get the fuck out of the way.
Woo-hoo! He said Greenville! We live in Greenville!
Pawlenty will not be corralled by Fox’s buzzers.
Speculator reference. Boom. You just got speculated.
what the fuck am I watching!?
they’re gonna put one of these guys against obama? oh well, give me one of the libertarian ones. This debate still seems like a put on. Tim? who?
oh leadership! why didn’t I think of it before, of course it will solve our energy problems.
Did I just say Bitch Romney? Yes I did.
Rick is totally eye-fucking her.
I’d like some prescription drugs.
*looks fist’s way*
I use cough syrup and homemade vicodin. Works like a dream.
Put people in charge of capping entitlements?
He’s from greentree, you know.
Greentree like Pittsburgh Greentree?
Yup.
Ron Paul, that is.
The side of Mount Warshington.
The wrong side.
Paul only cares about rich doctors, not the patients. Tsk Tsk.
Cantor!
What the fuck is up with commercials that don’t sell anything?
CSX, for example, what the fuck are they trying to sell? The market for freight train services seems pretty niche; not something that is well served by buying primetime spots.
or
Hey look! A commercial for a farming cartel, where can I get one?1!
Santorum hates old people, too? I did not know that about him.
The Constitution gets a shout out.
WOOO!
Rick, you were part of a republican congress with a republican congress, and the only one speaking out against your spending spree was Ol’ Ron over there.
Fuck that ding, Ron. Don’t let that shit impinge on your individual sovereignty.
Does Herman Cain have a jolly roger lapel pin?
He said ‘fair johnson thing’…hehe
In the black? In the African-American, please.
Yes.
GJ, leaves it at that and loses all hope through honesty.
Reality wants to take away their Medicare.
A hot blond? Oh, yes, Fox News. I forgot.
Italian is the language of failure in America?
si.
My father was proud to keep me ignorant, and I am proud to keep my salty-teared children ignorant as well.
damn he’s good
Special Forces can do anything, they can’t be killed.
Obama’s attempt to kill Kadaffi is positively Reaganesque!
“We will give you money if you do what we ask.” That’s something new.
HE SAID JEW!
That’s because Trump is an idiot.
Ron said the j-word.
He just called Johnson simple.
“European model shown. Not available in the US.”
AAARRGH!
We truly have moved beyond PC. A white male just corrected a woman in a commercial.
If you cracked Karen Floyd open and didn’t find microchips and servos I would be surprised.
News at eleven: Black dude hates gays…big fucking surprise.
Uh-oh.
Really?
Again, really?
So, there is no union busting party then, Herman?
Jeeze.
Is RoPaul saying he’s found another way to bribe farmers in his district for votes other than with subsidies?
Yep, he bribed ’em with freedom.
I create teachers evolving into equations.
Juan Williams doesn’t like that he didn’t get his get.
BOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!
Here come the RP newsletters in 3…2…
This question is for Mr. Paul:
Ron, who do think is more fleet of foot, Mr. Cain, or Mr. Santorum?
Wowwwwww. Funny.
Why women work? As in, why they function?
It seems inconceivable to Mr Santorum that a woman would want a job for the sake of a career, and not dire economic straits.
And he’s lying/backtracking.
Drugs.
Even heroin???
Ron Paul: Anti-weather.
They sure as shit are.
You can put those words some place the sun doesn’t shine.
Yeah, medicinally. How do you laughers feel now??? He used it for pain management.
Johnson/Paul are like two sides of the same coin. Pragmatic/idealistic for the same ends.
Yeah, rights vs. utilitarianism, huh? I would have loved to see Paul use a less torturous analogy and focus on bodily autonomy.
Making it illegal means kids can’t use it? You mean, like now, when it is already not legal? Let the kids get baked, too.
I’m black and I’m proud.
Or gravitas.
Whatever.
We already have a president who, before moving to 1600 PA Ave, hadn’t governed a day in his life. That’s no longer a selling point.
Don’t say gold
Don’t say gold
Don’t say gold
Don’t say gold
Don’t say gold
Don’t say gold
Oh, Ron Paul says a black man doesn’t understand his budget. That’s a terrible stereotype.
The price of gas in Hawai’i? Let’s keep the focus on America, Tee Paw.
Is Santorum on crack right now?
Rick’s thumb can beat Democratic incumbents with its Santorum tied behind its back.
How are Bachmann and Trump pictured as key candidates not in attendance, and Daniels isn’t?
Things are getting gross.
Boom!
877k
Tea Partiers have deep pockets. Just what corporation is secretly funding them?
Kochtucky Fried Astroturf!
No, because he’s white and team red.
What are you running away from?
My marijuana addiction.
Gingrich fell short? He fell like Wyle E. Coyote. Repeatedly and lustily.
Don’t say gold
He was reading that response! Ron Paul: Cheater.
Boom. Mainstream media reference.
Did Gee-Jay just fingerbang? Awesome.
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It’s pronounced ‘sound monetary policy’.
I was just letting RP have his say considering he held it in for an hour and a half.
Look at those Hitlers back there behind Luntz.
Cain won? Awesome. This is embarrassing.
If this is the Republican party, Obama’s got four more years. Embarrassing is a perfect word. I would also add shocked.
Over 900 grand now. Should top a million within the hour.
-jcr
Over 900 grand now. Should top a million within the hour.
-jcr