Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, cnn debate, election fraud, Fox News, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, iowa primaries, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, MSNBC, newsweek, poll, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, voter fraud, youtube debate
Ron Paul Turnout May Shock the Iowa Caucus
Matt Towery
The National Ledger
December 9, 2007
Ron Paul Rally in Philidelphia, Nov. 10, photo by AppalIT
“Listen. Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” No, it’s not the lyrics to the famed Beatles song. This is deep politics and strategy. What has seemed for so long to be a far-distant Iowa caucus is now about to arrive in less than a month. First, the secrets. There are plenty of people who’ve worked in presidential campaigns, or who have deep knowledge of how the system works.
For them, this will not come as a great surprise, especially for those who are familiar with the old term “street money.” They’ll know that street money was used primarily in Southern or big-city elections in the past. Maybe it won’t come as a surprise, either, that there has also been a more quietly kept tradition of “cash for a vote” in past Iowa contests.
Here’s how it has worked in some instances: Potential voters were recruited by deep-pocketed campaigns, often from states other than Iowa. They were put on buses to be delivered to the appointed caucus locations.
While Iowa has taken measures to end the “invasion” of out-of-state participants in this year’s caucus, it’s unlikely that the use of “gratuities” by at least one or two campaigns will come to an end.
Is there proof positive, a smoking gun or a photo of $100 exchanging hands for any voter’s participation? Absolutely not. But then again, there has never been that same evidence for the widely accepted fact that payment of voters in the Southern and big-city races has taken place. But it has.
The real problem this go-round is that some of the big-money candidates have squandered their cash. One wonders whether their campaigns, or their friends, have managed to hold on to enough loot to provide the presents and gratuities necessary to pull otherwise uninterested voters out of their homes, to force them to remain locked in some community center, where they must listen to advocates for candidates and remain firmly entrenched in the corner of the facility until their candidates’ votes are finally counted.
And, of course, those buses are less likely this time to be carrying any shipment of “Iowans” who just happen to reside outside the state. In other words, it may well be that just as “street money” is a dying tradition in the South, its Midwestern equivalent is dying off as well.
Let me make it clear: This past practice was not limited to one political party. More importantly, those in the know in Iowa plan to be on high alert for indications of gratuity incentives that might be used to increase voter turnout in January.
And that brings me to what I increasingly believe will be the “shocker” in the Iowa caucus. Let me make it clear that my vague description of activities above has nothing to do with the prediction I’m about to make.
As I’ve written in prior columns, I find it hard to believe that massive numbers of voters returning from their New Year’s celebrations — in a state where it gets dark at 4:30 p.m. and is likely to be very cold — will be compelled to leave the toasty confines of their homes and abandon watching the Orange Bowl game in order to vote in a caucus.
Under this theory, turnout will be impossible to predict. There are many theories that I’ve already explored about which candidates, of both major parties, might benefit from this quirky set of circumstances created by the move of the Iowa caucus to Jan. 3. But the one candidate I believe could benefit above all others will be GOP candidate Ron Paul. Iowa political insiders I’ve talked to agree.
After covering the public appearances of various presidential candidates on the Republican side, and even participating in the seemingly secure atmosphere of a post-debate media “spin room,” I have been amazed at the zeal of Ron Paul supporters to appear in huge numbers.
What received little coverage out of last week’s CNN-YouTube debate in Florida was that the biggest demonstration outside the hall was a parade of Paul supporters. Inside the spin room, where credentialed journalists and, now, bloggers are allowed to interview candidates and their surrogates, a seemingly unknown but large group of “reporters” surrounded Paul.
At a recent Rudy Giuliani rally, the Paul supporters virtually outnumbered the Giuliani crowd.
All of this tells me that what looks like 6 percent of the vote for Paul in states like Iowa could easily, especially where turnout is low, move toward double digits. From what my friends in Iowa are telling me, Huckabee or some other candidate may emerge the winner, but the big story that night may be that the contrarian Paul could find himself placing ahead of some really big names. Time will tell.
Fox News covers Iowa Independent’s Republican Power Rankings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUhofcs4Cs
Iowa Independent Predicts Ron Paul Could Rank 3rd in Caucus
http://www.huffingtonpo…ron-paul-thir_b_75756.html
Paul Beats McCain in Iowa; MSNBC/Newsweek Censors Own Poll
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/017532.html
Ron Paul’s Iowa dreams becoming more real
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21516892/page/2/
Ron Paul supporters dominate at mock ‘caucus’
http://www.journalnow.com/ser….e&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353786220
Ron Paul: Tough Road in Iowa?
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=50713
Iowa Caucus for Ron Paul FAQ
http://www.caucusforpaul.com/
Filed under: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, CNN, cnn debate, Empire, GOP, Iraq, jim gilmore, John McCain, moneybomb, nation building, occupation, poll, Republican Debate, republican straw poll, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, smear campaign, south carolina, Troops, virginia, virginia straw poll, War Crimes, War On Terror, White House, Wolf Blitzer, youtube debate, zogby
Paul: Republicans Face Certain Defeat With Pro-War Candidate
Congressman says base must change views on Iraq or forget about the White House in 2008
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
December 3, 2007
Ron Paul has a message for the Republican base who continue to offer blinkered support for the endless occupation of Iraq – pick a candidate who has vowed to bring the troops home immediately or surrender the White House in 2008.
“Since 70 per cent of the American people want out of the war and they’re tired of it – the Republicans better pick somebody who is opposed to the war or have a new foreign policy or they can’t win,” the Congressman told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yesterday.
“The sentiment is shifting, the people are sick and tired of the war, we can’t even afford it, we can’t even fight the war without borrowing the money from the Chinese – so it doesn’t add up – it really doesn’t matter whether I’m right or wrong, the war is going to end because we’re going to have such a political and financial havoc here….this is usually how empires end – by spending too much money maintaining their empires,” he added.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTj3STZqviY
The Congressman’s warning is backed up by the polls. A recent Zogby survey found that a sizeable majority of Americans will not vote for a pro-war candidate. Zogby polling analyst Fritz Wenzel agrees that Ron Paul is the strongest contender out of the entire Republican field to go up against Hillary Clinton because of his lone anti-war stance.
In an earlier part of the interview, the Congressman elaborated on his response to Senator John McCain’s feeble attempt to smear Paul as a Nazi appeaser during Wednesday night’s debate.
“First off, Iraq is not Nazi Germany,” a humored Paul commented.
“I thought it was Hitler that caused world war two, not the American people….it didn’t make any sense – then he was awfully confused about isolationism versus non-intervention – there’s a big difference,” said the Congressman.
Paul said that non-interventionism meant not getting involved in other country’s affairs and “not pretending that Iraq is Nazi Germany.”
“Iraq had no army, no navy, and no weapons of mass destruction – it had nothing to do with 9/11 – so the comparison makes no sense,” he concluded.
McCain’s claim that U.S. troops want to stay in Iraq has no basis in reality.
Out of all the Republican candidates, Ron Paul has by received far the highest military donations, that is donations from members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. The Congressman has received double McCain’s total and over eight times the amount garnered by Romney or Giuliani.
The troops support Ron Paul because Ron Paul advocates bringing the troops home.
Moreover, a recent Zogby poll found that the Congressman also has the highest support amongst military families, far ahead of Giuliani, McCain or any of the other Republican stooges who want to keep the troops in the meat grinder.
Obama Supporters Fail Attempt to Emulate Ron Paul’s “Money-Bomb”
Ron Paul’s campaign raised $4.2 million from 37,000 supporters on Nov. 5th and other candidates have taken notice. A Barack Obama supporter created an event called Barack’s Friday that was supposed to raise the campaign $5 million on Nov. 16th. The event was a LITERAL BOMB; the event raised a mere $4,650 from 72 individuals.
Here is the proof from Barack’s website
Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney have also failed to emulate “money bombs” of any substantial significance.
Contrast that, to having hundreds of people travel from all around the country, quitting their jobs, and going into personal debt, to campaign in New Hampshire door to door in 3 degree windchild for Ron Paul. Read the article from salon.com about the lengths Ron Paul supporters are going through to save the country.
All Obama’s money is coming from corporate PAC money because people aren’t enthusastic about him. All Ron Paul’s money and volunteers are coming from people who know we are living in serious times and don’t want, but KNOW we HAVE TO change the country/world, AND SOON before it’s too late.
The dollar is collapsing; economists admit we’re probably going into another Depression soon. Ron Paul’s solutions for the economy/foreign policy are what we need to turn around. Not Barack Obama, who offers no solutions to this issue and says attacking Iran is OK and fear-mongering just like everyone else “we need to stop the terrorsits”!
Go to google news and type in “dollar” and research it yourself. Then go research what Ron Paul has been saying and doing in congress for 3 decades about it.
A Screenshot of Ron Paul Meetup Groups
Sympathetic Vibratory Physics
November 27, 2007
Ron Paul supporters rebel against Jim Gilmore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoOW_a7-SHQ
These Are Ron Paul Supporters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wPA4wEY6KU
Ron Paul in Charlestone, South Carolina – ABC – (11/27/2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMUENmKriqk
Reading of the Votes Virginia Straw Poll Dec 1, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfpzqf3XQfo
Rudy Drowned Out By Ron Paul Supporters
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/me…007/12/02/giuliani_1203.html
Ron Paul And The War Crime Tribunals
http://www.rense.com/general79/warcrime.htm
Filed under: Bernard Von Nothaus, Chris Matthews, CNN, cnn debate, florida, florida straw poll, GOP, liberty dollar, moneybombs, MSNBC, New Hampshire, Republican Debate, republican straw poll, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, virginia straw poll, youtube debate
Ron Paul Wins Virginia Straw Poll
Tyler Whitley
Richmond Times Dispatch
December 2, 2007
ARLINGTON — Texas Rep. Ron Paul easily won a presidential poll at a Republican Party of Virginia conference here yesterday.
Paul polled 182 out of about 500 votes cast. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson finished second with 112 votes, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee finished third with 51 votes.
The straw poll was held at the 24th annual Republican Advance, generally attended by activists and grass-roots workers, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in the Washington suburbs.
Republican officials dismissed the poll’s outcome, noting that Paul has been concentrating on winning straw polls all over the country.
Paul bused in young supporters. They waved signs and shouted loudly when his name was mentioned.
“He brought people in here. What is more critical to look at is who finished second and third. That is a more true indicator of the feelings of the Republican Party of Virginia,” said Tucker Watkins of Randolph in Charlotte County, a former 5th District GOP chairman.
Virginia Republicans and Democrats will each hold presidential primaries on Feb. 12. Because several other states have earlier votes, many observers think the nominees of the two parties will be decided by the time Virginians choose.
The major candidates, occupied in Iowa or New Hampshire where the earliest nominating contests will be held, sent surrogates yesterday.
The meeting brought good news for former Gov. Jim Gilmore, who is seeking the party’s nomination to run for the U.S. Senate. A prospective opponent, Del. Christopher B. Saxman of Staunton, said he would not seek the nomination. He said he would not be able to raise money while the General Assembly is in session this winter and so would not be able to mount a credible candidacy.
Del. Robert G. Marshall of Prince William has hinted that he might run, but he did not show up and had a friend read a statement prepared by him which indicated he likely would not run.
Gilmore in a brief speech to the Republicans, urged against defeatism and said he could beat former Gov. Mark R. Warner, a Democratic candidate for the seat now held by Republican Sen. John W. Warner, who is retiring.
“We’ve won two statewide contests [attorney general and governor], we’ve carried Northern Virginia twice,” Gilmore said.
Media Getting Wind of Ron Paul Blimp
Colette Von Hessen
Nolan Chart
December 1, 2007
It was bound to happen. The mainstream media are starting to get wind of the Ron Paul Blimp. Yes, you read that correctly — a blimp. In case you have been hiding under an Internet boulder, Ron Paul’s wildly creative and resourceful supporters have been up to their old tricks again, much to the dismay of leftists around the country. I’m sure the neocons at Redstate will have their fun with this one, too — they surely miss the traffic now that they’ve banned Ron Paul supporters from posting anything about the candidate on their blogs. Ron Paul? Das ist verboten! But back to the dirigible: a blimp is born, and his name is Who is Ron Paul?
The Los Angeles Times published a piece today called “Foot Soldiers for the Ron Paul Revolution.” Yes, you read that correctly: the L.A. Times actually referred to the revolution as just that, a revolution. In the article they mention the Ron Paul Blimp as part of a laundry list of decentralized campaign achievements at the grassroots level: “One Colorado backer quickly raised more than $350,000 online this week, with a plan to launch a Ron Paul blimp.”
Who in the old media will be next to discover the airborne Paulmobile? We’ll be waiting…
Ground Hounds: You Tube Debates (Ron Paul-O-Rama)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_ffYLwLGYA
Ron Paul talks about his post-debate chat with Rudy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBxiIMclI3E
Ron Paul post-debate interviews in CNN’s Spin Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzQ8YxaktI
Ron Paul SAVED My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2PEy7cJOw
Chris Matthews: I would like to do a whole hour with Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExzSt3J50nc
Florida GOP Official Threatens Ron Paul Straw Poll Voter with Violence
http://www.nolanchart.com/article355.html
Ron Paul Tea Party 2007 Contributions betting odds released
http://www.ogpaper.com/news/news-01388.html
Liberty Dollar Creator Claims Raid is Linked to Paul Campaign
http://www.courierpress.com/new….s-raid-is-linked-to-paul-campaign/
Ron Paul and the Media Bias
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-120207.html
Video: Ron Paul Battle Wagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FISUvHU2GcU
Foot soldiers for the Ron Paul revolution
http://www.latimes.com/news/prin…?page=2&track=mostemailedlink
Ron Paul fund raiser considers Paul a Civil Rights Leader
http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=183100
Trevor Lyman Set up Ron Paul National Agency Biz?
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52059&fb=1
A shocking report Inside the Ron Paul conspiracy
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/11/theronpaulconsp.html
Ron Paul ‘Live Free’ NH Set at ‘Five for Freedom’ Site
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52058
Filed under: 2008 Election, anderson cooper, CNN, cnn debate, election fraud, Hillary Clinton, planted questions, Republican Debate, youtube debate
Anderson Cooper admits General was linked to Hillary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28CCf4cEDpI
Gay Question General Linked To Clinton
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?u…A044D18AE2
Filed under: Canada, CNN, cnn debate, Globalism, jeffrey toobin, Mike Huckabee, NAFTA Superhighway, North American Union, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, youtube debate
Ron Paul smeared by CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin about NAFTA SuperHighway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0TTYJYGvo
Long Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GTqEwOvTY
What is the ‘North American Union’?
Filed under: 2008 Election, CNN, cnn debate, election fraud, Fred Thompson, glenn beck, GOP, john mayer, john robert, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, poll, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, tucker carlson, youtube debate
Ron Paul’s 30th Drive Reaches More Than Half a Million
The Rudy’s Reading List money “bomb-let” won’t produce the kind of numbers that the 5th of November money bomb produced, but it’s creating a nice little fundraising tweener for the Ron Paul campaign.
Walt Thiessen
Nolan Chart
November 30, 2007
Halfway through the day today, there has been a definite jump in donations for the Ron Paul campaign. According to this graph at Ron Paul Graphs, donations for the first half of the day are about $200,000 higher than normal. The counter at Rudy’s Reading List shows about 2,300 committed donors. Since the 5th of November money bomb produced total revenue of $4.3 million from roughly 20,000 committed donors (plus an additional 20,000 or so who didn’t commit via the website) a reasonable extrapolation would suggest that $430,000 might be expected from today’s money bomb-let.
While well below what organizers of today’s fundraiser were hoping for, it’s still a respectable number. For contrast, consider that Howard Dean’s best fundraising day in 2004 was $700,000, so the Rudy’s Reading List bomb-let is still in very respectable company as far as online political fundraising goes. Also, there is very little doubt that the Paul campaign will appreciate today’s cash influx. An email they sent out a little more than a week ago pleaded with donors to give sooner than the Tea Party money bomb scheduled for December 16th, because they need to purchase advertising now for January. TV and radio stations don’t wait…they give their timeslots on a first-come, first-served basis.
There’s no word yet as to whether Rudy Giuliani has actually read any of the assigned reading given him by Dr. Paul last Spring. At this late date, it appears likely that Giuliani has probably blown off his homework entirely.
As for the aforementioned Tea Party money bomb, that site currently shows nearly 22,000 donors have signed up to-date. If donors on that day give the way that donors gave on November 5th, Dr. Paul could be looking forward to more than $5 million in one day, which would break his own one-day record, and that’s if the fundraiser were to happen today. With 16 days left before that fundraiser makes its own waves among the mainstream media, Dr. Paul could be looking at a $10 million day. Given the fact that his campaign reached the $10 million mark for the 4th quarter, it would mean a total quarter haul of over $20 million. Early January should be very, very interesting between the large media buys, the 1,000+ volunteers descending on New Hampshire, and a blimp flying around the country with Dr. Paul’s name plastered on it.
And that’s only based on what we know so far. Who knows what else those wonderful Paulites will come up with over the next 30 days, as the start of the primary season approaches.
John Mayer arguing with Justin Long about Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYg7IEpT_A
Post-Debate Interview with CNN’s John Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smDEz9ovUao
Glenn Beck’s Open Invite to Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEgkAshNnI
$10 million Raised since October 1st
http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/301107Fundraiser.htm
http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=181791
Ron Paul Raises Half a Million Dollars in One Day, Again
http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/g.._day_again_47827.html
Ron Paul to Top Giuliani’s 3rd Quarter Ceiling at 2 Month Mark of 4th Quarter
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/301107_rp_4q.html
Fundraising Closing In On Thompson & Romney
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/…1/pushing-ron-pau.html
CNN: American Public Can’t Be Trusted To Vote On Debate Questions
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/28/cnn-debate-youtube/
CNN Attempts to Fix Its Own Poll Against Ron Paul
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1042
Tucker Carlson receives my ‘Smarmy Award’ for smearing Ron Paul
http://www.opednews.com/artic…tucker_carlson_recei.htm
Paul did not get to speak until 30mins into Debate
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/28/486055.aspx
Video: Post-Debate Rally – (11/18/2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8oJAm-06oQ
Ron Paul Storms Another Round Of Debate Polls
http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/291107Storms.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, CFR, CNN, cnn debate, florida, Fox News, glenn beck, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Illegal Immigration, Iowa, John McCain, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, Neolibs, New Hampshire, North American Union, planted questions, poll, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Torture, trilateral commission, youtube debate
Ron Paul at the CNN YouTube Debate (Complete)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlXqs-shK5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXCBDZZ9SZU
CNN Reports On The Ron Paul Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1iFfAvM6jc
Ron Paul Commercial during CNN/YouTube Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ur8F_c5PQg
List of Online Polls for the CNN/YouTube Debate
http://cnn.com/am
http://election.msn.com/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/22010199
http://news.aol.com/?feature=20071128120609990001
http://www.wnem.com/index.html
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1119
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTI…bate.112807/
http://www.cbsnews.com/…=RSSattr=HOME_3550190
http://www.politicalinformer.com/…om-debate-winner.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/323351.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/11/28/who-won-the-republican-debate/
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/
November 30th Moneybomb for Ron Paul ($4mn needed for NH Primaries)
http://ronpaulmoneybomb.com/
Hillary plants question in Republican debate
http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d9….686-92ce-70a16edc311b
Ron Paul Rebukes John McCain in YouTube Debate
http://www.nolanchart.com/article332.html
GOP rivals tussle over immigration, the Word and Hitler in YouTube showdown
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/GO…in_YouTube_1128.html
CNN/YouTube FL Debate: Paul on North American Union, CFR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3QAC2yJFdM
More Boos At Republican YouTube Debate As McCain Re-Writes History
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/291107Boos.htm
Fox and Friends 11-28-2007 – Ron Paul Live Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noyTu_Wgse0
Glenn Beck Billboard Ron Paulified
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXl3A6drFI
NPR: ‘Ron Paul supporters are more educated than the followers of any other candidate’
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16685996
Ron Paul Calls FOX News FAUX News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYVZHTGPgw
Ron Paul and the money cops
http://www.washingtontimes.com/a…Y/111280009/1012
World Elects Ron Paul!
http://www.infowars.net/articles/november2007/281107World.htm
Ron Paul Supporters Buy Billboards
http://www.fmnn.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=51921
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