Left Wing Libertarians biggest financial supporters of Ron Paul
Now this is interesting and disturbing from The New Media Journal
According to official campaign fund raising filings posted at www.opensecrets.org, Ron Paul’s top contributor is well known internet giant Google. Google, with Al Gore on the board of directors, has a long history of progressive political activism, both in the way they censor search results to bury conservative slanted stories, and in their campaign contribution habits, which is solidly Democrat, with the exception of Ron Paul.
Like Howard Dean before him, Ron Paul first grabbed headlines with his very hi-tech internet campaign, which is now easily explained by the fact that his largest constituency is in the computer tech community. It also explains how Paul supporters have perfected the art of “spamming” or “jamming” online polls, creating a false impression of bigger support while invalidating poll after poll. Other tech giants like Microsoft and Verizon top his donors list as well.
Among Ron Paul’s top donor zip codes are of course parts of Texas, but also heavily liberal districts in Chicago (60614), San Francisco (94117), more than 80% of which supports Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer, and Los Angeles – Long Beach, which is his second largest donor area after Dallas.
What we have here is a candidate trying to win the Republican nomination by raising money from liberals across the political aisle.
This Is Why His Fund-Raising Is Not Translating To Improved Poll Positions
His donors are not Republicans. So no matter how much money he raises, it is not translating into Republican support in the polls. He remains at or below 5% support in every national Republican poll, no matter how much money he raises.
New Media Journal was tipped off to this by a former Ron Paul aide.
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Pingback by Volunteer Voters » Ron Paul’s Money Coming From The Left? — November 12, 2007 @ 9:54 am
Ron Paul is the Republican candidate who gets more support from active duty military and their families than all other GOP candidates combined - he is the only GOP candidate calling for immediate withdrawl from Iraq. If that doesn’t tell you what our military really thinks, I don’t know what does.
Liberals would never support an fundametalist anti-choice Paul except for the division it will bring to the GOP. A Paul independent run will severely hurt the GOP, that is what we’re hoping for.
Comment by William — November 13, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
William - I’d like to know the numbers from RP’s campaign for active duty donations. Most active duty soldiers don’t usually declare their allegiance to a party. I heard that on an ad for RP and thought at the time how stupid it sounded. Wonder why RP isn’t shouting to all that he’s received support from the likes of Google owners, Bill Gates and some of the other leftwingers who’ve donated to his campaign? I’d venture that many of RP’s supporters aren’t and never have been Republicans anyway which is why the polls reflect his low support among Republicans. How exactly will this take away from Republicans since RP is not going to become the Republican candidate. Remember, the candidate will be elected by Republican delegates at the Republican Convention. I actually agree with many of RP’s positions but then that holds true for each of the Republican candidates. However, that doesn’t mean I’d vote for a nutcase like Paul. RP has already stated he would not consider a run as a Libertarian or Independent so ya’ll are SOL.
Comment by Toni — November 13, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2007/07/17/ron-paul-leads-all-08-candidates-with-one-third-of-military-contributions-for-q2/
Comment by William — November 13, 2007 @ 5:05 pm