 Ron
Paul's Campaign: So
Poorly Understood By
All
Ron Paul is running
a campaign that most
seemed doomed to
misunderstand
because it is so
unusual. Ron Paul is
not running a
traditional
campaign, nor is he
attracting the
traditional
supporters, in fact,
Ron Paul is
attracting those
that have never been
attracted to
politics at all.
That is because Ron
Paul just makes
sense. He is the man
for the people, the
real people not the
corporations, or the
big lobbyists, but
you and me.
The media seems to
have no idea that
the common man is
not pleased with the
political system, so
they try very hard
to fit the Paul
campaign phenomena
in old boxes that do
not fit in this
case. It can be
quite amusing. The
funniest thing to
watch is the media
trying to explain
these big money
bombs that Ron Paul
has brought in. The
first one came on
November 5, and
brought in $4.3
million a figure
that had every
analyst scratching
their heads and
every candidate
trying to copy the
move.
The second one came
on December 16 and
brought in over $6
million dollars.
Dennis Kucinich put
on his own "money
bomb" that he
thought would bring
in millions and
instead it brought
in less than
$150,000. They all
seem to think that
it is the "concept"
of the money bomb
that is what did the
trick. For this
reason, many
mainstream outlets
are searching
desperately for the
mastermind behind
these money bombs
and have settled on
Trevor Lyman, a man
who agreed to help
with the website. So
the media thinks it
now has its
explantion for why
Ron Paul did so well
- he had a marketing
genius behind him.
Not so. Not even
close. The Ron Paul
phenomena is a
phenomena because
Americans are
clamoring for Ron
Paul's message. What
they fail to
understand is that
neither fund raising
day was Mr. Lyman's
idea, in fact,
Trevor Lyman had
very little to do
with either day,
(even he will admit
it) all he did was
design and maintain
a website, it took
the work of
multitudes to make
the days successful.
In other words, he
was just one of
thousands of cogs in
the whole "money
bomb" machine.
To advertise these
two huge donation
days, unknown
numbers of Ron
Paul's supporters
made videos, emailed
who knows how many
people, discussed
the ideas in their
Meetup groups and
generally told every
single Ron Paul
supporter: donate on
day X. That is how
it was done folks.
No mastermind. No
top down management.
No input from the
campaign. Just a
good old fashioned
game of telephone
where one person
told two people who
told two people who
told two people etc.
(and maybe a few
people who told five
or ten thousand
people). That is how
the Ron Paul
campaign is run: it
is not run at all.
It is just regular
Americans who want
to see this man win.
Ron Paul received
over ten million
dollars just because
a few people told a
few people who told
a few people and
everyone who
supports him came
running to help:
that is how much
support he has.
Ron Paul's
supporters are
desperate to bring
their candidate to
the White House.
They see what both
parties have done to
them and they are
sick of it. On
Sunday, December
16th, Ron Paul's
supporters decided
to celebrate
anniversary of the
Boston Tea Party by
helping their
candidate. What
happened? Over
53,000 people
donated and brought
in a stunning six
million dollars
plus. This dollar
figure broke all
records and yet the
mainstream media
made hardly a peep
about it. This day
cannot be attributed
to the genius of any
one person, this
happened because the
American people are
sick of what they
are seeing and in
Ron Paul they see
hope. They see a man
who speaks the truth
and will not steal
from them, he wants
to return their
dignity to them and
stop the IRS
completely because
no one has the right
to see your finances
or to make you work
for them. You own
your labor, every
bit of it.
Ron Paul believes
that people should
have freedom in this
country, something
we have gotten used
to living without.
For example, today's
gamblers are so
desperate to get the
government off of
their backs, they
are willing to give
up tons of liberty
and freedom just to
be able to gamble
online again without
any pesky questions
of legality, indeed
they are practicly
selling their souls
to get that right
back. Well, they
shouldn't have to
agree to pay
unlimited fees to
the government and
be subject to
regulations that
violate privacy and
dignity just to be
able to do what a
free society would
let them do with no
strings attached.
Ron Paul agrees. He
thinks that people's
lives, their very
lives, belong to
them and not to the
government. This
idea attracts nearly
everyone who hears
it. Of course those
who are on the
receiving end of the
government's
thievery are not too
happy with Ron Paul.
They attack every
chance they get and
call him a kook and
try to pretend that
the world of limited
government and the
return of liberty
that Ron Paul is
discussing is a
crazy new concept.
(That newfound
concept is what
started this
country).
After bringing in
the biggest cash
haul ever in one
day, the mainstream
media made nary a
peep about it. Can
you imagine? Had any
other man broken a
record this
stupendous and
brought in six
million dollars by
doing nothing except
accepting money that
his supporters lined
up to give him, the
media wouldn't stop
talking about it.
When you stop and
consider, it really
is a remarkable feat
- being so popular
that your supporters
don't have to be
asked for money,
they line up to give
it to you (at one
point during the day
the servers at the
Ron Paul
headquarters were
running so far
behind all the
donations the donors
had to wait to be
able to donate - and
they did!) This is a
big story here
folks. The story of
how Americans are
fed up and when
offered a way out
they are running
towards it as fast
as they can. Either
the corporate media
are too bought and
paid for, or they
are too ignorant,
but whatever the
reason, they kept
quiet. Oh, a few
reported the facts,
but almost none made
a big deal out of
what was a very big
deal! Just one more
reason to read
Gambling911.
Sometimes it seems
like this site has
more integrity than
the New York Times!
Speaking of which,
coming up in the
next few days if all
goes well, one lone
Ron Paul supporter,
Mr. Lawrence W.
Lepard will be
spending his own
money to run a full
page ad in the New
York Times so those
readers can finally
hear about the real
Ron Paul. (Actually,
this ad is more of a
letter to the
American people and
he will be running
it in ten New
Hampshire newspapers
as well.) He is
spending his own
money, all by
himself to help Ron
Paul. Now that is a
man that deserves
your admiration and
credit!
Will Ron Paul win
the nomination? No
one knows. But he
sure has a lot of
supporters out
there. In fact,
nearly 25,000 of the
donations on
December 16th came
from new supporters,
which shows his
campaign is still
gaining a lot of
ground. With the
primaries almost
here it is anyone's
guess whether he can
gather enough
support to in time
to win the
nomination, but he
is sure making it
race worth watching.
If you would like to
find out more about
Ron Paul you can
visit his website
www.RonPaul2008.com
or
www.LewRockwell.com
and look on the home
page for the Ron
Paul section.
Nothing teaches you
more about a man
than to read decades
of his writings. Ron
Paul is the most
consistent man
running in this
campaign and has
been fighting for
our rights for two
decades in Congress
- if a bill does not
pass the
Constitutional smell
test Ron Paul votes
against it. You will
see. Go to Lew
Rockwell's website
and do some reading
and then see how you
feel about Ron Paul.
-----
Jennifer Reynolds,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
December 23, 2007
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