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Ron Paul asked for $500k in a week. He got $1 million in six days.

ronpaul2008.com — Amazing!!! The Ron Paul campaign beats both Edwards and Richardson to a million dollars in the last week of fundraising!

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  • diggomaniac, on 10/10/2007, -11/+99Ron Paul WILL be President in 2008!
    • CowboyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -24/+5You ARE going to be dissapointed.
      • futureinmind, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17We got our first msm slave.
      • NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8We're already disappointed, that's why Ron Paul is getting so much support.

        -jcr
    • EndersGame, on 10/10/2007, -5/+13Pfft, Ron Paul only has a few loyal fans that are spamming his campaign with dollars.
      • NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7He's either got one fan with a millions bucks, or a million fans with one dollar. ;-)

        -jcr
  • Daedalos, on 10/10/2007, -4/+69He's been making money faster than John Edwards.
    It's Revolution, Baby!
  • spudlyo, on 10/10/2007, -5/+57It's pretty clear he's going to reach the $1,000,000 mark with a day to spare. I gave $250.00 earlier today and have been on and off watching the dollars roll in all day. Right now we're at $984,693.00. Go Internet grass roots political movement of DAETH!!1
    • expert01, on 10/10/2007, -7/+10I would have donated, but I have absolutely no money and no credit/debit card. And when I get paid Friday, it's all going towards rent, insurance, car tune-up, and debt.
      • COINTELPROAgent, on 10/10/2007, -14/+2Oh boo-hoo, cry me a river. Did it ever cross your mind that you can sell your car for some cash? If that's too much to ask for your Liberty and the Ron Paul revolution then I am sad for you.

        Real Ron Paul supporters give. Go Ron Paul!!!
        • COINTELPROAgent, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3I've put up over 20 signs in my town alone. I spend all my free time working on this. If he can't bother to look under his couch cushions for spare change for the Revolution then he is a hypocrite.

          Ron Paul needs real supporters. Ron Paul ftw!
          • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Are you really a Ron Paul supporter?
          • COINTELPROAgent, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Hell no. I just wanted to see how far I could take it!
      • cranium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Not to worry, bro. I doubled my donation for ya.
  • davidg11, on 10/10/2007, -3/+37Site just crashed again!
    • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33I cant say that i've ever been happier to see a page crash! It's a great sign!!!!!
    • bizchris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Seriously, how many of us are in tech? Can't we give him a practically crash-proof page?
  • CasaWood, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37A little early but less than $9.000 as I type. This is so good it is GREAT! The revolution is not just cyber, it is real and the MSM and RNC will hear the thunder of the Ron Paul Revolution and be struck by the lightning!
    • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18It's over $1,004,000!!!!!! and counting!!!
      • AKBryant54, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11It's over 9000!!!!!!
        • moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Actually, it has been for a while now...

          Sorry to disappoint.
        • zweben, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1It's over 900,000!!!!!!!!
  • ThaddeusB, on 10/10/2007, -2/+61It's Official. $1MIL hit at 10:30est
    • checkonomics, on 10/10/2007, -18/+2all that money... gone to waste
  • mezzanoitaliano, on 10/10/2007, -1/+44He did it!
  • NightVortez, on 10/10/2007, -3/+42It just hit a million, touche paul.
  • mezzanoitaliano, on 10/10/2007, -3/+39He did it!
  • spudlyo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+53Wow. Big push at the end to make $1,000,000. It was at 997k when it flipped to 1m -- must have been a lot of donors right at the end.

    1 day, 1 hour, 33 minutes remaining!

    • CarlDeen, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5I wanted to be the one to make it reach $1 million.
  • Bossy, on 10/10/2007, -5/+114It must be those 3% people hitting donate button again and again.

    /sarcasm.
  • Zimmychonga, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38Congrats Dr. Paul!!
  • UtahApocalyse, on 10/10/2007, -6/+57Were not just spammers
    • Ulisses, on 10/10/2007, -47/+6You're also ugly as *****.
      • RP08, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Okay Useless, If that is your real name, why don't you go back to your kindergarten class and play with your little friends.. I'm sure they can come up with better names to call people for you. What about poopyhead? Your comment is THE most useless comment I have ever seen on digg, Useless.
      • cranium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, but our ugliness is just on the outside, yours is on the inside too, you poor thing.
  • EvilEngineer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+50We put our money were are mouths are. Woot 1 million in 6 days.
    • clintontj72, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Technically less than 6 days...we should get the total at the one day left mark!
      • mezzanoitaliano, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Someone grab it in 45 minutes, I'm going out to celebrate;-)
  • moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -5/+35Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! *Insert Final Fantasy Victory Music*
  • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+32I've gotta ask... who the hell donated the 65 cents?!
    • FAT_PIGGY, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9lol
      • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6The whole time people were doing weird numbers like that only for someone to straighten it out by taking it up to the next dollar.
    • mezzanoitaliano, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28Heh, a lot of people are donating 17.76 to combat Rudy's $9.11 fund raiser.......or they just want to throw in random change, it all helps!
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14It worked on me. I'm not ready to donate another $100, but what's $17.76... So I did.
  • Influsion, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28Time to party with a pizza! oh wait, no money.
  • bryanedds, on 10/10/2007, -7/+73For every time they call us spammers,
    For every time they say we can't win,
    For each lie and ad hominem,
    They give us reason to donate again!
  • sparrowkc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+55Yes, but those are just "internet dollars". They are a lot like "internet supporters".

    OH SNAP!!!
  • goarmy06, on 10/10/2007, -7/+59Go Ron Paul!!

    U.S. Army for RP!
    • rudyghouliani, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28I wonder how much our lads in uniform donated? This Iraq ***** is going to end!
      • goarmy06, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Ron Paul actually had more military contributions than ANY candidate!!!

        Awesome, huh?
      • erasedgod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well, I can attest to $50.
  • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -3/+65128 diggs in 1hr 36min and its still not at the front page.
    • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -4/+40That's just because the same one person dugg it 134 times!! Dont you watch fox news?!?! They explain it perfectly!!

      [/facetious]
    • sparrowkc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28Don't question the algorithm.
    • Influsion, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Not suprised. There must an artificial threshold on the keywords Ron and Paul. That or a massive stunt by Edwards, Giuliani and Richardson's Bury Brigade.
    • Bossy, on 10/10/2007, -4/+26It's pretty obvious Digg has set a custom filter for Ron Paul stories little high. I mean, there are more Apple, Microsoft, Linux, and picture stories and yet they instantaneously make it to the front page.
      • jbrownfield, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22For all the accusations RP supporters spamming Digg, there are a quite a few people who auto-bury RP stories (but that's ok, by their logic, I guess).

        Ron Paul supporters are for real! Go Ron Paul!
    • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16154 in 1hr 43min. still not up yet.
      • ThaddeusB, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7201 n 1Hr 52mins, still not "popular"
    • pkfx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12236 diggs and STILL not on the front page!
  • tangledupblues, on 10/10/2007, -4/+45I hope the big media is able to swallow this one...
    • sparrowkc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26The point is that this one is being force fed to them.
  • insane11, on 10/10/2007, -3/+54I wonder what excuse Hannity can come up with for this.
    • jdh24, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23They used dollars more than once!!! AHSSCKLSKW!!!!!!
      • jbrownfield, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Or it was in Canadian dollars.... no, wait, their higher than.... AAARRRRGGGG!!!
  • samschoice, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28Go Ron Paul!
  • DustarForgash, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37Damn RonBots spamming donations. ;p
    Go Ron Paul! Go!
  • bryanedds, on 10/10/2007, -3/+39Success is the best revenge after all!
  • Kacela, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38Amaizing results for a worthy statesman like Ron Paul!
  • werdd, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36LIVE TO WIN RON PAUL 2008!
  • dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41I put 50 to his cause. I figured if I support him I need to actually support him financially. I know my money isn't a lot but its better then saying I support him while not I don't do anything except click on "I Digg It".
  • clintontj72, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30iill he just did it in less than 6 days...now at $1,009,347.65 with 1 hr 4 mins 24 secs until the 6 day mark!
  • Ebacherville, on 10/10/2007, -3/+39RON PAUL and the counter is still ticking ,, i say we shoot for 1.5 million!
    • macman2k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15It would only take 217 donations of $2300 tomorrow.
      • CarlDeen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9From 10:00AM until 11:15PM the donations were $192,382. That is $17,367 per hour. I have noticed that after midnight the donations trickle. So say that rate could hold for the other 16 hours tomorrow. That would $277,876. Another quarter of million. I would like to go for it.
  • KF6BBL, on 10/10/2007, -2/+41Think of the most influential person you have direct contact with, and educate them about Ron Paul. Then someone that has a job that deals with a lot of people and educate them. Your job is to help Dr. Paul reach the people that are not as plugged into the `internets` as ourselves.
    • MrXfromPlanetX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This is damn good advice. I sent a Ron Paul DVD to my grandma.
  • basilbub, on 10/10/2007, -4/+47Awesome news!
    I donated $10.....(first time in my 35 years of life that I've EVER donated anything to a candidate.)
    10 bucks isn't much, but I figure if just 3% of the US population donated 10 bucks, Paul would have about 90 million in the bank...

    Keep it rolling in.....
    • dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7***** I meant to click on Digg It but I clicked on Bury. My apology.
    • NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I did some volunteer work for Ed Clark, but Ron's the first candidae I've ever donated money to.

      -jcr
    • MrXfromPlanetX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Same here. I dropped my college class for the quarter so I can spend more time helping the Ron Paul Campaign. I also donated tuition to the campaign. I carry cards for my meetup group, and hand them out with Ron Paul slimjims. I wear my Ron Paul T-Shirt when I'm out and about, and if people ask me who Ron Paul is, I hand them information.

      ronpaul2008.com
      ronpaul.meetup.com
      dailypaul.com
  • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29I love the fireworks in the background!
  • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -7/+49THAT'S IT!! ***** DIGG!! I'm sick of all this goddamn censorship *****!!
    • omgitsfletch, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21It's not censorship, it's just a high filter on Ron Paul stories since there are so many of them. But as the Digg count is showing, this is a BIG story, and it should meet the high requirements to hit main page. Be patient buddy!
    • thecolor11, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Hey, don't worry we get to see Paris Hilton on the front page with ~30 diggs.
    • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14202 diggs, 1hr 52 min. unbelievable. not on the front page.
      • thecolor11, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Make that 242 diggs in 2hr 2min. This is crazy. The Paris story made it in 31diggs after 8hrs.
      • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3There are a lot more users on Digg than their used to be, plus there are a LOT of Ron Paul stories, so Im sure the Ron Paul filter has been cranked up a few notches, or all of digg's top 10 would be Ron paul this and Ron Paul that...

        Isnt this guy a Republican? Am I missing something? Aren't they the ones that have been ***** up the country for over 6 or so years?
        • asands84, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yes, you're missing something. A lot of something.
    • compulsive1, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18I think it's the high number of people burying this story that prevents it from coming up to the front page. It's a subversive tactic employed by competing campaigns.
      A few days ago there was a quickly raising RP story with a cool hip-hop video on youtube and within a few minutes it just dropped out from every page- even the upcoming section.
      That one must have really made them feel uneasy. Hip-hop is supposed to be the domain of Hillary and Obama supporters.
    • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I like Digg, i really do!! It is an amazing experiment in Web 2.0 democracy!!
      However, if the Digg Algorithm can't recognize this stories popularity, then WTF?!?!
    • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -14/+2THAT'S BECAUSE ALL YOU ASSHOLES ARE RUINING IT BY POSTING 400 OF THE SAME ***** STORIES...DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. GIVE IT A ***** REST FOR A SECOND.

      + You have no clue how many people are burying it at the same time your digging it. You are doing it to yourselves...it's not the Digg machine. morons
  • killaspike, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30FREEDOM 2008!
  • ThaddeusB, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3030 mins after hitting $1,000,000 donations are already up to $1,011,000! Impressive!
  • OutThisLife, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36Why isn't this on the front page yet?
  • rwel5596, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30way to go Ron! we're all behind you buddy. The media can not ignore the numbers.
    • macman2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Not to be pesimistic, but they can. With BS like "10M is nothing compared to the 100M that the other candidates have raised... " The media ignores / minimizes BIG news all the time. Here is hoping that they don't ignore it.
    • MrXfromPlanetX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Even if they do we have to keep fighting. Get Ron Paul information out to as many people as you can.

      Hit as many comment boards as you can. Pick an issue where Ron Paul represents the people like protecting our rights to take vitamin supplements, and hear about their benefits. Then see if there are any blogs where you can tell people about Ron Paul where Ron Paul stands. We can email vitamin companies to let them know. That's just one example.

      Be sure you join a Ron Paul meetup group in your area.

      ronpaul.meetup.com
  • bryanedds, on 10/10/2007, -4/+47I think this goes to show that the more negative energy THEY throw at us (those in the MSM and here at DIGG), the more we turn it into positive energy! Our ability to take the lies and ad hominem that they throw at us and turn it into something postive is a part of our driving force. THEY are just a bunch of reactionaries full of negative energy. Not much productive can be done with that negative energy. One can sit around and grouse and throw ones ***** at other people with negative energy... But when positive people like Ron Paul supporters use it to fuel their positive energy... actions of these reactionaries have the opposite of their intended effect!

    Their words are just hot air. And with that hot air, we use it float our balloon even higher! When everything they try only emboldens us more.... Well, that's what you call a REVOLUTION!

    VIVA LA LIBERTE!!!!
  • cjpro, on 10/10/2007, -3/+46This has over 200 diggs...it should be on the front page by now. Please don't tell me Digg is censoring again!
    • swagled, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Maybe because the source is shown as the official campaign site, it has a very high threshold
    • cjpro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3404: Article Not Found (On Front Page) http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1461565946 ...
    • NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4That's not digg censoring "again", it's digg censoring "still".

      Looks like Digg's owners are dyed-in-the-wool democrats, and they'll do what they can to pretend that Ron Paul doesn't have any support.

      -jcr
  • katie212, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36 Oh how I Love Ron Paul supporters. This is one hell of a fun Revolution guys! Ron Paul in 2008!!
  • MaxPowerxWa, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27WHOOOOOOOO!!! KEEP IT GOING!

    RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!
  • KramerDSP, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48I posted this in another thread, but I feel it says everything I need to say, so I'll post it again in this one:

    Ron Paul supporters raised $1,000,000 dollars in six days ? All of it online ?? With virtually NO overhead costs ??? Let me get this straight. Ron Paul was able to fundraise a million dollars in 6 days, beating John Edwards, who had a 3 day head start, and Richardson ?

    Wait a minute! I thought the media said we were just a bunch of "spammers"! People, wake up! Stop letting the media tell you how to think! You have got to be asking yourselves why there is so much buzz around Dr. Ron Paul and his message of freedom. Please do your research, and find out what Dr. Paul's positions are on a variety of issues. I think you will be pleasantly surprised that it's actually everyone else running for president that are the radicals! Ron Paul for President 2008. It's time to shock the world and stop the welfare/warfare state!
    • macman2k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This fund raising success will make more people believe in Ron Paul and therefore more people will donate because they know that their $100 is combining with 1000's of others who are also contributing. No one wants to give money to a candidate that doesn't have much support because it is more likely to be "waisted". That perception is changing and will only accelerate Ron Paul's drive. He just needs to keep his funding raising numbers public and real time to keep people motivated.
    • CarlDeen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9We are spamming the donation page.
  • ThaddeusB, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30246 diggs & 81 comments and no front page yet. Perhaps it is getting dugg too much, too fast, and the algorithm is confused?
    • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Or its been buried too much as well?
  • cujothekitten, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Woot! Ron Paul 2008 here we come!
  • jcims, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36What's the record for diggs before hitting the front page?
    • omgitsfletch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20256 and counting?
    • OutThisLife, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Don't question diggs system:
      http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4899/roflnx7.jp ... (2 diggs front page)
      • dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Is that a real screen shot?
        • OutThisLife, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yes. Yes it is. MSPaint jpg compression messed w/ the colours.
        • dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Well OutthisLife that is just depressing then :(. Thanks for the quick response.
    • radicaldementia, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28this is pretty ridiculous. I've been critical of Ron Paul stories that were more spam than news, but THIS is real news and deserves the front page.
    • cjpro, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Record for diggs before hitting the front page? Let's all remember when Digg shut off the system for promoting stories during the HD-DVD chaos...
  • yoshimaroka, on 10/10/2007, -3/+49Well I found out about Ron Paul because of Digg. The constant RP stories do get annoying, but at least there is an outlet for people to find out about the message.

    Howard Dean become a media darling (until the Dean Scream).
    However, Ron will be trashed by the MSM because he threatens the military-industrial complex, the medical-industrial complex…etc.

    This truly is the beginning of something. The message of freedom is spreading everywhere; The other Republican candidates have even begun to use Ron Paul's own message in the debates.
  • xuxubear, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36still one more day to go guys! donate!
    • omgitsfletch, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Bury every front page article that is NOT this story. Digg needs to make this ***** hit front page, THIS IS REAL RON PAUL NEWS FOR ONCE.
      • rpi22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Actually, if you do that it shows a bias which WILL be counted against every vote you ever do from now on. They look at that stuff as part of their algorithm... I wouldnt recommend it.
  • Dimalinch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I just Donated $50! Lets see the MSM try to dismiss Ron this time.
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