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- supernovanights, on 02/08/2008, -69/+199I'm definitely in.
Digg me down for this, I don't care, Ron Paul does not "own" jack ***** when it comes to donations. Just because he came up with an idea that helped get him money does not mean that another (and in my opinion, MUCH more reasonable) candidate cannot use similar tactics. Thats like saying when one candidate organizes a sponsorship dinner, another candidate is somehow wrong or infringing upon that candidate's idea. - AtHomeBoy2000, on 02/08/2008, -35/+151I'm in
- SheilaNoya, on 02/08/2008, -26/+102Why wait until February 12th? If you believe in Obama, donate whatever you can now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/yes ... - kahlessreborn, on 02/08/2008, -5/+55To be fair it wasn't Ron Pauls idea his money bombs and he had no help people just decided to do them
- jimmyhoffa2222, on 02/08/2008, -12/+52Glad to see supporters getting together for this. The worst thing possible for Obama is if his supporters become complacent. Hillary & Bill are a political killing machine, it's gonna take millions of people to bury them into the ground. Vote Obama.
- Stonedonkey, on 02/08/2008, -10/+49Each transaction has an overhead -- a surcharge that goes to Mastercard, Visa, et cetera. So the smaller your donation, the more of it will be eaten up by the system. So if you have, say, $20 you want to contribute, the campaign will be better off if you send it all at once, instead of in four chunks plus pennies.
- ncairns, on 02/08/2008, -17/+55An Incomplete List of Things I Hate About Ron Paul, in no particular order:
1. He doesn't believe in evolution.
2. He authored the 'We the People Act'.
3. He opposes net neutrality.
4. He tried to legally define life as beginning at conception.
5. He supports DOMA.
6. He opposes funding stem cell, and just about all, research.
7. He believes in 'the War on Christmas'.
8. He doesn't believe in strict separation of church and state.
9. He thinks the Civil Rights Act was bad legislation.
10. He wants Roe v. Wade overturned.
11. He voted to ban gay adoptions in Washington, DC.
12. He supports teaching Creationism in public schools.
13. He supports bringing back school prayer.
14. He thinks the ED, DoE, EPA, et al., should be abolished.
15. He voted against removing oil industry subsidies.
16. He voted against raising CAFE standards.
17. He voted against expanding alternative energy incentives.
18. He opposes universal health care.
19. He opposes SCHIP.
20. He voted in favor of a border fence.
21. He voted against including 'sexual orientation' as a designation in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
22. He opposed banning drilling in ANWR
I could go on, and on, and on... - Gabberwok, on 02/08/2008, -18/+53Lincoln is good, but Hamilton, Grant and Franklin are better... that said, I'll definitely be donating at least $5 on the 12th. :-D
- FAT_PIGGY, on 02/08/2008, -14/+48I donated $1 to every campaign so i could get all there spam.
- dukeeeey, on 02/08/2008, -56/+89Ron Paul
- r00fus, on 02/08/2008, -9/+38You do realize that Dr. Howard Dean was the true innovator here.
After Dean, the netroots fundraising capabilities were legitimized. - synaesthesia, on 02/08/2008, -22/+51Ron Paulites should be proud- they set a precedent and made enormous segments of the 'internet generation' involved and aware of politics and comfortable with donating online to support their candidate of choice. Now Obama supporters are going to do our best to live up to the precedent set before us and deliver a Money Bomb that will blow Hillary out of the water and set America on a path towards Change!
- tdog138, on 02/08/2008, -2/+30Why does Howard Dean not get any credit for realizing the potential of internet campaigning/donating? I mean, when he was doing it in 2004 he was an actual frontrunner. Got to give the guy some props.
- CthulhuDawn, on 02/08/2008, -2/+27February 12th is also Darwin Day. Donate to Obama to actually fund U.S. scientific advancement!
- thebellmaster1x, on 02/08/2008, -0/+22Compson's right; the Constitution specifically states that it can be revoked in times of "rebellion or invasion." Certainly having half the country leave and go to war with the other half constitutes a rebellion.
Having a dictator in charge of a country thousands of miles away with no direct connection to recent attacks, however, does not constitute an invasion, contrary to what Bush would like you to think. - compson, on 02/08/2008, -1/+23actually howard dean taught everyone that small donors can fund a campaign via the internet.
then the democratic establishment took him down. - kakapu4u, on 02/08/2008, -5/+27I agree. I don't think money bombing and the inevitable comparisons to Ron Paul would do anything to help Obama; the less you have in common with someone with marginal popularity among the voting population, the better. Help Obama by donating on any other day than proposed money bomb days.
- DimensionalPunk, on 02/08/2008, -8/+29Does it look like a blimp?
- cowdudeman88, on 02/08/2008, -20/+39Vote Obama! Don't let us down Maine!
- aschmack, on 02/08/2008, -7/+25Better than Rudy's suggested donation amount.
- twrife, on 02/08/2008, -1/+19their
- skew009, on 02/08/2008, -3/+20This is such a bad idea! Credit card processing fees anyone? The ratio of credit processing fees to donations will be horrible on this one. I suggest you rethink this idea.. It won't help the campaign as much as you think it will.
- dagnabbit, on 02/08/2008, -2/+19Yeah, you may be right. But Barack Obama supported gay rights during his Illinois Senate tenure. He also sponsored legislation in Illinois that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060605-floor_statem ... - RansomHoldiay, on 02/08/2008, -19/+36how about $25 and then an extra $5.01 for good measure.
- Malacandra95, on 02/08/2008, -13/+29Gave some today... but I'll give more on the 12th. I'm making the transition from Edwards, which isn't that hard for me.
- CaptainM4d, on 02/08/2008, -1/+17I'm voting on the 10th! I won't let you guys down!
- rlbond86, on 02/08/2008, -8/+24Ron Paul is against public education. Ron Paul is against abortion. Ron Paul is against net neutrality. Ron Paul is against Stem Cell Research Funding. Ron Paul is against government research spending. Ron Paul is against separation of church and state.
So what if he didn't vote for the Patriot Act or funding the war? Guess what -- Obama voted for the Patriot Act because Democrats made a deal to take out some things; it's a start. He voted to fund the war because you have to do that, you can't force a pullout by cutting funding or the troops run out of supplies and die.
Obama is also ELECTABLE. And maybe you think differently, but voting for an unelectable candidate is a waste of a vote -- just ask Ralph Nader.
I am a democrat. I've always been one. And, believe me when I say this, Ron Paul's policy is the exact opposite of what I want. Less regulation of corporations? No thanks. More state power? I'll pass. Literally NONE of his views match my own. But for single-issue voters like yourself, his policy of a withdrawl on day 1 is enough. - holyreality, on 02/08/2008, -9/+24feb 12 is my birthday.
- compson, on 02/08/2008, -3/+16when lincoln did it, it was constitutional.
- borez, on 02/08/2008, -4/+17I've donated, and I'm not even American.
- sulthernao, on 02/08/2008, -4/+17He supports Civil Unions and full government benefits.
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 02/08/2008, -7/+19I admire your integrity
- synaesthesia, on 02/08/2008, -1/+13In honor of holyreality's birthday, a Money Bomb for Obama!
- u2wedge, on 02/08/2008, -7/+19relevance
- MrWhite7, on 02/08/2008, -12/+24How appropriate, the FIRST American president to circumvent Habeus Corpus.
- louiemantia, on 02/08/2008, -0/+12You mean $1.25
- ph070sh0p, on 02/08/2008, -2/+13Make it $25.05 or $30.6 so its a multiple of 5.01
- dn11, on 02/08/2008, -1/+12Obama is the only candidate i've seen go into a church and tell them directly they need to eradicate homophobia - and i've seen him do it in several speeches
- deanlowe, on 02/08/2008, -1/+11This is obviously a scam started by the credit card companies to get more fees from Obama fans.
- notBrit, on 02/08/2008, -5/+15Looks like you just missed the point.
- allan17, on 02/08/2008, -4/+14Bob Dole! Bob Dole. Bob Dole...
- CannedMango, on 02/08/2008, -0/+10I agree.. win or lose, this generation is going to be politically active for the rest of their lives. The more passionate and informed voters there are, the better it is for the country.
- Eddylee, on 02/08/2008, -2/+12Howard Dean did it first. Get your facts straight.
- underwise, on 02/08/2008, -1/+11I think he is trying to change within the system. He said on the MTV debate that his church recognized gay marriage, so it may be that he personally believes in gay marriage but realizes that in order to get at least some of the same rights for gay couples he needs to make concessions in the form of calling it a civil union
- kipmartin, on 02/08/2008, -6/+15who is Ron Paul? is he running for something?
- NoCt1, on 02/08/2008, -4/+13RP isnt in the race bro.. look at the stats.. so far my left nut has more votes than he does... And AND Just me and your mom and your GF voted for my left nut
- archiesteel, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10So far Obama has received a much more positive response from moderates and even Republicans. He's a much less divisive figure than Hillary.
- StormCommander, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10He's technically right, but you're right about how people freak out and then are hypocrites
- iofthestorm, on 02/08/2008, -12/+20Well, first of all part of the hate is because of the stupid spammers who were gaming digg before, and also, his ideas are interseting but would ultimately fail in the modern global economy. Isolationism, no thanks, and gold standard would only cause crazy instability in the value of the dollar.
- HyperZiper, on 02/08/2008, -24/+32Difference is... the Paul campaign was straight up grassroots. aka. The People.
Let Obama keep the troops until 2012, and let's get a tax increase as well. -
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