Tag: presidential election
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ron paul on the tonight show with jay leno
from free market news: The reviews are in on GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s appearance on the Tonight Show. Posters at LewRockwell.com and DailyPaul.com write that the show was a success for Ron Paul. He was relaxed, humorous and apparently in his element. Jay Leno was prepped, courteous and ipnterested. From a campaign standpoint, Ron…
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ron paul wins another gop fox debate
from free market news: Fox news TV and radio star Sean Hannity once again contradicted a clear victory by presidential candidate Ron Paul of Fox’s own post-debate poll in the aftermath of Sunday night’s Fox-sponsored GOP presidential debate. The post-debate poll showed that Ron Paul won with 34 percent of the viewer vote. At one…
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cnbc learns not to ‘mess with’ ron paul
from raw story: CNBC Washington correspondent John Harwood asked former Representative Joe Scarborough on Tuesday to tell him what Rep. Ron Paul is really like, because he’s been amazed to discover lately that “if you mess with Ron Paul on television or online, you are going to feel the wrath of some serious followers.” Harwood…
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ron paul draws more liberal praise
from baltimore sun: The umbrella group Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, whose members include such progressive groups as the Service Employees Union International and MoveOn.org Political Action, issued a laudatory shout out today to Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the libertarian Republican presidential candidate: While Crowded Field of Republicans Follow Bush Over Cliff on Iraq…
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ron paul fundraising increases 114% in 3rd quarter
from ron paul 2008: The Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign raised $5,080,000 during the third quarter of 2007. That is an impressive 114 percent increase from the second quarter. Cash on hand for the Paul campaign is $5,300,000. “Dr. Paul’s message is freedom, peace and prosperity,” said Paul campaign chairman Kent Snyder. “As these fundraising…
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thomas friedman: 9/11 is over
from new york times: Not long ago, the satirical newspaper The Onion ran a fake news story that began like this: “At a well-attended rally in front of his new ground zero headquarters Monday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani officially announced his plan to run for president of 9/11. ‘My fellow citizens of…
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ron paul surpasses $1m in donations in less than a week
from digg: Was $1 million too conservative a figure? Make my day, impress the media, and set all our opponents back on their heels, by shooting past $1 million before Midnight on Sunday, September 30! How high can we go? $1.5 million? Donate here. And from the bottom of my heart: Thank you! Sincerely, Ron
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ron paul & the pbs debate
from paul4prez: The other top tier Republican candidates decided not to address the concerns of African American and Latino voters for a prime time national audience, but Ron Paul never passes up an opportunity to talk about freedom to any audience. Host Tavis Smiley and a distinguished panel of minority journalists asked a wide array…
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msnbc: ron paul has become ‘an internet sensation’
from raw story: MSNBC’s David Shuster marvelled on Tuesday that anti-war libertarian Rep. Ron Paul “has managed to develop a huge fan base online … especially among college students” in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. There are almost 30,000 Ron Paul videos on YouTube, and Paul has more than 64,000 friends on MySpace.…
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bush quietly advising hillary
from examiner: President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president. In an interview for the new book “The Evangelical President,” White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten said Bush has “been urging candidates: ‘Don’t…
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‘ron paul girl’
from post chronicle: Well, another day, another girl stripping for her favorite presidential candidate. Ron Paul Girl, however, is a bit different. While Obama girl, Giuliani Girls and that HotforHil chick made music videos for their fav presidential candidates, Ron Paul Girl made a different video.
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utah turnout wows ron paul
from salt lake tribune: More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday at the Union Pacific Depot in Salt Lake City to rally behind U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul, an obstetrician from Texas, was impressed with the turnout. “Wow. If they only knew you existed over in Washington, they’d…
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ron paul wins ‘text messaging vote’ at fox news debate
from raw story: Republican iconoclast Ron Paul (R-TX) won a text messaging poll directly following the Fox News Republican debate last night. Paul, who has polled poorly in national surveys, has a tremendous following online. His supporters have been instrumental in demonstrating his strength on popular news voting sites like Digg.com and Reddit.com. The Texas…
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ron paul raises more than entire texas gop
from free market news: Sources close to the Ron Paul (R-Tex) presidential campaign point out gleefully that in a single night Ron Paul took in more money – $102,000 – than the entire GOP apparatus did with its convoluted “first ever” straw poll – $97,500. The recent Texas straw poll reportedly charged $75 a head…
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paul backers make their presence known
from star-telegram: Rep. Ron Paul wasn’t there for most of the first day of the Republican straw poll Friday, but his presence was felt everywhere. In the “Ron Paul” placards people carried throughout downtown. In the T-shirt likeness of him that supporters wore around the Fort Worth Convention Center. In the signs posted in front…