[lbo-talk] Ron Paul raises $6 mil in 24 hr period

[B.]

[It's not the "hipsters" so much as the
white-and-overweight-and-in-the-tech-sector boho Wired
types, I'm starting to think. Not the same folks that
were into Dean. And a scattering of other mutually
incompatible followings, from the "US foreign policy
trumps everything, including Paul's obnoxious stances
on abortion and the N. American Union" to colloidal
silver Y2K survivalists. With exceptions. -B.]

Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort
Sun Dec 16, 11:58 PM ET

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters
raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term
Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.

Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much
money as possible on the Internet in one day. The
campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2
million.

At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million,
according to the campaign Web site. Those donations
are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign
spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median
donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the
idea of Paul supporters who are not officially
connected to the campaign.

Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the
country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of
the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of
the Boston Tea Party.

The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned
on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul."
The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp,
another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on
Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire
before the Jan. 8 primary there.

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