Ron Paul Supporters Run Full Page Ad in USA Today

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http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=51343

 

Ron Paul Supporters Run Full Pg Ad in USA Today Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com

 

On either November 20, or 21, USA Today will be running a full-page, black and white ad in support of the campaign of presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Tex), currently titled "An Open Letter to the American People."

 

The ad will be paid for by a wealthy Ron Paul supporter in Massachusetts who will be placing the ad on his own behalf and is not associated with the official campaign. The graphic design work is being provided out of NH, and the ad concept is the brain work of the team at www.ronpaulforums.com, sources said.

 

The black and white ad will emphasize the constitutional nature of the Ron Paul campaign and the foundations of his small-government, anti-tax and anti-foreign entanglements perspective.

 

Answers.com profiles USA Today as follows: “USA TODAY is the #1 daily newspaper in the US, with a circulation of 2.3 million. First published in 1982, it is available throughout the country and through international editions; the paper also published news on its popular Web site. … More than 60% of its paid circulation comes from newsstands, vending machines, and hotels. USA TODAY is owned by #1 newspaper publisher Gannett.”

 

Cost of the ad?

 

Approx: $168,600

 

 

[wiffleball 4,797]

Your pronoun doesn't match your noun and it makes my head hurt.

[BLS 315]

your pronouns don't match your nouns. And it makes my head hurt.

 

 

I didn't write the piece. Sorry.

[NorthernVike 2,102]

[Sho Nuff 720]

And this is what is wrong with our system of electing leaders.

Its all about money.

 

Im not saying this because its about Paul (id be more likely to support him than just about any candidate on either side)...its about our elections.

 

What kind of focked up society are we that someone would spend 168,000 to get someone elected.

How much do each of these candidates raise just to try and get the party nomination?

Then how much once they have the nomination?

 

So much money spent...and then we complain about what issues are messed up in this country?

Why does it cost so much? Its pointless.

 

And donations like this are made for one reason...for those little favors that the guy might get if Paul is elected.

Just like everyone whines about Bush's cronies making money...they get the gigs because they spend the $$$ to get him elected.

Its why these people donate...to get something in return if elected.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

And this is what is wrong with our system of electing leaders.

Its all about money.

 

Im not saying this because its about Paul (id be more likely to support him than just about any candidate on either side)...its about our elections.

 

What kind of focked up society are we that someone would spend 168,000 to get someone elected.

How much do each of these candidates raise just to try and get the party nomination?

Then how much once they have the nomination?

 

So much money spent...and then we complain about what issues are messed up in this country?

Why does it cost so much? Its pointless.

 

And donations like this are made for one reason...for those little favors that the guy might get if Paul is elected.

Just like everyone whines about Bush's cronies making money...they get the gigs because they spend the $$$ to get him elected.

Its why these people donate...to get something in return if elected.

 

Slo Nuff likes it better when some radical raghead Cleric chooses the President, ala Iran.

[Angry White Male 0]

Ron Paul is a RINO.

[NorthernVike 2,102]

Ron Paul is a RINO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BLS 315]

Ron Paul is a RINO.

 

Still having trouble learning, huh?

[BLS 315]

And this is what is wrong with our system of electing leaders.

Its all about money.

 

Im not saying this because its about Paul (id be more likely to support him than just about any candidate on either side)...its about our elections.

 

What kind of focked up society are we that someone would spend 168,000 to get someone elected.

How much do each of these candidates raise just to try and get the party nomination?

Then how much once they have the nomination?

 

So much money spent...and then we complain about what issues are messed up in this country?

Why does it cost so much? Its pointless.

 

And donations like this are made for one reason...for those little favors that the guy might get if Paul is elected.

Just like everyone whines about Bush's cronies making money...they get the gigs because they spend the $$$ to get him elected.

Its why these people donate...to get something in return if elected.

 

You know what? I totally agree.

That is what I HATE about politics.

I happen to know the guy who donated the Ad.

He won't be asking for anything from Ron Paul.

First off, he wouldn't get it anyway...it would be pointless to try.

2nd, he cares THAT much about fixing what's wrong in this country...and he's loaded.

 

In case you wondered why I can say that about point one:

 

Interview with a Washington Lobbyist : Why we don’t like Ron Paul

Posted in Political Thoughts | Friday, November 9th, 2007 | Trackback

 

I had the honor of interviewing a currently employed Washington Lobbyist that owns one of the top 15 Lobbyist firms in Washington, he represents many industries, with a knack for securing high tech firms.

 

The name of the lobbyist has been changed for his protection in this post.

 

AB SMITH is a Washington Lobbyist, his firm has been working in Washington for nearly 30 years. When asked during the interview why are many of the Washington Insiders not happy with Ron Paul, his answers were at first standard, then came the dirty stuff. It was worth every minute on the phone with him to get the real story.

 

Political Opinions: How long have you been working in Washington?

 

AB SMITH: A long time, nearly 30 years in this field. Most of our clients tend to be tech clients, but I do consider ourselves one of the top 15 firms in terms of getting things done in Washington in this area.

 

Political Opinions: What do you think about Ron Paul?

 

AB SMITH: That’s a loaded question, I think his campaign is highly efficient in terms of money collected vs money spent.

 

Political Opinions: You’ve been in Washington a long time, you even start to sound like those guys (laugh) common tell me what you think about Ron Paul, not just the dance around answer.

 

AB SMITH: (laugh) Look, Ron Paul is a problem for a bunch of us. It’s not that he doesn’t take the money, his campaign pretty stated that he will take money from everyone, but he doesn’t care why you donate… he takes the money and pretty much stated “if you are too stupid to know what I stand for, then you deserve to have your money taken from your pocket”

 

Political Opinions: How does the process work in your industry.

 

AB SMITH: You agree that my name isn’t going to be on article?

 

Political Opinions: Yep… it’s agreed… if I published.. I would never get another story from you again.. so it’s in both our interests.

 

AB SMITH: Put it this way, legally, I could donate an unlimited amount of money to anyone I want. I will give you a generic example, a law is in the process of taxing computers. Some environmental group is stating that the additional costs of recycling a computer is costly and that the people buying them should pay a 10% additional tax to cover the costs. They hired a lobbyist firm to make their cause and now there is a percentage of congress that is on board with this. Now we got tech firms calling us right and left (in this example). The problem is the law states that I can only donate a $5,000 or so per company. IE: The company can only donate $5,000 to a politician. But the system is so freaking backwards that when something like a tax on computers show up in congress that I could spend huge amounts of money for my lobby effort. In this example, I want to stress that this isn’t happening.. it’s just an example of how much money I could gather in about 8 hours if I needed it for this or that effort. In this case, I would just inform a counterpart of this problem, and they would address their client… within a day I start the ball rolling to have millions of dollars in Washington…

 

The key is not to have the checks come from my office, the key is to have it come from other like minded areas. So in reality, I generally call another Lobbyist that represents the firm in question.

 

I would get $5,000 from AOL because they want to continue to throw that ‘buy AOL now icon on your desktop)

I would get another $5,000 from Intel because they want to continue to sell processors

I would get another $5,000 from AMD because they want to continue to sell processors

I would get another $5,000 from Microsoft because they want to sell Vista

I would get another $5,000 from Norton, because they want to sell their anti-virus stuff

I would get another $5,000 from Valve, because they want to sell video games

I would get another $5,000 from CDW, because they want to sell more products

I would get another $5,000 from Google, because they want more people to visit their site

I would get another $5,000 from Ebay, because they want more people to buy stuff from their site

I would get another $5,000 from Yahoo, because they want more people to visit their site.

I would get another $5,000 from Redhat, because they want to sell more servers

 

The funny thing is I didn’t even get to the computer manufacturers yet…

 

I would get another $5,000 from Dell so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from HP so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from Apple so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from local firm ABZ so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from regional firm ACB so their product isn’t taxed

 

When all is said and done, my 8 hours of effort (1 business day) I could have anywhere between 5-10 million… all in $5,000 dollar donations from all the industries and firms that touch the PC.

 

Political Opinions : Woah, you thought of that list off the top of your head in 2 seconds?

 

AB SMITH: What do you think I do for a living?

 

Political Opinions: How did that relate to Ron Paul?

 

AB SMITH: With him, I could send millions to his pocket, and if he intended to vote against my wishes, that money wouldn’t matter… he would still vote against my wishes. He’s a big problem if he ever made it into office.. thank God it looks like he won’t… not because I don’t like the man as an American.. it’s just that he would make my job hard.

 

 

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[IndyTom 0]

Zogby International Poll

11/10/2007

N=504

w/o Newt Gingrich

 

Rudy Giuliani 28%

Mitt Romney 20%

Fred Thompson 13%

John McCain 8%

Ron Paul 7%

Mike Huckabee 5%

Duncan Hunter 1%

Unsure 16%

Other 2%

 

 

 

:looking at calendar at January primaries:

 

tick-tick-tick

[Savage Beast 1]

I can't vote for a man with 2 first names.

[Angry White Male 0]

Zogby International Poll

11/10/2007

N=504

w/o Newt Gingrich

 

Rudy Giuliani 28%

Mitt Romney 20%

Fred Thompson 13%

John McCain 8%

Ron Paul 7%

Mike Huckabee 5%

Duncan Hunter 1%

Unsure 16%

Other 2%

 

:looking at calendar at January primaries:

 

tick-tick-tick

RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!

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RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!

 

Guliani is a liberal

[IndyColtsFan 325]

Zakk Wylde supports the hom0sexual party, so therefore you support Wyle and therefore are a buttjouster.

 

Have a nice fuckingtastic day!

[BLS 315]

Zogby International Poll

11/10/2007

N=504

w/o Newt Gingrich

 

Rudy Giuliani 28%

Mitt Romney 20%

Fred Thompson 13%

John McCain 8%

Ron Paul 7%

Mike Huckabee 5%

Duncan Hunter 1%

Unsure 16%

Other 2%

 

 

 

:looking at calendar at January primaries:

 

tick-tick-tick

 

 

yeah, and considering he was polling at 2% just a month ago tells me alot.

Rudy is losing alot of his steam, your boy Thompson has done NOTHING.

 

And now RP is spending money like mad to run ads.

it's going to get interesting.

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You know who else paid for their own words to be put into print?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, Hitler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also I just made that up.

[NorthernVike 2,102]

[VikesFan 1]

You know what? I totally agree.

That is what I HATE about politics.

I happen to know the guy who donated the Ad.

He won't be asking for anything from Ron Paul.

First off, he wouldn't get it anyway...it would be pointless to try.

2nd, he cares THAT much about fixing what's wrong in this country...and he's loaded.

 

In case you wondered why I can say that about point one:

 

Interview with a Washington Lobbyist : Why we don’t like Ron Paul

Posted in Political Thoughts | Friday, November 9th, 2007 | Trackback

 

I had the honor of interviewing a currently employed Washington Lobbyist that owns one of the top 15 Lobbyist firms in Washington, he represents many industries, with a knack for securing high tech firms.

 

The name of the lobbyist has been changed for his protection in this post.

 

AB SMITH is a Washington Lobbyist, his firm has been working in Washington for nearly 30 years. When asked during the interview why are many of the Washington Insiders not happy with Ron Paul, his answers were at first standard, then came the dirty stuff. It was worth every minute on the phone with him to get the real story.

 

Political Opinions: How long have you been working in Washington?

 

AB SMITH: A long time, nearly 30 years in this field. Most of our clients tend to be tech clients, but I do consider ourselves one of the top 15 firms in terms of getting things done in Washington in this area.

 

Political Opinions: What do you think about Ron Paul?

 

AB SMITH: That’s a loaded question, I think his campaign is highly efficient in terms of money collected vs money spent.

 

Political Opinions: You’ve been in Washington a long time, you even start to sound like those guys (laugh) common tell me what you think about Ron Paul, not just the dance around answer.

 

AB SMITH: (laugh) Look, Ron Paul is a problem for a bunch of us. It’s not that he doesn’t take the money, his campaign pretty stated that he will take money from everyone, but he doesn’t care why you donate… he takes the money and pretty much stated “if you are too stupid to know what I stand for, then you deserve to have your money taken from your pocket”

 

Political Opinions: How does the process work in your industry.

 

AB SMITH: You agree that my name isn’t going to be on article?

 

Political Opinions: Yep… it’s agreed… if I published.. I would never get another story from you again.. so it’s in both our interests.

 

AB SMITH: Put it this way, legally, I could donate an unlimited amount of money to anyone I want. I will give you a generic example, a law is in the process of taxing computers. Some environmental group is stating that the additional costs of recycling a computer is costly and that the people buying them should pay a 10% additional tax to cover the costs. They hired a lobbyist firm to make their cause and now there is a percentage of congress that is on board with this. Now we got tech firms calling us right and left (in this example). The problem is the law states that I can only donate a $5,000 or so per company. IE: The company can only donate $5,000 to a politician. But the system is so freaking backwards that when something like a tax on computers show up in congress that I could spend huge amounts of money for my lobby effort. In this example, I want to stress that this isn’t happening.. it’s just an example of how much money I could gather in about 8 hours if I needed it for this or that effort. In this case, I would just inform a counterpart of this problem, and they would address their client… within a day I start the ball rolling to have millions of dollars in Washington…

 

The key is not to have the checks come from my office, the key is to have it come from other like minded areas. So in reality, I generally call another Lobbyist that represents the firm in question.

 

I would get $5,000 from AOL because they want to continue to throw that ‘buy AOL now icon on your desktop)

I would get another $5,000 from Intel because they want to continue to sell processors

I would get another $5,000 from AMD because they want to continue to sell processors

I would get another $5,000 from Microsoft because they want to sell Vista

I would get another $5,000 from Norton, because they want to sell their anti-virus stuff

I would get another $5,000 from Valve, because they want to sell video games

I would get another $5,000 from CDW, because they want to sell more products

I would get another $5,000 from Google, because they want more people to visit their site

I would get another $5,000 from Ebay, because they want more people to buy stuff from their site

I would get another $5,000 from Yahoo, because they want more people to visit their site.

I would get another $5,000 from Redhat, because they want to sell more servers

 

The funny thing is I didn’t even get to the computer manufacturers yet…

 

I would get another $5,000 from Dell so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from HP so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from Apple so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from local firm ABZ so their product isn’t taxed

I would get another $5,000 from regional firm ACB so their product isn’t taxed

 

When all is said and done, my 8 hours of effort (1 business day) I could have anywhere between 5-10 million… all in $5,000 dollar donations from all the industries and firms that touch the PC.

 

Political Opinions : Woah, you thought of that list off the top of your head in 2 seconds?

 

AB SMITH: What do you think I do for a living?

 

Political Opinions: How did that relate to Ron Paul?

 

AB SMITH: With him, I could send millions to his pocket, and if he intended to vote against my wishes, that money wouldn’t matter… he would still vote against my wishes. He’s a big problem if he ever made it into office.. thank God it looks like he won’t… not because I don’t like the man as an American.. it’s just that he would make my job hard.

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Just about everything that is wrong with america can be summarized in this article... nice post.