rssRon Paul supporters plan Presidents Day ‘money bomb’
Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 5:31 pm
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On the heels of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s second consecutive victory in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s presidential straw poll, Paul supporters are planning a ‘money bomb’ fundraiser for Monday, which is Washington’s Birthday (also known as Presidents Day).
According to a Facebook page created for the event, the donations from the ‘money bomb’ — an online fundraiser scheduled for a specific time period, usually a day — are to go to Paul’s Liberty PAC, his leadership political action committee. According to the Facebook page, the show of support is intended to “Convince Ron Paul to Run” — presumably for President, though it doesn’t specify a particular office.
The listed organizers of the event are not officially connected to Paul or his PAC. A spokesperson for Paul did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last week, Paul sent a letter to supporters saying his 2012 decision would depend partly on fundraising for his Liberty PAC, as the Texas Independent previously reported. Paul has two visits to Iowa planned for March, including a three-city tour March 7.
In other Paul-related news, Fox News has apologized for airing 2010 footage from CPAC (when the audience largely booed as Paul was announced as the winner of the straw poll) instead of 2011 footage (when the audience largely cheered) in its CPAC coverage this week. (Read a Texas Independent story on the topic.)
Mediate relayed a statement Wednesday afternoon from Fox News’ Senior Vice President of News Michael Clemente, who said, “We made a mistake with some of the video we aired, and plan on issuing a correction on America’s Newsroom tomorrow morning explaining exactly what happened.”
Fox News did not respond to a request for comment from the Texas Independent Wednesday.
Today, Fox News’ Bill Hemmer, who interviewed Paul in the original segment, delivered the promised correction on the air, as Mediate reported. Hemmer said:
“It was clearly a mistake. We used the wrong videotape. There are similarities in the shot between last year’s event and this year.
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Ron Paul won both years. However, there were audible boos in 2010 while you heard a lot more cheering this year. It’s an honest mistake. We apologize for the error and we look forward to having Representative Paul back on our show very soon.”
7 Comments
Comment posted February 18, 2011 @ 1:40 am
Hmmmm… FoxNews lying about a Republican? What is he? Too Honest?… I think I’ll have to donate $5.00 to this guy and find out. Thanks for the report.
Comment posted February 18, 2011 @ 9:18 am
Fox only apologizes after being busted on footage switch.
Think it wasn’t intentional? That’s what Fox wants all of it’s mesmerized minions to think. After all, they’ve been telling their minions what to think for years, so why stop now?
Comment posted February 18, 2011 @ 10:51 pm
They got caught, but they don’t really care, as whatever damage was done is already done. Neocons and RINOs don’t really like Paul. He is opposed to government funding by borrowing. That is viewed as dangerous to big government, as without borrowing, taxes would have to be levied for each new program introduced by government, rather than further mortgaging the next generations.
Comment posted February 19, 2011 @ 1:03 am
Given the “choice” of “tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee”, (as William J. Bryan called the 2 major parties over a hundred years ago), i consider myself a progressive, and i find both the Democrat and Republican leadership repugnant. In my point of view, it is our economic system, (and the PRIVATELY-OWNED Federal Reserve), that is at the heart of our problems. So, this is one self-proclaimed progressive who will vote for Ron Paul, if he is on the ticket, in 2012. At least something might get accomplished in “we the people”‘s favor for a change, and not just a little thing, but the thing that is at the root of most of our pro
Comment posted February 22, 2011 @ 10:52 pm
MichaelM, I have to agree with you. Something does not smell right. This guy is probably the real deal and they are trying to taint him early on. I will drop $20.00 on this guy. Anything to change the horrible pattern of the past decades.
Comment posted February 26, 2011 @ 9:18 am
I think he is the “real deal” that you speak of….I donated $50.00. They (the mainstream media) seem to be so scared of Ron Paul, that they feel the need to ignore him, or slander him. I’m not afraid to give him my support. And I agree with you, I’m ready to support change to the same old political pattern that we’ve lived with for decades! I think Ron Paul is the guy who could actually deliver.
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