Do you think kerry's record was broken if....

[brandon]

Do you think kerry's record was broken if.... we adjusted for 4 years of inflation?

 

[TheNewYorker]

Definitely not. But don't tell the media that.

 

[jumpyg1258]

Nah if we adjusted for inflation Ron would be the Six Million Peso Man.

 

[slantedview]

oh, give me a break

 

[brandon]

Definitely not. But don't tell the media that.

That's why I didnt post this on here until after the media reported on it. I was thinking of this yesterday morning. lol

 

[brandon]

Nah if we adjusted for inflation Ron would be the Six Million Peso Man.

HAHA!

 

[bbachtung]

According to the federal government's bogus inflation number calculator (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl) (which appears to be based on what they claim is an average inflation rate over the last decade of approximately 3% per year), $6,342,027 would be required to buy what $5.4 million bought in 2004.

 

[theseus51]

Actually most money records are like that. Like top grossing movies, or record college tuition or home prices. It's not so much the record is being broken, but inflation is kicking in.

 

[sharedvoice]

John Kerry's record was broken. Now if we factored in inflation i'd say we still beat him.

 

[sroll2237]

but then again, his record was the day after getting the nomination, and ron paul had nothing to do with this money bomb.

 

[econojon]

5,700,000.00 in 2004 is $6,342,027.00 in 2007 according to http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

 

[justinc.1089]

Yeah but if you counted in inflation for donating, I bet we still would have beat Kerry. I mean if the economy was better more people would have donated more, so we would still get more than Kerry!

 

[Liberty Star]

Move over JK, Ron Paul is the new champ:

The Real Ron Paul Revolution

The Nation: Republican's Money Bombs Could Change The Face of Grassroots Politics

Dec. 18, 2007


Move over John Kerry, the best single-day primary fundraising record no longer belongs to the prodigious money-collecting machine of the man who won the 2004 nomination.

Ron Paul is now the champ.

Kerry collected $5.7 million on one day in 2004.

Paul collected more than $6 million Sunday. And, unlike Kerry who raised his money from big donors on the day after he won the key primaries that secured him the Democratic nod, Paul is raising his money when it could actually help his quest for the Republican nomination.

Paul could well end up raising more than any of the other Republican contenders and providing the only serious competition for Democratic money leaders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

But what is really fascinating about Paul's enormous haul of December 16 - in an effort organized by music promoter Trevor Lyman, a Paul enthusiast with no previous political experience - is that it drew 24,940 new donors to the campaign in a single day.
What's the trick?

Lyman, who raised more than $4.3 million for Paul on a single day in November, times his "money bomb" appeals to days that have deep historical resonance for those who fancy themselves insurgents against the current order.

The November appeal came on November 5, the anniversary of attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.

Sunday's appeal was timed to coincide with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/18/opinion/main3628574.shtml

 

[KewlRonduderules]

I think people need to realize that real wages have not risen at the same pace of inflation. For several years, many people have not had any wage increases.

 

[Visual]

The title is Biggest 1-day fundraiser, not Biggest Inflation Adjusted 1-day fundraiser.

There's a lot of things that are out of context when quoting dollars.

 

[Goldwater Conservative]

Maybe not, but do you think Kerry got his $5.7 million from 58,000 people?

 

[chupon85]

1. Kerry had the nomination already

2. People were only throwing money at Kerry because he was not Bush! Kerry didn't have to do anything but criticize Bush, but RP gets money because of his message.

 

[brandon]

1. Kerry had the nomination already

2. People were only throwing money at Kerry because he was not Bush! Kerry didn't have to do anything but criticize Bush, but RP gets money because of his message.

True,

Welcome to the forums!

 

[chupon85]

Thanks though I've been a long time reader

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

I think people need to realize that real wages have not risen at the same pace of inflation. For several years, many people have not had any wage increases.

True that.