Ron Paul: Most Donations From the Military!

I'm curious about the military and the Constitution. Considering the wars since World War 2 have all been illegal technically, why doesn't the military just refuse to go to Libya or anywhere unless the Congress has passed a declaration of war? What would be the blowback on that?
 
ron paul should make some commercials and get some of the donors to join the commercial and endorse? It would be great or at least bring up the fact of the support!
 
realtonygoodwin said:
I joined the Air Force to become an intelligence analyst to help find Osama bin Laden. I see no problem with that.

Also, some people may reject these numbers. For some reason, they think people who donate to Ron Paul are marking down the military as their employer, when in reality they aren't in the military. That's the problem with it being self-identifying. Lame, I know.
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easily rejected if they can make a commercial with veterans and some of the donors?? start showing some cards and calling the neo-cons bluff!
 
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independentnc said:
Here is what I cam up with for Ron Paul

USAF *30351.28
USAF (RETIRED) 226.2
US MILITARY * 551.20
US NAVY * 2,320.28
US NAVY RESERVE * 801.20
US ARMY * 11,057.44
US ARMY RETIRED * 201.20
US COAST GUARD * 451.20
USMC * 713.61
USN * 1,201.20
USNR * 500.00
US AIR FORCE * 3,026.32
US AIRFORCE * 212.00
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE * 451.20
UNITED STATES ARMY * 302.20
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS * 301.20
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS / GSSC * 329.00
UNITED STATES MILITARY * 380.00
UNITED STATES NAVY * 2,877.80
U S NAVY * 250.00
NAVY * 50.00
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE * 701.20
DEPARTMENT OF NAVY * 250.00
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE * 227.60
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS * 667.20
DEPT ARMY * 100.00
DEPT OF DEFENSE * 1,000.00
DOD * 1,869.60
DOD - US NAVY * 400.00
ARMY * 554.50
ARMY RESERVE * 201.20
Total 35,222.83
I wish that I had time to go through them all.
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Rep +1
 
This news is probably one of, if not the most important news to come out for the campaign to date. If the military vote is with Ron Paul, even as he battles the military industrial complex, then his chances of becoming the Commander in Chief will grow very significantly. :)
 
dusman said:
Hi, I just wanted to comment on this. I made that difficult to decision to get out of the Army soon as possible and had to fight the system to do it. Ron Paul had inspired a new interest for me - the Constitution. However, with that interest, it was inevitable that I would come to this conclusion:

To be a soldier whom puts his oath as the superior order of their duty, is incompatible with our current military system. The only choice to be an honorable, oath-keeping soldier is to either spend half a lifetime trying to change it from the inside or get out of the military and change it from the outside.

On that conclusion, I chose the latter of the two. It was a tough fight to get out, but I was able to get out early on a general, under honorable - upgraded to an honorable. The only thing I lost was the GI funds for college.

For reinforcement, I expressed in good faith to my First Sergeant what it meant to me to be a soldier and that it wasn't compatible with the kind of soldier they seem to wand. I asked for his support in a smooth transition out of the military for this reason, because I wasn't changing my mind. He backed me up and I fell in line for 2 months and played good soldier, then got out.

It was a tough decision, but I don't regret it whatsoever. I feel like I made the right choice as a soldier. I am much happier knowing I stood up for what I believed in and didn't back down.

So in a way, Ron Paul not only changed my life - perhaps he may have saved it.

Ron Paul 2012
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That's beautiful, man.

Puts a tear in my eye, and I'm not even military. I wish there was a whole thread like this titled "Military For Ron Paul Speaks" or something.
 
mpdsapuser said:
I'm curious about the military and the Constitution. Considering the wars since World War 2 have all been illegal technically, why doesn't the military just refuse to go to Libya or anywhere unless the Congress has passed a declaration of war? What would be the blowback on that?
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some answers for you:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?283950-question-power-to-declare-war/page3

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...l-vote-against-limiting-funds-for-Libya/page4
 
Looks good to me, so I tweeted

Ron Paul from FEC reports has 2X the individual military contributions to his campaign than all other GOP candidates combined #tcot #gop2012
 
Lafayette said:
So i remember last election Dr. Paul had more military donations then all candidates combined ( both R's and D's)

So ran through the numbers on FEC site http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2011/Q2/
I based these numbers off the employer section. Anyone who described their employer as military.
Army, Navy ,Air Force, National Guard ,Costa Guard, Marine Corps and Dept of Defense.


An this is what i have come up with so far.

*Now these numbers are not 100% accurate, i may have missed one here or there. *


Cain $6223
Romney $4350
Bachmann $2550
Newt $1025
Pawnlety $250
Santorum $250
Johnson $0

Total $14648.00



The Good Doctor comes in more than double all the other Republican candidates combined.

Paul $ 31822.21

Add in Obama's total of $14849.00 to the others ($29497.00) and Ron still beats em! :D
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If only I could +rep eight times, one in honor of each person who doesn't come close to touching Paul's totals.

This needs to be made viral. I've been pushing it heavily with people. This speaks volumes about the election. The troops want to come home. And they believe in Paul, as former member of the military, to help them. Even Ronald Reagan said Paul knows what our military needs, as a former member. This is all there in Paul's favor. And without him pushing it, we the grassroots need to do so.
 
Have these numbers been double, (triple?) checked? I promoted the article to the front page with a slight disclaimer, and posted it to facebook/twitter yesterday (with lots of reposts/retweets :D) but would like to post an article elsewhere and need to have confirmation on the accuracy here. Sorry I don't have time to go through the whole thing myself... Thanks
 
I noticed that both mine and my wife's donations aren't listed. I checked by employer, and neither of our employers were listed and then I checked by zip code and there were no donations for our zip codes. That's weird. I'm assuming if you donated through the ronpaul2012.com website it would be listed, right?

- ML
 
Michael Landon said:
I'm assuming if you donated through the ronpaul2012.com website it would be listed, right?
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If you donated through ronpaul2012.com and you donated at least $200, it should be listed. Smaller donors don't get listed; I guess privacy trumps corruption concerns in that case.
 
Exponent said:
If you donated through ronpaul2012.com and you donated at least $200, it should be listed. Smaller donors don't get listed; I guess privacy trumps corruption concerns in that case.
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Oh, I don't think I reached the $200 minimum yet. Is it $200 and above in a single donation or is it $200 and above in total of all donations? I'm thinking I'm close to the $200 total.

Thanks.
- ML
 
Michael Landon said:
Oh, I don't think I reached the $200 minimum yet. Is it $200 and above in a single donation or is it $200 and above in total of all donations? I'm thinking I'm close to the $200 total.

Thanks.
- ML
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$200 is the mandatory minimum for disclosing one's employer so I guess it doesn't get leaked until the threshold is met.
 
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