Ron Paul: Most Donations From the Military!

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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You should put this on YouTube.

Someone who knows how to market ideas should start a campaign for soldier videos saying they donated and start a website where you can link your videos and it will play them continuously in a streaming fashion as they are uploaded. Kinda like the money bomb ticker but with videos.

Damn, I wish I was better at making websites and/or videos.
 
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Playing devil's advocate: "So Romney is backed by the banks and that Paul guy is backed by the military industrial complex, I'm voting for ______"
 
fatjohn said:
Playing devil's advocate: "So Romney is backed by the banks and that Paul guy is backed by the military industrial complex, I'm voting for ______"
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well did he get more donations than anyone else from those who listed there employer as "Department of Defense" I looked and only say 1,000 I'm willing to bet that there is someone else who has more....
 
Just curious if the numbers are coming from the Employer Summary given by the query?

I found that you can download and convert the actual FEC filing document. This document gives Employer and Job title notification. So a little more detailed numbers.
 
Cumulative Donations

Does the database report cumulative donations over the quarter under $200 that total to $200+?:confused: USN active duty here and want to know whether I should drop $200+ at once, vice several smaller donations.
 
pacodever said:
Does the database report cumulative donations over the quarter under $200 that total to $200+?:confused: USN active duty here and want to know whether I should drop $200+ at once, vice several smaller donations.
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You should probably go with $200+ for the Ames money bomb on the 19th. Donations early are x 2 as effective than later ones. I commend you for your donations and service, welcome to the forums!
 
Eric21ND said:
You should probably go with $200+ for the Ames money bomb on the 19th. Donations early are x 2 as effective than later ones. I commend you for your donations and service, welcome to the forums!
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The campaign stat was actually 5x more effective, but its not as early as it was so maybe the number is just double as opposed to 5x by now.
 
Roho, I've been thinking about it myself. I'm actually a web developer these days and this will be my first time to have a chance to get involved. I'm not quite sure which way would be most beneficial yet, though. So far, I haven't really seen a campaign truly harness the power of the web. There is this looming opportunity to take advantage in so many areas, but it would take the collective effort of everyone to make it happen in such a short time-frame. A lot of supporters here have been complaining about the lack of social media efforts from the campaign. I think that would be a great place to start.
 
mit26chell said:
Wait... Ron didn't raise the most money from military, R & D combined... I'm pretty sure he received the most out of all republican candidates from soldiers with an 'overseas' status. Obama raised the most from active duty military out of all candidates, from both parties. But when you look at overall military, John McCain actually came in first.


Source: USA Today
Among soldiers serving overseas at the time of their donations, 134 gave a total of $60,642 to Obama while 26 gave a total of $10,665 to McCain. That was less than the amount received by Republican Ron Paul, who collected $45,512 from 99 soldiers serving abroad, the report said.
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What's the date on the report?

If it was well after the first primaries, it would stand to reason that McPain, as the presumptive nominee, would have gotten more, regardless.

I remember the reports from Q4 2007, and Ron definitely led in donations from active military.
 
Anti Federalist said:
What's the date on the report?
If it was well after the first primaries, it would stand to reason that McPain, as the presumptive nominee, would have gotten more, regardless.
I remember the reports from Q4 2007, and Ron definitely led in donations from active military.
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Exactly, the article quoted but not linked is from: Posted 8/14/2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-14-military-donations_N.htm

Of course both McCain and Obama were gonna raise more by that point.
 
Anti Federalist said:
What's the date on the report?

If it was well after the first primaries, it would stand to reason that McPain, as the presumptive nominee, would have gotten more, regardless.

I remember the reports from Q4 2007, and Ron definitely led in donations from active military.
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What I remember is that Ron led until after McCain was the presumed nominee, and the media started reporting that he had dropped out (even though he hadn't.)
 
I wish there was a way to not how much veterans have given to Dr. Paul. There are A LOT of us out there who also have contributed to him as well.

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 $5000
Bachmann $2550
Newt $1025
Pawnlety $250
Santorum $250
Johnson $0

Total $15398.00 *updated*



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

Paul $ $36739.79 *updated*

** Update** After going over Obama's numbers again it seems i missed quite a bit. There were some questionable donations but i added them in anyway.

Obama - $28833.99
Total Candidates (minus Paul) - $44231.99

Paul does not beat total donations of all other candidates combined, however hes still comes in double the Republican's combined and #1 out of all candidates.



Any help going through Romney's and Obama's donations would be much appreciated as there is a lot of information to be double checked.


* Candidate Break downs on page 9 of this thread*
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Not sure exactly how they are checking these numbers but do not forget to look for "Retired Military" because I am sure you will see some that fit into this category
 
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