Top Tier: Ron Paul Raises Most In Iowa GOP Campaign Donations

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Only Obama has more of Iowans’ money

Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
October 24, 2011

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has once again proved he is a front runner in the race for the GOP nomination, pulling in the most campaign donations from Iowa residents thus far.

The Congressman has received over $77,000 in contributions from Iowa so far this election cycle, a full $10,000 more than his closet rival Mitt Romney.

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Indeed, the only candidate to have raised more in Iowa is the incumbent President, who has hit almost $200,000 in contributions.

Paul sits well ahead of the rest of the GOP field, having raised more than double the contributions of his next closet rival – Michelle Bachmann.

The figures were compiled from Federal Elections Commission data filed in mid-October. The figures represent contributions by individual Iowans totaling more than $200 through the end of September.

So far Iowans have donated a total of $454,000. Candidates have raised a combined $179 million nationally.

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Ron Paul has made a concerted effort to make sure his message has impacted Iowa, taking out a $2 million ad buy and making several campaign stops in the state.

In August Paul came a close second in the Iowa GOP straw poll, capturing a commanding 44% of the over 6000 votes cast.

“This is more clear evidence of Dr. Paul’s large and growing base of support in the great state of Iowa,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

“Iowans who are sick and tired of the status quo message coming from the establishment candidates in this race are attracted to our campaign’s message of balanced budgets, limited constitutional government, and individual liberty, and we are working to capitalize on that momentum.” Benton added.

The 2012 Iowa Caucuses are scheduled to take place on January 3. The state is traditionally home to the first major electoral event of the nominating process, and thus serve as an important indicator.

On Sunday night the Congressman appeared on Meet The Press to talk about, among other things, his plan to cut big government spending by closing down departments such as the TSA, the Energy Department and the Commerce Department, as well as phasing out federal programs such as student loans:

“They’re a trillion dollars in debt; we don’t have any jobs for them; the quality of education has gone down–so it’s a failed program,” Paul said. “When you run up debt and you print money, costs go up in the areas that the government gets involved in education and medical care and housing…it doesn’t help people.”

Paul also explained that he has been disappointed with the “uselessness” of some of the arguments raised in the GOP debates, noting “The financial system of the world is about to collapse… We’re going to have to get a handle on this–we have to quit worrying about who’s mowing Mitt Romney’s yard,”

Watch the interview below:

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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.


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17 Responses to “Top Tier: Ron Paul Raises Most In Iowa GOP Campaign Donations”

  1. I forget the interviewers name from Meet the Press, but I really hate that guy…..Could he be any more hostile to his guest Ron Paul !!!! I mean he literally was fighting Ron on every single issue….are Americans supposed to believe that the man doesn’t have one good idea? Just frustrating to see it over and over again…..every single interview is another hit piece. I’m sick of these boot licking turncoats convincing alot of the American people to hate Freedom and that Ron Paul is some kind of lunatic. Can you just imagine the kind of support Paul would get if they gave him a fair shake ? SAD

    Matzo Man Reply:
    October 24th, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
    Mohandas Gandhi

    They are laughing at Ron but he is getting results…

  2. It it just me or did Rons face start to distort at times during this video? Making him look less “agreable”… Is it intentional??? Maybe just the feed???

    Hmmmmm he says.

    Vic Reply:
    October 24th, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    must be the video feed??? but could it be they have all benn taking over by the lizzards? Lol

    braindead Reply:
    October 24th, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Funny reptilian comment! 🙂 His hologram necklace is shorting out! lol 🙂 So I guess Vic and I are saying that no, it is not just your feed.

  3. You mean there are Iowans stupid enough to give Rick Perry money for his campaign?
    It must the pollen from all that GMO corn getting into their brains and interfering with the normal functioning of the synapses.

  4. Top Tier: Ron Paul Raises Most In Iowa GOP Campaign Donations

    ===================== RON PAUL 2012 =======================

    Bravo2…out

  5. “Play that through dr. paul because its really quite jarring”

    Give me a break.

  6. Somebody make sure you record the interviewers name… one day we’ll be able to prosecute these people for treason. Hopefully there is an organization out there that records the names and the evidence for media figures that are guilty of treason.

    The Sons of Liberty is a good organization to start again… maybe…

    Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
    October 24th, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I AGREE

    WE NEED A STRUCTURE IN PLACE LIKE THE FOUNDERS HAD, WHEN SHTF AND WE LIBERATE AMERICA.

  7. Ron Paul clearly has a big battle to fight. MSM is afraid of the Truth…Go Ron Paul, you got my Vote…Hopefully We the People do not have to bring our guns to the fight…

    reconscoutsniper Reply:
    October 24th, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    In the event that the opportunity presents itself, check out a 1943 movie called, “This is my land”. Starring Charles Laughton and Maureen Ohara.

    The whole movie speaks about everything we are experiencing.

    Bravo2…..out

  8. He’d be our next president if they covered him like they should but instead they bring him on because not talking about him backfired and now they just attack him on every issue like ending the wars? I didn’t know we had war mongers for a mainstream media.

  9. He’d be our next president if they covered him like they should and they’re only talking to him now because ignoring him backfired on them. Instead now they just argue with him over stuff like ending the wars? I didn’t know we had war mongers for a main stream media.

  10. Ron is getting results. Soon they will not be able to ignore him anymore. Then it will become very interesting.

    RON PAUL 2012 THE CHANGE YOU WANTED

  11. Let’s see, I went to the ubiquitous google box in my browser and started typing, “meet the press ho” and before I could finish the line it had completed to “meet the press host David Gregory”. My point is this is quite easy to find out in literally 10 seconds. Next, I read people on here wanting treason trials (but why waste time on that with so many trees and so much hanging to do?) for journalists who oppose our heroes? I sincerely doubt that Dr. Paul would be in favor of trials for journalists that didn’t agree with him, even those that were bought and paid for corporate lackeys. I have yet to detect any vitriol whatsoever in the way Dr. Paul expresses himself. I believe he knows that emotion is the enemy of our policies ever getting enacted. People who get excited and go extreme are very vulnerable and will not be successful. Stay cool! Vengeance is mine saith whom?

  12. Ron made great points. The biggest one being that no one will have made any real choice if they end up with “Mitt or Barry” election. Captain Ron: This is also not the only time the media has distorted Ron’s face at times to make him look old. I cannot believe that was an accident, I did not see it happen to the interviewer (er…uh..the NWO stooge).

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