Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Gains Popularity on the Internet
The Ron Paul 2008 site states that he is the most requested Republican candidate on Eventful.com, a site which allows users to request that a person (usually an entertainer) visit their area. In addition, the Ron Paul 2008 site reports that Dr. Paul has twice as many You Tube subscribers as all of the other Republican candidates combined.
A visit to the Ron Paul 2008 profile on MySpace shows that Dr. Paul has 22,430 friends on the popular internet networking site. While this is significantly less than Hillary Clinton's My Space friends total of 81,078, it is more than Barack Obama's My Space friends total of over 21,000. (In comparison, an unofficial MySpace for Rudy Giuliani registered almost 5,000 friends while John McCain's MySpace page registered 34,458 friends).
Followers of Dr. Paul have not only shown their support on the Web, but have also written to their local newspapers in order to request additional Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign coverage. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports receiving numerous emails from readers across-the-country demanding to know more about Ron Paul. One email, from David Gould of Redding, CA reads "Ron Paul is our only hope and you people in the media know it. Please give him a chance and report the polls right as he is our only hope, for your children's sake, PLEASE."
What has sparked this widespread public interest in the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign? Perhaps it is his almost-renegade approach to politics. The Ron Paul 2008 website describes it this way: "In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill." Unlike many of his counterparts, Ron Paul does not take part in the congressional pension program and Dr. Paul does not use all of his yearly congressional office budget, giving the remainder back to the U.S. Treasury.
Ron Paul could be considered an anomaly not only in Congress, but in the Republican Party as well. Like many Republicans, Dr. Paul is pro-life and has never voted for federal restrictions on gun control. However, in contrast to his Republican counterparts, Dr. Paul did not vote for the Iraq War and is a firm believer in balanced budgets. In addition, Ron Paul voted against the Patriot Act, which gave the government additional search powers in an attempt to combat terrorism.
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Post a CommentThis is a very good article.
MAY 30th????
Hmmmmm?
AC, are you bought? Paid?
Can we now call you part of the system?
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Go Ron Paul! Thankyou for standing up for the American people!
Well, according to this msnbc poll from yesterdays debate it is clear who America likes. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21209617/
$5,000,000 in the third quarter of 2007, I wonder if Rush Limbaugh still thinks it's juet a few spammers on the internet that support him?
While I don't agree with all of his positions. Ron Paul speaks to me on many levels. First is his honest straight forward style. I also agree that we have given up to much freedom to the government and fear that America will cease to be a land of "We the people" if we continue on the path the Bush-Clinton families and their friends are leading us.
This is what you would call an "Grassroots Campaign", which simply means that despite the so called popular majority viewpoint, aka the mainstream media, he is doing quite well and will keep on going up. If he gets the nomination and wins this election the Republicans and Democrats will receive the shock of a lifetime.
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I love Dr. Paul. Nothing the media throws at him could disenfranchise me. I know what he stands for and that is what America stands for. He is the ONLY real American patriot holding political office as far as I can tell.
The more I hear about Ron Paul, the more I respect his unique perspective and unimpeachable record of upholding the constitution. The momentum of his growing following is truly staggering.