Ron Paul Watch: The Donors
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Ron Paul Campaign Fundraising Press Conference October 17, 2007
Ron Paul Lists Some Colorful Donors
A circus clown, diet guru, exotic dancer, monetary architect and slacker in chief: These are some of the folks that help make Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign the choice of individualistic voters.
Paul’s third-quarter financial disclosure report is sprinkled with supporters whose self-descriptions of their occupations are unusual, to say the least. Wade Talkington of Panama City, Fla., who donated $1,000 to Paul, lists his occupation as “tax slave to the Federal Govt.†Erik Hovden of Olalla, Wash., is the “Head slacker in Chg†at Simpson LLC, and housewife Pamela Schuberg of Moorpark, Calif., a $2,300 donor, lists her employer as “our children.â€
Donald Cowles lists himself as self-employed and his occupation as simply “Capitalist.†On the opposite end, David Cameron of San Jose, Calif., lists his employer as “Looking for Work†and his job as “Unemployed.†Still, Cameron has given a total of $1,900 to the campaign.
Griswold Draz of Wellfleet, Mass., a $500 donor, is a self-described “curmudgeon,†and Andrew Maul of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a “Citizen Fighting Tyranny.†Others are more coy. James Harper of Vancouver, Wash., a $600 donor, offered “guess? ;)†as his occupation.
Starchild, a San Francisco-based escort and exotic dancer who ended up on Paul’s list as “Star Child,†contributed $300. Starchild, formerly Chris Fox, is a perennial Libertarian candidate in the Bay Area, having run unsuccessfully for district supervisor, the state assembly and the school board. Self-described monetary architect Bernard Von Nothaus, who has said Paul is the “Internet’s favorite presidential candidate,†has created a $1 Ron Paul coin and is listed in the disclosure report as giving a $2,300 in-kind contribution of coins.
Raw Food Diet activist Roger Haeske contributed $500, as has Jim Punkre, co-author of “The Fast Food Diet,†among other books. In the second quarter, self-described circus clown Eric Blair of Greeneville, Tenn., gave $2,300.
Flap thinks the Paul campaign needs to “clean up” their list before the FEC investigation. The law is clear about the disclosure of occupations and contact information.
When the paid media starts to drop in New Hampshire we will see the anti-GOP message.
Check out the comments section at the Wall street Journal link above. The Ron Paul spammers and their donors I suppose do not like the public exposure as to who and what they are.
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11 Comments
Valerie
We get it, already.
You don’t like Ron Paul. You think he is manipulating *something* or “using” someone by having people from other parties and platforms outside of his declared Republican Party support him financially. You want his donations investigated. Etc., etc
I’m all for his donations being investigated so long as they check out Mitt’s and Fred’s and Rudy’s and John’s too.
Is that OK with you?
Flap
How cute.
What is the matter?
Don’t like the scrutiny?
And the FEC is an equal opportunity organization 🙂
Curtis
Flap,
Kinda funny that a circus clown, diet guru and a slacker get ya so riled up. They’ve invited the scrutiny, obviously they do not care. I can see you right now Googling the names of donors that flash across the screen on his campaign site. They’ve made things blatantly transparent. I wouldn’t mind if a few bees did take the honey. Have fun watching those names fly by on November 5th.
Flap
I am not bothered at all but reporting and commenting.
The Paul folks in the comments section at the Wall Street Journal are the ones that are nonplussed.
Waiting to see the Paul’s campaign paid media.
John Galt
Surprise, surprise, libertarians don’t like telling the government personal information.
Of course, it is perfectly OK for “bundlers” to contribute (see the NY times article http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/the-early-read-dubious-campaign-donations/
Of course the bundlers use accurate names, but it is a question where the money comes from. How is it that you believe you need to know the identity of a $250 contributor, but don’t care that Giuliani raised nearly 9 mil in New York, from Firms where Almost everyone in the firm and their wives donated the maximum – Maybe after a convenient $2300 bonus?
For big money donors McCain Feingold has loopholes big enough to drive a truck through, and you’re worried about a $500 contribution from a “crumudgeon” ?
Flap
I am not worried at all.
Just accuracy.
The Paul folks seem to be all worked up.
Comply with the law and everyone is happy.
Curtis
“Comply with the law and everyone is happy.”
That’s not true.
Curtis
Haha, dang Mr. Cole, your rates are kinda high. Are you the man behind The Mask? Where are the references at?
Bye Bye You are banned……
A Ron Paul troll bites the dust……
Flap
It is Dr. Cole to you. 🙂
What are you talking about?
And how does that relate to this comment thread? Read my comments policy please.
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daniel makin
folks this is a man that is scared do not worrie he is probably jupmed a fence somewere i do say this i have never been to this site but i say that my girl goes to the medical school of ga and is president of her class. did i say she is a dentist oh anyway did i mention we can not be swayed by jerkoffs with big mouths. ok then let me be a jerk for one second scream VOTE RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe the editor should look in his pants its not are fault bud maybe you should work on that problem before you worrie about ron paul fans lolo.lo
Buddy you better take a class in grammar.
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