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Four of the six seats on the Federal Election Commission are vacant, with nominations caught up in partisan gridlock in the US Senate. The FEC can still disclose data on elections, but without a quorum, it can't issue regulations and binding opinions or file lawsuits.
"Everyone is running around Iowa and New Hampshire, and no one noticed that the FEC closed for business last week," says Anthony Corrado, a campaign-finance expert at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
In an election where spending is already on track to exceed $5 billion, even small ambiguities in the law can shift vast sums of money – and prospects for candidates.
Moreover, without FEC action, a new federal ethics law requiring the disclosure of so-called "bundled" contributions, may not take effect in time to influence the 2008 election cycle.
Originally posted by dirtonwater
reply to post by Synaphai
If more people visit Ron Paul's web site, that certainly quaifies him as the best man for the job. It also proves voter fraud. More visits to his site should correlate directly to more votes than the other candidates. How much more proof do you need.
Ron Paul needs to raise fraud issues. He doesn't come accross as nearly silly enough as is.
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Alexi, thanks for that video. How could the friggin Boston Globe not even list Ron Paul when the guy just broke the all-time fund raising in a 24-hour period record?
This is incredible. No, this is a conspiracy. They are very afraid of RP. But they better be more afraid of what he represents, because it's not going away.
Originally posted by Purduegrad05
TrueAmerican,
Just wanted to let you know that I actually printed out the results from that video that was posted on page two of this thread showing the Boston.com results clearly in Ron Paul's column with the 86,602 votes in McCain's totals row. I will try to get these scanned and put up on here as soon as I can. I posted my thoughts about this in the other thread but found this one and had to post here as well. But, I do have those copies and I'll try to scan ASAP even though the video clearly shows what I saw this morning, around 8:30am or so....Honest mistake or Voter Fraud, we'll see.....
That is not how the real world works, more website visits does not correlate to more support in the real world. Most people use the internet sparingly, especially senior citizens. Some decided by other means and already made up their minds, therefore no need to ever seek out a website. Still others are solicited the old fashioned way with television, paper mail, telephone and door to door rallying. Then there is the Ron Paul youth who visit his site over and over and over again, skewing any actual read on individual support he may have through that means by just looking at visit count data.
Originally posted by dirtonwater
Remember, Ron Paul is just a silly little man.
Originally posted by TheArchAngel
The Ron Paulites think the country should be run from 'teh interweb' so they can sit all day and spam vote buttons in their tinfoil hats.
Originally posted by CoffinFeeder]
Geez guys, can you give teh Ron Paul crap a break for a change? The only people who give a care about him or his platform are few and far in between when you get down to it.
Originally posted by infinite
Especially when all the sources are from fellow conspiracy sites.
Originally posted by infinite
Let not ignore the newsletter that has just come to light
Paul's newsletters, which date back to 1978 and has been variously titled "Ron Paul's Freedom Report", "Ron Paul Political Report", "The Ron Paul Survival Report", and "The Ron Paul Investment Letter", first became an issue in his 1996 run for Congress against Charles Morris. Morris ran numerous attack ads about Paul's newsletters, which included derogatory comments concerning race and other politicians. Wikipedia
Originally posted by Alexi Humi
If you do not care to speak about Ron Paul that is fine: that is your right. But do not expect those who do to remain silent for your comfort. If your candidate is being censored or misrepresented I would expect you, for your sake and the sake of your constituents, to stand up against it. That is why the foundation of the Ron Paul movement is so strong. It is not based on individuals sitting at their computers spamming online polls or remaining silent for fear what others may think; it is based on individuals getting out and overcoming obstacles and barriers to spread the good message.
Originally posted by mythatsabigprobe
I'd like to see the table from Boston.com side by side with the video screen capture if somebody has that and can post it here. Does anyone know where they got their numbers from?
Originally posted by biggie smalls
What do we do now?