Quote Originally Posted by Markass
That's a lot of money...Wish Ron Paul had that kind of money, he may have got the nomination and we'd have a choice for someone who's going to fix some problems rather than beat around the bush.

Ron Paul got plenty a dollar from a lot of donors, and gained more support from troops than any other candidate; more than twice as much as the second-place contender for that title, Barack Obama. His loss wasn't due to lack of funds; it was lack of popular support pure and simple. What can a guy expect, running for the Republican party with promises of ending the drug war, immediately pulling out of iraq, and generally vying for state independance from the federal government's right-wing monopolization on morality? He never stood a chance, but I think he accomplished what he really set out to do; bring public attention to issues completely and utterly ignored by the other condidates of both parties. God knows I've yet to hear a single other candidate talk about taking the federal reserve out of private hands and returning monetary control to the government as it should be.