Potential Big Donors for RevPac's SuperBomb

[Pheonix]

Please help me develop a list of known supporters of Ron Paul who are financially backed. Once this list is completed, I would like this to be forwarded to the RevolutionPac organizers for their SuperBomb.

Please provide citations to confirm these people's connection to RP.

As one who has followed a number of non-profit organizations, I can tell you one thing about obtaining funding from big donors: they want name recognition. That is why many non-profit groups hold banquets so that those who donate a lot to the organization are announced in public. The online fundraiser hosted by RevPac, because of its anonymous nature, will NOT get the support of these big donors. RevPac must take the initiative to physically meet with these individuals prior to the SuperBomb, or perhaps have someone of status like Sen. Rand Paul make direct contact with them.

List of Potentially Big Donors:

Patrick M. Byrne (CEO, Overstock)
Peter Thiel (Former CEO of Paypal, endorsed RP in 2007; source (http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-on-obama-ai-and-why-he-rents-his-mansion-2009-11))
Drew Carey (Actor)
Steve Forbes (Editor, Businessman)
John Mackey (CEO Whole Foods, probable RP Supporter; source (http://tizzyliz.blogspot.com/2009/10/ron-paul-and-john-birch-society.html))
John Mayer (Musician, confirmed supporter; source (http://www.nationalledger.com/pop-culture-news/ron-paul-gets-celebrity-endors-132898.shtml))
Jesse Ventura (Former wrestler, politician)
Bill Maher (Comedian, possible RP donor)
Alan Greenberg (Former CEO of Bear Stearns - [support for Ron Paul (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?309279-Former-Bear-Stearns-CEO-Greenburg-supports-Ron-Paul) suggested, not known])

Pheonix

[UtahApocalypse]

Jon Stewart - Daily Show

[ItsTime]

lmao at Bill Maher and Jon Stewart donating to Ron Paul. Have they in the past? I dont know, but I dont see them donating.

[trey4sports]

lmao at Bill Maher and Jon Stewart donating to Ron Paul. Have they in the past? I dont know, but I dont see them donating.

x2, what planet are you guys living on?

[torchbearer]

Penn & Teller
guy from overstock.com
guy from paypal.com

[UtahApocalypse]

lmao at Bill Maher and Jon Stewart donating to Ron Paul. Have they in the past? I dont know, but I dont see them donating.


x2, what planet are you guys living on?


http://twitter.com/#!/TheDailyShow/status/103234525773049857

"Despite placing a strong 2nd in the #Iowa Straw Poll, @RonPaul is ignored by the media. Time for someone to buy a giant bus!"

Takes money to buy a bus.......

[CaptUSA]

John Mackey - Whole Foods CEO.

[Pheonix]

Bill Maher's is a comedian/political commentator who endorsed Obama in 2008 if I remember correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if he's made financial contributions in the past to others. However, I don't see Jon Stewart supporting this.

[truthdivides]

Mark Cuban

[torchbearer]

John Mayer
Ventura

[torchbearer]

Stossel
the Judge

[KingRobbStark]

lmao at Bill Maher and Jon Stewart donating to Ron Paul. Have they in the past? I dont know, but I dont see them donating.

Lets get Santa Clause too. I bet he has a lot of money.

[Restore-America-NOW]

Bill Maher's is a comedian/political commentator who endorsed Obama in 2008 if I remember correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if he's made financial contributions in the past to others. However, I don't see Jon Stewart supporting this.

Maher would never donate to us, his support for Dr. Paul was short lived

http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=08&lname=Maher&fname=Bill&work=&occup=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=CA&cycle2=10&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=10&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

[ItsTime]

That Cardinals baseball player.... brain fart.

[CaptUSA]

Jonathan Hoenig
TJ Rodgers
PJ O'Rourke
Dave Barry
Doug Stanhope
Matt Stone and Trey Parker

Maybe the Kochs?

[trey4sports]

http://twitter.com/#!/TheDailyShow/status/103234525773049857

"Despite placing a strong 2nd in the #Iowa Straw Poll, @RonPaul is ignored by the media. Time for someone to buy a giant bus!"

Takes money to buy a bus.......



Are you saying that you honestly believe Stewart would donate to Paul? C'mon.

[LibertyEagle]

Jim Rogers - an Austrian economist. Has been interviewed by Lew Rockwell. There's a video somewhere from the last election where he said that RP was the only candidate who had a clue.
Jim Sinclair - occasionally puts videos of Ron Paul on his website. I'm not positive he supports RP, but I cannot imagine him supporting anyone else.
Dr. Joseph Mercola - in the last election, posted videos of RP on his health website and asked people to contribute to him.

Has anyone mentioned Peter Schiff yet?

[trey4sports]

Bill Maher's is a comedian/political commentator who endorsed Obama in 2008 if I remember correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if he's made financial contributions in the past to others. However, I don't see Jon Stewart supporting this.

Maher nor Stewart would financially contribute to Paul. At best, they are respectful of our ideas.

[trey4sports]

That Cardinals baseball player.... brain fart.

? Interested to hear this.

[Pheonix]

Please provide citations to confirm these people's connection to RP

[ItsTime]

? Interested to hear this.

albert pujols ? Im trying to put my brain in the way back machine and remember if he endorsed him in 2007

[ItsTime]

Albert Pujols


and I find myself to be very fond of Ron Paul

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/446540-the-st-louis-cardinals-albert-pujols-and-fox-news-glenn-beck

[Jingles]

Jonathan Hoenig
TJ Rodgers
PJ O'Rourke
Dave Barry
Doug Stanhope
Matt Stone and Trey Parker

Maybe the Kochs?

The Koch brothers never would because they have this strange hatred for Rothbard. They are all "FRIEDMAN ALL THE WAY". I wonder if Matt and Trey would...? That would be rather awesome. What about like Kurt Russell and Clint Eastwood? Drew Carey?

If Warren Buffett took after his father (Howard Buffett) he would. I don't know what went wrong with him having a father like he did.

[RonPaulFever]

Didn't Krist Novoselic show up on the ticker from one of the big 2007 moneybombs?

[trey4sports]

Albert Pujols



http://bleacherreport.com/articles/446540-the-st-louis-cardinals-albert-pujols-and-fox-news-glenn-beck




after looking at the article there is nothing about Pujols liking Paul, it just says he went to Becks rally. Your above quote is the authors opinion of Paul, not Pujols's opinion.

[Margo37]

Adam Curry

[ItsTime]

after looking at the article there is nothing about Pujols liking Paul, it just says he went to Becks rally. Your above quote is the authors opinion of Paul, not Pujols's opinion.

shit sorry just skimmed it, should have done a better job of reading it. Maybe I am remembering it wrong from 2007.

[IndianaPolitico]

Hopefully RevPAC knows of a few they can get to donate. RonPaulSwag is donating a portion of their earnings to RevPAC. Does anyone know how much they are giving per dollar?

[liverty]

Billionaire Banker: Andy Beal is a Libertarian

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?301120-Billionaire-Banker-Andy-Beal-is-a-Libertarian

Even though he repulsively donated to Pawlenty, now that he is out, he might be worth approaching for RP.

[rich34]

Cain, the WWE wrestler?

[trey4sports]

Cain, the WWE wrestler?

It's Kane, and he's not that wealthy. wrestlers don't make huge money. I remember seeing a headline a while back that headliners makes like 700K a year. Of course it varies, but the point is these are not super wealthy people.

[trey4sports]

I'm sure there are some wealthy Mises donors and maybe some of the Reason org. folks would donate seeing as GJ is basically done.

[JohnCrabtree]

Possibly Howie Rich? Here's a link of him talking about the Audit the Fed Bill. http://www.howierich.net/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=74
It seems he mostly donates to and supports ballot initiatives, but its possible he could put some money into a SuperPac for Paul.

Another possibility is Paul Jacobs. In 1988 he got Ron Paul on the Libertarian ballot in 47 states as the national director of the Libertarian party. Earlier than that, Ron testified for him at his in court in 1985 to help him get out of a draft dodging charge. I don't think he is that rich, but he does have a voice among many libertarian minded people.
http://www.citizensincharge.org/blog/jbydlak/the-paul-jacob-story

[rich34]

It's Kane, and he's not that wealthy. wrestlers don't make huge money. I remember seeing a headline a while back that headliners makes like 700K a year. Of course it varies, but the point is these are not super wealthy people.

Ok, what about Chuck Norris then?

Did I spell that right?

[RonPaulRules]

Joe Rogan?

[mtmedlin]

He supported Huckabee. (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little)

[trey4sports]

Ok, what about Chuck Norris then?

Did I spell that right?

No need to get touchy. You butchered the guys stage name, i corrected you.

[imhere]

Tim Duncan (NBA Spurs)

http://www.dailypaul.com/71705/tim-duncan-writes-in-ron-paul

[trey4sports]

Joe Rogan?

He supports Paul, but i'm not sure if hes a guy that will drop money on a politician though.


He supported Huckabee. (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little)

He has said good things about Paul as well though. My guess would be that no, he would not endorse/donated to Dr. Paul. Worth a shot though.

[trey4sports]

Tim Duncan (NBA Spurs)

http://www.dailypaul.com/71705/tim-duncan-writes-in-ron-paul


IIRC, that article was satire and mistaken for a factual article back in '07.

[erowe1]

It's Kane, and he's not that wealthy. wrestlers don't make huge money. I remember seeing a headline a while back that headliners makes like 700K a year. Of course it varies, but the point is these are not super wealthy people.

We're still talking someone who probably maxed out to the campaign if he's into making campaign donations, and could drop that much or more again on RevPAC.

Val Venus is another wrestler who backed RP last time.

I could also see Chuck Norris backing him.

[trey4sports]

We're still talking someone who probably maxed out to the campaign if he's into making campaign donations, and could drop that much or more again on RevPAC.

Val Venus is another wrestler who backed RP last time.

I could also see Chuck Norris backing him.



Hah, i remember hearing about that.

[rich34]

No need to get touchy. You butchered the guys stage name, i corrected you.

Ok, but it's not like I misspelled the name Cain. He just spells it differently, but you knew who I was talking about.

[mello]

You guys forgot Peter Schiff & all of his clients that he helped make loads of money using Austrian Economics.

[Son of Detroit]

That Cardinals baseball player.... brain fart.


? Interested to hear this.

Luke Scott of the Orioles I believe. Nolan Ryan also campaigned for Ron Paul in 1996.

[stefank]

i thought somebody from muse was a Ron Paul supporter

[erowe1]

That Cardinals baseball player.... brain fart.

Oh man. I would hate to have that name.

[ronpaulfollower999]

i thought somebody from muse was a Ron Paul supporter

Not sure if they are RP supporters but a lot of their music is definitely anti establishment. Their last album was called The Resistance (songs: Uprising, Resistance, United States of Eurasia, MK Ultra), and also have older songs called Take A Bow (seems like its directed toward Bush and Tony Blair), Knights of Cydonia ("No ones going to take me alive, the time has come to make things right, you and I must fight for our rights..."), Ruled By Secrecy, and there are probably some others which can be associated with anti establishment. If one was to make a soundtrack for the Revolution, it should include a lot of Muse.

And now that I think about it, the lead singer Matt Bellamy was on the Alex Jones Show a few years back.

[IndianaPolitico]

Oh man. I would hate to have that name.

"Up next to bat, is the Cardinals shortstop, Brainfart..." =)

[UpstateGenius]

If only Warren Buffet would endorse Paul!!!!!

[No Free Beer]

Why are people always such smartasses on here? Why not try to get Bill Maher and/or Jon Stewart to donate? Do you all, who say "are you on another planet?", know Jon Stewart personally? Stop being so negative and just try. Your negativity isn't going to help Ron get elected, it us just a waste of energy. I tweeted to Floyd Mayweather Jr. twice about donating or wearing a Ron Paul shirt into the ring on Sept. 17th. At least 1 million (maybe more) people will be watching that fight and I figured we could get a slot in there, then. Reason being? Mayweather HATES taxes (i know, i know...we all do) but his uncle and father always wear shirts that say, "fuck taxes" and Floyd himself always owes millions to the IRS. So why not try? It doesn't hurt. So again, go after Stewart, Maher, and everyone else. It is worth the try.

[matt0611]

Peter Schiff
Jimmy Whales (found of Wikipedia)
How about that UFC guy that supported Schiff and Ron Paul? Forget his name...

[Mike4Freedom]

dr. joseph mercola was a big donor to paul

http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=08&lname=mercola&fname=&work=&occup=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=IL&cycle2=10&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=10&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

[trey4sports]

Why are people always such smartasses on here? Why not try to get Bill Maher and/or Jon Stewart to donate? Do you all, who say "are you on another planet?", know Jon Stewart personally? Stop being so negative and just try. Your negativity isn't going to help Ron get elected, it us just a waste of energy. I tweeted to Floyd Mayweather Jr. twice about donating or wearing a Ron Paul shirt into the ring on Sept. 17th. At least 1 million (maybe more) people will be watching that fight and I figured we could get a slot in there, then. Reason being? Mayweather HATES taxes (i know, i know...we all do) but his uncle and father always wear shirts that say, "fuck taxes" and Floyd himself always owes millions to the IRS. So why not try? It doesn't hurt. So again, go after Stewart, Maher, and everyone else. It is worth the try.



Someone has to be realistic. Too many people live in a RPF bubble where anarchists are viable VP candidates, and Bill Maher and Jon Stewart donate to a libertarian leaning presidential candidate. It's just realism. We have a limited amount of time and resources, chasing unicorns will get us nowhere.

[Deborah K]

If only Warren Buffet would endorse Paul!!!!!

Screw Warren Buffet. We've got Jim Rogers.

[erowe1]

I've been fiddling around looking up the data at fec.gov. I can find everything. I just can't figure out a user-friendly way to filter out all the donors who maxed out to him. To download the data you need a program to read .fec files. I figured Excel would do it, but it doesn't. Or you can check out the data online, but the best way I've seen to do that so far is to pull up all his individual donors by last name, one letter at a time, and just scroll through and look for big numbers.

Anyway, if someone more savvy wants to do it, the data's there.

[Krtek]

Mark Cuban, this is what he said in 2008 when asked about Ron Paul in an interview:


Do you consider yourself libertarian?
Absolutely.

I take it you’re supporting Ron Paul, then.
No. I just don’t think he’s a legitimate candidate at this point in time. It’s interesting and fun to watch the Internet support he gets, and I like conceptually a lot of the things he says, but I wouldn’t vote for him.

Cuban is a libertarian and Ron Paul has a legitimate chance at winning this time around. This could have potential, especially as Ron's poll numbers continue to rise!

[erowe1]

especially as Ron's poll numbers continue to rise!

I agree. That's the best way to defeat the electability argument. Just keep building up his support little by little. Everybody who thinks he can't win has some threshold that will convince them he can. For some people he's already on the cusp of that threshold, and when they become supporters they'll bring his support up to the level that will convince more people.

If we just keep that up, eventually all the people who agree with Ron Paul but only don't support him because he's unelectable will actually support him. And if all those people actually did support him, he wouldn't just be electable, he'd dominate the primaries.

When people say that to me, I like to ask them, "Suppose his support grew to a point that would convince you he can pull it off. Would you support him then?" Getting people to make that mental commitment puts them in a good position to switch over and support him.

[Krtek]

Definitely billionaire Jim Rogers. Watch this short clip for evidence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOAahRZlIaQ

[fatjohn]

Alex jones

Very very perhaps Elon Musk (although I don't think so)

Prodigy of Mobb deep

Lupe Fiasco (again don't think so)

Tyler Durden from Zerohedge

Max Keiser

Robert Murphy

Tom Woods

Joe Scarborough

Neil Cavuto

Glenn Beck (Probably not but you never know some people give multiple candidates donations)

Ted Nicholas http://www.worldlyphilosophers.com/july20_millionaires.htm (ctrl+f Ron Paul)

Chris Rock?

Dr. Walter E Williams

Matt Drudge

Matt stone

Matt groening

Trey Parker

TJ Rogers

Basically there is a thread here that lists the famous libertarians http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?48469-List-of-Libertarian-Celebrities
You could at least contact the business leaders and check if they were already outspoken with Ron Paul

[belian78]

UFC affiliated individuals

John Fitch
Chris Lytle (just retired and plans on running for IN State senate)
Matt Lindland
Joe Rogan

They might not be huge donors, but they are supporters and have access to a lot of other fighters as well.

[Shane Harris]

peter schiff

[fatjohn]

Barry Manilow http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Barry_Manilow.php
Drew Carey http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Drew_Carey.php
Drew Curtis http://newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Drew_Curtis.php

[trey4sports]

Barry Manilow http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Barry_Manilow.php

IIRC, Manilow donated to every single presidential dem, and one GOP pres. candidate- Ron Paul.

[fatjohn]

This site is very good for this. If I had the time I would go through it.

John Paulson a fund manager payed 2400 to Rand

http://newsmeat.com/campaign_contributions_to_politicians/donor_list.php?candidate_id=S0KY00156

[Justinfrom1776]

I haven't seen Nolan Ryan's name mentioned.. He campaigned for Ron back in the day. While probably not super wealthy, Nolan carries a lot of weight in Texas, he's an icon. Getting a public endorsement from him could go a long way.

[trey4sports]

i'd really like to see Thiel drop some money. I know he is a Libertarian but i don't know if he'd donate to Paul.

[libertybrewcity]

good to see there might be some big donors.

[Jtorsella]

Didn't Chuck Norris like Paul a lot? Why don't we ask him for an endorsement?

[Todd]

some unkown billionaire from last go around who still hasn't ponied up. ;)


all seriousness. Wasn't John Mayer a supporter? maybe this time as well.

[Evilfox]

David Letterman
Dylan Ratigan
Howard Stern
Jack Cafferty
Larry Kudlow

[fatjohn]

What about Eric Sprott?

[Jandrsn21]

What about Eric Sprott?

Yeah definitely! I was going to say, go to King World News and start writing down all the names of the people King interviews, they all sound like Paul and often even mention him directly! If the REVPAC does this right and reaches out to the right people I see no reason why they can't get boat loads of cash!

[orenbus]

Wow no one said Debbie Gibson yet? She's been all over twitter talking about Ron Paul, we should probably get her to do a fundraiser think she has a lot of fans that might be interested. :)

[fatjohn]

Yeah definitely! I was going to say, go to King World News and start writing down all the names of the people King interviews, they all sound like Paul and often even mention him directly! If the REVPAC does this right and reaches out to the right people I see no reason why they can't get boat loads of cash!

Indeed the precious metal folks are the key here. They all know ron paul and what he stands for, they all know about the shennanigans the government usually pulls and they've made boatloads of cash over the last four years.

[ThePursuitOfLiberty]

There are so many powerful "precious metal" people who - if they want - can come out of the wood works and donate to the SuperPAC.

IMHO, I think Forbes is holding off for a younger Paul's run. Just my .02.

[mczerone]

Didn't Krist Novoselic show up on the ticker from one of the big 2007 moneybombs?

Krist indeed donated in '07. He's from Nirvana, but I don't know that he has boatloads of cash to sling around - he's opted for the private life since '94. Though he is still close with Dave Ghrol, who I want to say mentioned that he really trusts Krist's political judgement in an interview and would probably be open to supporting Paul if he's persuaded in the right way.


Luke Scott of the Orioles I believe. Nolan Ryan also campaigned for Ron Paul in 1996.

Nolan also stumped for Huckabee last go around, IIRC. But he was a supporter/donor of Paul before that. Maybe he can be pulled back into the fold pretty easily.

What about Vince Vaughn? He's definitely a Ron Paul supporter - at least from when he invited him to the (crappy) "Couples Retreat" premier.

I think it might be worth the campaign's resources to try to woo some major musicians and actors. Like it or not, they hold a ton of cultural sway, and many have views that correspond to libertarianism. Some that come to my head are: Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Quincy Jones, Barry Manilow, Jimmy Buffett, Metallica (overlooking their DRM biatching, they really have an anti-war, pro-liberty message), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth - their latest "Endgame" sounds like a soundtrack to Alex Jones hysteria), Kid Rock, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Trace Adkins, Dolly Parton. As for actors, maybe go for the real professional big stars: Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks. Many of these people are avowed "leftists", but I'm confident they would respond to the right pitch that says that Ron Paul is the best choice for what they want to see in the country and in their state.