Was The Tea Party A Success?

[SonicInfinity]

Right Before It Started:

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3777/ronpaultotal1ox1.jpg

At The End:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8367/ronpaultotal5wb0.png
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9213/ronpaultotal2wm9.png

Stuck Counter Total At Midnight:

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5820/ronpaultotal4vl1.png

Users In The Forum:

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/423/ronpaultotal3vn2.png

So, anybody have any more screenshots or info to disclose? Also, I put up a poll so that you can rate today's success.

[SonicInfinity]

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[SonicInfinity]

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fast forum is fast

[Ibtz]

Yep, a huge success.

Nice screen captures btw.

[ClockwiseSpark]

Amazing, amazing.

:D

[nist7]

6.429 million dollars is the total we raised today according to those screen shots!

[kaleidoscope eyes]

Awesome. And it was nice to see the WHOLE Fam Damnily was here to see it!
lol

[thomaspaine23]

http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=df66cfxt_4hhsnsqhc

[Paulite5112007]

The screenshot with the final total was stuck at that amount for about 5 minutes from 1155 to midnight...

[arrrgghhh]

Fuck Yeah!
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[burningfur]

I'll admit, I was hoping for 8-10 million, but according to some of the numbers we still beat every previous one day fundraising record.

Bo. yah.

xD

[justinc.1089]

The Tea Party of 2007 was a R[EVOL]UTIONARY success!!!:eek::D

How could you possibly think different after beating everyone else EVER for all 1-day fundraising records?!:rolleyes:

[SonicInfinity]

Hey, who changed my topic title name? :(

Whatever, if it was disruptive, I apologize.

[PineGroveDave]

A resounding success. It exceeded my expectations. I am honored to have been part of it.

[SonicInfinity]

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[defcreative]

Hell yes it was a great success!

[wstrucke]

shame about the server going down at the last minute. might have seen another $10k or something

[Brainsnake]

definitely a huge success:D

[Got Liberty?]

http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=df66cfxt_4hhsnsqhc

Nice shot! 1776

[SonicInfinity]

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[SonicInfinity]

Final Bump.

[ProfNo]

We broke the single day fundraising record...that is a success by any standard.

[RPFTW!]

I warned people about high expectations thinking we'd get like 15 million. This was a great day. We raised 2 million more than we did last november in just under 1 month and a half.

[ursamajor]

pounding pounding pounding pounding!

[SonicInfinity]

I warned people about high expectations thinking we'd get like 15 million. This was a great day. We raised 2 million more than we did last november in just under 1 month and a half.

I know, that's why Ron Paul was guessing around 5 million.

[burningfur]

Plus we had 50,000 donors! Pretty awesome.

[Anti Federalist]

Who were the two goobers who voted "complete failure"?

[austin4paul]

Here's a partial video of our tea party in Austin. This is just about half of the parade. Austin PD crowd control expert estimated we had over 1,000 people there. The crowd was so big, they decided to block off the street and give us a police escort so we could march in the streets! Yeah, baby. At the end of the parade (not shown as this is only half of the people), we had our very own Baby Blimp flying high and bringing up the rear!

Enjoy...shows a peek into the power of the movement. 1,000 people and the candidate wasn't even there! Beat that Ghouliani or Huckster! Bwahaaa haaa haaa!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvGS12EoZUE

[DanK]

Took this right after it broke 12 million last night:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/littlekasper/12mil.jpg

[SonicInfinity]

Who were the two goobers who voted "complete failure"?

Probably Huckabee spies.

Their IP addresses should be recorded and reported to the FBI immediately. :D

[eok321]

bark

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

This was the coolest thing ever!! We broke so many records today, and in the end even the widget got jammed!

I really think Ron Paul can go the whole way (into the Whitehouse) from here.!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[JacobLyles]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2117242804_ed6f78e80d_o.jpg

[SonicInfinity]

I think this thread needs to be stickied so it doesn't get lost in all the thousands of people currently on this forum.

[slantedview]

pwnage!!

WE ARE THE CHAAAAAAAAAAMPIONS!

OF THE WORRRRRRRLD!

[eok321]

i was gonna put complete failure but know from experience theirs far too many up tight folk who'd take it seriously...


its now time to celebrate...for 5 minutes then get out and vote/convert/convince/win

[ErikBlack]

It was a success! We have given the Ron Paul campaign the tools it needs to compete with other campaigns on an even keel financially. It is likely that Ron Paul's Q4 fundraising totals will be close to, or exceed, "front runners" like Romney and Guliani and far exceed the likes of Thompson and Huckabee.

55,000 individuals showed their support for Ron Paul is genuine by putting their money where their mouth is. What remains to be seen is how well Paul's message will resonate with the rest of the people of America. Thanks to us he will have the opportunity to bring this message to them. It will be up to them to accept or reject it.

The results of the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primaries will tell us a lot about Ron Paul's viability as a candidate and whether we are acting in a vacuum or if we are truly at the forefront of a revolution. Remember, for this thing to truly be a success we need the majority of Americans on-board.

In 1992 Ross Perot received 19 million votes. That is an impressive number for a non-mainstream candidate, but he received no electoral votes and never came close to the presidency. In 1964 Barry Goldwater won the Republican nomination and received 27 million votes (which adjusted for population would represent a higher number today) but still lost in a landslide to Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson.

To win the presidency in 2008 will take more than 50 million votes. Are there 50 million people in the Unites States who support Ron Paul? I would venture to say no, not yet. Are there 50 million who can be convinced through our grassroots efforts and through the efforts of the national campaign funded by our donations? I certainly hope so.

I wish Dr. Paul the best of luck in his campaign. I am proud to have been a part of this event. Dr. Paul cured my apathy as he did for so many others who had become disenfranchised with politics. I now wait anxiously for the American public to stand up and prove that the revolutionary spirit which carved out this great nation is not dead, despite 100 years of corporate servitude and media brainwashing. It may be too late. We may be too far gone as a people. Or maybe, just maybe...there is a glimmer of hope. That glimmer shown brightly here tonight. Thank you all.

[Arek]

I wish I would have taken my screen shot at a few minutes till midnight at 18.01 M and RP Radio reported at midnight we made it to 18.02 Million. A few people in the chat last night also had the counter say between 18.00-18.04 M. Then later on the counter started going backwards to 17.6 M. I think we broke 18M because the donation page at 10 Minutes till midnight was insane.