Ron Paul Again Leads in Military Contributions

[kylejack]

(Just blasted the following to several hundred media e-mail addresses )

Once again, Ron Paul has outraised all candidates in the Republican primary race in donations from current and former members of the military. Ron Paul's controversial message of non-interventionism may not be popular with the rest of the Republican field, but it seems clear that it is resonating with the troops that are potentially put into harm's way by American foreign policy. Ron Paul voted against the Iraq War from the outset, and remains a strong advocate for a humble foreign policy, and a return to the Republican policies of non-interventionism and 'no nation building'.

Totals:
Ron Paul $40466.72
John McCain $23058.00
Fred Thompson $16748.00
Mitt Romney $8180.00
Rudy Giuliani $6050.00

Detailed data (from Employer data, http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q3/ ):

Ron Paul

AIR FORCE 50.00
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB 100.00
ARMY 250.00
DEPARTMENT OF ARMY 250.00
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 3,150.00
GA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 200.00
NASA 2,200.00
NATIONAL GUARD 500.00
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 650.00
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 2,240.00
UNITED STATES NAVY 2,550.00
US AIR FORCE 1,100.00
US ARMY 14,348.96
US GOVT DEPT OF ARMY 50.00
US NAVY 4,160.00
US NAVY` 500.00
USAF 4,250.00
USAF (RETIRED) 1,300.00
USAF RETIRED 100.00
USMC 500.00
USN 17.76
VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 2,000.00
$40466.72

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Romney:
U.S. ARMY 260.00
U.S. GOVERNMENT/D.O.D. 150.00
U.S. NAVY 750.00
U.S. NAVY VETERAN ASSN. 2,300.00
UNITED STATES ARMY 200.00
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 300.00
US AIR FORCE 100.00
US ARMY 2,750.00
US ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE 200.00
USAF 400.00
USAF RETIRED 250.00
USMC 500.00
NATIONAL GUARD 20.00

$8180

___________

GIULIANI

U.S. ARMY 250.00
U.S. N.R.C. 300.00
U.S. NAVY 650.00
U.S. NAVY VETERAN'S ASSOCIATION 2,300.00
U.S.M.C. 1,000.00
US DEPT OF THE ARMY 250.00
US NAVY 850.00
USAF 250.00
DC AIR NATIONAL GUARD 200.00

$6050

____________

MCCAIN

ARMY AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE (AAFES 250.00
U.S. AIR FORCE 1,420.00
U.S. ARMY 5,180.00
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 242.00
U.S. COAST GUARD 100.00
U.S. MARINE CORPS 200.00
U.S. MILITARY 600.00
U.S. NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER 150.00
U.S. NAVY 3,078.00
U.S. NAVY CIVIL SERVICE 200.00
U.S. MILITARY 600.00
UNK 200.00
US AIR FORCE 2,300.00
US ARMY 1,925.00
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 175.00
US MARINE CORPS 1,021.00
US NAVAL ACADEMY 100.00
US NAVY 3,067.00
US GOVERNMENT - DEPT OF DEFENSE 1,000.00
USAF 500.00
USAFR 100.00
USMC 500.00
VA NATIONAL GUARD 150.00


$23058


________________


Fred Thompson

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1,000.00
U.S.COAST GUARD RETIRED OFFICER 23.00
DOD 1,000.00
DOD US ARMY (RET) 250.0
U.S. ARMY 925.00
U.S. ARMY TACOM 350.00
U.S. DEPT. OF DEFENSE 250.00
U.S. MARINE CORPS 250.00
U.S. MILITARY 1,000.00
U.S. NAVY 250.00
U.S. NAVY ACTIVE DUTY 500.00
U.S.A.F. 250.00
US AIR FORCE 250.00
US ARMY 1,250.00
US ARMY (RETIRED) 250.00
US NAVY 5,600.00
USAF 1,750.00
USAF (RET) 800.00
USMC 550.00
W.V. AIR NATIONAL GAURD 250.00

$16748

[kylejack]

I'll be watching to see if my exact text gets used anywhere in the media (rubs hands together) mwahahahaha

[Razmear]

I came up with $40416.72 for Ron Paul not counting NASA.
Here is my list done by manually checking all the entries by eye:

AIR FORCE 50.00
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB 100.00
ARKANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 800.00
ARMY 250.00
DEPARTMENT OF ARMY 250.00
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 3,150.00
DISABLED VETERAN 705.00
GA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 200.00
HILL AFB 445.00
NATIONAL GUARD 500.00
RETIRED/W W 2 AIRFORCE VET 50.00
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 650.00
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 2,240.00
UNITED STATES NAVY 2,550.00
US AIR FORCE 1,100.00
US ARMY 14,348.96
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 50.00
US GOVT DEPT OF ARMY 50.00
US NAVY 4,160.00
US NAVY` 500.00
USAF 4,250.00
USAF (RETIRED) 1,300.00
USAF RETIRED 100.00
USMC 500.00
USN 17.76
UTAH ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 100.00
VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 2,000.00

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[kylejack]

Yeah, I probably should have excised that...oh well, its already been send to hundreds of media e-mail addresses.

[robatsu]

Anybody who doesn't realize Ron Paul's natural appeal to the traditional sort of citizen-soldier mentality that is still common in the U.S. military is a chickenhawk ripe for for the plucking. Despite the recent efforts to convert the U.S. military to a mercenary force, there is still a strong vein of the populist armory on State Street, heartland mentality in the U.S. military, maybe even stronger than it has in the past as the all volunteer force has increasingly had to rely on recruits ever further removed from the cosmopolitan bicoastal America of the elites.

There, I said it. Me, I was a enlisted as USMC sniper, then commissioned as submarine officer. This misunderstanding of military mindset is an indicator of the fundamental flaws in the leadership of our country, similar to that of the Romans, who were eventually subsumed by their Gothic and Gothic like legions and populations.

To me, I would be surprised if all these military guys weren't suppotrting Ron Paul.

[steph3n]

did you see Gen Sanchez's speech?

Anybody who doesn't realize Ron Paul's natural appeal to the traditional sort of citizen-soldier mentality that is still common in the U.S. military is a chickenhawk ripe for for the plucking. Despite the recent efforts to convert the U.S. military to a mercenary force, there is still a strong vein of the armory on State Street, heartland mentality in the U.S. military, maybe even stronger than it has in the past as the all volunteer force has increasingly had to rely on recruits ever further removed from the cosmopolitan bicoastal America of the elites.

There, I said it. Me, I was a enlisted as USMC sniper, then commissioned as submarine officer. This misunderstanding of military mindset is an indicator of the fundamental flaws in the leadership of our country, similar to that of the Romans, who were eventually subsumed by their Gothic and Gothic like legions and populations.