Thoughts on Freedom

Ron Paul just won’t go away. The mainstream media had written him off as a fringe candidate, however they have now had to take notice because his fund raising is doing so well, topping $5 million in the last quarter. This is better in fact than some other more prominant republican presidential candidates such as John McCain. And unlike many other candidates the flow of new donations to the Ron Paul cause continue to build momentum. 

It remains unlikely that Ron Paul at the end of the day will be the republican presidential candidate, let alone the US president. However it seems reasonably certain now that he will remain in the race a lot longer than many people figured on. And this means that his message will be presented to a larger audience for a longer period of time. And of course it means the media will be printing the word “libertarian” more often than might have been the case otherwise.

Trivia: Apparently over a quarter of all funds donationed to presidential candidates by employees of the armed services has gone to Ron Paul. More than for any other candidate. Amoung the Republican candidates only (ie excluding Democrat candidates etc) he gets nearly 50% of the donations from armed services employees.