In the wake of Ron Paul’s shocking one-day fundraising results (shocking, because I didn’t realize there were that many idiots with money to burn), John Podhoretz at Contentions speculates that the Texas congressman is drawing from the same pool of…

As for Paul, I’ll tell you I don’t agree with everything he’s got, but I think Paul vs. Hillary would be an absolute RIOT! If you’re pro-war, you’d have to vote Hillary, and if you’re anti-war, you’d be voting Paul. Man, that would just confuse the heck out of everyone. And the more confusion there is in politics, the better off everyone else is (because when they’re confused, less of my money gets stolen).

So why only a partial refund? I’m guessing RP sees a need to distance himself from troofer scum, but not COMPLETELY disavow them. If he did, his support base would all but disappear.

John Slevin, if you want anyone to listen to you, don’t be an asshole. I deleted your obnoxious comment from my site, but let another one about the contribution refund through because it wasn’t asinine like your steaming pile of crap.
Now explain why RP didn’t refund the WHOLE donation, please.

Ron Paul has received more military donations than all other Republicans combined.

Bullshit. If you knew anything at all, you’d know that a GS-5 at a desk job at Whatever AFB in Iowa says his or her employer is “US Air Force.” All that means is it’s people employed by DoD, either in uniform or out of uniform. I also notice you people say “the troops want out of Iraq” because of this, yet who’s to say these donations came from people who are or who have been there?

Either way, it doesn’t matter. Most conservatives in the military are waiting to see which of the other candidates are going to be the nominee, because military people aren’t rich and most can’t afford to dump money into primary campaigns. Having served in uniform for 11 years myself AND having been my unit’s voting officer for several election cycles, I can tell you with certainty that most military in uniform generally don’t get financially involved until the nominees are chosen. Those who are supporting RP are doing so for obvious reasons–he’s radically different from the other candidates, almost serving as a third-party candidate, and presumably none of the others would be the supporters’ choice anyway.

Keep dreaming, though. You obviously don’t know anything about people in the military. Or logic, for that matter. Slogans are much easier, aren’t they?

Appreciate the kind thoughts on the theme.

Ah, so you admit that he took money from a major truther.

Anyone can check this for themselves by going to the FEC website.

Again, they reported that they received a contribution from Alex Jones, and they reported returning that contribution to Alex Jones. The other sources you cite, like Captain’s Quarters, CLEARLY have omitted this data from their “reporting” of the facts.

You should not spread B.S. You should have the personal and professional integrity to look into things like this yourself. It took me about two minutes to look at the actual FEC report and to see the fact that this was a contribution refund, NOT a payment for services rendered. The other sources, like Captain Ed, simply have lied, and you have repeated that lie.

Do you have the integrity now to correct this matter, to retract your idiotic and sycophantic repeating of Captain Ed’s lie?

I’ve been noticing that the MSM is doing stories on RP as though he’s a serious candidate. They are having interviews with him and talking about him as though he’s a real threat to the front runners. I think they are doing that hoping to give him more name recognition. That way he might do a Ross Perot kinda thing and split the Republican vote so they can get a dem in office. That’s the only hope they have of getting into office.