Early reports on Monday indicated that Fred Thompson had raised over $8 million dollars for his campaign during the third quarter. This has been confirmed by the Thompson campaign.
Thompson is still running behind his closest rivals, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, when it comes to campaign cash. Romney continues to benefit from the use of his own private funds which he channels into his campaign.
Both Ron Paul and John McCain came on strong during the third quarter. Mr. Paul raised around $5 million and so did McCain. Yet McCain is reportedly $2 million bucks in the red. With his strong showing in the third quarter, however, he could yet be a force with which to be reckoned in the long run.
The mainstream media are sure to downplay the significance of Thompson's $8 million, just as they did when he announced he had raised $3.5 million before he had even announced as a candidate. After all, Thompson's campaign funds are dwarfed by those of Giuliani and Romney.
However, one must bear in mind that Thompson only announced during the first week of September. Fully two months of the third quarter had passed before he jumped into the race. This means, of course, that the totals Giuliani and Romney have posted for the third quarter include all three months, not just one.
I believe it is fairly safe to say that it is highly doubtful that any Republican candidate has raised $8 million bucks in one month. This makes Thompson's totals all the more impressive.
Impressive, that is, until one begins to look at the totals raised by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The Democrats have out-raised the Republicans 2-to-1 so far.
Thompson has some serious catching up to do in order to be competitive in the general election against Hillary or Obama.
But then, let's not forget to bear in mind the all-important question, how much of that money the top two Democrats are raising is 'dirty money' funded by sleazy pyramid schemes in the murky world of corrupt political fundraisers?
And even more importantly than that, when will the mainstream media begin treating Norman Hsu as the Democrats' Jack Abramoff?
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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Where do you think Thompson's money comes from? He himself is a lobbyist, and he has several lobbyists working for him in his campaign. I find it amusing you denigrate where Obama and Hillary's money comes from when the man you apparently support, Thompson, IS a special interest lobbyist.
Also, you'll never convince me that $8 million was only raised in September. Please. Everyone has known since June Fred was getting in this race. I bet you at least half that money came in July and August.
All lobbyists are corrupt? That's news to me. I have known some good ones.
Yet it is common knowledge that Hillary, Obama, and Edwards receive dirty money from the likes of George Soros, Moveon.org, and Norman Hsu. Hillary in particular is synonymous with corruption.
And your notion about when the money was raised is in error. Before September 3.5 million was raised. After Fred announced the first week of Sept., the 8 million began pouring in.
And the facts are facts whether you choose to believe them or not.
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