Have you ever wanted to e-mail a friend of yours who is pro-second amendment about Ron Paul, but didn't have the time to research all the good bills, youtube videos, writings, etc?

Have you ever written a fantastic e-mail to a friend about Ron Paul. It took you hours to come up with all the great material, and you'd love to share your email with more than just your friends?

Now there is a solution - www.whoisronpaul.com. Created by a member of Operation Live Free or Die, this system can help you come up with issue specific emails for your friends, or share great emails you have come up with. Since it just started, it needs some new content, so pitch in and help out! Then start e-mailing your friends about Dr Paul.

I'm a big fan of aravoth's videos. Here is the latest on monetary policy.

The first group of folks from Operation Live Free or Die have arrived!

NH Outlook did a great segment on Ron Paul last weekend. The interview and many of the shots were taken at the Concord HQ office, during a recent yard sign assembling event.

The full page ad commissioned by Lawrence Lepard is complete and is set to appear in USA Today tomorrow, November 21st with a right hand placement in the first section- NEWS. The word is that USA Today was willing to do this placement because it was a grassroots effort. Amazing!

The concept for the ad was originally developed by "max" at RonPaulForums and tailored based on Lawrence's wishes from hundreds of comments from forum members in an open source ad development methodology.

The graphic design work was done by our very own Linda Lagana who owns Papergraphics. I HIGHLY recommend that people do as much business with her company as possible outside of this campaign. She's been absolutely fantastic with producing ads, flyers, etc. Her graphic design work has been better than anything the official campaign has done.


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We've taken Ron Paul from nowhere in the polls to 8%. We can get him up above McCain and Giuliani for sure, but it's going to take a lot of work on our part. Come join this effort to help Dr Paul win NH. Our founding fathers risked their lives and fortunes for freedom. All we need to do is knock on doors.

We're going to make a big push to canvas on Dec 1st. We will be getting folks in from around the country to help out, and throw a big rally in the evening, hopefully with Ron Paul there to say thank you.

For out of state folks. If you have a large meetup, please take RSVPs from your meetup, then have your meetup lead RSVP here with a total count. For folks out of state needing a place to stay, please register at Operation Live Free or Die. This organization is supported by the grassroots in NH. We'd love to have you come on Dec 1, and stay as long as you can.

Dr. Ron Paul will be coming into New Hampshire tomorrow and campaigning in the north country. Currently confirmed stops include:

Tuesday, November 13

3:30 - 4:30 pm - Q&A with Dixville Notch voters and Balsams employees, The Balsams, Dixville Notch
4:30 - 5:15 pm - Chat with reporters, The Balsams, Dixville Notch
7:00 - 8:30 pm - Reception at the home of Colebrook Selectman Larry Rappaport
1 Indian Trail, Colebrook (145 N, 3 miles past Beaver Brook Falls, take left on Indian Trail)

Wednesday, November 14

7:35 - 7:40 am - Burns Truck Stop, 1852 US Route 3, North Stratford
8:00 - 8:45 am - Q&A with students, Groveton High School, 38 State Street, Groveton
9:15 - 10:00 am - Chat with locals, Ray & Deb's Variety Store/Grill, 281 Summer Street, Lancaster
10:15 - 10:30 am - Chat with locals, Village Gun Store, 4 King Square, Whitefield
11:00 - 12:00 pm - Lunch, chat with local reporters, The Littleton Diner, 170 Main Street, Littleton
12:45 - 1:45 pm - Chat with locals, Walker Motors, 4675 Dartmouth College Hwy, Woodsville

About 11 minutes into the press release for the $4.3M donation day, they talk about how New Hampshire lead the amount of donations on a per capita basis. Way to go!!!

Thanks to thousands of freedom loving Americans, the November 5th money bomb has exceeded all expectations. Earlier today, people were forecasting $2 million, then $2.5 million, and as the day progressed, those estimates kept getting higher and higher. Well, by my account, Ron Paul supporters have managed to contribute a total of $4,322,173.31 in 24 hours!!!





The pictures you see are screenshots at 12:00am EST November 5th and 12:00am EST November 6th. (The reason you see 1:00am EST in the first one is because the campaign hadn't adjusted their clock for Daylight Savings Time yet.) The campaign now has more than $7 million and has 25 days to reach their month end goal of $8 million.

What is possibly more significant than the money itself, is the amount of press and attention this whole event has received. Stories are flying off the wire...

Ron Paul Raises More Than $4.2 Million [The Associated Press]

Ron Paul Raises More Than $4 Million in One Day [The New York Times]

Internet Allows Libertarian to Run Amok [Wired News]

Ron Paul, long shot no more [USA Daily]

Ron Paul Is Money [ABC News]

Ron Paul says he's broken one-day online fundraising record [USA Today]

Ron Paul makes fund raising history [USA Daily]

Ron Paul raised over 2.5 million so far today, likely to pass 6 million for the quarter today [USA Daily]

Ron Paul's Record Online Haul [Washington Post]

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Ok, you get the idea :) Now, back to our regularly scheduled campaign...

According to USA Daily, Ron Paul's book, "A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship" has skyrocketed from #594 to #294 and made it to #22 on Amazon's Movers and Shakers list. It also has 15 reviews on Amazon, all of which are 5 star reviews. The book was plugged briefly during his recent interview with Jay Leno and now appears on the main page of the Ron Paul 2008 Website.

For those who don't know, his book is a collection of speeches that he has given in Congress over his 20 years of service. It is extremely enlightening in that you get to see for yourself his unwavering consistency and conviction to the same principles he preaches about today: non-intervention, financial stability, and respect for the Constitution.

I picked up my own copy recently, and after reading the first 30 pages, I am more convinced than ever that Ron Paul is the only man who has the courage, wisdom, and foresight to save our country from the downward spiral it is in. Even 25 years ago, he preached about the consequences of interventionism - in lives, in dollars, and in security.

Here are a few quotes I found quite revealing from his speeches in the early 1980's:

October 14, 1981
"So I would say it is time that we looked at the policy in general of whether or not we are to be the supplier of weapons and the protector and the policeman of the world. ... The continuation of a policy of intervention throughout the world will one day, once again, drag America into another unnecessary war."

June 9, 1982
"The 20th Century notion that America has been chosen to police the world and pay all the bills, to make the world "safe for democracy" is no longer viable. Economically, we can no longer afford it, militarily, it is of no value to us. ... The more we scatter our troops and the more dollars we spend, the more likely we are to have war and the worse our economic problems become. ... What will it ever take for us to learn from the lessons of history? ... it is time we let our rich allies take care of themselves, and that the lives of our young people and the dollars of our American taxpayers be used for the preservation of our security."

February 24, 1983
"We have already pumped a billion dollars into the Mideast in the name of peace, yet the powder keg is as hot and dangerous as ever. This policy has been costly beyond words. There are many more dollars hidden in our Pentagon budget over the direct foreign aid expenditures we all know about. But the real threat lies ahead. Continued intervention in the Middle East will only guarantee greater problems for us in the future. It cannot enhance our security. It can only jeopardize peace and weaken our own defenses."

Even back then, he understood that our country and our foreign policy was headed in the wrong direction. It is unfortunate that he often stood alone as the voice of reason. If our other "representatives" had shown this kind of wisdom and foresight, our country would no doubt be more secure and prosperous than it is today.

Some very nice coverage (finally) by WMUR. See the transcript. Feel free to fill out some station comments to say thanks.

On the Colbert Report last night, Colbert did a segment (called Job Description) on how Presidential powers are far stronger than intended by our Constitution. He unfortunately didn't include Dr Paul in the discussion, but he did have a great clip of Romney from the debate, with comments before and after. The "new job" is a President with very broad powers, like Bush has taken on.

Colbert: "Now other candidates are clearly applying for the new job, like Romney."

Romney (clip from the debates): "And I hear from time to time people say, hey wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about. But don't forget, the most important civil liberty I expect from my gov is my right to be kept alive."

Colbert: "That speech will play great in NH, what with their state motto, live free or do whatever it takes so I don't die."

No thanks, I prefer our actual motto, Live Free or Die.