Anyone watching? 10:25 AM - $4,303,547

Round #2...

Another way RP's supporters are gaming the system. This has to do with spamming, which is illegal.

If Texas congressman Ron Paul is elected president in 2008, he may be the first leader of the free world put into power with the help of a global network of hacked PCs spewing spam, according to computer-security researchers who've analyzed a recent flurry of e-mail supporting the long-shot Republican candidate.

"This is clearly a criminal act in support of a campaign, which has been committed with or without their knowledge," says Gary Warner, the University of Alabama at Birmingham's director of research in computer forensics. "The question is, will we see more and more of this, or will this bring shame to the campaigns and will they make clear that this is not a form of acceptable behavior by their supporters?" Warner pointed to provisions of the federal Can-Spam Act.

Some participants in the online political world have long suspected Paul's technically sophisticated fan base of manipulating online tools and polls to boost the appearance of a wide base of support. But the UAB analysis is the first to document any internet shenanigans.

The finding is significant, because Paul's online support -- as gauged by blog mentions, friends on social-networking sites such as MySpace and popularity in online polls -- has garnered him wide mainstream print and television coverage, despite his relatively poor performance in offline polling.

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Try this on for size Clear Thinker:

5:35 pm - $5,735,533

That's $3 million so far TODAY. Now that's gaming the system!!

And this is quite interesting: Now it turns out that some of the money that Paul is raising may be coming from overseas as well. Check out this post (http://www.ronpaulfo...):

-Unfortunately only Americans can donate due to election laws.
Unless you can find a Ron Paul supporter in the US, that you trust, that you may want to "BUY" something from at a very inflated price. :P

-I know you can't donate to the campaign, but you can donate to individual Americans. Money is always of concern and your meetup groups want to help, we could sure use it. We need to do all kinds of advertising - television/print/radio I'm pretty sure that if you wanted to, you could send your money to a trusted American and ask THEM to donate to the campaign I'm sure there are many ways that we could put your money to use that would help us get Ron Paul's campaign an asist.

-I'd be willing to be a collection point (if you will) to distribute funds for various advertising projects, or to the campaign if that is what you wanted. PM me if you are interested.

Check out some of the comments to the WaPo article (http://blog.washingt...) on his fundraising:

-I am a Republican and voted for Bush (sorry U.S.A.) but recently woke up to the fact that our country is in danger of turning into a fascist state, with global bankers pulling the puppet strings.

-i voted for kerry last time in hopes that he would put and end to the bush bulls**t, but as usual the do nothing dems did nothing. go ron paul you have my vote any day over the neocon hillary

-I said I would NEVER vote for a Republican again - but I would vote for Mr. Paul before that "other" Republican, Hillary Clinton.

If not, I will support Edwards or Obama.

Go Ron Paul!

-Pali, why don't you just get chipped now so the government can track you like cattle. Bahhh-bahhh, you're as retarded as the others who will vote for Romney or Clinton. Protest while you can! If Dr. Paul looses this election no dissent will be tolerated. The North American Empire will be one step closer to accomplishing their goals of destroying the middle class.

(http://www.ronpaulfo...)A guy over in the UK bought some tshirts from me, and "inadvertently" added $20 to the order. So whadya know, when it came time to contribute again to Ron Paul, I had an extra $20 to spare. Go figure.

(http://www.ronpaulfo...)I'm taking donation from Foriegn Nationals at marchacrossamerica so far we have had a great response...you just have to let them know you are out there.

(http://www.ronpaulfo...)Here are a few things that I would suggest for foreigners who would like to help with the campaign. Contact the organizers of RP Meetup groups, maybe in a favorite American city of yours if you have one. Student ones are even better, students are always broke! They are also more likely than older supporters to plaster signs and stickers everywhere. See if they would like to receive a box of stickers, signs, etc. Order some merchandise and have it shipped to them.

Interesting indeed.....

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