Ron Paul has received more contributions from the military than any other candidate. Fox News reported on this but seemed to imply that people were lying about their occupations when donating to Paul’s campaign! You can bet they would be singing a different tune if it were McCain or one of the other ‘front-runners’ on the top of this list.

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It is no surprise that the Republican Party has received more campaign contributions from employees of the military than the Democratic Party.  However, it may surprise a lot of people to find out that, according to FEC numbers, Ron Paul has received more campaign contributions from military members than any other single candidate.  The numbers can be broken down as follows:

All numbers are in US dollars and the data is arranged from most contributions to least.

NAME: TOTAL [ARMY] [NAVY] [AIRFORCE] [VETERAN] [USMC]

RON PAUL: 24,965 [6,975] [6,765] [4,650] [5,075] [1,500]
McCain: 17,475 [6925] [6305] [1795] [800] [1600]
Romney: 3,551 [2,051] [0] [1500] [0]
Giuliani: 2,320 [1,450] [370] [250] [250]
Hunter: 1000 [0] [1000] [0]
Huckabee: 750 [250] [0] [500]
Tancredo: 350 [350] [0] [0]
Brownback: 71 [71] [0] [0]

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has received over $7,000 more than McCain who was the closest other candidate.  Dr. Paul even received more money from veterans than McCain!  It’s interesting to see that the military supports the only anti-Iraq war Republican candidate.  It just goes to show you how bad this ‘war‘ really is going.

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