Last night at 8:45 pm CST I posted about Ron Paul and the Million Dollar Boost. The PBS debates ended at 9:30 pm CST, so I figured I’d look at some numbers to compare to the numbers at 8:45 pm.

At 10:30 pm CST, the Paul campaign raised $615,000. Averaged over the total 168 hours of the week, that came to $107 per minute, which is quite a jump from $105 per minute just 2 hours early (remember this is averaging all the previous donations in total).

By 12:15 am CST, the campaign was at $631,000. The same per-minute average brings it up to $108, again a nice improvement considering we’re still averaging all the previous minutes since the start.

As of 8:30 am CST this morning, about 12 hours after I first ran my calculations, the campaign is back to $105 per minute on average, which is quite an accomplishment considering most people were napping through the night. Their total of $663,000 with the average of $105 per minute leaves us to estimate that the campaign will just barely cross the million dollar threshold, but of course there are two other outcomes: as donations continue to soar, even more people will be led to donate, or as the week progresses, the supporters will all have given.

Updated numbers

As of 9:05 am CST this morning, the campaign is averaging $106/minute for the entire week. As of 10:35 am CST, the campaign is averaging $107/minute. Definitely an increase again, and if it stays on target over the weekend (hard to say, my traffic drops a lot but maybe his goes up), they may hit $1,070,000 if they stick to that trend. Let’s hope!

$1 million in a week is amazing, definitely. Let’s make these considerations, which we know are untrue:

a) Everyone gave the maximum of $2300. This means Paul only has 434 supporters putting their money where their mouth is.

b) Everyone gave about $20. This means Paul has about 50,000 supporters putting up a measly $20.

See those numbers? They’re tiny. Seriously — how can only 50,000 supporters toss $20 into the till in a week? Or why are there only 434 supporters who are financially solvent enough to donate $2300, which in the grand scheme of things is still not a massive amount of money if you’re earning $60,000 per household. That’s holding back on one plasma TV purchase, or cutting back your coffee shop visit by 2 cups a day, easy for a husband and wife team.

I don’t understand why the campaign can’t blow the doors off everyone, Democrat and Republican, top tier and bottom tier, with numbers that are numbing. It doesn’t make sense to me. I hate debt, but I would tell you to charge $200 to your credit card today and pay it over through the election — that’s how important the MESSAGE is.

I’m not telling you to vote for Ron Paul; not everyone is morally accepting of voting. I’m not asking you to make banners in your garage and hit rallies each month; not everyone has the time. What I am saying, as I said before, is that the message of Ron Paul is one that we may never have the chance to push again in the mainstream press. When was the last time you heard anything BAD about the fraudulent Federal Reserve, the socialist IRS, the horrible outcome of health care due to the HMO Act of 1973? Only Ron Paul has the camera on him, and he NEEDS the money to continue the message.

Yes, to many, the election is important. I sure hope that Paul beats everyone else, because I want my tax money to stay in my pocket each week. I want yours, too, so you can spend it on my businesses, and I can spend my money on your industry. But regardless of the outcome of the likely corrupt and shill-ridden campaign, the message of freedom is the reason to support Paul.

Let’s do it. Let’s blow the doors off the numbers today. Can you give $50, or even $200, from your debit or credit card? The more he gets, the more attention he’ll get. The more attention he’ll get, the more his message gets out, and the better his chance of winning. Cut back on those coffees, a movie or two, a pair of jeans or a purse and give a little bit more than you can afford to. If you can only afford $20, give $30. When you overspend to promote the message of freedom, you will be MUCH more understanding of where your money goes before it hits your checking account — it hits all those agents against freedom, the agents that Paul wants to fire and send packing. A $200 from each of us, all 1 million fans of freedom, would ring throughout the world when the Paul campaign announces a $200 million boost. Hilary who? Giuliani who?

Additional thoughts:

I received some e-mails in the past 24 hours regarding why I support Paul but I don’t support voting. As I said above, giving money to Paul’s campaign is not giving up your sovereignty, nor is it supporting government on any way. If and when Paul gets elected, that’s the voters, not the donators.

We’ve never had an outlet in the mainstream press pursuing freedom. Attending rallies is great, but it doesn’t give the MSM any reason to promote Paul’s perspective and wins. Rallies don’t always means votes. Yet showing that people will put their money up DOES give the MSM reason to take notice. In order for Paul to truly win, even with all the “free” support of the Revolution, he needs more money than anyone else. He needs to blow the doors off of everyone else.

Giving up the equivalent of $40 a week for a year might be painful, but it is doable, and the return on investment would be amazing if he won (even without your vote). Right now I’d say that if he spent all $10 million or so that he’s raised in total, the return on investment is amazing because it is bringing freedom lovers together, and showing the Internet world that we’re a force to be reckoned with. $10 million isn’t enough to bring that message to the masses, though. He needs 10 times that just to be even with the rest. Your typical nuclear family is not browsing the web looking for freedom, they need to see Paul on the tube, hear him on the radio, and read about him in the paper.