Um, this isn't an uncommon thing for credit card thieves to do and it amounts to like 60.00, he raised 4.3 million. not even a blip of an issue, and they were test runs not people stealing to contribute.

oh, and i'm not even a paul supporter, but this story is just dumb.

this isn't an uncommon thing for credit card thieves to do

Contribute to a Presidential campaign with stolen credit cards??? Pray tell, give us an example of where it was done before!

All of this "Ron Paul Support" is nothing more that a left wing attempt to create a 3rd party candidate and split the conservative vote in the general election.

Why do you think that Ron Paul has so many "supporters" at places like the Iowa Straw Poll and then he loses so badly in the vote? Because all of his "supporters" aren't Republicans and could not vote.

This whole Ron Paul thing is just a conspiracy by MoveOn.org/Kos to stir up trouble.

This is 7/10000th of one percent of the money he took in that day.

Do you have a crystal ball, Texas little brain? Because I still don't know how many "hundreds" of what the Paul campaign says could be hundreds of contributions there are. And yet you, smart as a whip, calculate it out without the benefit of having all the facts! Good job! /sarcasm

You really should add some subtance to this. ALL collections of this nature suffer from the same thing, including the Red Cross, Salvation Army and others.

It is a very common practice. I can not see where it is even worth metioning, but if you do, you should point out it goes on in almost every group that takes donations

You truly must be hard up for people to visit your blog to lame troll this way, Rob. Trolling your own website…..<shakes head>

I hope the quick rush of excitement of having a some people coming here gives you that needed fix for the day.

As for the differences in numbers, you will find one story says $60 in charges, another says $3000 that was refunded in total. An investigative reporter you will never be, Rob.

you should point out it goes on in almost every group that takes donations

Has it ever been done in a Presidential campaign? I've asked for examples but have heard nothing back but empty rhetoric!

Are you desperate for dirt (that doesn't exist) or what?

Funny! Nell posts a link to a story about credit card fraud and the Red Cross. Were they so desperate for dirt (that apparently does exist) that they would write a story about it? It's N – E – W – S!
There was a story in the news (stop me if I'm going to fast for y'all!) about credit card thieves…(y'all still with me?)…who contributed stolen money… (wait for it!) to a Presidential campaign (Ron Paul's!).

As far as I can tell, this is the first time this has happened! Making it …newsworthy!

Maybe it would help, if I made it Foxworthy!

If you contribute to a Presidential campaign with stolen credit cards…you might be a redneck!

And Proof, not to mention this:

you should point out it goes on in almost every group that takes donations

has been stated damned-near verbatim by 3-4 of the Paulbots. I think they're getting their programming done by an experienced cult figure.

None has offered proof (ha!…a pun!) of the frquency claimed, nor indeed, proof of *anything*…just wild-assed assertions that all sound the same. There's some sock puppets here, or collusion to cover up.

Although I have just briefly looked in to this, it appears that there were 500 credit cards stolen from Frost Bank, which was the only source to this contributing fraud. For what ever reason all? Frost Bank credit cards could only donate to the Ron Paul's campaign by means of PAYPAL?

Most if not all? of the fraudulent contributers where used to contribute to the Ron Paul campaign from overseas as test runs?

Although from what I gathered from my little investigation here, this type of contribution fraud is not uncommon except that usually it's a view large amounts of money, compared to a large amount of little money?

So what should we make of all this? was it done intensionally to degrade Ron Paul's campaign? are if so 500 Ron Paul supporters thieves that live overseas who have an account with Frost Bank in the United States?

Maybe more facts will come out, but some damage was definitely done, I do hope that if at all any other candidate's contributions that were a victim of this crime will be known.

But I wouldn't count the eggs before they hatch, besides the real truth may never be known.