Originally Posted by RawAlex

The campaign that raised all this money was a combination of volunteers and campaign workers, using a technique originally used by the Dean campaign. The idea was to start threads (just like this one, surprise) to get people to donate to the campaign. The entire plan was to go out and join as many chat rooms as possible and spread the word. If you were already a member of a board, you are suppose to use your access to get the message out.

it's spam, nothing more, nothing less, and Ron Paul still polls in the low single digits.