Politics | Ron Paul Ron Paul 'Tea Party' Nets $6M No blimp, but otherwise a steaming success By Jane Yager Posted Dec 17, 2007 6:52 AM CST Copied Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, responds during the Des Moines Register Republican Presidential Debate in Johnston, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press) In an event dubbed "Boston TeaParty07," supporters of quirky GOP candidate Ron Paul rallied in the Boston snow yesterday while donations from across the nation dropped a record-breaking one-day "money bomb" of $6 million into the campaign. Most of the funds were donated over the Internet. To Paul's backers, the fundraising blitz demonstrated that he's a ''viable candidate," the Boston Globe reports. Despite the cash haul, not all was as hoped for. The Ron Paul Blimp, originally scheduled to fly over Boston, was instead in South Carolina, and a plan to dump tea in Boston Harbor was modified to tossing banners reading "tyranny" and "no taxation without representation" into boxes in front of a picture of the harbor. Read These Next It started with failure to say 'thank you,' ended with murder. Freak accident kills a woman as she cleans her car. Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. It landed on the 4th try. There wasn't enough fuel for a 5th. Report an error