By Laura Myers (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL). Towering over a tire repair shop in downtown Las Vegas, a billboard displays Ron Paul’s smiling face and a pitch to vote for him in the Feb. 4 GOP presidential caucus in Nevada.
“The only candidate who predicted the economic crisis is the only one who can fix it,” the billboard proclaims, referring to Paul’s repeated warnings of a Wall Street and housing market meltdown.
The man behind the billboard isn’t Ron Paul. And the money didn’t come from the Texas congressman’s presidential campaign, which has nothing to do with the outdoor ad.
Instead, an online poker player raised nearly $3,000 over the Internet in three days to help pay for the billboard, which went up Tuesday and will stay up through the Feb. 4 caucuses. Robert Fellner of Las Vegas is among thousands of Paul supporters investing time and money in a grass-roots movement promoting the GOP candidate, but outside of his official campaign.
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