Alert: Hightimes ad at almost 50% ($1800) funding, deadline Friday!

[trey4sports]

I posted this in the hunting thread as well.

I just want to say something here that I think might be an important situation.


Right now there are TWO magazine add chipins running at the same time with the same deadline. Both EXCELLENT ideas with good focus.

However, Friday is only 1.5 days away. One chipin is at 71+ and the other is somewhere in the 50's I believe.

If by chance neither raise the amount needed, don't let two of these idea fall at the same time. One should be picked and then people can re-donate to fill the other one. However the message gets out is better than no message at all! That's just my 2 cents.
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agreed

 

[romeshomey]

This is a great great great idea for an ad and a huge opportunity to reach out to the marijuana smoking community, which is bigger than people think.

I actually discovered Ron Paul while researching medical benefits of marijuana, and I'm sure many have. Think about a group of 10 smokers sharing a pipe, sitting in a circle, all getting excited about Ron Paul just because one guy saw this ad. Living in fear of the law because of their hobby gives them a huge incentive to vote.

Amen to that.

 

[icon124]

i was i could take my money back from the blimp and donate it here....i def would if i could...i know that a lot of stoners would love to hear this lol

 

[The Good Doctor]

Bait and switch you fucking sell outs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, how can you do that?

I had no problem with what you wanted before.

You fucked it up by having to put a big old bud up there.

Fuck you pussies. You are a bunch of bait and switch assholes.

Nearly every other day you put up a new poll.

Well fuck you. You missed the point. May you rot in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and I am pro High Times. But you fucked it up royal with your ad.

PS FUCK YOU!

Goddamned assholes!

 

[amonasro]

Good Doctor, the entire magazine is full of buds. How is one eensy-weensy frosty nug going to make a difference?

 

[icon124]

Bait and switch you fucking sell outs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, how can you do that?

I had no problem with what you wanted before.

You fucked it up by having to put a big old bud up there.

Fuck you pussies. You are a bunch of bait and switch assholes.

Nearly every other day you put up a new poll.

Well fuck you. You missed the point. May you rot in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and I am pro High Times. But you fucked it up royal with your ad.

PS FUCK YOU!

Goddamned assholes!

are u high right now?

 

[The Good Doctor]

This is not the ad they wanted me to vote on earlier that was to go into High Times. There is no reason to put pot on ad promoting Ron Paul. That is my point.

Yes. A "frosty nug" will make a difference. That is NOT what the RP campaign is about.

It is one thing to say he is behind the freedom to do what people want to for their own bodies. But to flat out associate him with a big old bud is BS.

Sorry you guys can't handle the difference. It's a big difference.

I have read High Times, I have smoked in the past. This is not the way to represent Ron Paul.

Fucking stoners!

Good Doctor, the entire magazine is full of buds. How is one eensy-weensy frosty nug going to make a difference?

 

[devil21]

Go on, tell us how you really feel.

Who else is reading High Times but people that can appreciate a frosty nug? Your rant really doesn't make sense to me. Btw, if you didn't chip in then you can't bitch.

 

[amonasro]

Yes. A "frosty nug" will make a difference. That is NOT what the RP campaign is about.

I respect your opinion, but mine is that Ron Paul doesn't see marijuana in a negative light. It is a medicine just as those pills are, nothing more, nothing less. When considering RP's entire message, it would be wrong to interpret marijuana as something negative, and High Times' readers surely would not.

 

[fortilite]

Well Good Doctor, sorry you feel that way. PM me the name you donated under and I'll refund the money. We switched the ad because it got a better reader response, not to 'scam' you. Grow up.

 

[James R]

* This is a magazine with a circulation of 206,000
* It is an audience receptive to Dr. Paul's positions
* The ad is highly targeted to the magazine's audience
* This is a full page, full color ad
* We can get great page placement

All of this for $3600. The problem is the deadline is Friday if we want to get it in the January issue (the only one in time for registration).

Here is the ad (not the final draft):
http://www.global-netventures.com/defcreativepaulad50.jpg

Here is the ChipIn:
http://ronpaulht.chipin.com/hightimes-full-page-ron-paul-ad

And here is a message board thread about it:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=51104

Help get this highly targeted ad in! This is our last chance for a targeted magazine ad for the primaries.

fortilite, please change this ad so that it is far more obvious it was paid for by the grassroots effort, not the official campaign.

 

[fortilite]

We're sending the files today. This ad won the final poll. Sorry, but every version of the ad someone requests changes. This could go on for weeks if we honor them all. Thank you for your feedback, but the ad will go on.

 

[Melissa]

Ignore the haters I had a friend over that does not Have a computer but he does read high times and showed him all the adds and he loved the one you are going with so it will be fine. I am really tired of the told u so and the bitching why can't people that just dont agree with an idea stay away from it. My goodness bunch of people that may preach Ron Paul's message of freedom but when it comes time to actually put it in practice -some dont like it -Well I say go do something you like to do and leave others be -freedom means freedom for everyone and ideas not just the ones that a few people like -that would be huckster supporters

 

[1913_to_2008]

High Times is a perfect targeted ad.

 

[Melissa]

High Times is a perfect targeted ad.

Yes they dont get that part I think-This is a whole group that will vote for him on just this one little issue

 

[OferNave]

I posted this in the hunting thread as well.

I just want to say something here that I think might be an important situation.


Right now there are TWO magazine add chipins running at the same time with the same deadline. Both EXCELLENT ideas with good focus.

However, Friday is only 1.5 days away. One chipin is at 71+ and the other is somewhere in the 50's I believe.

If by chance neither raise the amount needed, don't let two of these idea fall at the same time. One should be picked and then people can re-donate to fill the other one. However the message gets out is better than no message at all! That's just my 2 cents.
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Yes, I responded to that comment in the other thread - I said finish the Fur/Fish/Game one, then head over here and donate to High Times, and I linked to this thread. I've donate to both so far.

 

[OferNave]

BTW-As I recommended in the fur/fish/game thread, I think regular updates with the current fundraising status is helpful - and doubles as a bump.

 

[fortilite]

Well we are at 80%! I posted about it on Craigslist and got a lot of donations last night!