Blimp donations are spiking

[trueg]

graph: http://ronpaulgraphs.com/blimp_actual_total.html

and I know why...

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Looks like he finally broke down and emailed the tea party list.

 

[kylejack]

8:31 AM?

Yes, he's been hitting up the Tea Party list about the blimp for several days now.

 

[FreeTraveler]

He didn't "break down". He promised never to send an exclusive email about another project. He didn't promise not to include messages about other items of interest in his teaparty mailings.

 

[jamesmadison]

This is a stupid and dangerous idea. People are going to become discouraged by the use of marketing within the teaparty theme. What we want is a teaparty that will be successful, not a platform to propagate an agenda of a persona that is to benefit monetarily from.

 

[trueg]

8:31 AM?

Yes, he's been hitting up the Tea Party list about the blimp for several days now.

Well my email says I got this at Dec 06, 2007 1:04 PM and if you look at the graph, the donations appear to spike at that point.

Maybe I have slow email. Someone must be clogging my tubes.

 

[kylejack]

This is a stupid and dangerous idea. People are going to become discouraged by the use of marketing within the teaparty theme. What we want is a teaparty that will be successful, not a platform to propagate an agenda of a persona that is to benefit monetarily from.

+1, pisses me off too.

 

[orion846]

i understand why he did it, i will however never be signing up for something of this guy's again, and i'm very thankful i used an email address that i setup for registrations i suspect could lead to spam later, so i can just delete the address once its compromised

 

[Dave Pedersen]

Surely the blimp is an economical use of funds compared to just about any other venture on behalf of the campaign. I'm really excited about it.

If Trevor and some other workers need money to live on while producing so much for the effort its fine by me. They need not apologize for needing to survive. $500 per week can hardly be characterized as profiteering.

They show wisdom to consider themselves as being worthy of such modest compensation.

 

[kylejack]

He didn't "break down". He promised never to send an exclusive email about another project. He didn't promise not to include messages about other items of interest in his teaparty mailings.

Which is, incidentally, going to be paying him a salary of $500 a week.

 

[Mental Dribble]

Which is, incidentally, going to be paying him a salary of $500 a week.

While he devotes his working hours all to the campaign... hmmm sounds responsible to me.

 

[ItsTime]

+2 This is officially a for profit spam email.

+1, pisses me off too.

 

[InRonWeTrust]

if he hit up the list, that's fine with me. if the blimp fails, it will be a black eye to the movement.

 

[alexpasch]

Thank God he did this.

 

[ItsTime]

So court systems do not call it "hitting up" they call it illegal spamming. When people signed up for the TeaParty07 they did not sign up to get updated on a for profit company venture.

if he hit up the list, that's fine with me. if the blimp fails, it will be a black eye to the movement.

 

[InRonWeTrust]

So court systems do not call it "hitting up" they call it illegal spamming. When people signed up for the TeaParty07 they did not sign up to get updated on a for profit company venture.

[ Admin - remove personal attack ]

 

[alexpasch]

Well the blimp will be at the tea party...so there you go...

 

[Trigonx]

He didn't "break down". He promised never to send an exclusive email about another project. He didn't promise not to include messages about other items of interest in his teaparty mailings.

+1. The email seemed fine to me. and $500/week really is not that much, its modest imo

 

[trueg]

We are at a turning point in history. If we get 200K by friday, the blimp will fly. This means another success for Ron Paul that will get massive media coverage. In turn this will lead to a more successful teaparty and victory in the early primaries.

Ultimately, I believe that Trevor made the right decision.

 

[shadow26]

if he hit up the list, that's fine with me. if the blimp fails, it will be a black eye to the movement.

...and we will have LOST our ONE CHANCE to put Dr Paul's name in front of the FIFTY MILLION Americans in the path of the blimp's inaugural flight...even the TEA PARTY can't bring about that kind of publicity...not even close.

 

[ItsTime]

You are misunderstanding what I am saying. I am not flaming I am stating real concerns that the blimp project should be thinking of. All it takes is one Huckabee fan getting spammed by the Tea Party about something that does not involve the Tea Party and they can legally sue. I am not saying they could win, I am saying there are grounds for a lawsuit and maybe criminal spamming charges.

That could sink the blimp.

Shut your mouth, douchebreath.