Blimp legal question

[Compulsive1]

I'm sorry if this was discussed before, but I haven't found the answer on this forum.

Is there anything in the law that prevents the official Ron Paul campaign from purchasing time on the blimp? Would it change its legal status, or the status of our time purchases?

If not, there is no reason why the blimp can not be founded for a few months even if the private purchases slow down.

 

[erran speaker]

your wish is my command:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=50799


erran

 

[Compulsive1]

3. Contributions from the official Ron Paul campaign, foreign nationals, corporate sponsorship. The fact that this is a for-profit company does not bypass all election rules.
a. Purchase by the Campaign. There are two types of advertising applicable in this discussion, namely ‘independent expenditures’ and ‘coordinated communications’. Independent expenditures have little regulation and no limit. Coordinated communications are subject to the standard restrictions (http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/indexp.shtml). There are three tests to prove coordination with the campaign. They are Payment, Content, and Conduct. You must meet all three to qualify as a coordinated communication and become subject to the typical limitations. The blimp seems to meet the Content test because it specifically references a Presidential Candidate 120 days before a primary and is shown in the jurisdiction in which the candidate will be competing. It may meet the test for Conduct because “the communication is created, produced or distributed at the suggestion of the person paying for the communication (my insert – this means you if you bought advertising time) and the candidate, authorized committee, political party committee or agent of any of the foregoing assents to the suggestion”. Remember Dr Paul talking about the blimp? Can that convey consent? Hopefully, LPA has built a nice firewall (an actual legal object). The third test is payment, and it may be the easiest to pass. Any donation from the Campaign, a committee, an agent of any of these, etc. would kill the project and bring the aforementioned consequences.

So, if you are correct we need to really rethink the effort for the Tea Party. We should probably take 10% of the intended donation on Sunday and shift it toward the blimp, if the blimp seems like a good way to spread the word (it does to me).
Seeing how the official campaign efforts are not all that breathtaking and the grass root efforts tend to be better, I suggest we promote this idea of donating 10% of the Tea money toward the blimp or other grass root promo of choice.
There is only one day left, but I will donate 10% of my Tea Party budget to the blimp again since the campaign seemingly can not legally.

Thanks!

 

[erran speaker]

interesting idea, just wanted to post my thought before the thread gets highjacked

i have not financially supported the blimp project or any chip-in or outside project. i am saving for the tea party, which is my publicity stunt of choice.

anyone may, of course, do as they like. i just think the tea party is huge.

xoxox,
erran

 

[idiom]

Oh that is asking to get flamed. Even the blimpers say Tea Party first, Blimp once you max out.

 

[Man from La Mancha]

Oh that is asking to get flamed. Even the blimpers say Tea Party first, Blimp once you max out.

I can't afford to max out but I still give some money for the blimp because I feel like I can double my monies worth from the PR and the increased donations from it.

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