MoneyBomb!!! Analysis and Discussion for 2012

We need to back our investment in money bombs with other efforts that will enable us to actually WIN state primaries. Screw the straw polls compared to WINNING state primaries.
We need EVERY RP supporter on board with the name, address and phone numbers of EVERY radio station, news paper,TV station and website where there is political discussion about the upcoming primary in that state. We need to give the impression that there are a lot of Ron Paul supporters out there because of the herd mentality. People naturally gravitate to the same path others take. Thats why advertisements say things like "7 out of 10 people prefer such and such a product" and "#1 selling brand in America".
Wanna stretch our dollars? Well then back them up with intelligent, calls into radio stations that are talking about politics. Write into the news papers. Log onto TV website discussion forums. Go into EVERY debate forum and make good arguments whether foreign policy, economic, or liberty.
We do it really well with straw polls, and now we need to do it in EVERY other forum imaginable.

Look the media hacks, pundits, and politicians regularly marginalize us, discredit us, lie about us and they have their way because we're not there to defend ourselves or set them straight. Then we encounter those who say the most ridiculous things about Ron Paul like "he's an isolationist" or "he's crazy" or "he can't win".
Those outlets I am talking about reach millions of people around the country and are used against us every day. We can raise all the money in the world but not one cent of it will go to good use if we have to undo lies and propaganda before we can make them understand our real positions first.

We also need to find ways to get people on the ground in states that have primaries coming up to canvas the streets colleges etc. Our money bomb dollars will be well spent on covering the costs of people who are willing to go out to those states and WORK on handing out slimjims, putting up signs and going door to door who otherwise couldn't do it for lack of funds.

So I suggest that we keep up with money bombs and keep working the straw polls but to enhance our efforts we really need to organize an effort to counter the power of the media and use it to our advantage. Otherwise our money will be wasted and we won't win a single primary
 
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Cannot be done legally. that is our biggest obstacle.

No kidding -- why?? Why can't the campaign talk to the grassroots? What did the Obama campaign do last time around that we didn't? After all -- they had people coming out of the woodwork everywhere to get their message out. Obviously it worked.
 
I am of the belief that we could be much more organized and methodical this time around. I saw a few different groups last night trying to promote new moneybombs and think we need to get a handle on this. I said something in chat that resonated so will repeat it here:


While that can be amusing when the opposing team is also 6 year olds, we are up against very experienced manipulators...

I hope this thread sparks some discussion on how we can improve our game...

Some questions to start:

What mistakes have we made in the past with moneybombs?

How often can we reasonably have RP2012 moneybombs?, (keep in mind downticket candidates will be wanting to have their own...)


Not having any clarity is really gonna hurt us. Even when a money bomb finally seems to come, I lack confidence in how widespread the knowledge of it is and to what extent people are taking it seriously. We could solve this problem simply by asking the Official Campaign to set the money bomb schedule. I started two related threads yesterday:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?296979-Poll-On-Official-Campaign-Money-Bomb-Calendar

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?296965-Let-s-Ask-Ron-To-Set-The-Money-Bomb-Calendar

Also food for thought:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?296942-Could-Ron-Make-More-Without-Money-Bombs
 
I knew there was a reason I felt like we've been starting to build something... only to re-start it .. .again, again, and again. Then go back and restart building it again.. and again.. oops, this is important, gotta start building it all over again. From February! And now in June we're still back to the drawing block.

Kinda sad, we actually started building a moneybomb strategy for 2012 several years ago. But with all of the craziness, everybody forgets. And those hours of posts, hours of thinking, hours of planning are virtually lost.

So lets start fresh again. What was that we've been saying about the definition of insanity??? :) If every single new person on the forum (or recent "just came back after a 4 year hiatus") interested in debating and challenging existing moneybomb planning can completely delay the process, we're never going to get anything done.
 
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What was that we've been saying about the definition of insanity???

Passing up the natural 4th of July choice for July 19th? Oh well, probably too late now to bother debating. At least we have time to plan and recruit for the 7/19 money bomb....
 
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