Nov 10th Philadelphia rally back to Independence Mall!

[terlinguatx]

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[hellah10]

out....

standing!

great job guys.... really great job

 

[Nefertiti]

That's super! Thanks for the hard work to all of you in Philly. Now, tell us who else is going to be added to the lineup beside our man!

 

[Hurricane Bruiser]

I do wonder what the final cost is since we were all discussing inflated cost figures etc... and I do wonder what changes drastically reduced the cost?

Well I am coming for sure along with wife and 3 kids from WV. VERY much looking forward to it now.

 

[brandon]

I do wonder what the final cost is since we were all discussing inflated cost figures etc... and I do wonder what changes drastically reduced the cost?

Well I am coming for sure along with wife and 3 kids from WV. VERY much looking forward to it now.

We dont know for sure why the original cost was so high. We didn't modify the original plans. We started from scratch and came up with a cost only a small fraction of the original cost. I'm not sure if I can say an exact figure.

 

[KewlRonduderules]

Much better.



Hey, if the meet ups or the campaign need more money- don't worry I will still contribute as well as the most of the grassroots.

Oh trolls, how are you going to attack this now? Ha ha!!!

Right back at you!!!

 

[brandon]

That's super! Thanks for the hard work to all of you in Philly. Now, tell us who else is going to be added to the lineup beside our man!

Rockie Lynne will be performing.

 

[ItsTime]

Congrats! I am glad they took the bull by the horns and did something more than mass email the campaign! Any figure on the final cost?

The campaign took control of the rally last month. Poor planning led to the rally being moved to valley forge. The philadelphia grassroots did not accept this. In under 24 hours a group of about 20 people in the philadelphia area planned 95% of the rally and arrived at a very reasonable cost.

Special thanks to Neal from the campaign for listening to us.

 

[thehittgirl]

Cool

That's good news. Son was happy when I told him. I had told him Valley Forge might not have fit us and he wasn't happy.

So this is great!!!!! He'll have a wonderful birthday.

 

[traviskicks]

The campaign took control of the rally last month.

lol, therin probably lies the problem... We the people are better doing these things ourselves, IMO.

Perhaps in future campaigns, many years down the road, there will just be the candidate him or herself with no paid staffers or 'campaign funds' and everything funded and staffed by the grassroots.

I mean, heck, people already have PACs and have set up money pools which are running comercials and things much better than those being churned out by the campaign and probably much cheaper.

 

[Nefertiti]

I notice it is scheduled to start at 1 pm. Wasn't it noon before?

 

[TexMac]

You guys are the best!!

 

[brandon]

I notice it is scheduled to start at 1 pm. Wasn't it noon before?

Yea, the rally will now be at 1PM

There is conflicting info on ronpaul2008.com

On the left it says the rally will be at 12 still. This needs to be changed.

 

[Nefertiti]

lol, therin probably lies the problem... We the people are better doing these things ourselves, IMO.

Agreed. I always had confidence in the grassroots' ability to pull this off, but when it got out of their hands that is when things started to go downhill.

This really is a powerful story how the people can often do something better than the bureaucrats. Sorry to say that the official campaign and its bureaucrats is still a necessary evil.

 

[TexMac]

digg it here, this is from RP's site:

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_s_supporters_man_up

 

[slantedview]

Is this for real!?

 

[greves]

Damn, this is exciting. I wish I could go. I'm actually considering it. €315 round trip from Amsterdam... what's that like $8,000 with the falling dollar?

 

[NinjaPirate]

Damn, this is exciting. I wish I could go. I'm actually considering it. €315 round trip from Amsterdam... what's that like $8,000 with the falling dollar?

Heh, something like that.

 

[Hurricane Bruiser]

Well I have hotel reservations near Valley Forge right now but I'll just tour it a bit and then head into downtown mall area. Never been to Philly so figured I'd check out the historic sites while there. Since I'm driving in, the hotel being 30 min away isn't a big deal.

 

[Nefertiti]

Yea, the rally will now be at 1PM

There is conflicting info on ronpaul2008.com

On the left it says the rally will be at 12 still. This needs to be changed.

It has been changed now. Someone is paying attention at HQ!