November 11, Veteran's Day Money Bomb (let's stand united! and get to work!)

linusPAULing said:
You make a good point. We don't want to do ANYTHING to offend any troops in active duty. The Ron Paul movement probably appreciates their service more than most imo, and we need to make that absolutely clear!
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I want people who have no idea who Ron Paul is to see something about the Veterans' Day moneybomb and react first to the fact that the troops are supporting Ron Paul, not that Ron Paul is using the troops to raise money with an emotional appeal. I want them to react to the troops' stance before they have time to formulate the "he's tugging heartstrings to get money" idea.

I'm thinking in particular of my stepson, who's back from Afghanistan and Iraq, his dad, who's not particularly political, and a warmongering friend who thinks the politicians are right about fighting everywhere, and has no idea how the troops feel about it.

Put yourself in any of those three mindsets, then compare your reaction to the current Veteran's Day sites and the image that I posted above. Which one would make you want to donate, and which would make you think "another cynical politician using the troops for an emotional appeal?"

See the difference?
 
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I agree with adding that graph in plain view on the website and making it the focus of this money bomb. Everyone needs to know that the troops have made Ron Paul their pick for the next president. It's probably the strongest argument we can make in regards to selling our foreign policy. Would someone really want to make a scene by opposing what the troops want? This graph clearly illustrates exactly what the troops want most and I think it would be hard for people to get around it if it was put in their faces. I just can't see these people going against the troops.
 
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Sentinelrv said:
I agree with adding that graph in plain view on the website and making it the focus of this money bomb. Everyone needs to know that the troops have made Ron Paul their pick for the next president. It's probably the strongest argument we can make in regards to selling our foreign policy. Would someone really want to make a scene by opposing what the troops want? This graph clearly illustrates exactly what the troops want most and I think it would be hard for people to get around it if it was put in their faces. I just can't see these people going against the troops.
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Exactly. And if there's not room on a site because that graphics big, then feature a pie chart that shows the same info very prominently.

Make sure that point is driven home over and over and over again, and make it obvious DR PAUL is the one REALLY supporting the troops.

Stick THAT in Hannity's pipe and make him smoke it. :D
 
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And BTW, I'm sorry I didn't think of this earlier, but it wasn't until I saw the site live and was thinking about sending it to some folks that I got to looking at it from their perspective, instead of ours.

THIS is what our TROOPS want, not the chickenhawks in DC. Rub it in their faces, and make sure the folks who think Ron is "out there" or "unelectable" know how the troops feel about him.
 
Chainspell said:
we can add a graph in a prominent spot yup
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Looking at vetsforpaul, I really like the layout. Ron's got about 50% total donations, right? Could you pie-graph over his pic, with the top half only slightly shaded, representing his share, and little translucent slices on the bottom half showing the other candidate's shares? Not sure how it would look, but there was something similar in a thread somewhere here. :)
 
I'm actually surprised we don't push this fact more aggressively. I mean, what are people going to do, call the troops lazy quitters for wanting to come home? That would never happen in a million years. What can the warmongers really say to get around this fact? All I see them doing right now is ignoring it.

If anybody tries to argue with you about Ron's foreign policy, just ask them if they would support whatever the troops thought was best for the country. When they say yes, just link them to a graph or pie chart of the donations. How can they possibly argue against that? And you set them up first by asking them if they'd support whatever the troops wanted.
 
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Sentinelrv said:
I'm actually surprised we don't push this fact more aggressively. I mean, what are people going to do, call the troops lazy quitters for wanting to come home? That would never happen in a million years. What can the warmongers really say to get around this fact? All I see them doing right now is ignoring it.

If anybody tries to argue with you about Ron's foreign policy, just ask them if they would support whatever the troops thought was best for the country. When they say yes, just link them to a graph or pie chart of the donations. How can they possibly argue against that? And you set them up first by asking them if they'd support whatever the troops wanted.
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It sure simplifies his interviews with any of the chickenhawks too. Blows them out of the water, actually. Like you said, what can they say in return without looking like stone-cold killers?

He could even use it to great effect in the debates, particularly after a successful moneybomb themed around it.
 
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Chainspell said:
not to me freetraveler

thanks for that graph suggestion btw +rep!
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You're welcome. Like I said, I wish I'd thought of it earlier. I've got a lot of fence-sitter friends, and when I saw the site I thought gee, how can we sell those fence-sitters, and convince them this is about the troops, not a politician looking for cash?
 
There's always the theme of

"What Our Troops Want"

Which means, they want Ron Paul as president, they want to come home and when they retire, they want economic security for their sacrifice.
 
lucent said:
There's always the theme of

"What Our Troops Want"

Which means, they want Ron Paul as president, they want to come home and when they retire, they want economic security for their sacrifice.
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I really like this idea for the theme. Dusman had an idea about having the troops post videos to put on the website endorsing Ron Paul and the money bomb, but we could alter this idea to have the troops explain what they want and why they believe Ron Paul is the answer. The only problem I see is the name. "What Our Troops Want Money Bomb" is kind of strange. Is there a better way to rephrase this to make it sound better?
 
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