****Operation St. Paul has launched! Pics here!****

[speedmaster]

Wow, that looks fantastic!

 

[AdamT]

Some bad news.....the MOA just pulled The High Tide. Reason: too political. The ad exec girl was apologizing left and right, but I'm still bummed, and there's nothing I can do about it

The good news....the ad did run for 2 full days and thousands saw it, we're probably the first to ever run a politically charged ad like that in the history of the Mall. And even through it ran for 2 days, they're giving us a full refund. So we can use the funds for something else later.

The other good news....all billboards are staying up and the digital one starts tomorrow
And we made the MN press.

Please do not call the Mall and complain.

 

[torchbearer]

Some bad news.....the MOA just pulled The High Tide. Reason: too political. The ad exec girl was apologizing left and right, but I'm still bummed, and there's nothing I can do about it

The good news....the ad did run for 2 full days and thousands saw it, we're probably the first to ever run a politically charged ad like that in the history of the Mall. And even through it ran for 2 days, they're giving us a full refund. So we can use the funds for something else later.

The other good news....all billboards are staying up and the digital one starts tomorrow
And we made the MN press.

Please do not call the Mall and complain.

I could imagine some rich republican fuck with pull got pissed and called his country club buddy to get it pulled.
At least, that is what would happen in louisiana.
Oh well, got 2 free days out of the schmucks.

 

[SLSteven]

Some bad news.....the MOA just pulled The High Tide. Reason: too political. The ad exec girl was apologizing left and right, but I'm still bummed, and there's nothing I can do about it

The good news....the ad did run for 2 full days and thousands saw it, we're probably the first to ever run a politically charged ad like that in the history of the Mall. And even through it ran for 2 days, they're giving us a full refund. So we can use the funds for something else later.

The other good news....all billboards are staying up and the digital one starts tomorrow
And we made the MN press.

Please do not call the Mall and complain.

Thanks for the update. So we got a couple days for free!

 

[RickyJ]

Good job!

Now this is something I will contribute to. Way to go guys and gals!

 

[AdamT]

Here's where the digital board is and what it will look like. Holds for 8 seconds in a 1 minute rotation. These things look absolutely killer at night. Starts tomorrow.

 

[MRoCkEd]

How much money do you have now after the refund? And any plans to use it elsewhere?

 

[MsDoodahs]

Adam, the billboards are great!

And - Congrats on managing the two days of High Tide at MoA, too! HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT!

 

[LibertyEagle]

Wow!!! I don't know how I missed this thread, Chris. Absolutely AMAZING!!!

 

[Bruno]

They really sucks that they pulled it. "Too political?" You know what John Stossel would say.

But way to be a groundbreaker!

You just got some great press, Adam!
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/08/ron-pauls-campa.html

Where are they located downtown so we can see?

There's not much time before the Rally. Are you able to use the refund for anything on such short notice?

 

[AdamT]

How much money do you have now after the refund? And any plans to use it elsewhere?

It was $6K/2 weeks (it was a huge discount off their rate card, regular price $25k/2 weeks). No plans of yet, I just found out about all this an hour ago. I will hold it until something worthy comes up, which I imagine will be soon.

With the 2 days we got it played, that is essentially $3570 for free if you use the full rate.

 

[Liberty4Ever]

I'm not surprised the Mall Of America ad was killed. There are still WAY too many people in power whose power is threatened by the message of liberty.

We need to keep up the battle for people's brain space... what little remains after a couple of generations of being dumbed down by TV and all the other mindlessness of our society.

I can't wait to see the REAL ads in St. Paul and Minneapolis in a few days! The simulated ads are nice, but the real deal is better!

The GOP needs to be shamed for what they've become, and the rank and file Republicans need to be made to understand the scam that the GOP has been pulling on them, and they need to realize that "our weasel isn't as weaselly as their weasel" is no way to vote, because the lesser of two evils always produces more evil, every four years, like clockwork.

 

[AdamT]

They really sucks that they pulled it. "Too political?" You know what John Stossel would say.

But way to be a groundbreaker!

You just got some great press, Adam!
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/08/ron-pauls-campa.html

Where are they located downtown so we can see?

There's not much time before the Rally. Are you able to use the refund for anything on such short notice?

I'm leaving in 2 days for MPLS so there's no time to do anything else Plus they have to mail me a refund check and who knows when that will show up.

All the info & locations are in the OP.

 

[Bruno]

I'm leaving in 2 days for MPLS so there's no time to do anything else Plus they have to mail me a refund check and who knows when that will show up.

Bravo for your efforts, its cool that it played at all, let alone for hundreds of times for so many to see.
I'm sure you will find another worthwhile use for the refund like you mentioned. The Campaign for Liberty could use a grassroots commercial of its own.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Some bad news.....the MOA just pulled The High Tide. Reason: too political. The ad exec girl was apologizing left and right, but I'm still bummed, and there's nothing I can do about it

The good news....the ad did run for 2 full days and thousands saw it, we're probably the first to ever run a politically charged ad like that in the history of the Mall. And even through it ran for 2 days, they're giving us a full refund. So we can use the funds for something else later.

The other good news....all billboards are staying up and the digital one starts tomorrow
And we made the MN press.

Please do not call the Mall and complain.

Whoa.... hold that train. Did you have a signed contract?? I would seek legal advice before cashing ANY check. If they broke a contract you could likely be awarded a good payout.

 

[mediahasyou]

very nice.

 

[PinkPatriot]

EDIT: Some bad news.....the MOA just pulled The High Tide. Reason: too political. The ad exec girl was apologizing left and right, but I'm still bummed, and there's nothing I can do about it
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Please do not call the Mall and complain.

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Why should we NOT complain to the Mall??? I can sure NOT spend any money there! If the MOA doesn't believe in free speech, perhaps we can teach them about free markets and the power of citizen boycotts. Hmm?

 

[constitutional]

Why should we NOT complain to the Mall??? I can sure NOT spend any money there! If the MOA doesn't believe in free speech, perhaps we can teach them about free markets and the power of citizen boycotts. Hmm?

Yes, call them if you want. No one can stop you, it's a free country.

"Too political?" I am pretty sure someone told her to pull the ad. After all, they approved the ad beforehand. But that's all just my speculation.

Hopefully you can put the refunded money to another use. Thanks for the update AdamT.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

This AD is Time sensitive though. So now you can only seek legal Redress since you have lost valuable time on a Time sensitive investment. CALL A LAWYER!!!

 

[liberteebell]

Just WOW!

I bet the media will have to be astonished that we are still coughing up money to advertise RP like this. I think the GOP will be amazed, and finally find out why they are hurting so much for donations as many of the GOP supporters have put their money on the Dark Horse. I can't wait to see these. What a treat, too, for the walk4freedom guys that will be entering MN. So SWEET!

+2008!

These billboards are exquisite! This effort brought tears to my eyes!! Bravo, bravo to all involved!!! The Revolution Continues...