Pro-Paul super PAC pumps $1.4M into Florida ads

sailingaway said:
do they want people to tune in or not? Once tuned in, they may stay because it is interesting, but they have to turn it on, first.
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The name of it is moot. It doesn't display the name at the beginning, and it will show up on guides as Paid Programming. The Youtube video is labeled Tribute To Our Troops.
 
Hell's Bells, people, enough with the negativity!

Halfway through reading this thread, I was beginning to think I had stumbled out of RPF and accidentally fell into RedState.com or the Hannity forums. :( First of all, why have we (the grassroots) given up on Florida? I understand and agree with Dr. Paul skipping Florida to go campaign in Maine, Nevada, etc, because that really is the best thing he could be doing right now.

But as far as the battle for IDEAS goes, there's still a lot of fertile ground in Florida. Please consider this:

*If Ron Paul comes in THIRD in Florida, he'll get ignored, you bet he will. But if he comes in fourth behind Santorum, I can guarantee that all we'll hear from the media is how "he came in LAST, and now his campaign is as good as finished." If the PAC ads can help Paul capture a third place win, it's worth the money.

*There are a lot - more than a lot - of very affluent Republicans in Florida. If the PAC ads help open a few eyes, if the PAC ads help persuade a few fence sitters, if the PAC ads spur even a small percentage of these people to jump in on Ron Paul's side, it could mean lots more support for Dr. Paul as he heads into the next round of caucus states. If the PAC ads help us gain fresh Ron Paul supporters who can afford to donate some big cash, it's worth the money.

*I don't know who is contributing the cash to run these ads. But whomever the donors are, they obviously care enough to put their money where there mouth is. In my opinion, that's MUCH more productive than endless and pointless carping on political forums about how the money is being misspent. If you are the type of person who really feels justified in dictating how someone else spends his hard earned cash, you might want to consider joining the Democrats or "establishment" Republicans, where you'll have a lot of sympathetic company. Otherwise, live and let live, and best of all, donate everything you can scrape together to the campaign or RevPac for use in the state of your choice.

Am I wrong???







*sigh* /endrant
 
KCIndy said:
Hell's Bells, people, enough with the negativity!

Halfway through reading this thread, I was beginning to think I had stumbled out of RPF and accidentally fell into RedState.com or the Hannity forums. :( First of all, why have we (the grassroots) given up on Florida? I understand and agree with Dr. Paul skipping Florida to go campaign in Maine, Nevada, etc, because that really is the best thing he could be doing right now.

But as far as the battle for IDEAS goes, there's still a lot of fertile ground in Florida. Please consider this:

*If Ron Paul comes in THIRD in Florida, he'll get ignored, you bet he will. But if he comes in fourth behind Santorum, I can guarantee that all we'll hear from the media is how "he came in LAST, and now his campaign is as good as finished." If the PAC ads can help Paul capture a third place win, it's worth the money.

*There are a lot - more than a lot - of very affluent Republicans in Florida. If the PAC ads help open a few eyes, if the PAC ads help persuade a few fence sitters, if the PAC ads spur even a small percentage of these people to jump in on Ron Paul's side, it could mean lots more support for Dr. Paul as he heads into the next round of caucus states. If the PAC ads help us gain fresh Ron Paul supporters who can afford to donate some big cash, it's worth the money.

*I don't know who is contributing the cash to run these ads. But whomever the donors are, they obviously care enough to put their money where there mouth is. In my opinion, that's MUCH more productive than endless and pointless carping on political forums about how the money is being misspent. If you are the type of person who really feels justified in dictating how someone else spends his hard earned cash, you might want to consider joining the Democrats or "establishment" Republicans, where you'll have a lot of sympathetic company. Otherwise, live and let live, and best of all, donate everything you can scrape together to the campaign or RevPac for use in the state of your choice.

Am I wrong???
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^^ Nice rant.

And no, you're not wrong.
 
Just enough to finish ahead of Santorum... that's all that matters.

We need to end his campaign quickly and pound the puppet candidate back to FAUX NEWS

It's so ridiculous anyone would vote for Santorum, the charlatan is back in Washington DC for money, what's that tell yah America?
 
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i am very thnakful that they are spending some money in florida!!! We want to beat santorum!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will say, if we finish in fourth, then all that means to me is these debate we are watching dont mean sht!!!!!!!!! ron paul killed the last debate and on that fact alone he should come in 3rd in florida!
 
I do agree with the narrative that 3rd place in FL "means something". It's well accepted among the pundits that Santorum is playing to the Evangelical GOP, and where those votes go always get lots of press and speculaton. I've been hearing about it ever since Pat Robertson's first run.

If Ron gets 3rd in a state where he did not even campaign, it demonstrates that the libertarian wing of the party is also significant. The more times this happens, the more it means for 2016 and beyond. Campaign consultants WILL notice this and factor it into their advice later ... even if in this media cycle, not much is said about it.
 
1.4 million to try and edge out Santorum for a distant third place in an expensive, winner-take-all state?

Get that money to Maine!
 
opinionatedfool said:
Omg! That's awsome they are speading that much, but why florida? Winner takes all. Could have used that in the caucus states.
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What value would you have put on getting 3rd in South Carolina? What about 3rd compared to 4th in Florida? In public opinion and the free media, it could generate well more than the $1.4m.

If Paul gets spanked and loses by 5% in Florida, it could make the rest of the campaigns efforts in later states much harder.
 
Thank God for the Endorse Liberty Super PAC. I will bet you that every Ron Paul Grassroots Volunteer in Florida is extremely grateful that at least someone is at their back.

Remember the Florida Ron Paul Supporters are ALL ALONE, NO OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN OFFICE OR PRESENCE.

This Ron Paul Supporter since 2007 says THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU for supporting Ron Paul, especially in Florida!!!!

Remember, Santorum has no media whatsoever.....
 
This group is doing a great job of promoting their videos on youtube.

I typically watch every RP interview and new montage, but have not viewed this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuRyaRG3tio&feature=relmfu

It has 1.75m views!

This is reaching many more people than the regulars here and on DP. They must be putting a lot of money into keywords on google searches and on youtube. It was posted Jan 9th, it has to one of the fasted viewed RP videos yet.
 
It's not a bad idea at all. The PACs have said they will spend money in the other states as well. If this ad buy can bump RP up to 15-25% in the polls, it will show that he is a stronger candidate given that he didn't compete there officially. If he falls behind to less than 10% he won't get a single mention in the media for even a "strong 3rd place showing". This can work in our favor given the ads resonate well with Floridians.
 
libertybrewcity said:
It's not a bad idea at all. The PACs have said they will spend money in the other states as well. If this ad buy can bump RP up to 15-25% in the polls, it will show that he is a stronger candidate given that he didn't compete there officially. If he falls behind to less than 10% he won't get a single mention in the media for even a "strong 3rd place showing". This can work in our favor given the ads resonate well with Floridians.
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sadly South Caroline and Florida are some of Dr. Pauls worse states. Lets get onto our strong holds.
 
95% of the posts in this thread are a variation of these two sentences:

1. Great! Way to go guys!
2. Oh noes! Why didn't you spend the money ELSEWHERE?!?!??!!!!!1!1!1!
 
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I wonder if anyone at EndorseLiberty would be willing to share their thoughts on FL, what they learned from the experience, and what their plans are for Maine, MN, CO and NV?

From what I understand of their game-plan/strategy, FL was more of a test-case/proof-of-concept to show that they can make fast, effective and efficient use of the money sent their way. They passed the test and now the big money is being delivered (re: PayPal Mafia ftw)... but it would obviously be awesome to hear a bit more about their promotional efforts?
 
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