Lacrosseus
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What do you think, are money bombs worth the effort and if so, when should the next grassroots effort supported moneybomb take place?
Should we have another Moneybomb, and if so, when?
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My vote is for January 22, the 35th anniversary of Roe v Wade. Its about the same distance from today, as today was from the 5th. And it will help us win with social conservatives in the early primary states.
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I agree. With the holidays and the first caucuses/primaries basically already here, we don't have time to save up enough money to make an impact -- nor do we have any time to spare.
Donate when you can. Focus on you local efforts. Put hours in at your local campaign office. Supply the water or hot cocoa for your rally.
We need to start supporting the grassroots effort, we now have the money we need to get out and start getting the voters. we have a solid foundation but we need to start building it up. We need to get the videos of Ron Paul talking out there like this one. Build the grassroots up and we will have the help from the top thanks to all the $ coming in.
No we should not have another money bomb.
No we should not have another money bomb.
Give it a break for a few minutes...
You caffeinated types need to learn to take a few minutes off now and then. This kind of idea can be overdone very easily, as was done in the last week of November, when some of the hotshots got the idea that they could just yell Moneybomb!!! and gold coins would fall out of the sky on cue. I was afraid that push, and the blimp, would deflate today, and I believe they have, though thankfully not enough to make it a failure -- just not the real blockbuster I was hoping for.
There might be room for one more moneybomb in this election year, but not until we've seen what all this money is going to buy us. We need some tangible results now. $6 million in one day (it's looking like) will definitely get some media attention, right when it's needed -- but that won't have much lasting power.
The real question is, will the advertising this money will buy really bring a large number of Republican voters for RP in the early states? That remains to be seen. If it doesn't -- there may indeed be a finite maximum of possible RP voters regardless of how much advertising is done -- then no amount of money is going to make much difference, and planning (and publicizing) another money bomb isn't going to do anything but waste resources that might be better used elsewhere. Of course, what to do in that case will be a real question that will require all our creative resources.
Anyway, give it a rest, till after Iowa and New Hampshire at least.
You caffeinated types need to learn to take a few minutes off now and then. This kind of idea can be overdone very easily, as was done in the last week of November, when some of the hotshots got the idea that they could just yell Moneybomb!!! and gold coins would fall out of the sky on cue. I was afraid that push, and the blimp, would deflate today, and I believe they have, though thankfully not enough to make it a failure -- just not the real blockbuster I was hoping for.
There might be room for one more moneybomb in this election year, but not until we've seen what all this money is going to buy us. We need some tangible results now. $6 million in one day (it's looking like) will definitely get some media attention, right when it's needed -- but that won't have much lasting power.
The real question is, will the advertising this money will buy really bring a large number of Republican voters for RP in the early states? That remains to be seen. If it doesn't -- there may indeed be a finite maximum of possible RP voters regardless of how much advertising is done -- then no amount of money is going to make much difference, and planning (and publicizing) another money bomb isn't going to do anything but waste resources that might be better used elsewhere. Of course, what to do in that case will be a real question that will require all our creative resources.
Anyway, give it a rest, till after Iowa and New Hampshire at least.
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A bit late in the quarter to help the campaign?
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It's gonna now be all about the primaries...
Iowa and New Hampshire that is what everyone is watching.
Iowa and New Hampshire that is what everyone is watching.
Good post, go knock on some doors people
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It seems that different groups are pursuing their own methods for promoting Ron Paul. Some people prefer to get out the vote and others to promote the 'moneybombs.' You do not believe there is room for both avenues?
I can see going against the moneybomb route because of the risk that it would lose support and fail miserably -- and hurt the campaign. I have my doubts that the situation next quarter, really allows a good date for a moneybomb because of all the primaries early in the quarter and I could see avoiding it because of this. Not sure I understand the reasoning behind your reason for not having another so I hope you respond to this message and elaborate.
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NO!!!
Thats stupid. What point would another moneybomb serve? Seriously?
Before you people go around screaming "Moneybomb! Moneybomb! Moneybomb!" I want to hear you say WHY!
We have tons of money. And people won't be able to give a lot for two to three more weeks minimum, not that we are in critical need of money for the official campaign right now anyway.
What we DO need to do is put our money that we have left into the blimp, other grassroots projects, and our own individual efforts such as buying signs to put out and materials to give to people to encourage them to vote for Paul.
More moneybombs will do nothing for us. If the ground is already blown up, why drop another bomb?
Edit: Oh, and Roe vs. Wade? Are you for real? Why would we rake in money on a day we object to? We raised tons of money on Guy Fawkes day and the BTP anniversary because those people were freedom fighters we agree with, because they fought to stop government tyranny. So what point would we be making with Roe vs. Wade, that we think it was a great ruling we need to support? Get real people, and start thinking some.
Thats stupid. What point would another moneybomb serve? Seriously?
Before you people go around screaming "Moneybomb! Moneybomb! Moneybomb!" I want to hear you say WHY!
We have tons of money. And people won't be able to give a lot for two to three more weeks minimum, not that we are in critical need of money for the official campaign right now anyway.
What we DO need to do is put our money that we have left into the blimp, other grassroots projects, and our own individual efforts such as buying signs to put out and materials to give to people to encourage them to vote for Paul.
More moneybombs will do nothing for us. If the ground is already blown up, why drop another bomb?
Edit: Oh, and Roe vs. Wade? Are you for real? Why would we rake in money on a day we object to? We raised tons of money on Guy Fawkes day and the BTP anniversary because those people were freedom fighters we agree with, because they fought to stop government tyranny. So what point would we be making with Roe vs. Wade, that we think it was a great ruling we need to support? Get real people, and start thinking some.
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