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The Grassroots Ron Paul Blimp Thread *T-minus 30 hours*
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Shock and awe, baby. Shock and awe.
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I honestly think that the tea party is important - it is vital to the campaign in so many ways
BUT
that will only be reported on the news. And only a portion of the population care about politics and current events
But a blimp over the skies of New Hampshire - I honestly believe it will be bigger than the tea party. It will have people talking. It will reach people that would have otherwise never heard the name Ron Paul.
AND I think it will get more press than the tea party (and reach those same tv watching types)
Hardly. The tea party is a fundraiser. The blimp is designed to get Ron Paul's name out in front of people. People can't donate if they have never heard of him. You can raise $20 million on Tea Party day, but the story itself just won't reach that many people, and 99.9999% of the American people just won't care about fundraising news, no matter HOW successful. A blimp? That story will be everywhere. Raise awareness with the blimp; then count the spike in donations on the 16th. A win-win one-two punch that could launch Paul into the stratosphere. By the way...kids LOVE blimps, and happy kids just might inspire parents to 'GOOGLE' Ron Paul.
This is wrong on so many levels and I hope you're not suggesting people donate a portion of their tea party money to the blimp fund. The tea party has two purposes. One, obviously is to raise money for the campaign which will be used to promote Ron Paul. Two, as a promotional tool itself as a very big day will provide lots of free coverage.
The blimp could or could not be a success...I don't think anyone really knows but I do know that it won't be more significant than the Tea Party.
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I've donated, I was initially opposed, but since Dr. Paul himself mentioned it, that sold me. Also his campaign mentioned that the strategy was for the campaign to hit a peak in the first 9 days after christmas. We will absolutely build it up to an earth-shattering level with the teaparty + blimp combined. This has MSM written all over it. I think it is very important to get the blimp off the ground.
Speaking of the news...do you have ANY IDEA how many reporters will be gnawing their right arms off to get a chance to interview Paul LIVE from the bridge of the blimp? We haven't even scratched the surface of the possibilities here...
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They're both extremely important. To have either, without the other, would be a huge hit. Both are going to be effective in their own ways.
But really, being a detractor to the blimp at this point is a bit silly. It obviously has enough steam to get off the ground, and we're talking about tons of free media coverage, and media coverage in "ooh look isn't that cool?" pieces, not just fundraising/political news (which only a very few people pay attention to.)
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Yeah, I'm still not thrilled with details about the way it was set up, but the bigger picture is that this will be enormous (no pun intended) for the campaign. Who won't do a story on this? And it will multiply the impact of the tea party. We especially need to have it in high population areas, to get the most bang for the buck IMO. I hope after the teaparty they send it back down the coast to SC and FL. I'm from NH, and it's not going to be most effective there. NH is a bunch of towns with a couple thousand people each, for a grand total of 1M people in the state. We hit all the cities down the coast, and we could fly over 20M people in a week easily. I really didn't intend to turn this into a schedule idea, but there you have it
. Unlike most advertising, it's the same price no matter how many people we reach, and we should take advantage of that. Sporting events when possible would be nice too.
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Yeah, I'm still not thrilled with details about the way it was set up, but the bigger picture is that this will be enormous (no pun intended) for the campaign. Who won't do a story on this? And it will multiply the impact of the tea party. We especially need to have it in high population areas, to get the most bang for the buck IMO. I hope after the teaparty they send it back down the coast to SC and FL. I'm from NH, and it's not going to be most effective there. NH is a bunch of towns with a couple thousand people each, for a grand total of 1M people in the state. We hit all the cities down the coast, and we could fly over 20M people in a week easily. I really didn't intend to turn this into a schedule idea, but there you have it
College Bowl season is coming up.
It's not an either/or situation, pitting one against the other, but rather a potentially profitable synergy exists here when they are combined to where the blimp promotes the TeaParty.
It would also be short-sighted to assume that supporting the blimp can only be taking $, and thus some of it's eventual media reported success, away from the TeaParty.
Those that do see it that way, see only a zero sum game and ignore the huge leverage the blimp idea unleashes on some people's imagination and new found determination, and their funds, some of which were not previously slated to be donated to either project.
Many, for instance, who had maxed out already, both legally and/or personally conscience-wise, have discovered in the Blimp project, for themselves anyways, something that grabbed their imagination where other options had not. IOW, they are digging up $ for it that was not originally earmarked for anything RP campaign wise. (I'm one of those, to the tune of a healthy four figures towards the blimp.)
The coming huge media attention AND recruiting of excited newbies AND energizing of the existing troops, via the blimp being launched right before the TeaParty and going to Boston in support of it, will have many more, and new, and bigger, donors then eagerly contributing to the TeaParty.
Every $ spent to get the blimp off the ground and headed there will increase both the excitement and momentum for the TeaParty, that will result in many more additional donors and donor $'s for the TeaParty, than the blimp ever cost to launch.
Bottom Line: It's advertising for the TeaParty, done right, and the blimp will more than pay for itself.
In fact, I would not be surprised if the $200,000 that'll be spent to get it there adds another $2 million to the Tea Party take! But, regardless, what if it added only $400,000? Then, it still clearly would have been worthwhile advertising $'s spent. Especially considering that some % of those blimp donations were not ever slated to go to the TeaParty, or perhaps anything RP campaign related, to begin with, until the whole blimp mystique had grabbed hold and opened up some wallets anew. AND, as a bonus, we can look forward to all the other blimp media and RP name recognition and recruiting and current troops enthused, that won't even become evident till after the TeaParty!
Anyways, this is so really huge, on so many levels, that we won't truly begin to grasp it all till we see it and start shaking our heads in disbelief in the midst of the storm it'll unleash. Get ready to be having prospects be more open, and even seeking you out, to learn about RP than ever before, and be ready to welcome a lot more newbies embracing RP's message and eagerly joining with all us wild-n-crazy guys who even got a blimp up & cruising around for Ron Paul!
- Shane
Let's stop thinking about Tea Party vs Blimp.
I have my Tea Party money ready to go, but that doesn't mean we can't have a blimp!
What difference is $0.5m in the money bomb going to make in terms of news coverage, anyway? If we donate more than $4.3m, it'll be newsworthy.
The nay-sayers are making me want to donate more.
I have my Tea Party money ready to go, but that doesn't mean we can't have a blimp!
What difference is $0.5m in the money bomb going to make in terms of news coverage, anyway? If we donate more than $4.3m, it'll be newsworthy.
The nay-sayers are making me want to donate more.
This is our opportunity to pull another much-needed media stunt. The Blimp will bring balance to the typical campaign coverage we get with its cool and unique appeal.
True.
Bottom Line; Proves both the message from RP and the messenger here, the blimp, are unique and both need/deserve a closer look.
BTW, we own political blimping now, as none of the other campaigns can do it without being a johnny-late-comer.
Dontcha just know every candidate has lambasted their people for not having done it themselves!
Gotta love it!
- Shane
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