The Rand Paul Blimp

[Matt Collins]

Glad to see some people have figured out what I knew a long time ago ;-)

 

[BeFranklin]

Don't see why people are telling other people what to do. If other people decide to do the blimp, and do it, its their own decision.

FYI - The blimp was a blip in the total funds raised for all projects, money bombs, etc. It generated a lot more advertising publicity than just the CNN link someone posted. And as someone pointed out, still only thing a lot of people talk about.

The money I donated was money I am glad to have donated. It did something. On the other hand, a lot of money we raised for Ron Paul's direct campaign was never spent on the campaign. Some of it I understand went to the CFL.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Rand Paul blimp? Oh HELL no.

Well, this thread was tongue-in-cheek. No way you spend 350,000 dollars for a one month blimp rental to support a candidate with 67,000 raised and not even officially declared.

For Ron Paul it made sense, since many blimp donors were people who already maxed out to his official campaign. Plus he was at like nine million for the quarter when the blimp thing came about.

Fun facts about Kentucky. Kentucky has the most miles of navigable rivers in the lower 48 states. Houseboats are all the rage, at least on some cable show I saw. Maybe a navy would complement the air force. Or we could dredge up the Lusitania and sail it down the Ohio river and give tours explaining the corruption of our government that sent its passengers out to die to get us into WWI.

Now, the Rand Paul paddle-wheel steamboat.....

 

[hotbrownsauce]

I think the bottom line is people who don't like the Blimp idea any longer want something that produces more concrete results.

I'm just curious, has anyone done a study on if the thousands raised for the blimp yielded results equal to that amount or more? Sometimes we classify results differently. Every person is different. So one persons version of satisfactory results isn't necessarily someone elses.

On a better note, as mentioned above. The blimp has left a lasting impression on a lot of Paul supporters. I hope the same is true with other people.

I'm done talking blimp now. =)

 

[Eric21ND]

Wow. Half a million dollars got a couple short segments on CNN about a blimp that said "Who is Ron Paul"! That is far better than buying hundreds of ads that actually tell people who Ron Paul is and about his message. Oh, wait, no it isn't. Well at least it produced results in the states it flew in. Or not. Ron came in fifth in SC and Florida with 3%. Great job Blimp! The only thing the blimp produced was some embroidered fleece jackets for the crew.

Biggest waste of money EVER!!!

I concur. The blimp did not produce hard results. Nothing replaces boots on the ground and mainstream media bombardment (tv, radio, print).

 

[Eric21ND]

For the price of the blimp you could own the Kentucky airwaves for months.

 

[IPSecure]

What about the Mini-Blimp showing up on lots of web sites?

YouTube - Mini Ron Paul Blimp

 

[nayjevin]

a 1/50th scale replica would catch some headlines. might not be worth the cash, who knows. how bout remote control? you know some talking heads would run with that

"Founding Father of R3volution Births Baby Blimp, Senatorial Candidate"

 

[Ethek]

KY is too spread out.

Tow planes with banners ala the RonPaul Air Force would get much a better response. This would have to be AFTER a prolonged TV ad campaign for him to be seen as a credible name when placed next to a long time state politician like Grayson.