ThisNovember5th.com - multi freedom candidate mass donation day

[Deborah K]

It's a great question. Issues all need to reflect the constitutional position.

I don't have a full vetting process other than to take suggestions, make sure their issues are pro-constitution, and then listen to feedback once a candidate is listed. If someone draws a lot of objection they can be taken down. If anyone has suggestions for a more formal vetting approach feel free to put it out there.

voting record?
recent speeches?
associations?

 

[Elwar]

I like that it's $50. More people are willing to part with that than come up with $100...and getting that initial donation out of more people leads to further donations.

I also like your user name...I love Terry Brooks...I even created a MUD called The Four Lands back in the day.

 

[SwordOfShannarah]

I like that it's $50. More people are willing to part with that than come up with $100...and getting that initial donation out of more people leads to further donations.

Right. I also wanted to split the pledge so people could pledge to more than one person more easily.

I also like your user name...I love Terry Brooks...I even created a MUD called The Four Lands back in the day.

Yes! It's a great book about how truth ends tyranny.

 

[vegelibertarian]

Just tried to pledge, but it gave me an error message?

Sorry if I missed something, just got told about this thread by the Liberty Rider.

Love the idea though!

[edit: I tried Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer]

 

[RyanRSheets]

I was trying to push basically this idea a week or so back but I couldn't seem to get any interest. One thing I think is an absolute necessity is a unified ticker that counts up all of the donations to involved candidates to give it the massive feel of a Ron Paul money bomb. I think the way it should be promoted as a day where everyone picks their favorite candidate and promotes it as if it were a money bomb for that candidate, but they say that it's really intended to be a unified effort for the entire cause of Liberty. Tickers for every candidate on a sidebar or something would be really good. I guess what I was planning on doing was going to be on the 16th. Maybe we could do both.

 

[Njon]

There's a typo on the page. See http://www.dailypaul.com/node/109297#comment-1191498 for an explanation.

 

[Njon]

Maybe the amount should be lowered to "at least $20." That may work better. If you go lower, you're likely to get more participants, and if people want to donate more they can.

 

[SwordOfShannarah]

Maybe the amount should be lowered to "at least $20." That may work better. If you go lower, you're likely to get more participants, and if people want to donate more they can.

Thanks - fixed the typo.

The only problem with going lower is how many more people it takes to make an impact.

1,000 at $20 = $20K
1,000 at $50 = $50K

It's a double edged sword, but I like to think going higher is a bit of an upsell and gets more $$ in through the door.

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

I've updated the numbers so they are accurate. Oh! Randy Brogdon is in the lead!! (see this could be fun )

hehe - TY - I put a link on FB, though imagine most of my friends are a bit overloaded after yesterday

(edit - I was thinking a lower number would be good, glad to see it being discussed)

 

[DirtMcGirt]

Is it possible to add an inch (?) high rectangle under "Thank you" text on top w/ smaller sized pictures of each candidate fit nicely inside...

 

[itshappening]

Now we need to promote this Nov 5th!


http://www.thisnovember5th.com/
http://www.thisnovember5th.com/
http://www.thisnovember5th.com/

And try and raise some money

 

[itshappening]

we need a multi candidate video, there's lots of material for good editors

 

[Imperial]

I tend to agree. I really don't want to be "the decider" on who gets represented. Maybe we have the first page be the top ten in terms of pledges and then we have page two for all the other candidates... that way anyone can rise up but it's not represented as some huge list that diffuses the whole thing.

That sounds like a great idea!

 

[tpreitzel]

I'll participate as well, but the amounts should be in increments of $25. I'll treat this event as one of my "major" candidates and I donate $50 to my "major" candidates and $25 to my "minor" candidates. I won't register for $50 each, but I'll likely split the $50 among two candidates.

 

[bucfish]

I'll participate as well, but the amounts should be in increments of $25. I'll treat this event as one of my "major" candidates and I donate $50 to my "major" candidates and $25 to my "minor" candidates. I won't register for $50 each, but I'll likely split the $50 among two candidates.

Good idea. Spread the wealth. Maybe even expand and give 25, 15, 10 to a gold, silver, bronze candidate. Kinda like the olympics. My favorite, 2nd fav, and third fav.

 

[Flash]

I don't like the idea. We had a Rand Paul & Kokesh money bomb on the same day and all it did was overshadow Kokesh's moneybomb.

 

[tpreitzel]

I don't like the idea. We had a Rand Paul & Kokesh money bomb on the same day and all it did was overshadow Kokesh's moneybomb.

True ... IMO, Rand and Peter should be removed and individual months reserved for them alone.
In the long run, everybody will likely get some funds. The primary obstacle has been the short notice and multiple money bombs per month which simply has to stop. Even this date is too short, but it's a start.

 

[tpreitzel]

Good idea. Spread the wealth. Maybe even expand and give 25, 15, 10 to a gold, silver, bronze candidate. Kinda like the olympics. My favorite, 2nd fav, and third fav.

Competition always raises the bar of performance!

 

[ForLiberty-RonPaul]

posted this in the poll thread

i like the idea of the multi-candidate moneybomb, but i still think nov 5 is too soon. I understand the significance of that date and I think we should have something going on then. What if we had a one specific candidate moneybomb for nov 5 and had a multi bomb about a month later? We should really focus on the candidates that will dethrone some powerful people like Pelosi, Perry, McCain, etc. Paul and Kokesh got their 3rd quarter bombs (both a success - and I think Dr. Paul is already getting press) Picking one candidate for nov 5 gives us something to advertise for, while at the same time allowing us more time to advertise for the second date as the first big multi-money bomb.

 

[Arklatex]

I'd like to throw my name in the hat.

i'm a sovereign king of my property and i'm attempting to expand. =) $$$

won't you ally me?