We Better Break Make this Money bomb successful!

[michaelwise]

Please Don't Ban Me.

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your generous contribution toward my campaign to win the White House and Restore America Now.

With your support, I secured a strong top-tier finish in Iowa and an historic second place in New Hampshire. In Iowa, we more than doubled our vote total from 2008. We more than tripled our 2008 total in New Hampshire, and we quadrupled it in South Carolina.

These results make it clear that I am the only candidate with the resources, volunteers, and organization to compete nationwide and stand as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

This is only possible thanks to you and thousands of other grassroots Patriots all across the nation.

The American people – not the establishment media – will decide who the Republican Party will nominate.

Your donation allows us to continue directly reaching millions of voters in the rest of the key early states with the truth about my consistent conservative record.

Your support also enables us to get the word out about my "Plan to Restore America," which cuts $1 trillion from the federal budget in the first year of my presidency, abolishes five federal agencies, and delivers a fully balanced budget by year three.

Our nation can no longer afford politicians who would rather play games with the American people than get serious about implementing the fundamental changes necessary to get our country back on track.

Thank you again for everything you do to help me win this race!

For Liberty,

Ron Paul

Here are your transaction details:
Donation amount: $50.00

Have a nice day.

 

[WD-NY]

Nice to see they're making using the confirmation email -

Only thing it's missing is a request to "please tell your friends & family about today's money bomb" at the top of the message IN BOLD!

 

[SCOTUSman]

Ummm well the pace it is going, we are lucky to hit 1 million in 24 hours...

 

[joshnorris14]

If I signed a $4 million check to the campaign, we still wouldn't hit $5 million.

 

[michaelwise]

I think the world just needs to go into a maintenance phase.

The planet doesn't need anymore growth.

 

[thelaibon]

Ummm well the pace it is going, we are lucky to hit 1 million in 24 hours...

I'd be satisfied with half a million by morning. Everyone's sleeping!

 

[rp2012win]

how did he get 6 million in one day

 

[michaelwise]

If they would just change the word "Chemtrails" to "Chemical Trails", I'd bet they'd win their argument over night.

 

[Mckarnin]

how did he get 6 million in one day

$6 million days were from back when we did less fundraising early in the campaign and then went all out for November 5th and Tea Party. This time around it's been more steady money coming in smaller chunks. Also the economy is crappy.

 

[angelatc]

how did he get 6 million in one day

It was a lot different. It was earlier in the season, so we hadn't started losing yet. The economy was better, and we didn't have a money bomb every month, either. Plus the grassroots was a lot more excited then, I think.

 

[Mckarnin]

We'll probably get to around $1.5 unless this goes completely viral later today and a lot of people have some $ kicking around.

 

[SCOTUSman]

It was a lot different. It was earlier in the season, so we hadn't started losing yet. The economy was better, and we didn't have a money bomb every month, either. Plus the grassroots was a lot more excited then, I think.

We have a lot more supporters now...we never got close to it. People are not being as generous.

 

[michaelwise]

Why doesn't anybody make an epic motion picture of the Dot-Com bubble bust?

 

[angelatc]

We have a lot more supporters now...we never got close to it. People are not being as generous.

We have a lot more voters, which is by far more important. And they probably had a lot more donors assuming that carries over.

But last time around, the forums would get so busy that the topics literally scrolled off the page before you could read more than 1 thread. The most users ever on at once was 4009, iirc. We never got close to that this time. The support on the internet diminshed, while the support in the real world has grown.

And yeah, people aren't as generous. The state of the economy is one reason for that, but there are others.

 

[joshnorris14]

We have a lot more voters, which is by far more important. And they probably had a lot more donors assuming that carries over.

But last time around, the forums would get so busy that the topics literally scrolled off the page before you could read more than 1 thread. The most users ever on at once was 4009, iirc. We never got close to that this time. The support on the internet diminshed, while the support in the real world has grown.

And yeah, people aren't as generous. The state of the economy is one reason for that, but there are others.

People aren't as motivated... There was something to prove last time... Not to mention the theme of the November 5th moneybomb and the Tea Party Moneybomb's were much better than the ones we've had this time around.

 

[libertarian4321]

$6 million days were from back when we did less fundraising early in the campaign and then went all out for November 5th and Tea Party. This time around it's been more steady money coming in smaller chunks. Also the economy is crappy.

Yup.

Last time, we only had a total of around 4 money bombs. This time, we've had what, 10? Plus, the two big ones (Nov 5 and Dec 16) were before the economy tanked.

So of course we get far less this time around.

Still, the money bombs do help. Even if we only hit $800k or so, that's still a good chunk of cash to help the campaign moving along.

 

[SCOTUSman]

We have a lot more voters, which is by far more important. And they probably had a lot more donors assuming that carries over.

But last time around, the forums would get so busy that the topics literally scrolled off the page before you could read more than 1 thread. The most users ever on at once was 4009, iirc. We never got close to that this time. The support on the internet diminshed, while the support in the real world has grown.

And yeah, people aren't as generous. The state of the economy is one reason for that, but there are others.

Very good points. And the state of the economy is a big deal. But hard to believe it cancels out all the new donors and then some. Also, that number you give does tell a lot. Less enthusiasm on the forums....and the internet at least in numbers.

I just find it annoying here that so many people are criticizing people for giving up hope, being negative, being trolls, etc, etc, etc. and these same people don't donate a penny to the campaign themselves. People nee to put their money where there mouth is. Sacrifice a little. I've given up a couple of things to donate to the campaign regularly. If people have high speed internet and a computer...I'm sure they can find a way to give a couple of bucks...and yes I mean literally a couple of bucks.

 

[idiom]

Also for this one you gotta pick between supporting Ron Paul and possibly getting lucky.

 

[The_Ruffneck]

We have a lot more voters, which is by far more important. And they probably had a lot more donors assuming that carries over.

But last time around, the forums would get so busy that the topics literally scrolled off the page before you could read more than 1 thread. The most users ever on at once was 4009, iirc. We never got close to that this time. The support on the internet diminshed, while the support in the real world has grown.

And yeah, people aren't as generous. The state of the economy is one reason for that, but there are others.

I disagree with the support on the internet diminishing , it is far greater than last time.
Thing is though forums are now seen as old fashioned , alot of discussions , messaging etc is now done on facebook/twitter instead.
Forums dropping in popularity is common all over the web right now , i had a forum i have been visiting the past 7 years close down a couple months back.

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/are-forums-dying/

 

[anewvoice]

We know and the campaign knows, this will be a normal smaller moneybomb. Maybe 500k, maybe 1M but not an enormous one. But do not despair, at this time last year the shock of "not winning Iowa" had thrown many supporters into a depressed state.

Some perspective - We are recognized as representing 20-25% of the GOP now. In 2008 the ignored, in 2012 they are attacking. Then we win? Certainly, but not in 1 day, 1 month or 1 year, this is the fight of our generation, to pull back the harm done over a century!

So keep it together!