Who Thinks Every Future Money Bomb Should be Centered Against an Opposing Candidate?

[LisaNY]

I just think that is our place, and perhaps the place of ads if they are like Rand's, not like Conway's. But WE can take the others down. And once Ron is attacked, it would be different.

That's what I meant SA. I certainly don't want Ron or the campaign to come off as being negative. Someone here suggested starting a grassroots pac for ads, maybe we could do something like that.

 

[mit26chell]

I think having an opposing candidate, especially the way they've done the graphic for this one, is a terrible idea. The current bomb's graphic is vs. Mitt Romney, and the problem with that is the media is going to (or, at the very least the campaign has provided perfect ammo for them to be able to) have a field day berating Paul now because he comes no where close to Romney's fundraising abilities. If the future themes are simply 'Ron Paul vs any bad idea espoused by one of the candidates,' without mentioning another candidates name, let alone pasting their picture across from Ron, then that's one thing. But having it the way this one was done is just a bad idea, IMO.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

Too adversarial, I'd be afraid it would isolate our efforts; besides focusing on weak opponents may make for weak money bombs. (IE: Pawlenty isn't worth even a $100,000 money bomb; he defeats himself.)

We should use efforts like combating THE Issues; like today was originally for sound money (good but not mainframe enough for every voter).

Round 2: The Revolution Against Wars in the Middle East
Round 3: The Revolution Against Foreign Aid
....

I think this way we are fighting for our cause and for the cause of potential voters who do not yet know Ron Paul well enough.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

I agree with "mit26chell". Plus why give Romney (even bad) face time for free?

 

[angelatc]

My husband, who is a little more distanced from all this than I am, said he was totally impressed that Ron was going after frontrunner Romney while paying no attention to the also-runnings.

 

[malkusm]

I like a "No More Bailouts" moneybomb theme

We have a noticeable lack of good ideas for the September/October time period. I think we should have a good push to end Q3 for Ron Paul's quarterly reporting (end of September). I think we could implicitly call out candidates while also generating mainstream GOP interest in Ron Paul by going with this "No More Bailouts" theme.

From Wikipedia:

In a dramatic meeting on September 18, 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke met with key legislators to propose a $700 billion emergency bailout. Bernanke reportedly told them: "If we don't do this, we may not have an economy on Monday."[154] The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, which implemented the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), was signed into law on October 3, 2008.[155]

How does September 18th sound for a "No More Bailouts" moneybomb?

 

[KingRobbStark]

How about another Boston Tea Party money bomb?

 

[ronpaulordietrying]

bad idea no offense

 

[Bryan]

We have a noticeable lack of good ideas for the September/October time period. I think we should have a good push to end Q3 for Ron Paul's quarterly reporting (end of September). I think we could implicitly call out candidates while also generating mainstream GOP interest in Ron Paul by going with this "No More Bailouts" theme.

From Wikipedia:



How does September 18th sound for a "No More Bailouts" moneybomb?

I really like this-- we can pull in a lot of interest on such mainstream themes like this.

 

[Fractal_Outlook]

But Ron Paul's campaign apparently thought it worthy enough to unilaterally make it the theme for today, even though it was supposed to be "legalize gold and silver."

They were dealing with what they were given... it wasn't a great idea to begin with... neither was legalize gold and silver.

Heading towards a "fight" with these idiots won't help, I don't think. People want to believe in something... someone with solutions.

 

[iGGz]

How does September 18th sound for a "No More Bailouts" moneybomb?

I don't think the bailouts have happened enough times to get their own Money Bomb. I mean once was enough, but it's not like it happened multiple times. But people do have strong emotions on the subject, so I don't know. Hope that helped.

Someone in the chat mentioned "Bring Home the Troops" Money Bomb ...that would grab some people's attention I bet...

 

[AJ Antimony]

Rather than simply suspecting that people won't like the idea of having money bombs addressed to certain candidates, does anyone actually have any evidence that this 'Revolution vs. Romneycare' idea didn't sit well with voters or non-RP people?

I saw one reply here mention how her husband saw the RP vs. Romney theme and really liked it. Personally, when I first saw the graphic, I thought "Cool, it reminds me of the Rand Paul campaign." And honestly, I didn't see anything negative about the theme at all.

Besides, what else is it going to be? "Guy Fawkes Day Money bomb"? I'm pretty sure Ron Paul raised millions on that one day because a lot of donors liked the candidate, and not because of Guy Fawkes. In other words, ultimately I don't think the money bomb theme is important. I mean think about it, if you're at all even considering donating to Ron Paul, you're not going to be stopped by an anti-Romneycare, or anti-Pawlent-and-Trade, or anti-Cain-Fed theme.

 

[Billay]

Horrible idea.

 

[MyBoxersSayJoe]

I don't think it should be a VS. Make it about RP and only RP. Once you've seen and heard his viewpoint and reasoning, there really is no comparison.

 

[Airborn]

Too adversarial, I'd be afraid it would isolate our efforts; besides focusing on weak opponents may make for weak money bombs. (IE: Pawlenty isn't worth even a $100,000 money bomb; he defeats himself.)

We should use efforts like combating THE Issues; like today was originally for sound money (good but not mainframe enough for every voter).

Round 2: The Revolution Against Wars in the Middle East
Round 3: The Revolution Against Foreign Aid
....

I think this way we are fighting for our cause and for the cause of potential voters who do not yet know Ron Paul well enough.

I was going to reply saying same thing, instead of going after a person, go after the issue like,

Round 2: The Revolution vs. The Federal Reserve
Round 3: The Revolution vs. The Income Tax

ect, ect

 

[parocks]

The people we're trying to pick up do not like Romney. Explicitly attacking Romney should win us supporters. Republicans don't like Obama even more than they don't like
any Republican.

I think having an opposing candidate, especially the way they've done the graphic for this one, is a terrible idea. The current bomb's graphic is vs. Mitt Romney, and the problem with that is the media is going to (or, at the very least the campaign has provided perfect ammo for them to be able to) have a field day berating Paul now because he comes no where close to Romney's fundraising abilities. If the future themes are simply 'Ron Paul vs any bad idea espoused by one of the candidates,' without mentioning another candidates name, let alone pasting their picture across from Ron, then that's one thing. But having it the way this one was done is just a bad idea, IMO.

 

[iGGz]

Don't Tread on Me Money Bomb

 

[iGGz]

I was going to reply saying same thing, instead of going after a person, go after the issue like,

Round 2: The Revolution vs. The Federal Reserve
Round 3: The Revolution vs. The Income Tax

ect, ect

I like that

 

[mit26chell]

The campaign slogan is 'Restore America Now.' Why can't the future money bombs just be themed in the vein of that slogan? Ron Paul critically challenges the status quo, on all accounts, so maybe the money bombs could have themes that touch on each of those accounts (Ending 'too big to fail,' following Constitutional war powers / bringing our troops home, restoring soundness to our dollar, ending corporate welfare, fighting for the rights of whistleblowers, etc). In addition, they can still be coordinated on historical days throughout the year - like the next one on the 4th of July.

 

[dvictr]

+1