Why we need to have a January 15th Money Bomb...

[Jwaksman]

I do not think it is a good idea to celebrate MLK's birthday with a money bomb. That might be fine if it was AFTER the Republican primaries, but it is not. MLK is not exactly loved by rank and file Republicans, because it was widely believed that he was a communist sympathizer.

Um, I'm pretty sure MLK's approval ratings in this country are like 98%.... I can't imagine anyone would ever complain about a campaign celebrating the civil rights movement's greatest leader. There are very good reasons to not worry about a 1/15 moneybomb right now - but this isn't one of them.

 

[Lois]

If we had the internet back in MLK days, he's be ripped to shreds.

 

[ifthenwouldi]

Honestly, I want to see what the campaign does with the $18M+ America is giving them this quarter before I donate another penny.

A national "Ron Paul awareness day" makes more sense to me.

 

[Taco John]

Start the talk on January 1st. If you start taking pledges now you will have people holding back this quarter to spend money on the 15th.

There are a lot of people who are done donating for December period... I doubt anyone would hold back money they could give now for next month. More likely, there are people who will hold back because they don't plan on donating anymore this quarter.

 

[phree]

I'm curious what Trevor thinks about this. I'm inclined to trust his judgment more than my own and I'll wait to see what he thinks before I decide.

I still think that tying a donation drive to MLK will look like pandering.

 

[Tn...Andy]

Didn't read the whole thread, but South Carolina's primary is the January 19th, same as Nevada....not the 26th.

 

[Taco John]

Bump

 

[Taco John]

Bump for relevancy...

 

[Arek]

Jan 15th does sound like a good day for a money bomb.

 

[Chaos Unlimited]

Jan 10 - commemorating the publishing of Common Sense

There's so much more we can do marketing-wise by tying Ron Paul into the bringing forth the message of Common Sense.

There's no great tie in with MLK day - the press portray RP supporters as young white men - it just doesn't work.

 

[FireofLiberty]

Just donate what you can when you can.

 

[CelestialRender]

No. More. Money. Bombs.