Help finish off a few more States by emailing Bookstore Libetarians..
Submitted by Devils.Advocate on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 22:42Booksellers are very Libertarian minded people.... I have been working my way through www.abebooks.com emailing all the bookstores as this is *the* major website for Bookstore Businesses...
I have worked for days and only gotten through three states emailing them all....
Is anyone interested in going to www.abebooks.com and then go to USA country, then pick a state and work their way through emailing the bookstores??
I have had *lots* of positive responses but I cant get through them all... it would probably take 2 hours to go through a small state to 5 hours for a large state?
If you wish to help, simply follow my forum topic and pick a state you like and post you will cover that state.... I have covered for Dec 16th Iowa, NH, and Texas...
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP... THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO CANVASS FROM HOME VERY VERY RON PAUL MINDED PEOPLE...
Here is the message I send: email title Ron Paul Dec 16th Tea Party:
I title the emails "Ron Paul Dec 16th Tea Party"
and then post the following message (which you can modify to fit your tastes):
Hello fellow booklover... Who is Ron Paul? Ron Paul is the 10th term Texas Congressman who is running for President. While on the Republican ticket, please do not connect him with the modern-day Neo-Con Republican, in fact the Republican Party hates him. He wants to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME asap from Iraq, in fact, from everywhere overseas like Japan, Germany, Turkey, etc... they dont need us there and they dont want us there. In fact, Ron Paul has MORE DONATIONS FROM THE MILITARY than all other candidates combined! hhhmmm perhaps they want to come home?
Being more of a Libetarian, Ron Paul in fact transcends Democrats, Republicans, Libetarians etc... his message is for *all* people. He wants to do away with the Patriot act which is in direction VIOLATION of the Bill of Rights. He wants to reduce government spending doing away with FEMA, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, and many other departments that are unwieldy and money consuming.
Ron Paul is also for individual rights, having a strong streak of being a Libetarian (actually running for President on the Libetarian ticket in 1988) wants the government out of people lives! Let people make their OWN individual choices instead of having the government dictate them. Please google or U-tube Ron Paul and if you like what you see, we supporters have set aside Dec 16th in commemoration of the original historic Tea Party to achieve $10 million in one day donations for Ron Paul. Whatever you can donate would be appreciated as number of donators are looked at as well as total achieved. On Nov 5th 38,000 people donated $4.32 million dollars, Dec 16th with more planning and news backing with be MUCH larger.
We invite you to the Dec 16th Tea Party this Sunday at www.ronpaul2008.com please come and donate and make history.
Are we done?
Finito?
We are done! Here is a nice message i received back...
GIVE THIS GUY SOME BUSINESS:
Hello, I don't know how you got my email address, but never mind.I am a bookseller by the way. Check my website@ www.arcanabooks.us, you may find something you like.Ron Paul is my presidential choice too and I am on the ball for him.RP is the last straw of hope before we sink into some kind of bulshiti...(ism).The writing is on the wall.I am following the developments on Ron Paul .With God's will and our help we may be able to elect the good doctor. Blessings! Ron Paul for President 2008 !!!
Are we done?
Finito?
OK, I am working...
Illinois and Mas... Should be done in about 15 minutes...
|^^^^^^^^^^^\||____ Gilroy, CA
| RON PAUL 2012 |||""'|""\___,
| _____________ l||__|__|__|); The Revolution Continues!!
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Does it look like spam when you do this...
Does it look like spam when you do this... i.e. show all the emails your message is being sent too.... that is the type of message which I delete... or does it only show you are contacting one email?
just curious...
How can you do them in 15 minutes...
I have to click on a bookstore and then send an email... how do you do them in 15 minutes??
Told you yesterday PA guy.
I automate what you click on every time. The curl script does this for me. I take all the gathered emails and manually go to my gmail account on the web, and send all the friends the email template.
|^^^^^^^^^^^\||____ Gilroy, CA
| RON PAUL 2012 |||""'|""\___,
| _____________ l||__|__|__|); The Revolution Continues!!
|(@)@)"""""""**|(@)(@)**|(@)
Spam? Maybe...but...
Dear Devils.Advocate (why did you choose that handle?):
Been following the acrimonious exchange between yourself and Allegheny Alligator (why did he choose THAT handle?). Too bad. We Ron Paulites (or whatever) need to work together, not bicker. Yes, you're spamming--admit it--but not ALL spam is bad. Yes, I delete ASAP all offers of miraculous millions coming out of Nigeria and penis enlargers and secret investment opportunities that NOBODY has ever heard of (except the message's 10 million recipients), but others I open and read IF the title is interesting and doesn't sound like a sales pitch or incoming virus. So, hang in there--but be careful. polite and BRIEF. AND include a true statement that your message has been virus-checked by some reputable anti-virus program like AVG or the like!
Incidentally--it may seem petty, perhaps--but Libertarian is not spelled "Libetarian". It derives from the word "libeRty". People who appreciate books--like independent, small booksellers (!)--usually also appreciate proper spelling :-} .
Sorry, I can't take a state. My plate's too full already--but best wishes.
salt-of-the-earth
I chose that handle because
I chose that handle because of it's alliterative qualities, because I live near the Allegheny and I love to swim in it much like...the Allegheny Alligator.
Seems to me that Dr. Paul supporters would be cognizant of all the bad press surrounding the Ron Paul spam sent out in October. That spam was sent out by somebody in Eastern Europe, but the media trashed us anyway. Seems to me that if spam can be traced back to real Ron Paul supporters the blowback would be much more severe.
"On the weekend of October 27, 2007, the Internet was suddenly bombarded with a rash of spam emails promoting U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul. The spam run continued until Tuesday, October 30, when it stopped as suddenly as it began. At the same time, political blogs began to light up, accusing the campaign (or at least its ardent supporters) of running a criminal botnet for political purposes. We decided to cut through the spin and take a closer look at this botnet to determine its origins and shine some light on who might be responsible."
http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/ronpaul/?threat=...
"Spam supporting presidential hopeful Ron Paul filled inboxes this week as zombie computers spewed thousands of messages to recipients, according to spam experts. The spam supporting Paul was sent using the same illegal spam methods used to distribute masculinity enhancement products and pump-and-dump penny stock schemes.
Experts suggest getting used to it. They expect that during this election cycle things are going to get ugly as campaigns, spammers, unruly supporters, and even rival camps use blogs, inboxes, YouTube videos, and search engines to spam the vote.
In this case, the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee vigorously denies sending the spam, approving its distribution, or having any ties to its senders. Security experts analyzing the deluge agree the official organization is likely not the source.
Or, as everyone discussing the deluge noted, the spam may have been sent by someone trying to make Paul look bad by associating him with spamming. "
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139241-c,spam/article.html
But if you folks feel that what you're doing is actually good for Dr. Paul, then I guess you're going to do what you want to do. It's unfortunate that some of the people who invested their time and energy in this effort ended up feeling rather put out by the resulting responses. Live and learn, I suppose.
pps-I have gotten more spam from Demo and Repub national parties
Somehow I get all this spam all the time from Demo and Repub national parties soliciting donations.... so even *they* do it and much more frequently than any candidate
p.s. that was quickly forgotten...
The spam thing was quickly mentioned, quickly FORGOTTEN and history.... nobody even discusses that anymore....
it was automatic spamming and not personalized email..
Devil, let's call a truce.
I am 95% sure that you are a troll trying to screw up Ron's campaign. I'm 100% sure that you're out of your mind. And I think that anyone who would help you in your nefarious schemes is an even bigger idiot than you are.
But if that's what they want to do, who am I to complain?
Besides, at this point I'm really interested in seeing what else you can get some of these folks to do -- it's entertaining -- in the same way that watching a rodeo clown getting his brains bashed out by a brahma bull is entertaining.
So, you'll get no more complaints from me. Far from it. I'll be (silently) cheering you on.
Your friend,
Alfredo Alligator
I hold no grudges... I like Alfredo...
Thanks... uh.. I think... being called a troll and complimented at the same time. At least you found me entertaining, actually, I personally DO find a rodeo clown getting his brains bashed out by a brahma bull entertaining.
Idiots get what they deserve. Love watching that Running with Bulls thing from Spain.
anyway, I will agree to a truce....
Your friend,
Devils Advocate
YADA YADA YADA...
YOU made one person feel bad, and he said, before you even spewed your vileness on my forum topic, that he felt bad about doing it....
Then we got into discussion about a PERSONAL email, vs, phone calls, door knocking etc...
I can only say about *MY* handle... instead of something STUPID like Alfredo Allegator.... Look it up in Wikipedia...
Yah.... I fixed my message...
Just about done with Colorado... thank satan... it was a bunch...
I consider *one* email from someone far less spam than the crap I get in my mailbox... junk mail after junk mail etc... 3/4 of my garbage each week is junk mail... seriously, it pisses me off to have to go through the stack and throw everything away... solicitation for charge cards, insurance, etc. etc. etc...
Also I think PHONE CALL AND DOOR KNOCKING are far worse... you can just hit delete if not interested... no big deal... but phone calls??? and door knocking??? not good at all in my opinion... reminds me of the Jehova Witnesses.... LOL... I hated them, I know there are no Jehova Witnesses on line because they dont believe in phones, computers, or politics or (get this) solicitation.... I went to a house one year canvassing and they gave me this *dressing up* that they dont get involved in politics and dont like solicitations.... LOL... from Jehova Witnesses no less, so I have no problem slamming a door in their face anymore...
Anyway it appears the USA is done!!!!!!!!!! all bookstores contacted.
2 states left...
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Two states left....
I'll take care of them.
If I understand correctly, remaining states are
Colorado, Illinois, .....
|^^^^^^^^^^^\||____ Gilroy, CA
| RON PAUL 2012 |||""'|""\___,
| _____________ l||__|__|__|); The Revolution Continues!!
|(@)@)"""""""**|(@)(@)**|(@)
doing colorado right now...
Take illinois.... I am doing colorado in between posting...
What other states remain??
Besides Illinois?
|^^^^^^^^^^^\||____ Gilroy, CA
| RON PAUL 2012 |||""'|""\___,
| _____________ l||__|__|__|); The Revolution Continues!!
|(@)@)"""""""**|(@)(@)**|(@)
700 online and not one volunteer....
shame
Devils.Advocate: It's just
Devils.Advocate: It's just that no one trusts you anymore.
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"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic..." —Alan Moore
Shame...
Shame - 700 online and not one person will donate one hour...
700 online not one taker??
bump
I am not asking for a pint of blood here...
just an hour of your time... perhaps two at most for a big state...
3 states to go...
Just wanted to update.
Maine is Done
Can you help me get anyone else on board...
Thanks - you promised - you delivered... could you tell everyone else on website that this is easy and no big thing to do but for one person its hard...
thanks,
DA
I strongly believe in this project
It does work... it *has* worked....
3 states to go
any volunteers...
I request *only* one hour of your time for Ron Paul
Help!! seed fertile ground for Ron Paul...
3 states to go...
Booksellers are FERTILE GROUND for Ron Paul
Arrrghhh come on someone, we are not email just *anyone* but bookstore owners who are very Libertarian (fiercly) minded people... Ron Paul will register strong with people if we get the word out....
Since we started emailing over two days ago, Ron Paul has spiked in pledges for Dec 16th (check out www.ronpaulgraphs.com)
nothing else has happened to accomplish this but our emailing bookstore owners...
Please help me finish 3 states....
161 bookstores in Colorado... I need help with *3* states..
Arrgghhh 161 bookstores in Colorado...
I need help...
three states left....