Call Me Nuts, but $25 Million This Quarter is Possible with Two More Money Bombs

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Ron Paul has always said that whatever we do, make sure we have fun. I have to say that my little $200 donation yesterday was well worth the entertainment and excitement I received all day long watching the money ticker keep on moving up.

The publicity Ron Paul is receiving is enormous. Just in the last 12 hours alone about 600 people just joined a Meetup group.

Now that we've tested the waters and have seen the results, the campaign should really develop this technique more fully. They should do two more strategic "smart bombs". One maybe on the 5th of December and one on New Years Eve.

The campaign should have at least 50,000 email addresses from previous donors. I would assume that everyone who just donated yesterday would be more than willing and able to do the same thing on two more occasions. In another month, I would think that we could improve our numbers by another 50%. That would give us about a $6 million bomb at the beginning of December and then if we improved that another 50% we'd have a $9 million bomb at the end of December. That would be $15 million added to our current $7.2 million with another $2-3 million coming in as normal.

That my friends would bring us to a total of $25 million for the fourth quarter. If I'm not mistaken, that is more than what Hillary or Obama did in the 3rd quarter. That should totally quiet the talk of whether Ron Paul can compete. All of that right before the primaries start.

I might be nuts, or a nerd or a geek but I see this goal as being very realistic.

This money bomb thing was fun, exciting and it got us the attention that is needed for the MSM to start covering us. The rest will play out by itself.

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two day run

go with the two day run idea. Bill of Rights and Boston Tea Party. get the Boston meet up group to organize something for the latter. stage an event.

Jacon Schiff's letter helped alot. Ron Paul might pick up some holiday cash around Christmas, too, depending on how close he is to his end quarter goal.

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It has been a remarkable run

It has been a remarkable run to where we are today - but what shouldn't be overlooked is that LESS THAN 35,000 supporters contributed to Nov 5th. The drive toward super Tuesday will be supported by new recruits to the revolution.

It has been a remarkable run

It has been a remarkable run to where we are today - but what shouldn't be overlooked is that LESS THAN 35,000 supporters contributed to Nov 5th. The drive toward super Tuesday will be supported by new recruits to the revolution.

Not true

If you read the entire story you find they are only excluding Hunter and Tancredo...

not true..they suggest they should be included...

The suggestion in the blog site was that paul would be supported but referenceing their sources a 1% poll for paul in iowa, nh and then the AVERAGE for Paul could be below 5% on a phone based poll depending on where and when they pull this poll.

This is an old trick ladies and gentleman. Dont trust anything on this....make sure to raise a stink and call in...

They have posted it on their website just as was done down in South Carolina...it has to be pummelled in a polite but stern way.

There is no excuse to have this rule 4 at all.

That is why we have primaries for.

12 million by week of December 4th

Ron is going to need to flood all states as he just said with Donaldson...

The money will help but we need to take over number one money on the dec 3rd and raise in the polls.

This is not undoable..its very doable...if we pace ourselves with 25 a week, growth of the donors and message will happen from the use of this money.

Not to mention guys you are forgetting that this is only the online money.

Ron will probably get about 500k to million by that time that isnt on the system anywhere.

It is oh so doable..but we cant have apathy..we have to believe in winning and not listening to failure.

Failure is not an option for us...too mutch is at stake...

Time to shift to overdrive.

If you think you have no money now, Wait til Hiliary is President. I disagree with some of you. In reality, many of Ron's supports aren't college kids. Like myself, we are adults with jobs and families. It's about priorities. Would you prefer to do all you can to get someone elected that will represent you or let the Special Interest elect someone that will represent them. That is what we are up against. Rudy, Hiliary, and Obama. Mitt is a joke. It has been really funding himself this whole time. We are in an WAR against the MSM. If Huckabee raised 4.2 million in ONE day, they would turn the whole world upside down. Ron set a record, yet all they can speak off is that he doesn't register in the polls. You think they don't know that Ron's name is not included in the polls.... Of course they do. They had someone on MSNBC who flat out lied. He said yeah RON raised a lot of money, but he only has 30.000 supporters. Not that over 30,000 donated, but HE ONLY HAS 30.000 SUPPORTERS. I just heard right now as I type thinks a man named JONATHAN ALLEN (Congressional Quarterly) stating that raising 4.2 mil. means Paul should run for the SENATE because he's not getting any traction in the POLLS..... Now I'm pissed off. You have a guy who just broke a record get minimum time and still no RESPECT from MSM, and all they really want to talk about is a Corrupt Politician who finally got called out for being a Flip-Flopper. Tell me something I don't know. The MSM may have heard us, But know it time for them to FELL us. I was and still am for Demember 16tn, but now I'm proposing a new day. Either the 12th or the 19th. Let's call it DEJA VU. This day will be Ours to Own and Name. Lets raise enough money that they make it a National Holiday. Start the donations at $25 to allow everyone a chance to donate. The more, the better. It's time to call their bluff. Wait... he's about to speak on FOX. (Carl Cameron just called RON an "Annoyance if anything else." .... okay its over, I'm Ron was on TV but just note, Sheppard Smith incorrectly stated that Ron only has 30,000 supports. Ron tried to correct him a little but what do you think people took from that interview. So not only are we a bunch of College kids living with are Moms, but there are only 30,000 of us. This is what I mean. No respect. It's time to make them FELL US. DEJA VU. We need to MAKE IT OFFICIAL. If you can not donate. Share Ron's message with someone and have them Donate. Every support out there needs to donate something on that day.

15/16th on its own is too late to help iowa and NH

I am curious why do some of the people think that dec 15/16 is going to get any press or focus when the people are so busy with their lives at this time of the year and this is the perfect time for the media to ignore and just wait for the FEC filings.

Whereas Dec 4th debate will have national media, Fox on the ropes, iowa republicans and Fox trying to remove anyone that doesnt hit 5% average on some set of 400 person based phone calls polls.

If we just flat line our funding between now and then we have only ourselves to blame on why Ron isnt called the official money leader with more money earned this quarter than the leader Guiliani did for the primaries last quarter.

Guys i really would suggest we target million a week and the end of the year concept you are talking about to begin the push post NH/Iowa.

The schedule this year is too fast to ignore. Ron needs a lot of push to get his backing. People want number one in something. If he gets to 12 million that will make him look like number 1.

We are only getting one chance at this and we arent going to over tax people since they already know of these sites and most get biweekly pay checks that 25 dollars will not hurt them on per week.

Those that cant may donate less than 25 but either way this should not stop raising money for 5 weeks from now in the multi millions.

twenty-five million

Jean Roberts If people keeps donating like today we will have 8 million by tomorrow. Every two days a million with new doners daily. The money bombs will be icing on the 4th quarter. jean

Jean Roberts

agreed jean...you are correct

We dont really need to do much other than suggest trying to donate at least 25 dollars weekly until Dec 3rd. After that there is no big press...we can coast until Dec 15/16

Dec. 16th

I like the Boston Tea Party date of December 16th, 2007 the best. Its a connection MSM can't spin.

they will just ignore it--they dont need to spin it

We have to keep the message and money flowing at around a million a week levels.

That is not so hard when you have 40000 donors now and always growing larger.

We have to keep fanning the flames up and up....to overwhelm the competition.

otherwise if it disappears for a time and we wait until dec 16th they can just ignore us with the holidays and their will be no real bump in iowa

too soon

yeah, i agree it's too soon to have an all-out money bomb just yet. people need time refill their pockets!

but i just love the idea of a surge on Veterans Day, Nov. 11th... showing how RP supporters SUPPORT THE TROOPS.

so those who can afford to donate -- great! but I wouldn't count on too much just yet.

Boston Tea Party idea is great!

As to amount: I can only hope for an even better outcome than yesterday, but I'd rather exceed expectations than set the bar too high!

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agreed balance is best

agreed balance is best and try to keep up a million a week until at least the last debate of the year on dec 4th.

By this time we would have reached 12 million dollars on that week.

After that people can relax and save for dec 15th/16th money bomb for fun and use this as icing on the cake to be ready for the big push as we have to go into the next round of states in Jan/Feb time frame.

We have the money, now we need the poll numbers

Guys, raising this kind of money is awesome.

Now the money needs to be quickly transformed into getting the message out and professionally done so. Ron Paul needs to go back to the drawing board and get some good TV commericials out there. That means hiring top talent to deliver them. I tell ya, I donated $750 yesterday but I'm not going to donate in the future if I don't see an uptick in New Hampshire poll numbers by Dec 1. I could care less nationwide right now if New Hampshire starts to to tick higher than 7% for Ron Paul.

I mean if we aren't scoring all those independents in that state, we have a big problem in getting the message out. At that point, I'd blame who is running the campaign. Because now they HAVE the money they need. Start to use it wisely and effectively and GET THE MESSAGE OUT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BOSTON TEA PARTY!

December 16 money bomb. Let's do it.

not two

Two more money bombs is a bad idea. I personally think that the Dec. 16th Tea Party idea is the best. It gives a decent amount of recoup time, and unlike Guy Fawkes day, it's something ALL Americans support. Some of us supporters don't have a lot of money. Spreading rumors of the bombs out over all of these different days will kill any real impact. I'd love to break 5.7 million (was that Kerry's record? I forgot...) on Tea Party day! But I think he will almost definitely break his 12 mil goal regardless.

-Autumnatic

-Autumnatic

I agree

I agree...let's keep it real, Ron Paul supporters are not ATM's, wait a while for a new big bomb, stop confusing and bothering people with all kind of small crappy bombs...let the guy who had the 5tn Nov ideea to set another date and follow that...

The bar has been raised

Forget the mini bombs. The bar has been raised.

If we don't beat the $4.3 million number, Hillary or Obama will beat us to it.

With the average donation being a little over $100, I don't think many people have been maxed out.

I really don't think all of the Ron Paul supporters knew about this money bomb. If the campaign takes this on and sends out the emails and talks it up on the campaign trail, I see no reason why the oringinal goal of 100,000 people giving $100 can't be met.

This is such a great analogy for real issues in politics. Let the states try out different things and see what works. When you see what works best, try to take it nationally. So this November 5th thing was tested and was a great success. Now let's take it into the campaign and let them maximize it. If the campaign doesn't take charge a bit, I'm afraid the idea will be pulled in too many directions and the effect will get diluted.

Twenty-Four to End the War

December 3rd.

Target the anti-war crowd.

"Send a message to the republican candidates that America no longer wants this war."

Try to raise $24 from 1 million people the day before the Dec. 4th GOP debate for Ron Paul, the anti-war republican.

The anti-war stance is what sets him apart from the other republicans and puts him in line with 70% of the public. Let's use this!

Ask ANYONE who wants to end this war to send money to Ron Paul...republicans, libertarians, liberals, socialists.... whoever. Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate who will end the war.

This would give at least a week for a last-minute ad buying blitz in NH. A bad showing in NH will hurt a Dec. 16th fundraising push.

Great Idea

Ending the war is possibly Paul's strongest issue amongst the general public. A big fundraiser with this focus would not only give Ron Paul media exposure, but more attention on the fact that he is the strongest (only) candidate for ending the Iraq war - and avoiding one with Iran.

Maybe

You may be nuts, but there's nothing bad about your enthusiasm.

25 million is probably out of the question, but I see no reason why we cant make the original goal of 12 million. That alone would be more than enough to throw Paul to the head of the pack. After all, Rudy Giuliani only pulled in 11 million last quarter and most likely will get less during this one (as has been the trend). If Paul recieves 12 to 15 million, it will be a sensation.

The key right now is to attract new supporters and new money. I think we should space out the money bombs and work on offline activities between them.

For instance, buy the slim jim packs at the campaign store. They're cheap and you can get a lot of em. Then pass them out on cars. I'll be doing that at my college this month.

Go to a PARADE

Everyone should get together in groups and go to their local Thanksgiving parades and wave signs. That'll likely get some exposure. Bring slim jims or liberty cards to hand out in the crowd.

We need to sell Dr. Paul to the Republican base as well. I suggest something to draw parallels between Dr. Paul and Ronald Reagan. It was the Reagan comparison that got "W" nominated...

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Let's do it!

Why not called it Spambotism day! the day that we (millions of spammers) spammed money like a chicken lay eggs. I am pumped up again.

Lets work with the moneybomb site and make the idea happen!

8 million this week--nov 5th-nov 9th--remember the 5th theme
9 million ---nov 12-16th--veterans day theme
10 million ---nov 19-23rd--Thanksgiving theme
11 million--nov 26-30th---"TBD theme"
12 million Dec 3-7th--"TBD theme" --Fox Debate Dec 4th
13 million Dec 10-14-"TBD theme"-? NH primary
21 million Dec 15-21-****Patriot Donation Days(bill of rights day, D-Day/Tea party day)

22 million Dec 24-31st-"Merry Christmas Ron Paul and Happy New Year America"

ehhhh

A million a week would be hard, especially considering the holiday shopping that will be going on now.

People need time to get new paychecks.

Nov. 11th

Remember, Remember the 11th of November!!! Veterans Day Money Bomb for Ron Paul:

www.thisnovember11th.com

Sign up and save up!

Jesse Elder
www.ronpaulmoneybomb.com

Jesse Elder
www.ronpaulmoneybomb.com

Support the Troops this Veterans Day!

We need to solidify the idea that this campaign is about GENUINELY supporting our troops. Let’s toss a Mil+ into the campaign on Veterans Day. It doesn’t have to meet or beat yesterdays drive. But, hopefully we can also draw a large chunk of donations from individuals in the military on Nov 11.

We need to tie together the idea that supporting Dr Ron Paul Campaign is the best way to support the troops in this next election cycle. Help support the campaign by offering your support in any way that you can. http://www.thisnovember11th.com/

$111.11 For November 11th!!!

Yes!! A Veterans Day surge would be great PR.

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