View Full Version : Ron Pauls Email Shuts Down Rand's Site
Jordan
06-04-2009, 12:18 PM
Ron Paul just sent an email to his 2008 donors.
And just like that...
http://www.randpaul2010.com is loading awfully slow.
But hopefully we'll see a ton of fundraising support! :)
He Who Pawns
06-04-2009, 12:20 PM
I got the email, clicked on the link, and the site was "unavailable". This is not good.
Haha, I thought it was just my internet making it load that slow when I clicked on the link that Ron sent. Hopefully it gets back to normal as soon as possible.
newbitech
06-04-2009, 12:22 PM
hopefully the site operator realizes what happened and fixes the problem (adds more bandwidth or w/e) and a new email goes out explaining the overwhelming response.
Yeah, the site is getting pounded right now. Hopefully it will be getting pounded with donations soon enough.
I recall RonPaul's site having trouble a couple times in the early days.
DAMN YOU RANDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
those political hacks of yours (aka dailypaul.com) need to get a better ass server because this is starting to make me go gaga! WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU! SUPPORT US!
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 12:43 PM
They should have prepared for this...
Hopefully they will have another email coordinated with a moneybomb
specsaregood
06-04-2009, 12:57 PM
DAMN YOU RANDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
those political hacks of yours (aka dailypaul.com) need to get a better ass server because this is starting to make me go gaga! WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU! SUPPORT US!
Seems like it woulda made sense to just make a static landing page for this type of thing. No dynamic mumbo-jumbo. Just a straight html page, lot less overhead with that. Then leave the dynamic stuff for people drilling into the site.
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:02 PM
Didn't this happen when Murray Sabrin got an email? And then I think it might have happened when BJ Lawson got an email? Maybe next time we can be ready? :rolleyes:
rp08orbust
06-04-2009, 01:02 PM
They should have prepared for this...
All they had to do was send out the emails at 100 per minute or whatever over a period of a few days instead of emailing everyone at once.
torchbearer
06-04-2009, 01:02 PM
it is still down.
is this the second time the site has gone down?
losing donation chances.
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:03 PM
All they had to do was send out the emails at 100 per minute or whatever over a period of a few days instead of emailing everyone at once.
No, it went down because the emails resulted in a lot of traffic to the site. I'm pretty sure...
hotbrownsauce
06-04-2009, 01:04 PM
I went to the site and it said "Data base error" under fund raising.... has anyone donated lately? Can people still donate? :) I sure hope so!
Matt Collins
06-04-2009, 01:04 PM
Ron Paul just sent an email to his 2008 donors.
And just like that...
http://www.randpaul2010.com (http://www.randpaul2010.com) is loading awfully slow.
QUICK! Everyone go to RandPaul2010.com to check out how slow it is..... :rolleyes::p
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rp08orbust
06-04-2009, 01:04 PM
No, it went down because the emails resulted in a lot of traffic to the site. I'm pretty sure...
Of course, but if they spread out the emails, it would have spread out people hitting the site.
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:05 PM
it is still down.
is this the second time the site has gone down?
losing donation chances.
Second or third.
hotbrownsauce
06-04-2009, 01:05 PM
I clicked Donate and it appears the donation page is down???
Thank you for your generous donations of any size. Your contributions provide the fuel for a well coordinated, effective, and successful campaign. With your help, we can bring honesty, responsibility, and constitutional leadership to Washington D.C. Unable to select database
aww :(
I left the site so people can actually access it. I hope you have too.
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:05 PM
Of course, but if they spread out the emails, it would have spread out people hitting the site.
Well apparently they are spread out because I don't think I got it yet.
torchbearer
06-04-2009, 01:06 PM
I did notice in the past, his website downloads a lot of stuff when you go to the front page.
Must be a lot of bandwidth per hit.
slacker921
06-04-2009, 01:07 PM
facepalm....
hotbrownsauce
06-04-2009, 01:08 PM
facepalm....
classic
He Who Pawns
06-04-2009, 01:10 PM
Maybe they hired the old Freedom Watch technical crew to run Rand's site after the Judge fired their asses a few weeks ago?
newbitech
06-04-2009, 01:11 PM
Well apparently they are spread out because I don't think I got it yet.
check your spam folder, thats where mine was for some strange reason
Matt Collins
06-04-2009, 01:15 PM
http://www.facepalm.org/images/03.jpg
Matt Collins
06-04-2009, 01:16 PM
Maybe they hired the old Freedom Watch technical crew to run Rand's site after the Judge fired their asses a few weeks ago?
Freakin funniest thing I've read all day! :D
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 01:18 PM
The main site takes forever to load, and the donation page doesn't work at all.
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/aggreko07/awww.gif
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:24 PM
check your spam folder, thats where mine was for some strange reason
Not there
malkusm
06-04-2009, 01:26 PM
Not there
You aren't worthy of RP's e-mail list :D
torchbearer
06-04-2009, 01:27 PM
I think Ron's email has shut down the internets. youtube is struggling too.
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 01:30 PM
warning: mysqli_query() [function.mysqli-query]: (HY000/2008): MySQL client ran out of memory in /var/www/vhosts/randpaul2010.com/httpdocs/includes/database.mysqli.inc on line 108.
The main site takes forever to load, and the donation page doesn't work at all.
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/aggreko07/awww.gif
Now that is funny.
And I'm now only getting the HTTP 500 error, instead of the page just loading slow.
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 01:31 PM
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CasualApathy
06-04-2009, 01:31 PM
The donation counter appears to have been taken down as well.
Edit: I get this message now
Site off-line
The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.
Matt Collins
06-04-2009, 01:38 PM
Can we get a mirror setup!??!?
brandon
06-04-2009, 01:42 PM
Rand Paul Graphs stopped being able to retrieve donation stats shorty before 3:00 PM est
http://randpaulgraphs.com/graphs/today.php
Jeremy
06-04-2009, 01:45 PM
This is epic fail. And how many people won't bother checking back at the site later? A LOT. That's tens of thousands of dollars down the drain.
CasualApathy
06-04-2009, 01:47 PM
This is epic fail. And how many people won't bother checking back at the site later? A LOT. That's tens of thousands of dollars down the drain.
Yea, the lost money alone would buy more then enough bandwith... But i guess you can look at the bright side too, the horde is back!
KCIndy
06-04-2009, 02:00 PM
I'm guessing that if so many show up the first time, they'll show up again.
Rand needs to have his people beef up the site - big time - and then RP needs to send out a second email, with apologies, explaining that there was so much interest the first time around that the site crashed.
KCIndy
06-04-2009, 02:02 PM
For those who haven't seen the Ron Paul email yet:
Dear Friend,
My son, Rand, has helped me campaign since he was 11. He and his brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews have literally knocked on thousands of doors for me.
At the age of 21, Rand debated Phil Gramm in my US Senate race in my stead. During the Presidential election he traveled to ten states giving speeches for me. He appeared on hundreds of radio programs for me. I am grateful for his contribution and very proud of the thoughtful, principled man Rand has become.
So, it is with great enthusiasm that I endorse my son Rand's venture into electoral politics. Rand has formed an exploratory committee to run for Senate in Kentucky. Sending Rand to Washington would be a tremendous victory for the Freedom Movement.
I hope you will join me in supporting Rand in any way you feel comfortable. You can get more information or make a contribution at www.randpaul2010.com
Rand has also established himself as a significant force in Kentucky politics. For fifteen years he has run Kentucky Taxpayers United, a group that rates the state legislature and promotes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge whereby candidates and office holders take a pledge not to raise taxes.
Like me, Rand is a graduate of Duke Medical School. Rand is an eye surgeon, married for eighteen years, and has three children. In addition to politics, he is the founder of the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic that provides free care for those in need.
I hope you will visit Rand's website, www.randpaul2010.com, and consider supporting him in any way you can.
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 02:03 PM
Rand needs to have his people beef up the site - big time - and then RP needs to send out a second email, with apologies, explaining that there was so much interest the first time around that the site crashed.
+1
But they better be ready this time, working widget and all.
purplechoe
06-04-2009, 02:24 PM
The site seems to be back up...
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 02:43 PM
- flash :o:o
it seems to be back
CasualApathy
06-04-2009, 02:50 PM
This brings back memories :)
http://www.randpaulgraphs.com/graphs/today.php
Matt Collins
06-04-2009, 02:51 PM
it seems to be backQUICK! Everyone log on to go check to see if it's back on! :rolleyes:;):p:):D:cool:
MRoCkEd
06-04-2009, 02:57 PM
donations seem to be juicing up
Bergie Bergeron
06-04-2009, 03:55 PM
donations seem to be juicing up
That's an understatement !
specialkornflake
06-04-2009, 03:58 PM
Everyone please stop going to the site unless you are going to donate. Seems like ya'll are a new crowd than during the early Ron Paul moneybombs when they didn't have the bandwidth ;).
specsaregood
06-04-2009, 04:00 PM
Everyone please stop going to the site unless you are going to donate. Seems like ya'll are a new crowd than during the early Ron Paul moneybombs when they didn't have the bandwidth ;).
Look at RP flexing his fundraising muscles....
http://www.randpaulgraphs.com/graphs/today.php
So will RPs simple email trump the recent mini-moneybomb? It certainly appears possible....
dr. hfn
06-04-2009, 04:45 PM
I hope we can support RJ Harris and Adam Kokesh just as well!!! Constitution Revolution 2010!
Wow, maybe we can get $10,000 raised just today.
DAMN YOU RANDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
those political hacks of yours (aka dailypaul.com) need to get a better ass server because this is starting to make me go gaga! WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU! SUPPORT US!
Just like in good ole 2008, when we fought for Ron Paul like crazy and he was completely indifferent about us.:o
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