URGENT: Help Glen Bradley's campaign get $4,000 by voting in this poll - NEED 50 MORE

[erowe1]

[Moderator's Note: Voting continues until June 25th!!]

http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx

I know there's another thread. But the title wasn't clear enough and I couldn't change it. It was due for a bump anyway, so I just made a new one.

I voted yesterday. And my wife just now voted.

Please vote, and spread the word to every RP supporter network where your voice is heard.

If you want to share his campaign website with others when you tell them about this, here it is:
http://glenbradley.net/

MODERATOR UPDATE:
Only about 50 more votes needed!

[erowe1]

IMHO, this thread should be periodically bumped to stay on the first page from now until June 25th.

Have you voted yet?

[dr. hfn]

done

[devil21]

Voted!

[olehounddog]

bump

[Jordan]

Bump again, make sure to vote guys. I'm sure Glen could really use the $4,000.

[Aratus]

bump

[KCIndy]

Bump bump bump....


And if you happen to have a SPARE email address or two... well, I believe they'll take those too! :D

Let's get this done, people!

[cpike]

Should we be using a NC zip code? Don't need them invalidating out of state endorsements.

[erowe1]

Should we be using a NC zip code? Don't need them invalidating out of state endorsements.

Not unless you live in NC.

Vote once, and use your real identity. This is to measure his "internet support," not just his local state support.

If there would be any legitimate excuse for invalidating votes it would be if people cheat on this. In a completely fair contest measuring candidates' actual "internet support," Glen absolutely should blow the competition out of the water. There's no need to do things that would call the legitimacy of that victory into question.

[erowe1]

Bump.

[Michigan11]

Voted!

[Flash]

Not unless you live in NC.

Vote once, and use your real identity. This is to measure his "internet support," not just his local state support.

If there would be any legitimate excuse for invalidating votes it would be if people cheat on this. In a completely fair contest measuring candidates' actual "internet support," Glen absolutely should blow the competition out of the water. There's no need to do things that would call the legitimacy of that victory into question.

Yeah thats why I only voted once as well, with my real zip code.

[JK/SEA]

At least 2 from Washington State on the books.

Go Glen!

[libertybrewcity]

bump again.

[evilfunnystuff]

Bump

[Bergie Bergeron]

...

[LibertyIn08]

Voted.

[Aratus]

bump

[erowe1]

Bump.

[tremendoustie]

Not unless you live in NC.

Vote once, and use your real identity. This is to measure his "internet support," not just his local state support.

If there would be any legitimate excuse for invalidating votes it would be if people cheat on this. In a completely fair contest measuring candidates' actual "internet support," Glen absolutely should blow the competition out of the water. There's no need to do things that would call the legitimacy of that victory into question.

+1000!!!

Be honest people, vote once, real ZIP.

[erowe1]

Why did this get moved to hot topics?

Don't we want to maximize the number of people who see it?

[Cowlesy]

Why did this get moved to hot topics?

Don't we want to maximize the number of people who see it?

I moved it because there were a few hot posts.

I've tweaked it and will move it back to G-Pol.

[erowe1]

I moved it because there were a few hot posts.

I've tweaked it and will move it back to G-Pol.

Understandable.

[KCIndy]

Bump? :)

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[ForLibertyFight]

voted.

[erowe1]

bump

[devil21]

bump to the top

[jclay2]

bump cmon he needs are support

[freshjiva]

voted!

Has this been posted on DailyPaul?

[JVParkour]

bumper car

[erowe1]

Glen. I assume you've emailed your own supporter email list about this, right?

I was thinking, some candidates who have held office already may have an advantage of extensive (by state rep. standards) networks of supporters that they're notifying about this. I'm certain that we should be able to win it. But we definitely can't take it for granted.

[GunnyFreedom]

Glen. I assume you've emailed your own supporter email list about this, right?

I was thinking, some candidates who have held office already may have an advantage of extensive (by state rep. standards) networks of supporters that they're notifying about this. I'm certain that we should be able to win it. But we definitely can't take it for granted.

I have, and there is more I intend to do also. I'll be pushing this until it closes. Thanks! On the job iPhone bump lol!

[KCIndy]

BUMP with a nomination for a temporary sticky! :)

[RideTheDirt]

voted

[KCIndy]

Bump!!

All Hands on Deck! :)

[GunnyFreedom]

I was just told at the convention that "hey by the way, you are doing very good in the contest - last time I looked you were first or second place" and informed that I will receive a list of all my entries plus any others who's zipcodes that happen to fall inside my district.

[Cowlesy]

//

[JosephTheLibertarian]

I'd send him $$$ but he didn't even respond to my overture. So disappointing.

[GunnyFreedom]

I'd send him $$$ but he didn't even respond to my overture. So disappointing.


Sorry, we have interacted a few time during the year and my memories are all positive, I'm certainly not ignoring you, and the only thing I can recall which I have not responded to as of yet is...hosting?

WRT hosting, a gentleman has been donating hosting to the campaign as a gift-in-kind, which I am about to expand into more storage and bandwidth. the max I forsee spending for unlimited/unlimited will be $5.00/mo. My site is a custom Drupal setup, which would make it difficult to migrate, and I certainly can't afford Terra Eclipse to put a site up for me on a new server.

If I missed something else, I am truly sorry. That may well be a factor in my having not collected but a hair under $5k so far -- problem is I am doing literally everything for the campaign myself PLUS my normal GOP duties (which just sent me 3.5 hours away for a Sate Convention for 3 days, from which I just now returned) PS-- victory in getting the NCGOP to adopt a supporting resolution for the North Carolina Firearms Freedom Act!

Normally, a campaign has enough money to actually hire a campaign manager (State House C-Manager salaries are usually only $10k to $20k for the campaign, unless you are a Democrat where you can pay as much as $50k for a State House campaign manager) I could get by with $5k to $7k and a more-volunteer-than-salaried type campaign manager if I even had that.

it is apparently very very difficult to be both candidate and campaign manager. So I was told, and so it has turned out to be true. I am hoping that when I can bring on a manager and develop a more professional campaign, I will no longer miss contacts such as this one.

[libertybrewcity]

i voted last week and i don't know if voting again would negatively effect your chances of winning. if not i will definitely vote multiple times. when do the results come out?

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[KCIndy]

BUMP! For anyone who hasn't seen this yet... :)

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[GunnyFreedom]

I think something like a "social media bomb" would spike me over the top here.

vote once, please be honest,

and share out to twitter, facebook, retweet other shares, and encourage further sharing and retweets etc. In other words, take it out to the 3rd degree of separation. :D

So for all us tweeters, I will tweet this link at 6:23 PM eastern, if you re-tweet it and THEN post one of your own (asking your followers to retweet YOUR post). The specific tweet in question is linked right here. (http://twitter.com/GlenBradley/status/15660057617)

And the same kind of process on Facebook, for all of us Facebookers, which I will share at 6:05 PM Eastern. Share the story and make your own story and encourage tour friends to share the story that you yourself posted. That reaches the 'third degree of separation' and should dramatically increase voter volume. Here is my Facebook profile with the story on top. (http://www.facebook.com/glenbradley)

Sound Good?

[GunnyFreedom]

Shares posted. Tweeters and Facebookers, share, create and share the creation. :) I posted the links in the post above for easy access.

[MRoCkEd]

voted

[JVParkour]

Blimp!

[KCIndy]

Bump!!


Let's put Glen over the top! Has anyone NOT voted yet??

[MRoCkEd]

Stickied for now..
When is the deadline?

[rancher89]

June 25th is the deadline, I'm not sure when the winner will be announced. I asked Mr. Stam this question at the convention this last weekend, but he declined to reply.

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[chudrockz]

Voted and bumped!

[ninepointfive]

IMHO, this thread should be periodically bumped to stay on the first page from now until June 25th.

Have you voted yet?

much better strategy than what I originally went with. :o

[ronpaulhawaii]

Please vote and share. Thanks

[libertybrewcity]

cool, looks like with all the support from this site you should win this!

[erowe1]

cool, looks like with all the support from this site you should win this!

I personally wouldn't want to stake it on this site. We don't really know what his opponents will be able to pull off. So I think we should shoot for something in the thousands of votes for him to win it, which is more than we'll get just from here.

We really need to share this with other networks we're in (patriot groups, libertarian groups, 9/12-ers, tea partiers, Ron Paul meetups and email lists, other email lists like the state RLC ones, or whatever else anyone can think of), and make people understand that this isn't just some internet poll for some state level candidate they haven't heard of, but that he's a great Ron Paul candidate, that this is for $4,000 for his campaign, and that he really should win it, but he needs their help to do it.

[ronpaulhawaii]

bumps are better than stickies. :D

[Aratus]

bump!

[GunnyFreedom]

UPDATE!

I am currently at 227 people, and only 62 people from the #1 spot.

[libertybrewcity]

UPDATE!

I am currently at 227 people, and only 62 people from the #1 spot.

cool, can you tell us a little bit about the race? like who is running, what the political climate is in the 49th district, anything else

[libertybrewcity]

UPDATE!

I am currently at 227 people, and only 62 people from the #1 spot.

i don't know if you did this already but you could post this over at the dailypaul

[MRoCkEd]

UPDATE!

I am currently at 227 people, and only 62 people from the #1 spot.
Oh man... we have work to do!

[GunnyFreedom]

District Name “Votes” behind

2 Bob Steinburg 0
49 Glen Bradley -62
34 Steve Henion -104
3 Norm Sanderson -130
41 Tom Murry -132
81 Rayne Brown -140
35 Don Frantz -140
101 Rebecca Steen -154
20 Tristan Patterson -174
39 Duane Cutlip -190
93 Jonathan Jordan -190

[GunnyFreedom]

cool, can you tell us a little bit about the race? like who is running, what the political climate is in the 49th district, anything else

Well, the incumbent I was running against fled in fear, and the Democrat party literally appointed a fella name of John May to take her place in the General Assembly and on the Ballot in November. There are a lot of conservative democrats in the area, and my biggest hurdle will be convincing them not that my platform is best for them, they already love the platform, but I will have some work cut out actually just convincing them that I really do mean what I say.

If I can convince the conservative dems that I am telling the truth (and, of course, I really am) then this race should be locked up...

[libertybrewcity]

cool, well goodluck. ill post this around..

[erowe1]

UPDATE!

I am currently at 227 people, and only 62 people from the #1 spot.

Thanks for that update. Is that information that they only provided to the candidates? Or can we see it too? How often is it updated?

We need to turn that upside down so that he trails you by 62 votes.

[libertybrewcity]

just posted at the dailypaul if anyone wants to keep it bumped for some more votes.

[erowe1]

just posted at the dailypaul if anyone wants to keep it bumped for some more votes.

If anybody has some contacts with regulars at Daily Paul, we need to convince them to make it their mission to help Glen win this. If they can do there as much as we're doing here, without needing interlopers from here to go bump the thread, then that would be a big help.

[Kludge]

Voted, thanks to Mark.

[Gage]

Voted.

[ghengis86]

voted...how do you see the vote totals? can one?

[messana]

voted.

[Bergie Bergeron]

Voted.

[Anti Federalist]

There are a lot of conservative democrats in the area, and my biggest hurdle will be convincing them not that my platform is best for them, they already love the platform, but I will have some work cut out actually just convincing them that I really do mean what I say.

Tough to do when so many other political figures bob and weave more than a five dollar hooker.

I got faith you can pull it off though, Glen.

[phill4paul]

Facebook'd ya.

[libertythor]

Voted.

[Aratus]

bump!

[TheTyke]

Just voted! And I'll spread the word...

[erowe1]

Also, consider making a pledge to get others to commit to vote here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=249418

[AGRP]

Done.

[AGRP]

Spread this on your facebooks.

On your personal page.

On your liberty group pages.

Etc.

[AGRP]

Heres a simple copy/paste text for the lazy to put into your facebook:

Liberty candidate can win $4,000 for his campaign!

He can really use your help since he is ~62 votes behind. Please spread the word by posting this on your Facebook page.

His name is Glen Bradley. Vote here:

http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx

Thank you!

[ronpaulhawaii]

Go glen!

[evilfunnystuff]

Has this been posted over at the daily paul yet, if I was a member over there I would post it.

I have sent this out to everyone I have been able to and am hitting them up again.

I will be getting 2 more votes for glen tonight when I go out for sure, and am working on more.

[rprprs]

embarrassed that it took me so long, but finally voted today.

[ronpaulhawaii]

morning bumb

[Kylie]

Sorry to have been so tardy in voting!

Done :o

[Aratus]

hi RPH!

[Paulitical Correctness]

embarrassed that it took me so long, but finally voted today.

:o

[GunnyFreedom]

Thanks so much guys for taking charge of this and giving it wings! hopefully i'll get another update soon, we have to be doing great at this! DON'T LET UP! #1 guy may get complacent, but #3 guy will probably be redoubling and tripling his efforts...

[Knightskye]

Won't they know the poll's being "spammed"?

[GunnyFreedom]

Won't they know the poll's being "spammed"?

if people were spamming it, then clearly yes they would know. Getting everyone you know to vote is not spamming.

[Aratus]

hi gunny!

[Kregisen]

Voted

[ronpaulhawaii]

hi RPH!

Aloha :)

[teacherone]

voted...

[Slutter McGee]

Slutter McGee just did his patriotic duty and voted.

Sincerely,

Slutter McGee

[evilfunnystuff]

YouTube - Cake: War Pigs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yHKuoZlD0)

[Jordan]

EDIT YOUR SIGS!!!


Help Forum Member Glen Bradley Win $4000 for his NC State House Race: Select him as your favorite candidate HERE (http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx)

[BuddyRey]

How's it going, Gunny?

[AGRP]

Updates on count?

[erowe1]

Here's a message I just sent individually to 13 different Ron Paul supporting Facebook friends:


Subject: A worthwhile online poll to vote on


Hey X,

I don't know if you've heard of him before, but there's a Ron Paul supporter who's a really strong liberty candidate who's running for the state legislature in North Carolina by the name of Glen Bradley.

There's this poll going on to measure the "internet support" all the Republican candidates for the NC State House have, and the winner will get $4,000 donated to their campaign.

It's a really simple poll (but they do ask for your email address, so I'm not sure if you'll end up getting spam from them in the future). Do you think you could take 30 seconds to vote for Glen Bradley here?
http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx

Here's his campaign website if you want to learn more about him.
http://glenbradley.net/

I have plenty more friends I'll send it to in the near future as well. It's a simple copy and paste job.

I don't consider my pledge for 5 more votes fulfilled until I hear back from at least 5 of them confirming that they did it. But between those and the dozens more RP supporting friends I'll send this too, most of whom don't frequent this message board, I think I'll be able to get a lot more than 5 more votes.

Consider doing something similar. It takes such a minimal amount of effort, and if just a handful of us do it, it will put him in first place with a nice cushion between him and second.

[MRoCkEd]

I sent a message to the near 1,000 people in this group:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=108100115884374&ref=ts

Glen, do we know how many behind you are now?

[Jdayh]

went to link,but could not find it...also how close is he now?

[MRoCkEd]

went to link,but could not find it...also how close is he now?
http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx

You should click on "please pick your favorite candidate" and go to Glen Bradley after your Name, Email and Zip Code.

[evilfunnystuff]

Woot

[KCIndy]

EDIT YOUR SIGS!!!


Help Forum Member Glen Bradley Win $4000 for his NC State House Race: Select him as your favorite candidate HERE (http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx)

Jordan, thanks!!

Having the code right there makes a cut-n-paste really easy. Everyone should do it!!

[GunnyFreedom]

I have a grand total of 224 on my list, I have not been told how far out of first place I am lately.

[eOs]

I have a grand total of 224 on my list, I have not been told how far out of first place I am lately.

Total members that have visited the forum in the last 24 hours: 768

What the hell is going on here?

[KCIndy]

Total members that have visited the forum in the last 24 hours: 768

What the hell is going on here?


Rampant apathy. :(

[Kludge]

Errrr -- gunny said he had 227 on the 11th. His numbers went down, or.....???
:confused:

[GunnyFreedom]

Errrr -- gunny said he had 227 on the 11th. His numbers went down, or.....???
:confused:

As far as I know, this is the first time I have gotten a hard number of who-all has signed up. before, all I had was the number of spots out of first place...

[KCIndy]

Has anyone received any sort of confirmation request after signing up?

I haven't, and I've been watching.

If they're not confirming the validity of the emails as people sign up, what's to say the competition isn't simply making up emails and flooding the poll? Gunny, do you know if there's going to be any sort of confirmation of these email addresses?

[MelissaWV]

Has anyone received any sort of confirmation request after signing up?

I haven't, and I've been watching.

If they're not confirming the validity of the emails as people sign up, what's to say the competition isn't simply making up emails and flooding the poll? Gunny, do you know if there's going to be any sort of confirmation of these email addresses?

Not that I advocate this... but... I just voted a second time using my same email address (to see if this is just allowing spamming or what) and it let me. I am surprised. I would think they would safeguard against that.

I'm dismayed at the lack of interest on the forums for any kind of real political activity lately, too. This costs no money and only a teeny bit of time. It's an internet poll. It's not even voting!

[Bruno]

voted. :)

[erowe1]

As far as I know, this is the first time I have gotten a hard number of who-all has signed up. before, all I had was the number of spots out of first place...

Given the numbers on that table you copied and pasted last time you had an update where it showed how far out of the lead people were, if they didn't give you a total number of votes then, and the total they are giving you now is just 224, is it possible that 224 is actually only the number of votes you had at that point in time and doesn't include those you've gotten since then?

[Kregisen]

EDIT YOUR SIGS!!!


Help Forum Member Glen Bradley Win $4000 for his NC State House Race: Select him as your favorite candidate HERE (http://www.nchouserepublicans.com/favorite.aspx)

VOTE PEOPLE VOTE! EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO READS THIS - PUT THIS AS YOUR SIG!

Only for 5 more days! Then you can switch back to what you have now!! Do it for freedom!

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[libertybrewcity]

maybe you have to live in nc to vote?

[erowe1]

maybe you have to live in nc to vote?

It would be really weird and unfair if they're only counting NC votes without telling the participants that's the case. It would be even more weird and unfair to do that after billing this poll as one that measures so-called "internet support." And it would be even more weird to make that arbitrary distinction, since it's not like being in the state of NC means that any given voter also would be eligible to vote for the candidate they're supporting in the poll. If I live outside Glen's district, what difference would it make if I live in NC or any other state?

Unless Glen tells us otherwise, I think we need to stay the course and keep asking everyone we can, no matter where they live, to vote for him.

[Happy Fishing]

I just submitted my vote for him.

[Flash]

You know we could just send out an RPF mass email.

[Bergie Bergeron]

Already done today.

[erowe1]

You know we could just send out an RPF mass email.

Did you not get one? It was sent 2 1/2 hours before you posted that.

[evilfunnystuff]

Just do it.

[JenH88]

two votes here..

[Kregisen]

Did you not get one? It was sent 2 1/2 hours before you posted that.

I didn't get one either...was it a message or an email? I have 0 messages and no emails from this forum.

[erowe1]

I didn't get one either...was it a message or an email? I have 0 messages and no emails from this forum.

It was an email.

[Kregisen]

It was an email.

Did anyone else get or didn't get an email?

I've been expecting emails from other sources that haven't arrived, so if this is true then my gmail must be pretty f*cked up. I receive all other email just fine though besides these two circumstances....

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Did anyone else get or didn't get an email?

I've been expecting emails from other sources that haven't arrived, so if this is true then my gmail must be pretty f*cked up. I receive all other email just fine though besides these two circumstances....

yes, a RPF email went out. Check your spam folder.

[Kregisen]

Found out why...
"If you do not want to receive these notices, disable this option.
Receive Email from Administrators"

It wasn't checked. :)

[phill4paul]

//

[KCIndy]

With about a day left.... any word on where the count stands?

[GunnyFreedom]

With about a day left.... any word on where the count stands?

LOL I got an e-mail from the House Caucus on June 22nd that reads:


Just as in an election, you will spend the last few days of a campaign not knowing exactly where you stand.

It will be gut wrenching and will drive you nuts, so be ready.

This is good practice J

Run as if you are 200 “votes” shy.

I will try to provide an update on Thursday but the “votes” are pouring in (which is a good thing!!)

Thank you for your patience (riiiight).

Scott


LOL so that means I may (or may not) get an update today......

[lx43]

Voted--Bump

[Jordan]

http://www.priceisright.com/content/images/Game%20Images/price_games_ItsInTheBag-001.jpg

[evilfunnystuff]

Come on people dont forget you can vote from phones too using mobile web service,so if your out and are talkin to someone with a cell phone make sure they vote for gunny.

[KCIndy]

It's the final stretch!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

:)

[evilfunnystuff]

bump

[jacque]

Thank you for all the support you have given Glen. We have 4 + months to take the NC House seat. We can do it.

[GunnyFreedom]

Here is the latest update:

"Favorite Candidate" Contest CLOSED. Votes are being counted.

After receiving literally thousands of votes (and email contact information), the polls closed at 11:59 PM last night. We will validate the voting results and we will report the winner of the $4,000.00 prize next week. This program has proven to be a great success in motivating candidates to use their email and social media presence to mobilize support--our primary goal.

But int hat same message they sent:


Social Media Masters - Hastings, Frantz, Henion, Steen

Building an electronic NOW will pay great dividends in the fall when you need volunteers, sign placements, etc. Congratuations to candidates who are committed to "mastering the media" with growing "friends" and/or "fans" on Facebook.

Kelly Hastings (HD 110) - 1,270 friends
Don Frantz (HD 34) - 1,061 friends
Steve Henion (HD 34) - 784 friends
Rebecca Steen (HD 101) - 736 friend

which is weird because on FB I have 1370 friends, and on Twitter I have 1665 followers.....

[eOs]

Here is the latest update:


But int hat same message they sent:



which is weird because on FB I have 1370 friends, and on Twitter I have 1665 followers.....

Are you going to contact them and let them know that you are in fact the the media master? This is bullshit.

[erowe1]

which is weird because on FB I have 1370 friends, and on Twitter I have 1665 followers.....

That is weird. What are they talking about when they say "friend" in that list?

[GunnyFreedom]

Are you going to contact them and let them know that you are in fact the the media master? This is bullshit.

Already have. :D

[Nate-ForLiberty]

any news?

[MelissaWV]

any news?

Seconded.

"WTF Happened" bump.

[GunnyFreedom]

I am starting to get upset at the distinct lack of news here....

I've heard nothing. :(

[GunnyFreedom]

Just now got this:



Hey Glen!

Here’s your email list from the contest. I haven’t contacted him yet but Tristan Patterson in HD 20 (Columbus county) came out on top over a few of you all.

You got over 1,100 email addresses out of it though! And I know it created a crazy buzz all over.

Thanks

:(

[MelissaWV]

Just now got this:



:(

WHAT?!?!? "Tristan" was just barely ahead of you in one of those lists.

Oh but you got over 1,100 email addresses :rolleyes: Aren't those people who support you already? Why would you need their emails!? How stupid.

They should give you the email addresses collected on behalf of the OTHER candidates :p Then you could email them and tell them how they're WRONG.

Ugh.

Bummer+

[GunnyFreedom]

WHAT?!?!? "Tristan" was just barely ahead of you in one of those lists.

Oh but you got over 1,100 email addresses :rolleyes: Aren't those people who support you already? Why would you need their emails!? How stupid.

They should give you the email addresses collected on behalf of the OTHER candidates :p Then you could email them and tell them how they're WRONG.

Ugh.

Bummer+

Well, I do get any addresses from within my district whether they voted for me or not. in any case, this still puts me in a $100k race having raised but $5k. Still gonna give it everything I got no question about it.

126 days until the election!

[Aratus]

gunnyfreedom... you came WAY close and i should check MY email box at three day intervals
as the S.C primary in 2012 gets active for i didst expect i looked like a potential moneybags and
sorta grumpily goldwaterite gullible given that i am in henry cabot lodge juniors's home state?

[GunnyFreedom]

I was hoping to use that $4k to help decorate the flatbed trailer for the two 4th of July parades, but I still got yard signs and a little bunting. :D

[dannno]

I am baffled as to how you lost.. between these threads and the RPF email and people facebooking and stuff, I don't get it..

[GunnyFreedom]

I am baffled as to how you lost.. between these threads and the RPF email and people facebooking and stuff, I don't get it..

My list shows 1179 votes, which is really good, I said it before on here somewhere that I suspect one or more of the other candidates had help from an established incumbent's mailing list.

[GunnyFreedom]

looks like dupe names were removed, not just dupe email addys

[MelissaWV]

looks like dupe names were removed, not just dupe email addys

Well that's dumb...

What if your supporters just happened to all have similar names?

Are you telling me you can only have one "Jane Smith" vote for you?

[GunnyFreedom]

Well that's dumb...

What if your supporters just happened to all have similar names?

Are you telling me you can only have one "Jane Smith" vote for you?


If I had to guess dupe names were kicked out according to zip code. As much time as went by to release the data means they could have actually looked them up and checked to see if two of the same name lived in that zip.

[Southron]

Well most of my family voted for you :D

Are you low on funds?

[GunnyFreedom]

Well most of my family voted for you :D

Are you low on funds?

Thanks! I can't tell y'all how much I appreciate it. It's a shame we didn't make it over the top --- that $4k would have helped more than I can say. $4k in my campaign goes as far as $20k in others because I do most of the work myself and spend very frugally.

Yeah, under $500 on hand; and I've spent about 1/10 so far what everyone else has spent. But I have lots of bumper stickers lapel stickers t-shirts and handouts.

Need to order another set of yard signs, need to decorate this parade float, need to have a budget for town hall meetings.

[angelatc]

Wow. How sad. What happened to the days when we ruled the internet? We should have a "Oh my god we so suck" moneybomb for Glenn.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Wow. How sad. What happened to the days when we ruled the internet? We should have a "Oh my god we so suck" moneybomb for Glenn.

what we need is a new fund-raising technique. The "Moneybomb" is spent.

[MelissaWV]

what we need is a new fund-raising technique. The "Moneybomb" is spent.

Auction off a night of passion with Matt Collins?

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Auction off a night of passion with Matt Collins?

............





...... i'm in.

:D :p

[Nate-ForLiberty]

seriously though, the moneybomb was to get Ron Paul's name in the news. If Rand is already in the news why withhold funds for one day? Candidates in local races need money constantly coming in. I'm thinking that people are tired of having to donate to 10 moneybombs a day. What if we had a day dedicated to political action, i.e. spreading the word. Participants could report how many people they've talked with. Maybe to expand the candidates email database or something. Let the candidate worry about bringing in the money. We can worry about getting fresh blood.

anything..

[MsDoodahs]

Wow. How sad. What happened to the days when we ruled the internet?

Apparently, those days are gone.

[GunnyFreedom]

Well most of my family voted for you :D

Are you low on funds?

$290 on hand exactly. I'm about to pay $500 out of pocket for 2 of these:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ir9s0y.gif

10ft by 3ft vinyl banners for the parades this weekend. (they will have other uses too)

the star is actually blue, the gif is not forming well from the CMYK pdf lol

[GunnyFreedom]

seriously though, the moneybomb was to get Ron Paul's name in the news. If Rand is already in the news why withhold funds for one day? Candidates in local races need money constantly coming in. I'm thinking that people are tired of having to donate to 10 moneybombs a day. What if we had a day dedicated to political action, i.e. spreading the word. Participants could report how many people they've talked with. Maybe to expand the candidates email database or something. Let the candidate worry about bringing in the money. We can worry about getting fresh blood.

anything..

That's the one and only thing I royally suck at. So that would surely leave me out.

[Todd]

Apparently, those days are gone.

Alot of things are gone. :(

[Nate-ForLiberty]

That's the one and only thing I royally suck at. So that would surely leave me out.

Why couldn't you do what the "big guys" do? Send out an email to a huge list of supporters.

[GunnyFreedom]

Why couldn't you do what the "big guys" do? Send out an email to a huge list of supporters.

The big guys get funded by Bank Of America, BP, Exxon Mobile, SEIU, etc etc. Whenever I send out such e-mails my donations go down, not up.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

The big guys get funded by Bank Of America, BP, Exxon Mobile, SEIU, etc etc. Whenever I send out such e-mails my donations go down, not up.

by "big guys" I meant Rand Paul, Ron Paul, CFL, Schiff, etc. If sending out lots of emails didn't work, they wouldn't be doing it so much. I don't understand how your donations could go down, but I'll take your word on that. Maybe have someone else write the email? I'm sure you could find one volunteer to take care of all of that for you.

[GunnyFreedom]

by "big guys" I meant Rand Paul, Ron Paul, CFL, Schiff, etc. If sending out lots of emails didn't work, they wouldn't be doing it so much. I don't understand how your donations could go down, but I'll take your word on that. Maybe have someone else write the email? I'm sure you could find one volunteer to take care of all of that for you.

The vast majority of those who donate to Ron & Rand only care about the US Congress, not the State Legislatures. Not glamorous enough. Just look at these forums -- I only have about 10 donors from RPF's, and I don't think I even get half of the regular RPF posters from NC.

If I were running for US Congress, I'd probably have $250,000 in receipts by now -- but the State Houses are what's really important in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The Federal houses become more important in 2014 and 2016 once the States are applying pressure for Constitutionalist reform.

the liberty movement is just not buying that argument it would seem.

Donations go down when I send out mass e-mails because people get annoyed that I am asking for money. I even took one almost word-for-word from a RP letter so it's not about how it's presented, it just that ppl in our movement don't seem to care about state level races.

I can't keep asking the same 20 people to donate over and over and over again.

All I know is unless something changes I am not doing this again in 2 years. I have burned through my meager inheritance to self-fund as much as I can, and by the end of this year I will be flat broke.

i have asked for help a gazillion times. I asked for website help, but I am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for a campaign manager but i am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for fundraising help but I am still doing that all by myself.

I've gotten exhausted from asking for help so damn much, and I am still doing absolutely every single thing (except for treasurer) all by myself, and the only person I got to help as treasurer is my mother.

It's just not possible to do EVERYTHING all by myself, and repeated cries for help have fallen on deaf ears. Hell, I could hire a webmaster and a campaign manager if I had funds to do so, I just don't.

[libertybrewcity]

fundraising tips from "The Campaign Manager"

just some notes
-direct mail,
-start calling. call all your friends, campaign staff, the local party, churches and church groups, college classmates, professional organizations, clubs, business associates, friends the campaign, contributors to other campaigns. there are a million sources of money

-special events- coffee at a friends house
-sell hot dogs in the park or downtown
-have an auction and get local businesses to donate
-have a yard sale. a good yard sale with donations and some effort could easily bring in 1000 dollars. my family has a huge 5 family rummage every year and we bring in much more than that. put a small ad in the classified section of the newspaper and one on craigslist. people will flock.
-have some live music anywhere- do you know a band or band member that would play for you? bring him/her to the special event or whereever. people love music and will definitely talk to you if you have a table set up, maybe a county fair?


anyways, one rule from the book. "Don't be afraid to ask for money. Asking for money is how you fund a campaign."

[angelatc]

The vast majority of those who donate to Ron & Rand only care about the US Congress, not the State Legislatures. Not glamorous enough. Just look at these forums -- I only have about 10 donors from RPF's, and I don't think I even get half of the regular RPF posters from NC.

If I were running for US Congress, I'd probably have $250,000 in receipts by now -- but the State Houses are what's really important in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The Federal houses become more important in 2014 and 2016 once the States are applying pressure for Constitutionalist reform.

the liberty movement is just not buying that argument it would seem.

Donations go down when I send out mass e-mails because people get annoyed that I am asking for money. I even took one almost word-for-word from a RP letter so it's not about how it's presented, it just that ppl in our movement don't seem to care about state level races.

I can't keep asking the same 20 people to donate over and over and over again.

All I know is unless something changes I am not doing this again in 2 years. I have burned through my meager inheritance to self-fund as much as I can, and by the end of this year I will be flat broke.

i have asked for help a gazillion times. I asked for website help, but I am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for a campaign manager but i am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for fundraising help but I am still doing that all by myself.

I've gotten exhausted from asking for help so damn much, and I am still doing absolutely every single thing (except for treasurer) all by myself, and the only person I got to help as treasurer is my mother.

It's just not possible to do EVERYTHING all by myself, and repeated cries for help have fallen on deaf ears. Hell, I could hire a webmaster and a campaign manager if I had funds to do so, I just don't.

Oh, you're breaking my heart! I wish I could do either of those things. I would help.

[libertybrewcity]

The vast majority of those who donate to Ron & Rand only care about the US Congress, not the State Legislatures. Not glamorous enough. Just look at these forums -- I only have about 10 donors from RPF's, and I don't think I even get half of the regular RPF posters from NC.

If I were running for US Congress, I'd probably have $250,000 in receipts by now -- but the State Houses are what's really important in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The Federal houses become more important in 2014 and 2016 once the States are applying pressure for Constitutionalist reform.

the liberty movement is just not buying that argument it would seem.

Donations go down when I send out mass e-mails because people get annoyed that I am asking for money. I even took one almost word-for-word from a RP letter so it's not about how it's presented, it just that ppl in our movement don't seem to care about state level races.

I can't keep asking the same 20 people to donate over and over and over again.

All I know is unless something changes I am not doing this again in 2 years. I have burned through my meager inheritance to self-fund as much as I can, and by the end of this year I will be flat broke.

i have asked for help a gazillion times. I asked for website help, but I am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for a campaign manager but i am still doing that all by myself. i have asked for fundraising help but I am still doing that all by myself.

I've gotten exhausted from asking for help so damn much, and I am still doing absolutely every single thing (except for treasurer) all by myself, and the only person I got to help as treasurer is my mother.

It's just not possible to do EVERYTHING all by myself, and repeated cries for help have fallen on deaf ears. Hell, I could hire a webmaster and a campaign manager if I had funds to do so, I just don't.

just from what you said here. i am no expert but it looks like you are doing an awesome job. i can definitely see how it would be frustrating without help.

I think your website looks great and quite professional. I really don't think it needs much work or a paid webmaster. You have signs, bumper stickers, t-shirts, banners, a website. Those items along with brochures and handouts are all you really need to get to the voters.

Like you said this a statehouse seat, not a congressional seat, so don't run it like an expensive congressional seat. If voters see you out there going door to door that will mean much more than spending loads of money and NOT engaging with voters.

Talking to people and building up your phone number list and email list is essential for november. You don't want to come out too early. I don't know if you have read any literature on running local campaigns, but i definitely recommend it. You might be able to find it at your local library. One of them is Campaign Manager: Running and Winning Local Elections by Catherine Shaw, but there are many many more.

good luck

[GunnyFreedom]

fundraising tips from "The Campaign Manager"

just some notes
-direct mail,
-start calling. call all your friends, campaign staff, the local party, churches and church groups, college classmates, professional organizations, clubs, business associates, friends the campaign, contributors to other campaigns. there are a million sources of money

-special events- coffee at a friends house
-sell hot dogs in the park or downtown
-have an auction and get local businesses to donate
-have a yard sale. a good yard sale with donations and some effort could easily bring in 1000 dollars. my family has a huge 5 family rummage every year and we bring in much more than that. put a small ad in the classified section of the newspaper and one on craigslist. people will flock.
-have some live music anywhere- do you know a band or band member that would play for you? bring him/her to the special event or whereever. people love music and will definitely talk to you if you have a table set up, maybe a county fair?


anyways, one rule from the book. "Don't be afraid to ask for money. Asking for money is how you fund a campaign."

I have a list I'll be sending a mailer to in the next 24 hours. As for the rest of it, I'm already stretched to the max doing all of this all by myself. When I started this I had a promise from a guy I worked with in SC who was in charge of the Charleston SC RP campaign who said he'd come up and be my campaign manager, but when I called him, business was more important.

Look, you just can't DO all this all by yourself, one person with no help. Clearly there is just not enough support in the liberty movement for anything below US Congress.

Yeah, I'm discouraged. I'm going broke, I don't sleep, and there is just not enough "me" to go around. Nobody will help with the web site, nobody will help with the campaign management, nobody will help with setting up events, nobody will help with fundraising, what the hell am I supposed to do?

I'm going to continue giving it everything I've got, because I know it has to be done, but damnit I can NOT do this again in 2012 without help, and I'm not going to.

[evilfunnystuff]

Man that sux you didn't win this.

I am gonna try to shoot ya a 5 or 10 spot later in the week wish I could do more but things are tight for me atm.

You should try some creative fund-raising ideas maybe steel Kokesh's out-shoot a veteran idea, for a donation they get a chance to shoot against you, and if they win they get a bumper sticker or t-shirt or something.

[ninepointfive]

Glen!

I know that doing all those tasks is a HUGE balancing act. It's a full time job for the candidate. And Campaign manager. And volunteer coordinator! You are filling all these roles!

The option that pays dividends is the face to face door campaign. Go ahead and get a list of active voting Republicans, and walk neighborhoods non stop. I have a peer reviewed study on how much more effective this method is, compared to the return rates of calls and mailers.

[Paulitical Correctness]

Glen,

You deserve better from RPFs.

I am sorry we're failing you. :(

[Nate-ForLiberty]

:) even the "awake" ones need a wake up call now and then!


Glen, my particular talent is music. I can make you a 30sec/1min track of campy campaign stuff. I know you don't have money to run a commercial, but you would at least have something to put on a video that you could post online or play at events. Would that be something you could use?

[olehounddog]

Hope this helps. It's all I can do right now

You sent a payment of $50.00 USD to Committee to Elect Glen Bradley.
This charge will appear on your credit card statement as payment to PAYPAL *COMMITTEEEL.

[JK/SEA]

Yeah, i'm a little surprised at this myself, and was trying to dissect what might have happened.

Could it be that the large amount of active RPF members has dropped off?..yes.
Could it be that those former RPF members are now active at there own local levels, and don't 'need' this forum any longer? thereby not knowing whats transpiring in here?

The Ron Paul Revolution as most of us know has gone ballistic. Evidence is everywhere, from new liberty candidates jumping in, to talking heads now using Ron Paul talking points on a daily basis, and on and on.

That said, i personnally would like to get Glen some quick cash. A MONEY GRENADE as it were, or SOMETHING.

I can pledge 25$. Where do i send it?

[Nate-ForLiberty]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=251302


http://glenbradley.net/node/17

[libertybrewcity]

I have a list I'll be sending a mailer to in the next 24 hours. As for the rest of it, I'm already stretched to the max doing all of this all by myself. When I started this I had a promise from a guy I worked with in SC who was in charge of the Charleston SC RP campaign who said he'd come up and be my campaign manager, but when I called him, business was more important.

Look, you just can't DO all this all by yourself, one person with no help. Clearly there is just not enough support in the liberty movement for anything below US Congress.

Yeah, I'm discouraged. I'm going broke, I don't sleep, and there is just not enough "me" to go around. Nobody will help with the web site, nobody will help with the campaign management, nobody will help with setting up events, nobody will help with fundraising, what the hell am I supposed to do?

I'm going to continue giving it everything I've got, because I know it has to be done, but damnit I can NOT do this again in 2012 without help, and I'm not going to.

Well you are doing a great job. You have just changed my mindset too about what is important. The little amount of money that I do give to candidates that have mostly congressional I will now start giving more to local candidates like yourself.

Anyways, it is a shame that there is little help for you, but it seems like you are doing a great job with what resources you do have.

I am surprised that NO ONE wants to help. If you are only recruiting from this forum that is probably not the best idea. Have you spoken to your local Republican group? Is there a Ron Paul or C4L group in your area? Is there a local college you could post up fliers? You could give a student "internship" experience by being a campaign manager.

Creativity is key when money is low. Maybe put out threads on this forum, "I have 300 dollars, what is the best way to campaign" or "Im low on money, how can I reach voters".

People on this forum aren't very rich but they sure do want to help.

[libertybrewcity]

Yeah, i'm a little surprised at this myself, and was trying to dissect what might have happened.

Could it be that the large amount of active RPF members has dropped off?..yes.
Could it be that those former RPF members are now active at there own local levels, and don't 'need' this forum any longer? thereby not knowing whats transpiring in here?

The Ron Paul Revolution as most of us know has gone ballistic. Evidence is everywhere, from new liberty candidates jumping in, to talking heads now using Ron Paul talking points on a daily basis, and on and on.

That said, i personnally would like to get Glen some quick cash. A MONEY GRENADE as it were, or SOMETHING.

I can pledge 25$. Where do i send it?

Treasurer, Committee to Elect Glen Bradley
145 Village Dr
Henderson, NC 27537

[JK/SEA]

Treasurer, Committee to Elect Glen Bradley
145 Village Dr
Henderson, NC 27537

Thankyou. Paying bills this week. I get money in my account monthly, and Glen will be getting some.

[erowe1]

Where are all the RP supporters from NC? They should be the ones who step up and take ownership of this and spearhead all the promoting of Glen both on the ground and on the internet. If we want to have a nationwide pool of candidates at all levels, then we can't just have every RP supporter trying to keep up with dozens of different races and supporting each one with just the shallowest level of commitment. We need people to make big commitments to just one race, with lesser commitments to just a few beyond that. And this should mostly follow the all politics is local dictum. Anybody in NC should be all BJ Lawson and Glen Bradley all the time and let other people worry about Rand, etc.

[Southron]

Remember that after this election redistricting will take place.

With a Republican majority in the NC house and senate we could make districts much more favorable to candidates like B.J. Lawson!

[GunnyFreedom]

Man that sux you didn't win this.

I am gonna try to shoot ya a 5 or 10 spot later in the week wish I could do more but things are tight for me atm.

You should try some creative fund-raising ideas maybe steel Kokesh's out-shoot a veteran idea, for a donation they get a chance to shoot against you, and if they win they get a bumper sticker or t-shirt or something.

Creative stuff like this is great, and could possibly make a crazy insane amount of difference -- not only for funding but also to help spread the message. To do something like this I need manpower. Someone to schedule and organize. I just got scheduling help so I won't be missing so many events anymore. Right now I'm working on pointing a FQDN to my home server so I can run iCal Server and serve calendars and automatic e-mail reminders to a mailing list.


Glen!

I know that doing all those tasks is a HUGE balancing act. It's a full time job for the candidate. And Campaign manager. And volunteer coordinator! You are filling all these roles!

The option that pays dividends is the face to face door campaign. Go ahead and get a list of active voting Republicans, and walk neighborhoods non stop. I have a peer reviewed study on how much more effective this method is, compared to the return rates of calls and mailers.

Right NOW is when the canvass goes up to full speed. The canvass is where I need volunteers more than ever. What I need is 4 people who can help between now and mid-September, and about 12 people from mid-September through election day for canvass and GOTV.

I have a super excellent canvassing and GOTV plan, but need boots on the ground to help work it.


Glen,

You deserve better from RPFs.

I am sorry we're failing you. :(

I really don't mean to get so discouraged, but man have I been slamming the point that the 2010 battle really is in the states. No question but that we have a lot of work to do in the US Congress, but having people in the State Legislatures acts as a force-multiplier towards their efforts. Ten people in the US Congress with no support can do almost nothing. Ten people in the US Congress able to leverage pressure from the State Houses can accomplish the work of 300.

Not to mention redistricting and the impact that will have on our effort when we are finally able to oust tyrants like Mel Watt.

I blew up a little, I'll get over it and press on. But the core issues making this difficult WILL still remain.


:) even the "awake" ones need a wake up call now and then!


Glen, my particular talent is music. I can make you a 30sec/1min track of campy campaign stuff. I know you don't have money to run a commercial, but you would at least have something to put on a video that you could post online or play at events. Would that be something you could use?

I've been trying to skate by using clips of copyright music for my videos, and I have no real campaign song, so that would actually be an incredible amount of help!


Hope this helps. It's all I can do right now

You sent a payment of $50.00 USD to Committee to Elect Glen Bradley.
This charge will appear on your credit card statement as payment to PAYPAL *COMMITTEEEL.

Man, thanks so much -- I will be posting the letter I intend to send out to my donor list tonight and hopefully we can chew it up and spit it back out in a way that will make people want to help. I have a list of 150 past Republican donors in my district, and they will be getting a 1st class mailout going to the post office in the next 24/36 hours. I will be asking all of y'all to help me refine it before I run the merge.


Yeah, i'm a little surprised at this myself, and was trying to dissect what might have happened.

Could it be that the large amount of active RPF members has dropped off?..yes.
Could it be that those former RPF members are now active at there own local levels, and don't 'need' this forum any longer? thereby not knowing whats transpiring in here?

The Ron Paul Revolution as most of us know has gone ballistic. Evidence is everywhere, from new liberty candidates jumping in, to talking heads now using Ron Paul talking points on a daily basis, and on and on.

That said, i personnally would like to get Glen some quick cash. A MONEY GRENADE as it were, or SOMETHING.

I can pledge 25$. Where do i send it?

Thanks JK! My impression is that most of us just don't get why the state races are more important than the federal races this year. State Houses do not directly repeal Federal legislation, so it's not as obvious. An engine may be the thing that makes a car go, but it won't get anywhere without gas.

We will have RP Walter Jones, and a couple others in Congress, Rand Paul and maybe Peter Schiff in the Senate, all starting little brushfires, but the State Houses will be like gasoline on those brushfires.


Well you are doing a great job. You have just changed my mindset too about what is important. The little amount of money that I do give to candidates that have mostly congressional I will now start giving more to local candidates like yourself.

Anyways, it is a shame that there is little help for you, but it seems like you are doing a great job with what resources you do have.

I am surprised that NO ONE wants to help. If you are only recruiting from this forum that is probably not the best idea. Have you spoken to your local Republican group? Is there a Ron Paul or C4L group in your area? Is there a local college you could post up fliers? You could give a student "internship" experience by being a campaign manager.

Creativity is key when money is low. Maybe put out threads on this forum, "I have 300 dollars, what is the best way to campaign" or "Im low on money, how can I reach voters".

People on this forum aren't very rich but they sure do want to help.

Truth is my campaign has made $1 go as far as $10 in other campaigns. I do all my own design and production work, which is ordinarily prohibitively expensive. My web hosting was donated, and I do a lot of hosting work myself. Stuff other candidates cannot do, I do, and that saves a TON of money.

Now what I need is about $2000 to produce enough slimjims for the rest of the campaign, and $2000 for the rest of my yardsigns and door-hanger bags for litdrops. I was kinda counting on the contest for that.

I am in a weird situation with the RP group in NC. Yes, I am one of the most prominent people in it, and amd well liked and respected, but nearly ALL of the RP group is way out by Charlotte where the GOP hates Paulers. Here by me, the GOP actually loves us, but we number....4.

Because of the difference in political climate, the 4 of us by Raleigh have been able to accomplish as much WITHIN the GOP as the 70-some out west by Charlotte. Most of the other liberty activists in this area are attached to the BJ Lawson Campaign.

The biggest thing that would help is someone to take over the website and manage the mailing list, maybe help with Facebook and Twitter. I haven't posted articles on my website in ages because I am too busy. It's organized like a blog instead of a campaign site. One or two people to help take over my "internet presence" would free up about 70% of my time for canvassing and events.

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We've all hit the wall before, but we press on. Truth is I'll never stop pushing, but it gets hard, damn hard when you don't have any help. Just having someone physically present means you do twice the work because you are more motivated. With money and volunteers we can absolutely win this race. The people in this district are ripe for the message and all thy need to know is what I stand for and the fact that they can vote for me. Without that funding and those volunteers, I'm not so optimistic.

[GunnyFreedom]

Where are all the RP supporters from NC? They should be the ones who step up and take ownership of this and spearhead all the promoting of Glen both on the ground and on the internet. If we want to have a nationwide pool of candidates at all levels, then we can't just have every RP supporter trying to keep up with dozens of different races and supporting each one with just the shallowest level of commitment. We need people to make big commitments to just one race, with lesser commitments to just a few beyond that. And this should mostly follow the all politics is local dictum. Anybody in NC should be all BJ Lawson and Glen Bradley all the time and let other people worry about Rand, etc.

Most of them are out by Charlotte or in the mountains -- and yes there are a bunch. The ones near me are all in for Lawson, and the ones by the coast have gone full-anarchist and refuse to participate in electoral politics. :rolleyes:

[GunnyFreedom]

Remember that after this election redistricting will take place.

With a Republican majority in the NC house and senate we could make districts much more favorable to candidates like B.J. Lawson!

And less favorable to tyrants like Mel Watt. ;)

[angelatc]

. One or two people to help take over my "internet presence" would free up about 70% of my time for canvassing and events.

-----

We've all hit the wall before, but we press on. .

Have you tried to get the Ron Paul endorsement? I think that comes with money from his Liberty PAC.

[GunnyFreedom]

Have you tried to get the Ron Paul endorsement? I think that comes with money from his Liberty PAC.


I wouldn't know where to begin. Last word I heard from John Tate was RP will not be endorsing ANY state level candidates that are not incumbents with a voting record. Take that for what it's worth...but once I heard that I never pursued it on account of the fact that it seemed like a waste of time I just didn't have, though that would be a dream come true. The one guy out by Winston Salem who was going to help bring RP out here for an April 12th freedom bash by Halifax got involved in Year Of Youth and just kinda forgot to help. lol

[MelissaWV]

Bump to put this over zealotry and homophobia ;) Someone, somewhere, has a good idea that will push Gunny over the top.

[GunnyFreedom]

If someone took hold of the effort to secure a RP endorsement and someone else stepped in to work website that would be 50% of the burden right there... ;)

[ninepointfive]

I'd like to help you, but I'm too far away. That, and I'm already working on another campaign.

I wish you the best.

[rancher89]

As one of "those" Charlotte area RP folks, rest assured I've helped Gunny as much as I can, monetarily. As for his other campaign needs, I just don't have the skills for that.

I can offer to do some data mining to point Gunny to the areas he is most likely to get votes.

Also, the NCGOP has set up new victory centers where you can submit a list to the manager of the center and have robo calls made, free of charge. The calls can be about everything from getting volunteers, money or just plain ol' get out the vote.


Gunny, I don't know where "your" VC is, but it would be worthwile to check it out.

Call me tomorrow....

[jacque]

I am in contact with the NCGOP on that. I was unaware of the free calling until last nights chairman's meeting. I will further pursue that area. What we can hit running, I am hoping they can make the calls.

Thanks for the info Rancher.