Wasn't it 13 million?

[itsnobody]

Wasn't it supposed to be $1 million for each colony...$13 million..

Why is it $10 million again?

[ronpaulyourmom]

Wasn't it supposed to be $1 million for each colony...$13 million..

Why is it $10 million again?

First I've heard of this 13 million thing, not a bad analogy.

[kylejack]

Wasn't it supposed to be $1 million for each colony...$13 million..

Why is it $10 million again?

Oh shi-, that's nice!

[itsnobody]

First I've heard of this 13 million thing, not a bad analogy.

Well that's what I read on the original Tea Party web site I think, but then I checked today and it's $10 million just like this November 5th

[SonicInfinity]

Although "13" is the original colonies number, "13" is also a "bad luck" number, and many people may outweigh the colonies with paranoia, so I don't think that's such a good idea.

[itsnobody]

Although "13" is the original colonies number, "13" is also a "bad luck" number, and many people may outweigh the colonies with paranoia, so I don't think that's such a good idea.

13 was also a good luck number in some cultures I believe....besides 13 has much more mystery, power, and symbolism behind it than 10

In fact after checking it out I can't really find where that unlucky 13 myth came from...

[shepburn]

Although "13" is the original colonies number, "13" is also a "bad luck" number, and many people may outweigh the colonies with paranoia, so I don't think that's such a good idea.

are you kidding me? 13 is the number that reprented the entire colonialism. Check out how many stars are on the first flag and our great seal ... just to name a few.

don't worry about the paranoid ... instead lead them!

[wisconsinite]

10 million is a nice round number that just more than doubles the haul on Nov. 5th

Personally, I think 13mil. for the 13 colonies is reaching for an analogy where none is needed. All that is needed is a big wad o' cash.

[itsnobody]

10 million is a nice round number that just more than doubles the haul on Nov. 5th

Personally, I think 13mil. for the 13 colonies is reaching for an analogy where none is needed. All that is needed is a big wad o' cash.

Sure, at the end of the day cash is all that matters, but don't you think we should do something more symbolic and meaningful than the same old goal for this November 5th?

[Jobarra]

I can hear it now. It makes for a great soundbyte.

"Ron Paul had no bad luck with the number 13 today..."

[jmhelms]

Why not 50 million? ~13 is so 1773~

[steph3n]

Go for 7 then, lucky and big :D

[monotony]

My vote is for 13 million which I think we will surpass.

[Paul4Prez]

My preference would be 7 million, for TeaParty07, and to beat Hillary's record.

Ten million is fine, though.

[RPinSEAZ]

IMO it's important to meet our goal, even better if we exceed it. I think $10M is very optimistic, $13M is unrealistic IMO.

[Jwaksman]

People need to stop setting these excessive goals. If we manage to get $10 Million it will be BY FAR the largest fundraising day in the history of American politics.... Isn't that good enough?

[ronpaulyourmom]

I think 10 million is the right goal. It's achievable by a stretch, if we reach 8 million people might just pony up again to hit 10 before the day ends.

[Chester Copperpot]

I can hear it now. It makes for a great soundbyte.

"Ron Paul had no bad luck with the number 13 today..."

Lets unofficially shoot for $13 million then... then they will say it.

[honkywill]

Can't we just stay at $10,000,000?

I know we can reach it, plus if/when we do it's not like the drive is going to stop.

[Conza88]

Well I like the 13 factor..
Was born on Black Friday (Fri 13th)
I'm doing alright! >.< its all superstition really, when you take a step back. Same with the no. 7. All the mythology people just highlight weird historical events with numbers and SILENCE all the countless millions of bits and peices that contradict the thing they want to proove.

7 would be good to be hillary. 13 yes, maybe making it too high (personally i think its what we will get) it will feel good to reach the goal.

$10MIL is in the middle! :D Perffecct.:D

[monotony]

Those of you folks who don't think this day is going to be enormous and shatter all records are going to be blown away. Has the Ron Paul supporter community not blown away every single goal before it? Are those of you worried about aiming too high the same ones that fretted that it was too high when the campaign set the goal of 12 million also? Or 500k in a week? Because I remember a good amount of complaining that these were too lofty and now it looks like we're going to absolutely devastate the 12 million goal.

Imagine if they wouldn't have set that goal. Would the money bomb have even been conceived of? We can't really know, but if there's one thing that I have learned from this campaign is that we have what it takes to step up to any challenge. And the more Americans that see that, the more that want to be a part of it.

[seapilot]

I was the one that mentioned 13 mill a while back. People were saying 100 mill at the time sounded more realistic and was a number differerent than Nov 5 original 10 million. Now I think 7 million would be a good number(magnificent seven) to bury Hillarys one day record of 6 million something. This would be televised heavily as beating Hillary which will maybe convince many GOPers that Paul can out raise her he can beat her in an election. Perfect before the primarys.

Honestly if we meet our 4.3 million again that will still drop Jaws to do it 2x in 2 months and put us over 12. I have read a few articles where some persons said we didnt make our 10 million goal. Big deal we still made records. The new record would be 4.4 million which should be achievable, but honestly I give it an honest 7 million+. And 13 is not bad luck in my opinion.

[cac1963]

Well you could modernize it to say $200k per the 50 current colonies or something.

[jgmaynard]

The one the media is really going to eat up is:

The largest EVER day of fundraising by ANYONE, ANYWHERE = $1. :D

So that would be Kerry '04? $6.2Mil? Ambitious, noteworthy, but acheivable. :)

JM

[Flirple]

The one the media is really going to eat up is:

The largest EVER day of fundraising by ANYONE, ANYWHERE = $1. :D

So that would be Kerry '04? $6.2Mil? Ambitious, noteworthy, but acheivable. :)

JM
Yes I agree. Of course we are not forced to stop when we reach our goal or anything. I just think that 10 million will create too many expectations and $13 million would do so even more. Don't get me wrong I think it is very possible we could reach such lofty goals but there is no reason to state them officially on our website. We should just set the goal at the previous record +$1 even if we have bigger goals in our heads.

[mtmedlin]

It is better to make a reasonable goal and exceed it. The media did mention that we wanted $10 million and got $4 million. Lets set the goal for $7 million for '07. This breaks the all time record. It basically double what RP has and if we beat it, it will shock the nation. 7 is also his lucky number

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/8/2/3/event_2558947.jpeg


ok ok ok, yes, I missed it by 10 cents.

[Devil_rules_in_extremes]

It is better to make a reasonable goal and exceed it. The media did mention that we wanted $10 million and got $4 million. Lets set the goal for $7 million for '07. This breaks the all time record. It basically double what RP has and if we beat it, it will shock the nation. 7 is also his lucky number

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/8/2/3/event_2558947.jpeg


ok ok ok, yes, I missed it by 10 cents.

NICE CATCH!!! That's a lot of 7's.

I think we should shoot high! I thought we were only going to make 1.5-3million on the NOV 5th money bomb. WE MADE 4.3MILLION!

I think we should shoot for the stars, and blow'em all out! I know we can do it. After what I seen on NOV. 5, I'm ready for anything and have 0 doubt about our fundraising capabilities!

[Man from La Mancha]

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2926/brighton5mj7.gif (teaparty07.com)

:D:D

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[itsnobody]

We can definitely exceed $10 million...the goal should be $13 million

[jrich4rpaul]

Keep the goal at an even 10. I'd rather it make 13 million and we get to say we raised 3 mil over the goal rather than we just made our goal of 13 mil.

The higher your expectations, the more room there is to be upset.

[itsnobody]

Keep the goal at an even 10. I'd rather it make 13 million and we get to say we raised 3 mil over the goal rather than we just made our goal of 13 mil.

The higher your expectations, the more room there is to be upset.

That's not true the November 5th goal was $10 million and NO ONE was disappointed with $4.3 million

Better to set your goals high then low

[Goldwater Conservative]

76 million would be better. :D

[austin356]

That's not true the November 5th goal was $10 million and NO ONE was disappointed with $4.3 million

Better to set your goals high then low



Well you were right about Nov. 5th. But there is a significant difference b/t $10 and $13, not in nominal amount or achievability but something else:

$13,000,000 is a very specific goal.
$10,000,000 is a very broad goal.


Not reaching the $10m just looks like "oh those supporters just choose a large rounded number". That brings in a completely different reaction than $13 million. All my reasoning here is psychological.

You can see I supported the $13 million goal earlier in the thread, well then started thinking about "what if".

[Joe Knows]

My vote is for 13 million which I think we will surpass.

Instead of $13 mil. I would like to see $12 million. That way the news story spin would be that Ron Paul suppporters reached the campaign's quarterly goal in 1 day!

[jrich4rpaul]

10 mil.

Let's just raise a lot of money, who cares what the goal is?