John of Des Moines
06-17-2007, 09:52 PM
Good Day All:
My name is John Kurr and for $72 for a six month start-up fee I became the Organizer of the Des Moines Area & Central Iowa Ron Paul 2008 Support Group.
To cut to the chase, I, along with everybody in my group knows Iowa is important. Yes, we have a clear chance to strike out of the blue at the straw poll; we don't want to come in second we want to win. But, as all of you know Dr. Paul suffers from something call MSM Rejection Syndrome. Iowa is an "old state." It has the highest capita of seniors in the country. Not only that it has deep-roots. I personal know a dozens of families whose great, great, great, great, grand whatever crossed the river from Illinois way back when. Mr. and Mrs. Iowa Retiree do not sit on the computer surfing the internet or listen to shortwave radio to get the latest on the NWO. They watch corporate controlled television, listen to corporate controlled radio, and read corporate controlled newspapers. (The liberal press is only as liberal as their corporate masters want them to be.) Dr. Paul has a problem - little exposure. There are several methods to counter this, but none of them are cheap.
But first, understand Iowans don't like outsiders telling them what to think or do. Imagine the reaction of Mr. and Mrs. Iowa Retiree to a bunch of out of staters telling them why Dr Paul is the tops. So the idea of swarms of out of state volunteers knocking on doors may not produce the results expected.
Thus, Dr. Paul must be introduced to the people of Iowa in a round-about way. First campaign signs. I have several members of my group willing to make and post signs but I can not pull signs out of thin air. Nor, can I pull money out of thin air as well. There's rent to be paid along with every other bill of daily life. So, I'm starting the "Iowa Ron Paul Sign Project" with a $100 donation. If you want signs in Iowa, match my donation and I'll get the signs up, otherwise don't complain.
Send your donation to:
Iowa Ron Paul Street Sign Project
c/o John Kurr
2023 64th Street
Windsor Heights, Iowa 50322
As I write this there are 322 meet-up groups. If each one matched my $100 there would be enough to produce 100,000 signs of various shapes and sizes.
Second, advertising on the broadcast media is another way around the MSM. I'd like to run ads during the local news hours to counter the lack to RP coverage. In Des Moines the tv ad rates run for 60 bucks for 30 seconds topping out $250 or so. But, a respectable run of ads for 10 days would cost $12,500 to $15,000 in Des Moines alone. Then add Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Omaha, plus a couple of smaller markets and a good ad run thru-out the state will cost $150,000 plus. Then throw in some radio, and a couple of dozen billboards and the price goes even higher. But, with my next paycheck I'll kick in $250 to the "Ron Paul Support Groups Multi-Media Campaign." At the present time there are 13,025 support members; if only half of them only matched half of my $250 with $125 then there would be some real cash to break the MSM stranglehold. Send your donation to the address listed above.
After a good round of broadcast ads then you can start pounding on doors with out of staters. Otherwise you won't get the result you expect.
Thanks,
John
jkurr@msn.com
My name is John Kurr and for $72 for a six month start-up fee I became the Organizer of the Des Moines Area & Central Iowa Ron Paul 2008 Support Group.
To cut to the chase, I, along with everybody in my group knows Iowa is important. Yes, we have a clear chance to strike out of the blue at the straw poll; we don't want to come in second we want to win. But, as all of you know Dr. Paul suffers from something call MSM Rejection Syndrome. Iowa is an "old state." It has the highest capita of seniors in the country. Not only that it has deep-roots. I personal know a dozens of families whose great, great, great, great, grand whatever crossed the river from Illinois way back when. Mr. and Mrs. Iowa Retiree do not sit on the computer surfing the internet or listen to shortwave radio to get the latest on the NWO. They watch corporate controlled television, listen to corporate controlled radio, and read corporate controlled newspapers. (The liberal press is only as liberal as their corporate masters want them to be.) Dr. Paul has a problem - little exposure. There are several methods to counter this, but none of them are cheap.
But first, understand Iowans don't like outsiders telling them what to think or do. Imagine the reaction of Mr. and Mrs. Iowa Retiree to a bunch of out of staters telling them why Dr Paul is the tops. So the idea of swarms of out of state volunteers knocking on doors may not produce the results expected.
Thus, Dr. Paul must be introduced to the people of Iowa in a round-about way. First campaign signs. I have several members of my group willing to make and post signs but I can not pull signs out of thin air. Nor, can I pull money out of thin air as well. There's rent to be paid along with every other bill of daily life. So, I'm starting the "Iowa Ron Paul Sign Project" with a $100 donation. If you want signs in Iowa, match my donation and I'll get the signs up, otherwise don't complain.
Send your donation to:
Iowa Ron Paul Street Sign Project
c/o John Kurr
2023 64th Street
Windsor Heights, Iowa 50322
As I write this there are 322 meet-up groups. If each one matched my $100 there would be enough to produce 100,000 signs of various shapes and sizes.
Second, advertising on the broadcast media is another way around the MSM. I'd like to run ads during the local news hours to counter the lack to RP coverage. In Des Moines the tv ad rates run for 60 bucks for 30 seconds topping out $250 or so. But, a respectable run of ads for 10 days would cost $12,500 to $15,000 in Des Moines alone. Then add Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Omaha, plus a couple of smaller markets and a good ad run thru-out the state will cost $150,000 plus. Then throw in some radio, and a couple of dozen billboards and the price goes even higher. But, with my next paycheck I'll kick in $250 to the "Ron Paul Support Groups Multi-Media Campaign." At the present time there are 13,025 support members; if only half of them only matched half of my $250 with $125 then there would be some real cash to break the MSM stranglehold. Send your donation to the address listed above.
After a good round of broadcast ads then you can start pounding on doors with out of staters. Otherwise you won't get the result you expect.
Thanks,
John
jkurr@msn.com