Post-Tea Party Money Bomb dates

[Naraku]

Given all the problems surrounding the money bomb dates, I think it would be a good idea for people to post some dates they like for after the Tea Party so that when people come together and try to decide when to do it, there will already be ideas out there.

A few dates I think would work really well:

January 1st - A New Year's Bomb, the main benefit this is not so much the significance of New Year's Day, but the significance of its place. January 2nd is when Q4 donations are supposed to be revealed and January 3rd is the Iowa caucuses. Also, it will be the start of the first Quarter so people who are maxed out can spend some money on it. This date would have a big punch, even if it wasn't as big as the Tea Party, because it would be getting exposure alongside Ron Paul's fourth Quarter donations.

January 15th or 21st - MLKJ's Birthday or Martin Luther King Junior Day, would work really well, because it would show the racial tolerance of this campaign and its peaceful nature, however it might be a little soon after.

February 2nd - Groundhog Day, this wouldn't be a very good date, but it would be right before Super Tuesday

February 11th - In 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from jail, this is a really good date, but it comes after the biggest primaries so it might not be as significant for winning the race, however, if Paul is successful in them this could provide a very good boost for getting the overall nomination.

February 19th - President's Day, obviously this would be a good day.

April 19th - The Shot Heard Round the World, this one is pretty easy to understand.

Now, this is not to debate whether to do one, or to put up sites, but simply to put up a lot of different dates and explain their significance to make it easier to decide on and plan for a date after the Tea Party.

[Original_Intent]

A New Year's Eve bomb would be great. One final push for Q4, plus some people will be ....inebriated... and might give more than they would sober :D

[Midnight77]

I like January 15th for Martin Luther King Day. Given the allegations made towards Ron from that article, doing this should help put those allegations to rest.

[McDermit]

January 15th - Martin Luther King Junior Day, would work really well, because it would show the racial tolerance of this campaign and its peaceful nature, however it might be a little soon after.

This will likely be a huge day for Obama. If we can outraise him...

[PatriotOne]

March 22nd. Shock and Awe Money bomb (anniversary of the Criminals in charge Shock and awe in Iraq). This time it could be shocking and aweing the neocon's. :cool:

[LiveFreeorDie]

Dec 31, 2007 would get my vote.

1.) It would increase the Q4 total and move Dr. Paul into the "top-tier" of fundraisers

2.) It would bring in cash in time to spend in Iowa and NH

Beyond that once a month money bombs would be a good idea:

January 15th - Martin Luther King Junior Day
February 19th - President's Day
March 1st - National Pig Day
April 15th - National Tax Day :)

[SwordOfShannarah]

I like Martin Luther King Day- AmericanDream08.com

.. touching on the "I have a dream" speech and that Ron Paul wants to make it a reality.

[me3]

I like Martin Luther King Day- AmericanDream08.com

.. touching on the "I have a dream" speech and that Ron Paul wants to make it a reality.
Beautiful Trevor. You have my 100% support!

[Paul4Prez]

January 15th would be great, and should be soon enough to spend for the February 5th primaries.

If you're already maxed out for the primaries, you can't donate more in January, though -- it still counts toward the $2300 limit.

Hopefully Ron Paul will have the nomination locked up after February 5th, and our February money bomb can go toward the general election. Presidents' Day is a good idea, but how about February 14th for Valentine's Day, to show the "love" in the Ron Paul Revolution?

[Mckarnin]

Given all the problems surrounding the money bomb dates, I think it would be a good idea for people to post some dates they like for after the Tea Party so that when people come together and try to decide when to do it, there will already be ideas out there.

A few dates I think would work really well:

January 1st - A New Year's Bomb, the main benefit this is not so much the significance of New Year's Day, but the significance of its place. January 2nd is when Q4 donations are supposed to be revealed and January 3rd is the Iowa caucuses. Also, it will be the start of the first Quarter so people who are maxed out can spend some money on it. This date would have a big punch, even if it wasn't as big as the Tea Party, because it would be getting exposure alongside Ron Paul's fourth Quarter donations.

January 15th - Martin Luther King Junior Day, would work really well, because it would show the racial tolerance of this campaign and its peaceful nature, however it might be a little soon after.

February 2nd - Groundhog Day, this wouldn't be a very good date, but it would be right before Super Tuesday

February 11th - In 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from jail, this is a really good date, but it comes after the biggest primaries so it might not be as significant for winning the race, however, if Paul is successful in them this could provide a very good boost for getting the overall nomination.

February 19th - President's Day, obviously this would be a good day.

April 19th - The Shot Heard Round the World, this one is pretty easy to understand.

Now, this is not to debate whether to do one, or to put up sites, but simply to put up a lot of different dates and explain their significance to make it easier to decide on and plan for a date after the Tea Party.



How about a R[evol]ution Valentine fundraiser. With a love theme....love of liberty, lov eof country, love of peace, etc....

[seapilot]

I like the idea of Martin Luther King day fundraiser. I had an idea a few weeks ago for one on Jan 2, commerating the battle of princeton, one of the turning points in the American revolution. Maybe call it www.cannonball08.com
http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Princeton.html

[wisconsinite]

Are more money bombs going to be useful after the tea party?

Maybe more sustained and immediate fundraising would be more effective. After the record-breaking we'll do on the 16th, I don't know if any further money bombs will be newsworthy. Just my thoughts, I could be wrong.

[Sey.Naci]

Someone, days and hundreds of threads ago, proposed a "Ron Paul Money Train."

Thought it was a fabulous idea. I mean, does anyone remember the award-winning Eveready bunny TV commericals? The slogan was "it just keeps going and going and going..."

With the money train, the idea is that people pledge to donate X number of dollars each and every week through to November 2008. While this is similar to the ronpaulmoneybomb.com (http://www.ronpaulmoneybomb.com/) concept, it differs in that it offers various levels of weekly commitment: $10, $25, $50, $75, $100. (A $100 donor could give for only 23 weeks, so would have to time their pledge accordingly.)

Whether the media would pick this up is a question. However, if the campaign could rely on this regular - and surging - weekly income, it could make plans it otherwise might not. And the fact that the campaign could claim a steady and reliable income of, say, $1 or $2 million per week would have to get people's notice.

[Isupportliberty]

I think we should do one for the end of the quarter... the 30th or 31st, perhaps?

[Bergie Bergeron]

I think we should do one for the end of the quarter... the 30th or 31st, perhaps?
Too soon after the Tea Party and considering all the Christmas gifts & traveling, people might run low on cash at the end of the month.

That being said, MLK day is perfect :)

[E. Nordstrom]

Given all the problems surrounding the money bomb dates, I think it would be a good idea for people to post some dates they like for after the Tea Party so that when people come together and try to decide when to do it, there will already be ideas out there.

A few dates I think would work really well:

January 1st - A New Year's Bomb, the main benefit this is not so much the significance of New Year's Day, but the significance of its place. January 2nd is when Q4 donations are supposed to be revealed and January 3rd is the Iowa caucuses. Also, it will be the start of the first Quarter so people who are maxed out can spend some money on it. This date would have a big punch, even if it wasn't as big as the Tea Party, because it would be getting exposure alongside Ron Paul's fourth Quarter donations.

January 15th - Martin Luther King Junior Day, would work really well, because it would show the racial tolerance of this campaign and its peaceful nature, however it might be a little soon after.

February 2nd - Groundhog Day, this wouldn't be a very good date, but it would be right before Super Tuesday

February 11th - In 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from jail, this is a really good date, but it comes after the biggest primaries so it might not be as significant for winning the race, however, if Paul is successful in them this could provide a very good boost for getting the overall nomination.

February 19th - President's Day, obviously this would be a good day.

April 19th - The Shot Heard Round the World, this one is pretty easy to understand.

Now, this is not to debate whether to do one, or to put up sites, but simply to put up a lot of different dates and explain their significance to make it easier to decide on and plan for a date after the Tea Party.

http://www.ronpaulmoneybomb.com does what you are saying above every week. So, I am not sure where all the confusion is coming from.

[CelestialRender]

I think after the Tea Party and the first primaries, this thing's going to have gotten too big to bother with money bombs.

By that point (at least in my mind) we'll be hitting national news regularly already. Steady donations will be preferable.

[Naraku]

I think after the Tea Party and the first primaries, this thing's going to have gotten too big to bother with money bombs.

Nonsense! It just means they'll be money nukes, rather than mere money bombs.

[jgmaynard]

Jan 4th is a Friday (payday) and it has a double whammy attached to it:

It's the day the Euro began in 1999 (Save the dollar! Fight the coming Amero!)

It is also the day that LBJ's "Great Society" was announced in 1965. (Restore fiscal disipline!)

It would also happen in the weekend RIGHT before the NH primary for a last minute burst of "He can win" news. Most of the money could probably be put to work for Feb 5th ads as well.

JM

[lastnymleft]

I think we need to:
(1) In every money-bomb related emailing, encourage EVERYBODY to sign on to the weekly money-bombs, at ronpaulmoneybomb.com. For ad-buying planning purposes, you can't beat knowing that you have a regular income stream. If we can get $1M/week, $4M/month, that would be an excellent baseline with which to underwrite the campaign. It should be on a set day per week, so that it seeps into the collective consciousness. eg Monday, Tuesday, Ronsday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday...

(2) Get people to participate in the ad-hoc money-bombs BEYOND the weekly donations. The ad-hoc money-bombs should be on a roughly monthly basis. 3-6 week time-frames. People should be encouraged to MAX OUT, if possible, on the ad-hoc money-bombs. They need to not worry about stretching their donations out throughout the campaign. Other people will be brought in, and will step forward to carry the baton. We should be looking at $6M+ per bomb, hopefully each bigger than the last.

That'll be ~>$10M/month, which will give Dr Paul the $100M he said that he would need to win the election.

Here are my suggested dates:

December 31 - A happynewyearronpaul mini-bomb to give the 4th Quarter numbers one final boost. Some have suggested doing a money-bomb early in the New Year, but there's no point in that as those numbers won't be reported to the FEC till after Super Tuesday, when it is too late. Maximum media impact can be gained by making THIS quarter as big as possible.

January - 21st - MLK Day Money-Bomb, and sufficient time to give good lead-up to Super Tuesday on Feb 5th

February - 21st. Roll Back The Empire Money-Bomb (The day on which the British Empire effectively ended. See http://www.newsweek.com/id/71888 ) But Feb 21st may be a bit obscure for most people, so Feb 18th, for Presidents Day is very good, too.

March - Somewhere around the middle. It doesn't have to be on any significant date. It can just be a JustBecauseWeLoveYouRonPaul money-bomb.

April - 15th - End the IRS Money-Bomb.

May - Somewhere around the middle.
June - Somewhere around the middle.
(NB: It'd be possible to merge May and June into one Memorial Day money-bomb on May 26, but then we are starting to stretch out the time between the money-bombs too long, and donations may really drop off in the interim.)

July - 4th. A no-brainer.

August - 20th - Dr Paul's birthday. eg Happybirthdayronpaul.com money-bomb This will provide good media coverage in the lead-up to the Republican Convention Sept 1-4th.

September - Possibly the day after the presidential primaries convention (Sept 1-4) ends. ie Sept 5th, as there is generally a surge of donations on that day to the nominated candidate, anyway, so it could be a record breaker, too, if a money-bomb went off at the same time. Plus, if it's not Ron Paul, it'll be our way of saying we're going to make it happen, anyway. But possibly a week or so after, to allow new people time to check him out more, and get "on-message", to donating level support.

October - Early-ish. In plenty of time to allow them to spend all the money in time for the Nov 4 election.

[Naraku]

January - 21st - MLK Day Money-Bomb, and sufficient time to give good lead-up to Super Tuesday on Feb 5th

Hmm, actually which is better, MLKJ Day, or his actual birthday January 15th? That seems to be a pretty important point.

As to one in June, June 4th is pretty significant. That was the beginning of the Velvet Revolutions that ended the communist bloc in Eastern Europe. It began with the election victory of Solidarity in Poland.

[The Good Doctor]

LOL QFT!


Nonsense! It just means they'll be money nukes, rather than mere money bombs.

[The Good Doctor]

I'll pledge $100 for the end the IRS bomb right now. That is the date we should have for April. That is easy pickings. And THAT one my friends will make huge news!

www.endtheirs.net

and

www.endtheirsbomb.com

are both available!

[Man from La Mancha]

jan

4
1790 George Washington delivered first State of the Union speech

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1815 British defeated at Battle of New Orleans.


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[vadimg]

A New Year's Eve bomb would be great. One final push for Q4, plus some people will be ....inebriated... and might give more than they would sober :D

you got one!

[Naraku]

bump

[Alex Libman]

My top date choices:


January 10th - publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_%28pamphlet%29), also: Ethan Allen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen)'s birthday, Caesar "Crossing the Rubicon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_no_return)" (for those who like subtle symbolism).

-or-


January 15th - MLK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr.)'s birthday (not the federal holiday date).

-then-


February 2nd - Ayn Rand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand)'s birthday, also: New York City (then named New Amsterdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City)) is incorporated.

-then-


March 12th - start of Gandhi's Salt March (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Satyagraha).

-or-


March 15th - Andrew Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson)'s birthday, also the Ides of March (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March).

-then-


April 15th - the "Screw the IRS, donate your taxes to Ron Paul" day! LOL!

-or-


April 19th - Shot Heard Round The World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_heard_round_the_world), also start of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising).



I think there should also be a record-breaker day at the end of each quarter urging people to donate more to beat one of Obama bin Clinton's record-setting quarter totals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_for_the_2008_presidential_election)...

[gaazn]

"Red Envelopes" money contribution to celebrate Lunar New Year (aka Tet aka Chinese New Year)

[seawolf]

New Years Eve, December 31st already established at www.donate2008.org gets my vote!!!

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