For those calling or considering today a failure

[Original_Intent]

posted this in another thread, but it deserves its own: or maybe that is my ego talking :rolleyes:


LOL @ anyone that calls today a failure - and we havent even hit the power hour yet that I think a LOT of people will donate during.

We will raise at least as much today as the campaign set for the GOAL for the last week of Q3! That was only 8 or 9 weeks ago!

The only people that would call today a failure, even if we didn't raise another dime, are newcomers that don't remember where we have come from.

[Stealth]

I think the money-bombs have to spanned out. People can't keep up as much when they happen that often.

[Edward]

I think the money-bombs have to spanned out. People can't keep up as much when they happen that often.I think the idea is that the money you contribute today generates publicity to attract new donors that can replace the money you might not have for later on. It's all good!

[kylejack]

People that call today a failure will be the first up against the wall when the rEVOLution comes.

[Second_Tier_My_Ass]

I think the idea is that the money you contribute today generates publicity to attract new donors that can replace the money you might not have for later on. It's all good!

correct. when people say it will hurt the december 16 money bomb, i believe they aren't thinking 4th-dimensionally and aren't considering how growth plays a factor.

raising money early is ALWAYS better. the money we bring in today will help pay for ads which will bring in more people between now and december 16.

it's like if i ask you if you would rather be paid 1 million dollars right now, and nothing more, or if you'd rather be paid 1 cent now, but every day after that i'll also pay you double the previous day. check the calculations if you want. in less than a month you'd be earning over a million dollars every day.

[Matthew Zak]

I wouldn't call today a failure because I know that only a very small minority of even the people on this board wanted or thought we would break 12 million TODAY. It was a last minute idea to give ron paul a surge in order to spend more money now than later -- that's all it ever was to me.

I made a video a week ago advertising the 16th because that's the day that really matters. Today was like a long stride that leads into a leap.

[Wayne Hammond]

People that call today a failure will be the first up against the wall when the rEVOLution comes.

Please let me explain my friend Kylejack's comments. He in no way physically threatened you. That was just a figment of your imagination. We are a peaceful revolution and he was making a joke.

Now.... up against the wall, you commie, pinko socialistic neo-con. ;) :D

Okay, just kidding. ;)

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[AlexMerced]

Today was worth it just for the preliminary PR, how many different local papers ran the story about Trevor and al the money bombs cause of this, great PR worth this last weeks effort alone.

[kylejack]

Also, everyone should read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[LibertyEagle]

People that call today a failure will be the first up against the wall when the rEVOLution comes.

Big man, little ............

[Blowback]

First off, today is not a failure.

Second, should the media proclaim it a failure, who cares.

It will piss off a bunch of Ron Paul supporters and get us motivated to really let it loose on Dec. 16th.

Once the massive indisputable success of the Dec 16th goes by, any attempt and instilling a failing perspective by the media will be gone.

End result: we get two positive touchs with voters (contacts) and the residual feeling is one of positive, success, and WOW!

[AlexMerced]

exactly, that what I like about you guys the more we're pushed the harder we push back

that and the whole freedom and civil liberties thing too

[ladyliberty]

Also, everyone should read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.


I used to play that game on my old Commodore 64! :D

[Alawn]

This is now the second best day of the quarter :)

[davidkachel]

Any money given to the campaign is by definition not a failure.
However, we absolutely need to be less cavalier about setting money bombs. After Nov. 5 I bet two dozen people declared their own money bombs, many for no special reason, and this has got to stop.

We also have to stop making predictions about how much will be raised. If there is no prediction there is no opportunity for enemies to take advantage of a shortfall.

Finally, a money bomb MUST be connected to a significant event, such as the Boston Tea Party.
This historical connection is what gets us half of our attention from the media. To skip it (the historical connection) only cuts the effect we are after in half.

Remember, this is only partly about raising money. It is even more about attracting millions of dollars of free media attention.

[Kade]

People that call today a failure will be the first up against the wall when the rEVOLution comes.

That's creepy.

[sedele]

That's creepy.

Your avatar is creepy.

[libertarian4321]

posted this in another thread, but it deserves its own: or maybe that is my ego talking :rolleyes:

Its funny how far we have come.

We raise as much in one day as Ron Paul raised in the entire second quarter, and some see it as "failure"?

I think it was pretty darned good- not as big as November 5, and probably nowhere near as big as Dec. 16, but still a very good day.

[Kade]

Your avatar is creepy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Gaetano