10 millions for RP in 3rd Q Pledge

[Harald]

http://www.pledgebank.com/10mForRonPaul

"I will donate $1000 to Ron Paul campaign in the next 3 month but only if 10,000 other US citizens or legal permanent residents will do the same."

— Gor Nishanov

Deadline to sign up by: 16th September 2007
0 people have signed up, 10000 more needed

Country: United States

:)

[RonPaulCult]

I will seriously consider this. It's way out of my budget but I'm likely to sign up anyway.

[angrydragon]

Even if we don't get 10,000 people to sign up, donate anyways. =)

[kalami]

I think pledge matching is a lot more involving and ultimately better way to get people to make a donation, but anything is good I suppose.

[Harald]

$1000 is a lot of money for most of the people.

However, if you know that 9,999 people will do the same, then, you can sacrifice a little bit (or a lot) depending on your situation to raise $1000 and deliver an embarassing blow to MSM pundits and first tier candidates.

[LibertyEagle]

Well, I hope you're posting this somewhere else besides just this board, because we don't have anywhere close to that number of people.

[rockfree33]

The mass media looks at how many people donate as a factor too. If they see only 10,000 people donated $10,000,000 to Ron Paul then they will disregard the numbers. We need to get all donations in no matter how small or large they are. I would rather have 100,000 people donate $100 than 10,000 people donate $1,000.

[Harald]

well, start the pledge then, I will sign it up ;-)

[Bluedevil]

thanks for putting it together, I signed it, but it hasnt sent me the email that I need to receive to confirm, hopefully it will soon.

[LibertyEagle]

The mass media looks at how many people donate as a factor too. If they see only 10,000 people donated $10,000,000 to Ron Paul then they will disregard the numbers. We need to get all donations in no matter how small or large they are. I would rather have 100,000 people donate $100 than 10,000 people donate $1,000.

I'd rather get the money any way we can get it.

[rockfree33]

Money is nice, but it's the vote that counts. We shouldn't make people feel like if they can't afford to donate $1,000 that they shouldn't donate at all is what I'm trying to say. Donate anything you can, whether it's $1 or $2,300, because more importantly it shows that Dr. Paul has one more supporter.

[purepaloma]

Signed.

10,000 People should be a goal for our board. Spread the word. The rest will give what they can (less or more)

[kylejack]

I'd rather get the money any way we can get it.

Yes, but more donors giving less is sustainable. Donors tap out at $2300.

[damijin]

I signed up, though frankly I intend to donate $1000 this quarter regardless of the outcome. It will mostly be done through donation matching on facebook and here if they start becoming more interested in that activity over here.

[Lord Xar]

ok. I am in.

[DjLoTi]

4 people, nice. I'm afraid I can't commit that money, but I hope that it succeeds...

[Akus]

I'd donate more, but I've already given the maximum.:(

[Man from La Mancha]

I'd donate more, but I've already given the maximum.:(

If you can afford more give it thru a fellow Ron supporter that can't afford it, to give it for you.:D

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[Stinker]

I am signing up, first time I will donate also.

[beermotor]

I'll join a 100k at $100 pledge match; no way can I afford the $1k.

[PMorphy65]

Currently I'm between jobs, but going to have one coming up in a week or so. It'll take about 3 weeks 'till I can pledge $1000, but I'm in! The people that took up arms to fight in the Revolutionary War sacrificed a lot more.

[Bryan]

People that want to help but aren't positioned for the full amount could talk with others and sign as a group that combines to the amount of this pledge.

I'm going to sign.

[aknappjr]

Signed it.

[Gee]

If you gave $2,300 last quarter, can you give more this quarter?

[Exponent]

If you can afford more give it thru a fellow Ron supporter that can't afford it, to give it for you.:D
Illegal.


If you gave $2,300 last quarter, can you give more this quarter?
No. You can give $2,300 per election, per candidate, I believe. However, since the election for nomination is considered separate from the election for actual presidency, you can donate another $2,300 for the general election. However, there are limits to how candidates can use general election donations during the primary season. I believe you can also give $2,300 to Ron Paul's congressional campaign (since he is also going to run for his current position in Congress), but I don't know if either of these campaigns are official yet, so you might not be able to donate to either of them yet; just the nomination campaign so far.

[jpa]

pledged and put it on my facebook page.

[pazzo83]

pledged and put it on my facebook page.

Do you (or did you) go to UVA by chance?

[jpa]

Do you (or did you) go to UVA by chance?

no. penn state.

[pazzo83]

no. penn state.

oh ok, JPA (Jefferson Park Ave) is the name of a main road that runs through Charlottesville, just curious..

[liberatenyc]

Done.

12 people have signed up, 9988 more needed

[jpa]

While I completely understand that a lot of people here can't pledge, there are a lot of us where $1k contribution is nothing compared to what we pay in Federal Income tax in a 4 year presidential term. (Over $50k taken from me last year alone)

I see this as a risky, long term investment in reducing my federal income taxes over my lifetime. If it successful, it will pay back 100x what I put in.

For those of you who can't pledge, volunteering your time *today* is just as good. Real world, press the flesh, get the word out to locals (not just online promotion where RP supporters are already dominating)

[kylejack]

I've said it before: donations to Ron Paul are tax-deductible...You donate, Ron gets elected, Ron wipes out the IRS!

[Dan Klaus]

— Gor Nishanov

govorit parusski??

[Roxi]

govorit parusski??


HUH?

[Dan Klaus]

asking if he speaks russian...i'll pm him...

as for the pledge - I'll give more this quarter than the last..but 1000 is a bit over my head...but i'll donate my time and tell everyone I can about his candidacy...

[Bluedevil]

10,000 might be overly ambitious, should it be changed to 1,000 to raise a million? That is definitely doable.

[Harald]

govorit parusski?? (Do you speak Russian?)

I sure do!
Конечно говорю.

Гор Нишанов

[maiki]

10,000 might be overly ambitious, should it be changed to 1,000 to raise a million? That is definitely doable.

Also 1000/1000/1000 has a certain ring to it. :p

[purepaloma]

We are going to get $10M raised !

That's only about 200 people per state doing this pledge. 200 people is a drop in a bucket of millions!

[TheConstitutionLives]

Here's another way you could do this pledge. If you and a friend know that you can't afford to donate 1,000 then make an agreement that each of you will donate 500 and just one of you sign up and give the 1,000. Better than nothing I suppose.

[Gee]

Конечно говорю.

Гор Нишанов
I knew it! We've been infiltrated by fluoridating communists!

"Mr. President, we must not allow a mine shaft gap!"

[Harald]

I knew it! We've been infiltrated by fluoridating communists!
Only the people who have experienced socialism first hand can truly appreciate capitalism. :)

[Gee]

Only the people who have experienced socialism first hand can truly appreciate the capitalism. :)
I can imagine... Here we are bitching and moaning, and yet America is still one of the freest countries on Earth.

[ThePieSwindler]

I can imagine... Here we are bitching and moaning, and yet America is still one of the freest countries on Earth.

Which isn't saying much, but is true too. Relatively speaking....

[Dan Klaus]

Only the people who have experienced socialism first hand can truly appreciate capitalism.


eta pravda (this is true). ya shil v sovetskom sayuze. (I have lived all over the soviet union). gospot blagoslavi Ron Paul. (God Bless Ron Paul).

[skyorbit]

While I completely understand that a lot of people here can't pledge, there are a lot of us where $1k contribution is nothing compared to what we pay in Federal Income tax in a 4 year presidential term. (Over $50k taken from me last year alone)

I see this as a risky, long term investment in reducing my federal income taxes over my lifetime. If it successful, it will pay back 100x what I put in.

For those of you who can't pledge, volunteering your time *today* is just as good. Real world, press the flesh, get the word out to locals (not just online promotion where RP supporters are already dominating)

I agree with this. That was sort of how I was looking at donating the maximum too. For now, I think $1,000 for Ron to get $10,000,000 is a bit too risky for my pocketbook. If it was $1,000 for him to get $30,000,000 I'd be much more willing to sign it. If he had $30,000,000 im my mind, that would pretty much gaurentee him then Nomination -- because it'd be enough to him to get his message out. But that would require 30,000 people to sign it instead of 10,000.

I still might sign it anyway. The IRS takes over $1,000 a year from me -- over 4 years the IRS takes about $4,000.

The current gambling sites put Paul at 1-15 odds. 1/15 of $4,000 is 267. I'll have donated more then that by the end of this quarter I'm sure.

I'd sign a petition for an additional over what I was already planning $100 for 100k people in a heart beat though.

Tracy

[purepaloma]

The numbers are increasing - though slowly.

We need to get a big push by the end of July to at least 500 people IMO.

http://www.pledgebank.com/10mForRonPaul

[skyorbit]

I just found this for those of us who can't really swingthe $1,000 each.

It's $500 if 20,000 other people do it.
http://www.pledgebank.com/RonPaul

I don't think people should sign both unless they've got $1,500 to swign in case both succede.

Of course if both petitions succeded that would be $20,000,000 for Paul which would be even more of a guarente of his winning so I probably still could swing it in the long term.

Tracy

[skyorbit]

This pledge is on Digg!
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Help_Raise_10_000_000_00_For_Presidential_Candidat e_RON_PAUL_in_2008

Tracy

[ThePieSwindler]

105 isnt so bad, so far. Thats 105k.... from just this ONE pledge.. which is about 2/3 of what tommy thompson has in cash on hand. Not shabby

[skyorbit]

105 isnt so bad, so far. Thats 105k.... from just this ONE pledge.. which is about 2/3 of what tommy thompson has in cash on hand. Not shabby

Of course, many of that 105 won't feel they'll be ableto afford it unless they know Paul will be raisingthe rest of the $10 Million.
Please Promote this pledge. We can meet the goal.

Tracy

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

If it hasn't already been said, this should be a 2-month pledge. Else, we will miss the 3rd Quarter cut-off.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

I just found this for those of us who can't really swingthe $1,000 each.

It's $500 if 20,000 other people do it.
http://www.pledgebank.com/RonPaul

I don't think people should sign both unless they've got $1,500 to swign in case both succede.

Of course if both petitions succeded that would be $20,000,000 for Paul which would be even more of a guarente of his winning so I probably still could swing it in the long term.

Tracy

With both pledges, the numbers for each can be cut in half to total the $10,000,000. Can these pledges be edited? They also need to be 2-month pledges, not 3.

[Akus]

only 12 ppl pledged...

this isn't good.

[Ann Kobialka]

You folks are out of my league, I'll send in $100 a month but that is going to hurt. Good luck Ann

[peruvianRP]

so, can a person dondate more than once the max dollard (2300)?

[Lord Xar]

only 12 ppl pledged...

this isn't good.

?? over a hundred people pledged.

[PatriotOne]

10,000 might be overly ambitious, should it be changed to 1,000 to raise a million? That is definitely doable.

That's what I was thinking also. Then perhaps have a $100.00, $200.00, and $500.00 match also.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

And, at the risk of repeating myself, MAKE THIS A TWO (2) MONTH PLEDGE so we can make the 3rd quarter.

(Edit: Okay, looks like the close date is September 16, so he must have changed it. It still says three months, but all that matters to me is that we get this money in by September 30.)

[skyorbit]

And, at the risk of repeating myself, MAKE THIS A TWO (2) MONTH PLEDGE so we can make the 3rd quarter.

(Edit: Okay, looks like the close date is September 16, so he must have changed it. It still says three months, but all that matters to me is that we get this money in by September 30.)

This was posted on the Daily Paul Blog
http://dailypaul.com/node/779
"What if every Meetup group took the pledge and pledged as a group? It might not seem so costly to those who can't afford the entire $1,000 themselves?"

Tracy

[d991]

Here's an idea for MeetUp groups (if someone hasn't already suggested this):

1) Make sure all the MeetUp members are aware of this pledge. If the members can afford this great deal of money - awesome!

2) Pool money together between MeetUp members and make as many $1000 donations as possible (maybe under someone's name but say that it is for the ___ MeetUp group)

3) Once 1 and 2 are exhausted - FUNDRAISE! The MeetUp groups could set up PUBLIC events (i.e. like a bake sale or car wash come to mind) to raise money for this pledge. At the events they could also distribute Ron Paul literature, so it'll be like killing two birds with one stone and it will give the MeetUp groups an alternative to doing sign waving (which is awesome BTW.)

Anyway those are just a couple ideas people might want to try. The MeetUp groups are growing very fast, so I'm sure nothing but more positive news will come out from the hard work people are putting in.

PS Sorry skyorbit, I didn't even realize you posted basically what I just suggested :P

[jacksit]

count me in. i should be getting my first post-graduation paycheck just in time to donate. :)

[JoshLowry]

Mega-bump.

[ARealConservative]

sign me up. With monthly donations I'll be over that mark by then.

[GoRonPaul]

Great work. I'm in!

[pazzo83]

bump...

[mport1]

The pledge should have been for 1 or 2 million.