rp08orbust
12-31-2007, 07:58 AM
An idea just crossed my mind about how to make donating to the Ron Paul campaign a little more fun while perhaps adding a bit of novelty for attracting more media attention (though if 6 million dollars in a day didn't achieve the latter, I don't know what would): donate by issue.
For example, Ron Paul's donation form might have a list of 10-20 of his major campaign issues (e.g., withdraw troops from Iraq and elsewhere, legalize competing currency, abolish the IRS, etc) to which people could unofficially "allocate" their donation. A tally of the monetary donations toward each issue would be shown on the campaign's home page.
An extra little touch might be, instead of showing just
Joe Bloe, Los Angeles CA
the widget might show
Joe Bloe -- Abolish the federal reserve!
Los Angeles, CA
The novelty of taking screen shots of just my name and city on the widget has worn off, but a novelty like this might motivate me to scrape together another $100.
For example, Ron Paul's donation form might have a list of 10-20 of his major campaign issues (e.g., withdraw troops from Iraq and elsewhere, legalize competing currency, abolish the IRS, etc) to which people could unofficially "allocate" their donation. A tally of the monetary donations toward each issue would be shown on the campaign's home page.
An extra little touch might be, instead of showing just
Joe Bloe, Los Angeles CA
the widget might show
Joe Bloe -- Abolish the federal reserve!
Los Angeles, CA
The novelty of taking screen shots of just my name and city on the widget has worn off, but a novelty like this might motivate me to scrape together another $100.