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"Let it not be said that we did nothing."-Ron Paul
"We have set them on the hobby-horse of an idea about the absorption of individuality by the symbolic unit of COLLECTIVISM. They have never yet and they never will have the sense to reflect that this hobby-horse is a manifest violation of the most important law of nature, which has established from the very creation of the world one unit unlike another and precisely for the purpose of instituting individuality."- A Quote From Some Old Book
Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder. ~GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter, Aug. 17, 1779
Quit yer b*tching and whining and GET INVOLVED!!
I loved the blimp.
Based on the idea of natural rights, government secures those rights to the individual by strictly negative intervention, making justice costless and easy of access; and beyond that it does not go. The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
--Albert J. Nock
Both. I think Rand is not seen, nor is he projecting an image of a champion of liberty and the constitution, rather he is positioning himself as a conservative republican who leans libertarian. We need a lightning rod of liberty to ignite the brushfires in the minds of men (and women). Rand does not risk enough... he tries to play to the 'base' versus saying what he really thinks no matter who the audience is.
-Major General Smedley Butler, USMC,There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
Author of, War is a Racket!
- Diogenes of SinopeIt is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
No one is trying to kill grassroots enthusiasm, but it needs leadership, guidance, and direction. We need to learn what it takes to win and how to be effective by doing effective things. Marches and blimps and sign waves are ineffective.
This is how a movement matures and advances its agenda instead of just being an angry mob.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
Yeah, and that has worked so well, hasn't it? Benton is considered an enemy by most in the grassroots, and you are rapidly losing credibility, and Rand lost a large portion of Ron's hard-core base.
We are GRASSROOTS! Don't presume to tell us how to support our choice!
You dont have to buy FNC, you just have to know how to handle them as Rand does. And you have to also do direct marketing as well.
Again, you fail to understand how this works..... it is much easier to convince people already going to the polls to vote for your guy, than it is to convince people to go to the polls to vote for your guy. The goal is to get elected, and you don't do that by chasing after people who are not likely to vote.
Not at all... if you hope to win an election, then you have to market to voters. It's really just that simple.
No, my goal is to get people to quit doing immature and ineffective things and to learn how to win and achieve victory (sign waves, marches, and blimps aren't it).
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
it is much easier to convince people already going to the polls to vote for your guy, than it is to convince people to go to the polls to vote for your guy. The goal is to get elected, and you don't do that by chasing after people who are not likely to vote.
Resources, including time, are limited to you have to start with the low hanging fruit.
Actually it was, but only in the target states where it was needed.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
If it was a winning tactic, then other candidates would've been doing it.
Guess what, someone wins every election, and marketing is effective. Doesn't matter how much people are sick of the ads, a certain % of the population is going to go and vote so you must market to them if you hope to get elected.
Yes you can... the blimp flew near my house in 07... I could see it, but I couldn't read it. If it's too far away or too close or the sun is hitting it wrong, or if you're in your car or in your house you're not likely to see it.
Very few people are likely to see it and receive whatever message it is trying to communicate. And of the people that do, only a tiny % are likely voters in a Republican primary.
Yeah, you're right that it is different... it is a different type of marketing all together.
In fact you fail to understand their objectives there... they are trying to brand and create top of mind awareness... that is NOT what candidate marketing is trying to accomplish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-of-mind_awareness They are looking to occupy mental real estate of their (potential) customers.
Candidates do some of that (mostly through yard signs) but that is not what wins voters. If its a close race then yes it can push a candidate over the top, but that is not the type of marketing that wins elections. Direct marketing and personal contact is what wins elections.
I understand why you might think the things that you do, electoral marketing is counter intuitive sometimes.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
Personal contact works the best. But ideally you try and do both, the machine makes it so that you ensure everyone gets covered.
Yes, this was one of the ideas that I had in 2012 that I wasn't able to get implemented on the phone from home program.
In the field offices we did buy a ton of food for the volunteers though which kept them happy and at the office.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
No. This is where you show your ignorance in matters of marketing. Any "something" can have more than one point. In this case it it was for a three pointer swoop. First, to raise funds. Second, to garner media attention. Third, to show a grassroots ground swell. But, thanks for playing the marketing game.
Controlling the candidate's message is a given, Matt. Controlling the grassroots message is another matter. Nice try at baiting and switching though.
I'm through wasting my time with you. You're not relevant. We'll just see how effective it is to try and control the grassroots. If the campaign tries to control the grassroots, then we are, by definition, no longer grassroots, but rather campaign workers.
It backfired last time, it's not going to work this time either.
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