Another note about the 4th of July money bomb

[SwordOfShannarah]

Originally Posted by JKap

Hey Trevor, check out this thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=144276

It's a discussion about a Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty Bomb for this November 5th. We want to use your November 5th domain.

I think it's a great idea and have had the thought that something should be done on November 5th for some time now (as I see many also have ). I held off from an immediate yes to Brandon because we were already in talks about a CFL money bomb. We may want to do a smaller one before this date if they have strong need for it. I guess we'll see how that develops.

I also think we should expand the event. I've been in talks with Linda (Granny Warrior) about holding another rally in DC on the 5th. I don't know- I'm sure we can come up with a lot of ideas. If not a rally maybe we throw a liberty trade show/convention with lots of vendors, or a huge concert, etc. Who knows.. I'll join in on the thread over there and lets come up with some great ideas and make it happen!

[SwordOfShannarah]

Originally Posted by LibertyEagle

Thanks for coming over here and clearing up some things, Trevor.

Thanks for having me!

[mport1]

Originally Posted by No1ButPaul08

My biggest problem with freedom slate is that out of the 23 candidates on the slate, maybe 2 or 3 or them can win. Take Peter James for instance, he's on the slate, yet he got drilled in the special election a week ago (the winner got 81%). I like Peter, but why give money him when he has no chance. We should consolidate our money into 1 or 2 candidates that have the best shot, not 23, whom most of have very little or no shot of winning the seat.

Agreed.

[SwordOfShannarah]

Originally Posted by Jamsie 567

Hey Trevor, I am hoping you consider using the www.ThisNovember5th.com site for the anniversary of the November 5th Mass Donation for the CFL. I think this could be a great way to start getting new support from people that are discovering Dr. Paul. This will also help the other grassroots projects in the aspect it could potentially inspire more people to join our movement as the first donation did.

Please take this into consideration. I got a video that is almost finished it could go viral.

Kind Regards,

James

Hmmmm... another video?? We all know what happened the last time you decided to make a cool video. Uh oh.. the neo-cons are in trouble!!

[David A. Gay, Sr.]

Originally Posted by mport1

Agreed.

David Gay here.

Ron Paul Endorsed.

Republican

Running for an OPEN SEAT in a Republican district.

Registered Republicans in N.Y. 25 and registered Democrats are 1-1

GOP challenger just lost a primary last year and people around here don't like him.

Dem challenger works for Dan Maffei...

This race is in the bag... All it's going to take is some fundraising!

Please be sure to donate!

http://www.davidgay2008.com
http://www.freedomslate08.com

[SwordOfShannarah]

Originally Posted by No1ButPaul08

My biggest problem with freedom slate is that out of the 23 candidates on the slate, maybe 2 or 3 or them can win. Take Peter James for instance, he's on the slate, yet he got drilled in the special election a week ago (the winner got 81%). I like Peter, but why give money him when he has no chance. We should consolidate our money into 1 or 2 candidates that have the best shot, not 23, whom most of have very little or no shot of winning the seat.

You make a great point but to be fair choosing based on who we think will or won't win is a very difficult and most likely unfair decision for us to make. We all remember the George Stephanopoulos indecent. Ultimately I think the onus is on the voter to do the research and on the candidate to make their case about their prospects to win.

In line with your statement we plan to keep FreedomSlate08.com as a standing money bomb website. We'd like to keep helping the candidates raise money until November. With FreedomSlate08 we can simply change the date to have a new money bomb fund raising event. As we move further along candidates who don't win their primaries will fall off the list on their own. When we get closer to the elections the final money bomb will be for a list of candidates who are fully "in the race". So, the final event will naturally be the kind of money bomb you're talking about.

[No1ButPaul08]

Originally Posted by SwordOfShannarah

You make a great point but to be fair choosing based on who we think will or won't win is a very difficult and most likely unfair decision for us to make. We all remember the George Stephanopoulos indecent. Ultimately I think the onus is on the voter to do the research and on the candidate to make their case about their prospects to win.

In line with your statement we plan to keep FreedomSlate08.com as a standing money bomb website. We'd like to keep helping the candidates raise money until November. With FreedomSlate08 we can simply change the date to have a new money bomb fund raising event. As we move further along candidates who don't win their primaries will fall off the list on their own. When we get closer to the elections the final money bomb will be for a list of candidates who are fully "in the race". So, the final event will naturally be the kind of money bomb you're talking about.

Fair enough.

I will point for those looking to do their own research that Open Secrets is a good place to start. This allows you to see the fundraising totals (through March 30) for the Ron Paul candidate and his/her opponents. Another good thing to look up is the past elections for the district, this should give the researcher a good idea of the district landscape, and whether they think it can be won.

Congressional Quarterly rates races on how competitive they think it will be and what way they believe the race is leaning. This can be found here

The Cook Political Report provides the same service

[David A. Gay, Sr.]

To be fair, open secrets reports from fec quarterly data. Many of us began our campaigns on April 1st and are listed on the fec website at $0 in spite of having already begun raising funds.

-David Gay

http://www.davidgay2008.com

[No1ButPaul08]

Originally Posted by David A. Gay, Sr.

To be fair, open secrets reports from fec quarterly data. Many of us began our campaigns on April 1st and are listed on the fec website at $0 in spite of having already begun raising funds.

-David Gay

http://www.davidgay2008.com

This is correct and I edited my post to say through Mar. 30

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Originally Posted by SwordOfShannarah

We all remember the George Stephanopoulos indecent.

That clown's almost always indecent.