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qLir · 11-27-2007, 02:52 PM

If you're a libertarian, a constitutionalist, opposed to the war, opposed to the current system of taxation, tired of the government's fiscal irresponsibility, or simply tired of the corruption of modern day politicians, you no longer have an excuse to feel disenfranchised and apathetic towards modern politics. Now is the time to get involved and do something. Ron Paul has by far the most momentum of any candidate and his polling numbers keep going up, and will continue to do so as long as we keep getting his name and his stances out there.

Here are a list of things in order of priority you can do to help:

1) Register republican and vote in your state's primary. Your vote actually counts a lot more in the primary since the voting pool is much smaller. This is the most important thing you can do, as this is what all the money being spent, all the publicity is intended to accomplish. Even if you manage to track down a "supervoter" (someone that has voted in the last 3 consecutive primaries) and convinced them for sure to vote for Paul, there's still less than a 90% turnout for that group. EVERYONE needs to be doing this. Most states still allow for you to change your party, and in a lot of them you don't even need to, since they're open to everyone. http://www.ronpaulnation.com/register/ and/or GOP.com | Republican National Committee :: Home. Registering is really quite easy.

2) Increase his real world exposure. Posting a message like this on the internet is easy, but the internet is already quite saturated with Paul*. It can't hurt, and I do encourage you to post something like this (shit, or exactly this, w/e) anywhere you think might be somehow sheltered from Ron's message or lacking in frequent exposure, but the difficult task of expanding beyond the computer takes priority.

A) Try to tell at least 1 person a week that has similar views to Paul and probably hasn't heard about him as much as they should have about the good Dr. and what he stands for. If you know someone personally they'll be much more open to what you have to say, and this is the best way the foundation of support will be expanded. This will increase his name recognition since they'll surely mention him at least in passing occassionally if they support him, increase the odds of anyone that person knows of being educated about him, increase his cash (not everyone will donate but if you convert a few at least one of them will), and really just help expand the campaign beyond the internet.

B) Join a meetup group. There almost certainly is one in your area, check Meetup: World's largest community of local Meetups, clubs and groups!. It might seem weird showing up to talk to a bunch of strangers at first, but it is definitely worth it and helps the organizational and motivational aspects of things a ton. Your meetup probably has a list of supervoters in your area to really maximize the impact you can make in the primary (and if not I encourage you to get them to contact the official campaign about it), and this is where you can really make an impact in the primary results.

3) Donate. Money is the best way to reach all demographics but the Amish. The message doesn't translate as well to 30 second TV spots, but he needs to really get his name out there to the soccer moms and nascar dads.

A) www.teaparty07.com is coming up this December 16th. Try to get the word out to any Paul supporters that may not have heard about it, especially ones that don't use the internet as much and would've been less likely to see.

At this point anything less than $5,000,000 will be considered a failure now that the media has gotten wind of this. The actual money will be a little late for the first primaries, but If it's very successful he'll have the money to spend for Super Tuesday and the event itself will generate about as much instant free publicity as spending all of it will.

We're already pretty close if the non-pledged donors to pledged donors ratio is about the same as November 5th, which isn't too unlikely considering the real world name recognition and media promotion has skyrocketed largely due to the success of the first event. Donors that have heard about it but never visited the website should be higher, and donors that haven't pledged or have unpledged to avoid the spam the site sends should remain about the same (myself included, although if you don't have an alternate source of Ron Paul news it is a good way to stay informed).

If the pledges graph at ronpaulgraphs.com for Dec 16 keeps the same growth and the non-pledged donor ratio remains the same, we're probably looking at $6-7 million on the 16th, which is good, but $10 million would be a much better looking number and get a ton of free attention.

B) If for some reason there's anyone here that really wants to spend on Paul's campaign but doesn't have the time to really follow what's happening with it, pledge to www.ronpaulblimp.com. Frankly it's not the most efficient use of cash, but if you're at your $2300 donation limit and want to spend more, there's no reason not to. If you're under that I'd strongly suggest donating to the campaign rather than to this project.

4) Become more deeply involved with the grassroots campaign. Really much more has been done for this campaign by people just like you and me than the official staff. As support grows we can keep doing larger and larger things, and it's exciting to be a part of. Most of the brainstorming/discussion goes on at Grassroots Support of Ron Paul's 2008 Presidential Campaign, and I'd suggest visiting if you have any questions about Paul's campaign issues or want to learn more about him, too.

note: this has not been proof read at all, I'm running late because I spent too much time writing this as is. I had been meaning to write it for a while now, but I've just been so damn busy. Try to make it so I didn't waste my time, huh =p

oh and a general list of links for people that don't know:

grassroots HQ: Grassroots Support of Ron Paul's 2008 Presidential Campaign
Ron Paul 2008 Revolution - Ron Paul Nation - ronpaulnation.com - ronpaul2008.com | “because saving the country should be fun” - RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008 - FreeMe.TV

official: Ron Paul 2008 — Hope for America

data: RonPaulGraphs.com - Q4 Donation Statistics & Stuff

oh and something I should've touched on but forgot and am now out of time: Zaphod for President - » Ron Paul: CALL TO ACTION

* no real life campaigning has been harmed by this public service announcement

11-27-2007, 02:52 PM	#889 (permalink)
qLir Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 23 +0 Internets	If you're a libertarian, a constitutionalist, opposed to the war, opposed to the current system of taxation, tired of the government's fiscal irresponsibility, or simply tired of the corruption of modern day politicians, you no longer have an excuse to feel disenfranchised and apathetic towards modern politics. Now is the time to get involved and do something. Ron Paul has by far the most momentum of any candidate and his polling numbers keep going up, and will continue to do so as long as we keep getting his name and his stances out there. Here are a list of things in order of priority you can do to help: 1) Register republican and vote in your state's primary. Your vote actually counts a lot more in the primary since the voting pool is much smaller. This is the most important thing you can do, as this is what all the money being spent, all the publicity is intended to accomplish. Even if you manage to track down a "supervoter" (someone that has voted in the last 3 consecutive primaries) and convinced them for sure to vote for Paul, there's still less than a 90% turnout for that group. EVERYONE needs to be doing this. Most states still allow for you to change your party, and in a lot of them you don't even need to, since they're open to everyone. http://www.ronpaulnation.com/register/ and/or GOP.com \| Republican National Committee :: Home. Registering is really quite easy. 2) Increase his real world exposure. Posting a message like this on the internet is easy, but the internet is already quite saturated with Paul. It can't hurt, and I do encourage you to post something like this (shit, or exactly this, w/e) anywhere you think might be somehow sheltered from Ron's message or lacking in frequent exposure, but the difficult task of expanding beyond the computer takes priority. A) Try to tell at least 1 person a week that has similar views to Paul and probably hasn't heard about him as much as they should have about the good Dr. and what he stands for. If you know someone personally they'll be much more open to what you have to say, and this is the best way the foundation of support will be expanded. This will increase his name recognition since they'll surely mention him at least in passing occassionally if they support him, increase the odds of anyone that person knows of being educated about him, increase his cash (not everyone will donate but if you convert a few at least one of them will), and really just help expand the campaign beyond the internet. B) Join a meetup group. There almost certainly is one in your area, check Meetup: World's largest community of local Meetups, clubs and groups!. It might seem weird showing up to talk to a bunch of strangers at first, but it is definitely worth it and helps the organizational and motivational aspects of things a ton. Your meetup probably has a list of supervoters in your area to really maximize the impact you can make in the primary (and if not I encourage you to get them to contact the official campaign about it), and this is where you can really make an impact in the primary results. 3) Donate. Money is the best way to reach all demographics but the Amish. The message doesn't translate as well to 30 second TV spots, but he needs to really get his name out there to the soccer moms and nascar dads. A) www.teaparty07.com is coming up this December 16th. Try to get the word out to any Paul supporters that may not have heard about it, especially ones that don't use the internet as much and would've been less likely to see. At this point anything less than $5,000,000 will be considered a failure now that the media has gotten wind of this. The actual money will be a little late for the first primaries, but If it's very successful he'll have the money to spend for Super Tuesday and the event itself will generate about as much instant free publicity as spending all of it will. We're already pretty close if the non-pledged donors to pledged donors ratio is about the same as November 5th, which isn't too unlikely considering the real world name recognition and media promotion has skyrocketed largely due to the success of the first event. Donors that have heard about it but never visited the website should be higher, and donors that haven't pledged or have unpledged to avoid the spam the site sends should remain about the same (myself included, although if you don't have an alternate source of Ron Paul news it is a good way to stay informed). If the pledges graph at ronpaulgraphs.com for Dec 16 keeps the same growth and the non-pledged donor ratio remains the same, we're probably looking at $6-7 million on the 16th, which is good, but $10 million would be a much better looking number and get a ton of free attention. B) If for some reason there's anyone here that really wants to spend on Paul's campaign but doesn't have the time to really follow what's happening with it, pledge to www.ronpaulblimp.com. Frankly it's not the most efficient use of cash, but if you're at your $2300 donation limit and want to spend more, there's no reason not to. If you're under that I'd strongly suggest donating to the campaign rather than to this project. 4) Become more deeply involved with the grassroots campaign. Really much more has been done for this campaign by people just like you and me than the official staff. As support grows we can keep doing larger and larger things, and it's exciting to be a part of. Most of the brainstorming/discussion goes on at Grassroots Support of Ron Paul's 2008 Presidential Campaign, and I'd suggest visiting if you have any questions about Paul's campaign issues or want to learn more about him, too. note: this has not been proof read at all, I'm running late because I spent too much time writing this as is. I had been meaning to write it for a while now, but I've just been so damn busy. Try to make it so I didn't waste my time, huh =p oh and a general list of links for people that don't know: grassroots HQ: Grassroots Support of Ron Paul's 2008 Presidential Campaign Ron Paul 2008 Revolution - Ron Paul Nation - ronpaulnation.com - ronpaul2008.com \| “because saving the country should be fun” - RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008 - FreeMe.TV official: Ron Paul 2008 — Hope for America data: RonPaulGraphs.com - Q4 Donation Statistics & Stuff oh and something I should've touched on but forgot and am now out of time: Zaphod for President - » Ron Paul: CALL TO ACTION no real life campaigning has been harmed by this public service announcement Last edited by qLir; 11-27-2007 at 02:55 PM..