humblegunner- will you please ping the group to this important discussion item?
Sam - I wasn’t here back in ‘98, but as I understand it, FR used to be far more than news aggregation with comments. What I’m hearing people say is that they want FR to get back into focused political action. Perhaps we don’t need a PAC to do that. I don’t know.
The group needs to discuss what it is we want from a PAC. What is our goal? We want to target RINOs. How are we going to do that? With money? By educating the public through targeted information about specific RINOs?
Having a plan is a good plan! (=
I think there is a tendency to jump to a conclusion.
Sarah's on Facebook. So we jump to the conclusion that FR should have a Facebook button. Even before we thoroughly understand the implications of running Facebook scripts on FR, or, for that matter, why would a "anti-homo agenda, Constitutionalist organization" want to swamp the site with half-a-million young, leftist drones more in tune with democraticunderground anyway?
We see that George Soros funnels money through PACs, (and Sarah has a PAC) so hey! We should have a PAC too! And then figure out what we want it to do.
Backwards!
I think we're best suited to reassess our SWOT chart first, then figure out what to maximize. Add your thoughts?!
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Fast breaking-news reaction and dissemination |
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Narrow scope, echo-chamber, limited "pop" appeal |
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Identify, document and target RINO's during legislative sessions |
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RINO's, MediaMatters suits, Righthaven gotchas |
One thing the "RINO hunting" biz is lacking these days is a "tracker."
Sure we get worked up at critical bill-passing time, but we need something like Nachum's List of Barack's awfuls to be able to document opposition....and frankly, to decide who's been naughty and nice! That's something FR is well suited to do without any changes.
“humblegunner- will you please ping the group to this important discussion item?”
Yes, ping to post 115:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2645113/posts?page=115#115
Also, here is how the list stands thus far:
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50mm;
adm5;
afnamvet;
Allegra;
americanophile;
apronius;
Army Air Corps;
Artcore;
bert;
blam;
BoxerDawgs;
brothers4thID;
BuckeyeTexan;
CAluvdubya;
CaptainPhilFan;
Christian Engineer Mass;
Col Freeper;
dajeeps;
DaxtonBrown;
dixie sass;
EDINVA;
ejonesie22;
ELS;
FlingWingFlyer;
freeangel;
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL;
GitmoSailor;
goodnesswins;
huldah1776;
humblegunner;
Islander7;
itssme;
JDoutrider;
Jemian;
Jim Robinson;
Kevmo;
Liberty Valance;
MamaB;
manc;
Markos33;
mojo114;
montag813;
mstar;
no-to-illegals;
onyx;
Outlaw Woman;
OwenKellogg;
Persevero;
pillut48;
Presbyterian Reporter;
Prince of Space;
PROCON;
Prov3456;
re_nortex;
RebelTex;
Red Steel;
RedMDer;
RnMomof7;
Ron H.;
ScottinVA;
shibumi;
Snerdley;
SoConPubbie;
Sola Veritas;
sonofagun;
STARWISE;
surroundedbyblue;
swheats;
Syncro;
Tennessee Nana;
Ticonderoga34;
upchuck;
Utah Binger;
Vision;
w4women;
Waryone;
weeder;
Yaelle;
Back in the early days, FR was quite active in grass-roots activities such as counter-protesting liberal events (anti-war protests, illegal immigration rallies, Cindy Sheehan circuses, even the Oscars, etc.), staging major rallies during the 2000 election fiasco and other methods of ensuring that conservative voices were heard. That has fallen off drastically over the past few years.
What is our goal? We want to target RINOs. How are we going to do that? With money? By educating the public through targeted information about specific RINOs?
Those are excellent questions and we do need to define our goals and how we want to achieve them. (I'll think on that some more...)
As far as fundraising goes, I've never done that, but there are well-connected people who do this sort of thing for a living. I wonder if FR has any such people among our ranks?