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Romney Tries to Lure Student Fundraisers With Cash-Back Program
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| 3/22/07
Posted on 03/22/2007 10:26:09 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
"Legal has vetted this"
Which means, it will either be copied by everyone, or outlawed.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:30:26 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: areafiftyone
It's a pretty cool idea, I think.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:32:41 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(the earth has a fever, I'm totally cereal - Al "Manbearpig" Gore Jr.)
To: areafiftyone
Hmmmm..
Interesting take. So essentially, it's a contract to hire fund-raisers at indeterminate salaries?
Clever, if indeed legal.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:33:41 AM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
To: areafiftyone
I guess all those people who worked for ACORN and got busted for forging voter enrollments are really depressed now...
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:33:48 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: TitansAFC
So far Romney is leading in fundraising! He's doing really well and no wonder - with ideas like this! Good for him!
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:34:50 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
To: areafiftyone
One step away from Amway.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:36:09 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
("I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose" -- Mitt Romney, April 2002)
To: AmericanMade1776; bcbuster; Bluestateredman; CaptainK; cgk; Choose Ye This Day; circumbendibus; ...
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:38:39 AM PDT
by
Unmarked Package
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To: JohnnyZ
One step away from Amway. Dumb remark. This is no different than commissioned sales people getting a percentage based on what they sell. Happens in every furniture store that I know of.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:46:05 AM PDT
by
scooter2
(The greatest threat to the security of the United States is the Democratic Party.)
To: areafiftyone
This is just another example why Romney is top-tier material and is not going to go away anytime soon.
However, Romney is still going to get killed in the media because he does not have any natural allies in the liberal media establishment or in the moderate Republican establishment (because of his faith). He is going to need a lot help from non-traditional media and grassroots to survive the nearly daily agenda based onslaught.
To: scooter2
This is no different than commissioned sales people getting a percentage based on what they sell. Okay, zero steps away from a used car dealership.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:48:54 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
("I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose" -- Mitt Romney, April 2002)
To: JohnnyZ
Yep, sounds like a pyramid scheme to me too.
I know that fund-raising is the lifeblood of a campaign, but how much unintended backlash is this going to cost Romney? I can imagine some overly creative students using unethical if not illegal methods to boost their "sales" goals. Especially late in the Summer when they realize that they are not going to meet their own personal financial goals.
We're going to see a flurry of phone and Internet solicitations that make the 2000 and 2004 campaigns look tame.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:49:32 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
While all may not like the idea, you gotta give him/his campaign credit for original thought/ideas. Such creativity and "out of the box thinking" is what might carry him far. If not as the Repub. nominee, then as Veep for Rudy (?) or maybe a cabinet post. Who knows, but such creativity is a good thing to have as President, IMO.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:04:51 AM PDT
by
jmboyer1
To: anymouse
Yep, sounds like a pyramid scheme to me too.No, a pyramid scheme is like Social Security. Those who collect early before the thing collapses make money; everyone else is left holding the bag. This is more like multi-level marketing, which has made more than a few companies wildly successful.
I've often thought the entire social security problem could be solved in a generation or two if it was based, at least in large part, on what your kids contributed in taxes.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:10:11 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: jmboyer1
Such creativity and "out of the box thinking" is what might carry him far.Hmmm . . . maybe we could start paying bounty for every scalp of a Talibunny or Al-Qaida fighter turned in.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:13:20 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Vigilanteman
I thought mid-level marketing was more where you are paid a commission based upon on the sales of other people that you bring in as additional salesmen.That's why they often seem put more effort at recruiting you to join the party rather than actually selling you the product.
At least the ones I've been invited to join are like that.
This sounds more like a straight commission type thing, like a parts saleman might be offered.
To: areafiftyone
I wonder what effect this will have on 'matching-funds'?
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:34:50 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
You think McCain is going to scream bloody murder? I bet you he is. LOL!
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:42:41 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
To: jmboyer1
He pays people to post on websites and plant articles as well! Then he also paid student's transportation to CPAC as well as they entry fees so he could win a poll.
That does not transfer into votes and won't. When you have to go to the length he is going to with planted stories and paying people, you are in trouble IMHO.
He is also losing regular fundraisers to other candidates. If some college kid calls me looking for a donation, he will get told the same thing the Istook kids did -- NO! It didn't work here in OK among Republican activists when called by college kids looking for money for our Governor's candidate in 2006 and it won't work well now. Lot of problems came out of it here.
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posted on
03/22/2007 12:21:35 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Broken Glass Republican -- RudyforPresident2008@yahoogroups.com or http://www.rudygforamerica.com)
To: PhiKapMom
So you didn't support Istook? You supported Henry? Huh? Sounds like you made the wrong choice, not Istook. You must be a closet liberal.
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