Running an Ad in the NY Times for Recent Recall... Who Wants to Pitch in?

[Jer]

I am done with polite and sportsman's like.

Democrats play dirty all the time, lie, cheat, you name it.

So, if we get the chance to have, FOR ONCE, some cheap entertainment and satisfaction, I say let's do it.

Count me in for $25.

As far as what to write, let's see first how much we can put together.
I'd love to buy a page...
Because...

This is my thought too. People keep talking about making our voice known and rising up against the tyrannical powers that be but a small posting in the New York Times is too rogue? Dafuq? No wonder our rights are being eroded. Heaven forbid we take an out loud stand for our rights once in a while. Maybe what we need is MORE stuff like this. Obviously being the 'silent majority' isn't getting us anywhere but compromise at best and outright made into outlaws for constitutional freedoms at worst. Maybe it's time we took the opportunities to make our voices heard and gain some momentum for the next movement to regain rights rather than sit idly by quietly waiting for the next attack on our rights. Eff that! WE need to be the aggressors. WE need to be on the offensive. WE need to be the men that our country was founded by. I want something to spark our 'group' into a bit of a fervor to have better turnouts at elections. To have more of a voice when bills are introduced. We need to stop being quiet pussies who are taken what is given us with a smile while quietly planning how we'll spend the next two years planning an attempt to get back a small portion of what was lost. This defeatist mentality has got us NOWHERE and it should be painfully obvious to everyone by now. We need to strike while the iron is hot and unless you have a better idea this is a way to strike now.

Just my 7 cents adjusted for inflation.

[Irving]

The idea was to run a full page ad so people would see it though.

[Jer]

The idea was to run a full page ad so people would see it though.

I don't recall saying it wasn't possible. So far I've got not even enough money pledged for the tiny 4-line ad though so if people want a full page ad they'll have to put their money where their mouth is. I'll type up whatever we want and place the ad but it's going to be expensive to take out a pull page in the NYT. I know 'Full page ad in the NYT' is a catchy thing to say but it also comes at a price. We're not talking about 'hundreds' of dollars anymore.

[ChunkyMonkey]

The idea was to run a full page ad so people would see it though.

$65k last time our NY branch ran it (2012)..and thats on a standby date.

[Irving]

I posted before reading everything. I'm torn between my original idea and Chunky's idea. Even a small ad would get attention if there is a picture of a black rifle. Not to mention that I think ads might have more placement options within the paper. Most importantly, THANK YOU, for taking the initiative to run with this idea.

[Irving]

How about one of our artists draws a cartoon picture of a military style boot kicking Bloomberg out of Colorado and running it as a political cartoon?

[Jer]

I posted before reading everything. I'm torn between my original idea and Chunky's idea. Even a small ad would get attention if there is a picture of a black rifle. Not to mention that I think ads might have more placement options within the paper. Most importantly, THANK YOU, for taking the initiative to run with this idea.

Sure man, I liked the idea from the jump and am open to suggestions and ideas. I want this to be a group effort.

$65k last time our NY branch ran it (2012)..and thats on a standby date.

Yeah, I saw something that said something like $24,000 starting price and kept right on going to a small listing. I mean, if people want to invest thousands in this I'll champion the effort but I'm not personally investing anywhere near the kind of money required to do something like that. I think we need to stop talking about full-page ads in the NYT because it's just clouding the situation since it's obliviously not going to happen without NRA backing. Dudley, where's your dollars?? lol

How about one of our artists draws a cartoon picture of a military style boot kicking Bloomberg out of Colorado and running it as a political cartoon?

It takes more than that man.

[DOC]

Looks like if we go with the full page route we are going to have set up a donation site for whomever reads it and agrees can donate. Also, we could set up a donation site for those that oppose it too just to gauge how many people in NY want to put their money where their mouth is.
We can just return the money of the opposing side later since it will mostly be from bloomers himself.

[Jer]

Looks like if we go with the full page route we are going to have set up a donation site for whomever reads it and agrees can donate. Also, we could set up a donation site for those that oppose it too just to gauge how many people in NY want to put their money where their mouth is.
We can just return the money of the opposing side later since it will mostly be from bloomers himself.

I'm fine with spending a little bit for this but if you're talking tens of thousands those are funds better spent on the next recall or campaigns IMO. A few hundred bucks? Sure. Tens of thousands of dollars? I'm not interested in that because I think it's wasteful in this instance.

[buffalobo]

Design full page ad, announce intention to buy space, start site to take donations. Members here start spreading ad around forums, facebook etc, make lots of noise, go viral, get national attention.

I have my doubts that NYT is actually going to accept such an ad at any price.

The Denver Post has refused or jacked the price out of touch on this type of thing before and don't see NYT being much different.

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