Follow-up to McCaskill thread - Placing an Ad in a big paper?

[Arcturus]

How about a poker tournament to raise money?

Seriously.

[addictontilt]

[ QUOTE ]
How about a poker tournament to raise money?

Seriously.

[/ QUOTE ]

actually really good idea

[latefordinner]

Could one of the sites let us set up a tourney where half the entry fees go into the payout structure and half the entry fees go into a fight-the-ban fund.

I agree that poker sites should be spending way more time/money arguing their cause, but there's something to be said for the "authenticity" of grassroots actions.

though "authenticity" has lost out to corporations buying whatever laws they want for a few decades now.

[addictontilt]

can email full tilt and check, let me get back to you

[latefordinner]

What about placing an ad in a Missouri paper (would be cheaper) like the STL Post-Dispatch and then sending out press releases to national papers trying to get a story out of it. Then we could kill two birds with a cheaper stone.

The whole ("rush of support for democratic candidate in backlash against the incumbent party for the UIGEA") story is actually an interesting one - especially since in my experience, the online semi-pro poker population leans conservative/libertarian

[latefordinner]

and as was mentioned previously the Missouri race is currently a frequent national news story

[addictontilt]

[ QUOTE ]

The whole ("rush of support for democratic candidate in backlash against the incumbent party for the UIGEA") story is actually an interesting one - especially since in my experience, the online semi-pro poker population leans conservative/libertarian

[/ QUOTE ]

Might make a good spin for the story, does it matter as long as the issue gets into the public eye? i am a life long republican except for now, I want change, and voting out the incumbents is the only way I can think of to make my voice heard

[latefordinner]

well there's a variety of angles, but all I'm saying is that #1) placing an ad in a Missouri paper would be a lot cheaper than going the full national route and that #2) with some well written press releases we could actually probably get some national stories about the campaign and ad b/c it's such a high profile race and such a novel thing to happen

[addictontilt]

not a bad idea, anybody know what the big paper is in saint louis? Is the dispatch the big one?

[cowboyzfan]

look, this is quite simple. If people are serious about making a political statement for online poker, AKA freedom of choice, then let's do this thing. If people want to make this a political thing, supporting Democrats, this will fall flat on its ass and split this community.

I like the tournament idea, and can even go along with the St. Louis approach, but not to give money to a left wing Democrat who has said nothing to support online gambling or personal freedom.

Notice i have never mentioned her opponent, i am not "in his camp". But if we are serious about making a statement about our SHARED beliefs, then let's do it.