Donate or buy bumper stickers to give away?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

Poll question: Donate or buy bumper stickers to give away?

Should I donate $50 to the Kerry campaign, or buy $50 worth of Kerry bumperstickers to give away?

[Renew Deal]

1. The money for the Bumper stickers does not help Kerry.

It goes to a different organization so it doesn't affect his fundraising/spending limits. Donate 40-50 to Kerry and but 10 worth of bumper stickers.

[Renew Deal]

2. BTW, the stickers will change when he picks a VP

So you might want to hold out a little while longer. Your county Dem HQ might have some.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

3. Believe me, no one in my county has any extra stickers.

We've already distributed the small stack we got from the campaign.

[Renew Deal]

6. Get free/cheap stickers here.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

7. Did you mean to include a link or something?

There is a price break at kerrygear.com so at 100 stickers you only pay 45 cents apiece, I think. That's pretty cheap for a high-quality sticker.

[Renew Deal]

9. Doh

http://www.moveon.org/pac/news/stickers.html

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. Well those are anti-Bush stickers, not pro-Kerry stickers

which won't do what I am trying to accomplish (see post 8).

[Kathleen04]

12. How about this idea..

Buy the pack of 100 stickers..try to sell them for $1 a piece. The stickers would cost $45 dollars and you'd earn $55 for selling them then donate that $55 dollars. :)

[Feanorcurufinwe]

14. I think

what you suggest would violate campaign finance laws, technically. Plus I don't want to have to ask for a buck. That would make it less fun for me.

[Catfight]

4. I will put a "Vote for Kerry/??????" when that becomes available.

Until then, I sit and wait.

[NoPasaran]

5. Get some bumper stickers out there

Visibility is a good thing, especially in a red state.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

8. That's my gut instinct.

It works on a subconscious level. Someone who might be considering voting Kerry, but is resisting that because they identify as a Republican or a conservative or whatever -- if they are seeing Kerry bumperstickers, yard signs, etc. subconsciously they start to think, my neighbors like Kerry, it's 'OK' to like Kerry...

[NoPasaran]

10. People live in fear

That they're the only one who has doubt in Fearless Leader. That's a message which is promoted by mainstream media. The bumper sticker may be the cheapest, most effective way of showing people that they are not alone.

[sandnsea]

13. Buy a Party Package

That's exactly what I'd do. Much better deal and lots of reusable stuff too!

http://www.demstore.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/scstore/Kerry/houseparty.html?E+scstore

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. OK, I admit it, this was a setup

I planned on doing both all along. But, I thought it was good stuff for people to think about.