Paul's campaign blimp will be coming to Boston

[sniffa]

To say Ron Paul and his supporters have been waging an unconventional campaign for president would be an understatement.

And now, they are planning another first - a blimp.

That's right, an airship with Paul's name on the side will, if all goes as planned, tool around New Hampshire leading up to the Jan. 8 Republican primary.

Organizers said on their website yesterday that they have raised the initial $200,000 to launch the blimp on Monday in Elizabeth City, N.C. They aim to raise $350,000 total by Dec. 21 to keep it in the air through the primary.

The plan for the "Ron Paul Blimp Tour" calls for the blimp to star in rallies in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and in New York City on Wednesday and Thursday, before arriving in Boston on Friday after flying over Worcester. The blimp is to appear at a rally in Boston next Saturday, then play a key role in a fund-raising event the day after timed with the Boston Tea Party: Tea is to be dumped from the blimp into Boston Harbor. The first rally in New Hampshire is scheduled for Dec. 18.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/08/pauls_campaign_blimp_will_be_coming_to_boston/

a fucking blimp? :rofl:
i give them props for creativity, though i might suggest they also set up a dunk tank.

[Mojorabbit]

1. I'd love to see

Pink Floyd's pig floating around with an antiwar message on it.

[sniffa]

2. i have to remember to bring my camera to work that day

i want to capture the Paul Blimp in all its glory.

[asdjrocky]

3. Oh the humanity! nt

[kansasblue]

5. ha ha ! good one!

LZ 129 Hindenburg

[asdjrocky]

7. I knew someone would get the joke! nt

[bunnies]

4. lol. I think its a riot. I hope to see it over my house in NH.

Ive gotta give them credit for enthusiasm and creativity. Hell... the damn thing is privately funded! From a marketing perspective: Its genius.

[sniffa]

6. i'm gonna have to remember to go down to the Harbor

they're dropping tea from the blimp. :rofl:

i'll try to get pics.

[bunnies]

9. You're kidding me. Really.

They're dropping TEA?! :spray:

I WISH I still worked on State St. by the water. You've got to get pictures. Thats just too funny. :rofl:

[sniffa]

10. i'll try to remember

maybe DU can remind me.

[bunnies]

11. Are they dropping tea on the 16th? Tea party day?

I assume they must be. Ill make it my mission to remind you on the 15th sniffa. Though... Im not very good at remembering... but Ill try. :)

[ElizabethDC]

8. A blimp?!

Well, it's certainly an original idea. I admit, I kind of like it, and I hope the other campaigns pick it up. :rofl:

[Spoonerian]

12. Tits, tits, the mothership!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vjgxBLMs4&feature=related

The Blimp (mousetrapreplica) by Captain Beefheart:

Master master
This is recorded thru uh flies ear
'n you have t' have uh flies eye t' see it
It's the thing that's gonna make Captain Beefheart
And his magic band fat
Frank it's the big hit
It's the blimp
It's the blimp Frank
It's the blimp

When I see you floatin' down the gutter
I'll give you uh bottle uh wine
Put me on the white hook
Back in the fat rack
Shad rack ee shack
The sumptin' hoop the sumptin' hoop
The blimp the blimp
The drazy hoops the drazy hoops
They're camp they're camp
Tits tits the blimp the blimp
The mother ship the mother ship
The brothers hid under their hood
From the blimp the blimp
Children stop yer nursin' unless yer renderin' fun
The mother ship the mother ship
The mother ship's the one
The blimp the blimp
The tapes uh trip it's uh trailin' tail
It's traipse'n along behind the blimp the blimp
The nose has uh crimp
The nose is the blimp the blimp
It blows the air the snoot isn't fair
Look up in the sky there's uh dirigible there
The drazy hoops whir
You can see them just as they were
All the people stir
'n the girls knees trembles
'n run 'n wave their hands
'n run their hands over the blimp the blimp
Daughter don't yuh dare
Oh momma who cares
It's the blimp it's the blimp.

[bunnies]

15. seriously...

you rock. :yourock:

[BurningDog]

13. So the Ron Paul Army now has an Air Force?

(n/t)

[sniffa]

14. beware

:rofl: