[Lnc-business] Simmons rough storyboard concepts

Fri Sep 23 23:10:42 EDT 2016

I agree with Mr. Goldstein's comment.  Bill Redpath
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On Fri, 9/23/16, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Simmons rough storyboard concepts
 To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
 Date: Friday, September 23, 2016, 4:39 PM

 I concur
 with Mr. Hayes' comments above.  I am very unlikely to
 approve LNC monies for this effort without a great
 deal more information.
 LIve Free,

 Sam
 GoldsteinLibertarian National
 CommitteeMember at Large8925 N
 Meridian St, Ste 101Indianapolis IN
 46260317-850-0726 Phone317-582-1773
 Fax

 On
 Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
 wrote:
 The initial request was
 for $12,000 for a television campaign and now has been
 lowered to $5000.  I don't understand how either amount
 of money on television can have any demonstrable effect on
 an election.  While this opponent may have poor name
 recognition the Democrat Party has an extreme hold on the
 vote process in Massachusetts.  How much money has Mr.
 Simmon's raised for his campaign so far? This is always
 one of the considerations I use when considering a donation
 to a candidate.  
 Also, as Whitney has
 stated, Mr. Simmons says he needs the entire $12,000 from
 National.  That isn't legal.  There are ways around
 things but that all takes extra time.  Even if members
 cosponsored this it would still be at least a day before it
 even started being voted on and then would take up to 10
 days after that.  This motion doesn't meet the amount
 he says he MUST have from the LNC and doesn't meet his
 time frame.  I wish luck to Mr. Simmons in his campaign but
 I don't think we can help him.

 Daniel
 Hayes
 LNC At Large Member

 On Sep
 23, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
 wrote:

 Just bringing up
 the immediate practical concerns.  It takes day to get
 co-sponsors, if they can be gotten and ten days for an email
 vote which already puts this past any week deadline.
 We need a Candidate Support
 Committee badly.
 On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at
 11:54 AM, Patrick McKnight <patrick.joseph.mcknight@
 gmail.com> wrote:
 I am seeking cosponsors of my amended motion
 to allocate $5,000 in support a TV ad for Thom Simmons. Thom
 is running for Congress in western Massachusetts. http://simmons4
 congress.com/
 I am
 forwarding the attached storyboard for Thom Simmons'
 proposed ad.
 From Thom
 regarding the storyboard:
 "They
 are looking at three different ads that would cover western
 massachusetts (Berkshire region), which, incidentally, would
 also spill over into NY and VT - which could only help with
 Alex Merced's Senate race and the J/W campaign in
 Vermont as I do not shy away from the Libertarian label.
 :-)

 The first and
 third require some explanation, as they are unique: they are
 REVERSE attack ads, meaning: at first, they start out dark
 as if they are an attack ad against me, with the voice over
 saying something such as, "he wants to end common
 core.."  The idea is to get people to say to
 themselves, "yeah, me too!"  and then end by
 showing people they agree with me and the LP after they have
 already said this on their own heads.

 The second ad plays on the print media,
 which has called my opponent "disappearing,"
 "missing" etc, by showing him and then fading
 out.  It is the single biggest factor in this campaign, as
 the Berkshires - dems, reps, Inds...are LIVID at his
 inattention to that portion of the district.

 This could be a
 gamechanger.  

 I
 realize that everyone wants money - and I will be blunt: if
 we are to do this, I need $12,000 for the full campaign from
 National. And I need to know within a week to get into
 production.  

 I
 would appreciate it if you could bring this to the attention
 of the powers that be in the LP, and see we can get them to
 invest in my campaign.  The Mass State Cmte is fully aware
 of, and supports this request."

 "We're talking five
 weeks of three ads.  There is no realistic way to know what
 percentage of the electorate will see them, except that the
 only TV in western Mass is Cable and they are working
 through the Cable system, so ANYONE watching TV will see
 them.  Of course you can see the ad, I can not produce the
 ad without knowing I have the funds to do so!  The
 Storyboards give a general idea...we cant expect scripts or
 more polished ads if we cant guarantee to pay the
 studio.  

 Most
 important, there will NOT be a "sea" of political
 ads:  NO ONE is spending TV time in Massachusetts, as there
 are NO OTHER CONTESTED RACES in western Mass!  The
 Presidential campaigns are not even spending money in
 Mass."

 Thank you
 for your consideration of this matter,Patrick McKnightRegion 8 Rep

 ---------- Forwarded
 message ----------
 From: Thomas Simmons
 <simmons4congress at gmail.com>
 Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:59 AM
 Subject: Fwd: Simmons rough storyboard
 concepts
 To: patrick.mcknight at lp.org,
 Larry.Sharpe at lp.org

 Patrick
 and Larry,

 I am
 forwarding the very rough storyboard mockups from
 WeThinkAdvertising in Schenectady, NY, with whom I met last
 week for a possible TV Ad campaign.

 They are looking at three different ads
 that would cover western massachusetts (Berkshire region),
 which, incidentally, would also spill over into NY and VT -
 which could only help with Alex Merced's Senate race and
 the J/W campaign in Vermont as I do not shy away from the
 Libertarian label. :-)

 The first and third require some
 explanation, as they are unique: they are REVERSE attack
 ads, meaning: at first, they start out dark as if they are
 an attack ad against me, with the voice over saying
 something such as, "he wants to end common
 core.."  The idea is to get people to say to
 themselves, "yeah, me too!"  and then end by
 showing people they agree with me and the LP after they have
 already said this on their own heads.

 The second ad plays on the print media,
 which has called my opponent "disappearing,"
 "missing" etc, by showing him and then fading
 out.  It is the single biggest factor in this campaign, as
 the Berkshires - dems, reps, Inds...are LIVID at his
 inattention to that portion of the district.

 This could be a
 gamechanger.  

 I
 realize that everyone wants money - and I will be blunt: if
 we are to do this, I need $12,000 for the full campaign from
 National. And I need to know within a week to get into
 production.  

 I
 would appreciate it if you could bring this to the attention
 of the powers that be in the LP, and see we can get them to
 invest in my campaign.  The Mass State Cmte is fully aware
 of, and supports this request.

 Thanks for anything you can do for me.

 Thom Simmons

 ---------- Forwarded
 message ----------
 From: Theresa Smolen
 <tsmediaconsulting at gmail.com>
 Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:24 PM
 Subject: Fwd: Simmons rough storyboard
 concepts
 To: simmons4congress at gmail.com

 Hi Thom, (We have another
 Simmons we have dealt with in the past - I apologize for my
 last email with Scott in the greeting!)
 Here are three commercial
 concepts.They are very rough at this point. We
 will need more/better photos of you if you have more, so we
 can put together nicer storyboards for you to
 present.
 Let us know
 what you think!
 Thank
 you,Theresa
 Theresa
 Smolen
 Project
 Manager
 We
 Think Advertising
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 State Street, 3rd Floor
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 NY 12305
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 Begin forwarded message:
 From:
 Christopher
 O'Reilly <coreilly at wethinkauto.com>
 Subject:
 simmons
 Date:
 September 9, 2016
 at 1:12:28 PM EDT
 To:
 Theresa Smolen
 <tsmediaconsulting at gmail.com>

 Christopher J O'Reilly
 President
 We Think Auto

 (518) 281-5540
 coreilly at wethinkauto.com

 www.wethinkauto.com

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 HarlosRegion 1 Representative,
 Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,
 Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
 Harlos at LP.orgCommunications Director, Libertarian Party of
 ColoradoColorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party
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