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Sex Bomb: Get Your Own Pin-Ups For Ron Paul Calendar

by Tommy Christopher | 4:12 pm, November 7th, 2011

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Fundraising master of disaster Ron Paul has just discovered a new, old wrinkle on his famed “money bombs,” Investor’s Business Daily‘s Andrew Malcolm reports that a group of bodacious Paul supporters has unveiled a charmingly anachronistic fundraising gimmick: a pin-up calendar. For just $24.95 (plus shipping), Ronulans can take home a year’s worth of kitschy, politically-themed tableaux that hearken back to a simpler time.

Libertarian icon Ron Paul enjoys an intensely loyal base of support that has kept him right in the middle of the Republican primary polls even as other, more mainstream candidates have slipped into oblivion. The twin pillars of Paul’s success are his consistently high performance in straw polls, and his uncanny ability to raise money, each testaments to the motivation of his army of supporters. It’s no surprise, then, that one group of such supporters would find a creative way to bring their assets to bear. From Andrew Malcolm:

So, Juliet (she’s the brunette in the cover photo above), got some pals together to brainstorm. She and Crystal, Dawn, Anabel, Jennifer, Tiffany, Dawn, Mara, Alana, Kathryn, Julia and Gina, libertarian ladies all, decided that taking off some clothes was the least they could do to help advance the Texas oldtimer’s GOP bid.

“In this battle for the hearts, minds and souls of men and women,” Juliet says with a twinkle in her voice, “I feel our best weapon may in fact be the sweet persuasions of aesthetics.”

Veterans of the 2008 presidential campaign will recall sexy viral video sensation Obama Girl, who did her part in spreading the message of Hope and Change, but never made a dime for then-candidate Barack Obama. Leave it to Ron Paul’s ardent, practical fans to monnetize the idea, in an appropriately retro fashion.

The calendar features campily staged photographic political cartoons (my favorite is Gina Dumania’s revolt against the FDA, which asks “Got Freedom?” as she prepares to down a glass of milk that the bottle indicates is “RAW”), each with fairly detailed bios in the margins, along with selected quotes from Ron Paul, and other historical figures.

The other takeaway from this story is that my old pal Andrew Malcolm, longtime proprietor of the LA Times‘ Top of the Ticket blog, has relocated to Investor’s Business Daily. In all of life’s hustle and bustle, I missed that bit of news. Malcolm told me, “I loved my ten-plus years at the LA Times, where editors asked me to invent my column in 2007. They were 120% supportive.”

Apparently, though, he got an offer he couldn’t refuse. “IBD made a wonderful offer to write there and help build traffic, as we did on LAT with our 67 million readers in 51 months. Same column, different address & Twitter handle (@AHMalcolm). So far (the new gig is) great fun.”

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What? Who cares?
http://www.facebook.com/tony.westover Tony Westover

Smart girls with logical political views. In the marketplace of ideas, advertising it just one of the many tools at your disposal.
Anonymous

Looks like a Cialis Commercial.And you get one each month,it’s like a Cialis prescription.
Anonymous

Why old women? why????

I like Ron Paul but why?
http://twitter.com/Pinups4RonPaul Pinups4RonPaul

Patriots who want to reach those who might not otherwise be politically aware or even inclined. “Great are the prerogatives of beauty, subduing even those not consciously aware of it” ~ Goethe

the calendar does not contain nudity, so it can be displayed in the workplace, school, gym, etc. It’s about education, by virtue of the Ron Paul quotes on every page along with the pretty Ron Paul supporters ;)
http://twitter.com/Pinups4RonPaul Pinups4RonPaul

Hah! Well, how you use it is up to you. Freedom!
Anonymous

Have some manners, why don’t you.
Anonymous

?? some manners??

So, my comment got deleted because I said the women in the calender were old? How is that bad?

Or are you assuming that my comments are rude because of my username? I hope you get to learn the meaning of “rudeboy”.

Thanks for a lesson in fascism.
Anonymous

This is cool! I am getting one. Ron Paul 2012! End the Fed, End the Wars!!
Lulu

With so many diversions, I’m struggling to focus on Dr Ron Paul message…NOT!
http://twitter.com/BusyDay2day Father Time

If those are pin-ups, then I am Abe Lincoln. Where’s my top-hat?
Texan

you claiming those women are old really gives away your age…I don’t support Paul but they are HOT!
Anonymous

Hot?

A man in his early twenties is never going to find these women as “hot”.
“Old” if you are 11

Rudeboy11 is probably just bitter that Herman Cain didn’t sexually harass him instead! I’m not even a Ron Paul supporter, but hot girls helping their candidate always bring fun into an otherwise dull campaign — remember Obama Girl? Besides, the girls who are featured on the calendar’s site are clearly in the 20s and 30s — anyone can click the link to the calendar site (http://pinups4ronpaul.com) and see for themselves. No senior citizen excitement that I can see.
Anonymous

Old-if-you-are-11.

Do you think that you are fooling anyone with your socky name?
The Obama girl is hot……these ones, not so much.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Milo-Fivers/100002722300007 Milo Fivers

I bought Juliet’s 2008 calendar and I’ll be ordering the 2012 calendar after I get paid on Friday.
I’ll order the calendar right after I donate to Ron Paul’s Veterans Day money bomb.
swiuv davis

Start callin him Dr Bitches.
Kid Dynamite

Two tons of libertarian fun! And that’s just the one on Dr. Paul’s far left.

These women would snap Paul like a twig.
Anonymous

You’re allowed to express your opinion, but you certainly have no authority to speak for every twenty something man. My handsome boyfriend will be 24 next week and he thinks I’m “HOT”.