Moneybomb temporary working copy   This copy and edits thereto represent an attempt to demonstrate suggested edits for the purpose of issue resolution and consensus Minor formatting changes have occurred for userspace The first version will be the current live version followed by disputed text from   some of which may be temporarily invisible in comments the edited versions will demonstrate how the disputed text may be incorporated in accord with RS and other concerns raised in discussion  Working copy     Moneybomb money bomb moneybomb fundraising bomb Fawkes bomb is a neologism used to describe a grassroots effort to support a candidate for election by dramatically increasing and concentrating the candidates fundraising activity during a specific hour or day The effort combines traditional and Internetbased fundraising appeals with the additional benefits of community organization and potential significant free mass media coverage reporting the candidates notable success if any The term was used as early as  but came to prominence in Fall  in reference to the  Ron Paul presidential campaign in the United States with its recordbreaking fundraiser of November  The term has also been applied to other  presidential candidates  Origin According to The Politico the term was coined in  The chosen fundraiser date for the Paul campaign in  was November th Guy Fawkes Day This commemorated a time in  when the English revolutionary Guy Fawkes was captured in an attempt to destroy the British Parliament building with  barrels of gunpowder The Guy Fawkes event had also been popularized by a  film V for Vendetta which depicted a modernday fascist Parliament overpowered by popular revolution that was led by V a Fawkeslike character  The  moneybomb was the largest documented oneday online fundraiser in political history bringing in over  million On November  Ron Pauls campaign stated that in addition the free media coverage after the event was worth well over  million  The imagery of Guy Fawkes and its redefinition in the film V for Vendetta has been challenged since Parliament in  was a constitutional system but in the  film it had become the symbol of misguided government so the picture of rejecting such a government was ambiguous Pauls campaign spokesman Jesse Benton clarified to the New York Times that Paul does not support blowing up government buildings He wants to demolish things like the Department of Education    but we can do that very peacefully in a constructive manner   Political consultant Ed Rollins commented of Pauls moneybomb What hes done  what his supporters have done  is astonishing    You cant dismiss his antiwar vote You cant dismiss the power of one man standing up with a powerful message Ill tell you Ive been in politics for  years and these days everything Ive learned about politics is totally irrelevant because theres this uncontrollable thing like the Internet Washington insiders dont know what to make of it  Followup efforts After November  independent sites were also created by volunteers for Barack Obama Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson paying the ultimate tribute to Paul by their imitation Thompsons campaign disavowed his supporters effort and did not release contemporaneous fundraising results after the fundraiser fizzled out and was speculated to have failed  Analogues When John Kerry accepted the Democratic nomination in  he raised  million in one day partly over the Internet  On January   the Romney campaign raised  The press widely reported that a oneday call center organized by Romney had raised  million in one day including both donations and pledges on that date  According to the New York Times the alltime oneday fundraising record among  presidential candidates is held by Hillary Clinton who raised  million on June    The press widely credited Paul with the oneday record for online fundraising as well as assigning Paul the overall Republican Party oneday fundraising record  References   CategoryNeologisms  Disputed text Moneybomb advertising often makes use of inverted political messages as in the case of ads for Ron Paul pictured and Mitt Romney  This usage of the term was coined in October  in reference to the  Ron Paul presidential campaign in the United States the practice came to prominence in its recordbreaking moneybomb of November  but the term has also been applied to other  presidential candidat