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 money bomb 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 candidate's fundraising activity during a specific hour or day the effort combines traditional and internet based fundraising appeals with the additional benefits of community organization and potential significant free mass media coverage reporting the candidate's 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 record breaking 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 modern day fascist parliament overpowered by popular revolution that was led by v a fawkes like character the moneybomb was the largest documented one day online fundraiser in political history bringing in over million on november ron paul's 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 paul's 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 pea