All I know is, the Ron Paul, Alex Jones crowd as it seems Bytemaster and FMV are going to pander to will NOT get mass adoption but it will get you a one way ticket to the conspiracy nut job bin the masses will toss you in. The "9-11 inside job" crowd aka Alex Jones followers, are the worst people you could possibly want to associate with. And the Right Wing quasi Libertarian folk would more likely bend to the idea of a bitUSD campaign.
I think you must be an accountant in real life as you are forensic with the financials which I like.
I disagree with you on most marketing stuff though. Appealing to the Ron Paul or Alex Jones crowd would be fantastic and wouldn't alienate you from other markets, despite Alex Jones being pretty out there. It would just be a platform to advertise BitShares to a big audience who may in turn spread it to others who are looking for the advantages it offers.
However it's actually BitAssets which disposess the banks and are out of the control of over reaching governments that will grab the alternative media's attention as they grow and become more consumer friendly. While VOTE will be a nice additional talking point, ironically it will only actually be by driving mass adoption of BitAssets, that VOTE will gain enough of a user base to attract any interest, warrant media attention or have the opportunity to be taken seriously as a potential, disruptive voting alternative, not the other way around.