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Title: 4um Fundraiser for a Ron Paul Campaign Ad in a NH Newspaper (Creative input requested!)
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Published: Nov 20, 2007
Author: 4um
Post Date: 2007-11-20 11:57:11 by robin
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We need ideas and people who are willing to create a great Ron Paul advertisement that we all pay for and place in a New Hampshire newspaper, ASAP!
More info will follow as to how to make your donations to pay for the advertisement. If you are interested in helping with the actual creative work involved please contribute your ideas on this thread.
This will be a joint effort for anyone who wishes to be involved.
This thread will serve as the story board to create the advertisement.
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#256. To: christine (#255)
I'm on it. The little Gray Cells are percolating. I can put some time on it this morning (I'm in PST). I have a few ideas. I'll post a couple of images for brainstorming here in a minute once I load them up onto an image host.
"How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools." - Unk.
The little Gray Cells are percolating. I can put some time on it this morning (I'm in PST). I have a few ideas. I'll post a couple of images for brainstorming here in a minute once I load them up onto an image host. Thanks O_I. Let me know if I can help.
Thank You!
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Ron Paul billboard in Indiana It is on the eastbound side of I-70 at the 40.5 mile marker. That is about 1/2 way between Terre Haute, Indiana and Indianapolis.
LOL. You had me at Barack Friday. Hehehe.
Ditto.
wow, how did I mis this ping? hmmmm....
I may need one for a video I'm gonna make soon.
I think the letter was responding to what seemed to be organized efforts to keep people from donation before the 16th of December. There is a lot of that shit going on out there.
I don't know how much creativity I could add to the mix, but do send me a ping when you're collecting funds. Is this a newspaper ad or a billboard? I was thinking that an add that demonstrates RP is closer to the Republican platform than the others would be good. He's said he won't run third party and he needs Republican support. IMHO, highlighting his conservative record, proving he's the only conservative on the ballot would be a good spin. We need the Republican backing now, afer we get that we can go after the Dems. And I've got a copy of a great ad this guy ran in our local paper putting RP's record on many issues up against Hillary and Obama. But alas, we have to get the Reps now. Family values, no divorces, no lobby work, no taxes, no all Constitution all the time.
I know people who make great livings by advertising their services in those itty bitty free paper classifieds instead of the larger ads. More people read through those little ads looking for bargains, than read the big ads. I am going to put your GREAT idea to work here in my little town. And I am going to spread it around to all the meetups of which I am a member. (I joined all of the largest in the country so I can spam them with great ideas. :p )
check out the RP billboard in IN
hehehehe
Sorry I'm tardy - I've been sick and working a lot. These are two of my favorite images. I like the idea of a "Spirit of '76" motif. It is iconic and cuts across boundaries. For most people I think ending the IRS is simply beyond their level of reality, but ending the war and promoting the spirit of liberty are not. I like things simple that communicate. One tag line I thought up, which I like, seems to meet the criteria. Rev Battle Line: "How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools." - Unk.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you are now well.
Help us nominate Congressman Ron Paul! Paid for by the members of www.Freedom4um.Com. Not affiliated with the Ron Paul campaign. For more information about Ron Paul, visit his website at www.ronpaul2008.com. Here's my contribution to the idea. With a little tweaking, I think it might be good.
Good work Critter!!!
Thanks! I figure we can't get too fancy in the average newspaper. It's not like they are running an 8 color press on premium glossy stock. Simple, black and white, to the point. Some rewording may be necessary or some talking points replaced with others, but I think something like this is the best way to go.
eye-catching pictures! Hope you're feeling much better.
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I think it is very good. Excellent work.
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the size of the ad we're looking at is 4x6 so we will need to keep it short and simple. i like the hillary reference very much. the text on the side may not be necessary? OI, the graphics you chose are very nice and meaningful to us, but i think the ad should include a photo of Ron Paul for those readers who may not know of him.
A bit off topic, but does ANYONE know what is going on with the link to the 'Tea Party' at the bottom of every thread? I've been getting 'Service Unavailable' for a couple of days now...this is really a bad time for this site to be crashing...
It works for me
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I just clicked it, and it STILL says 'Service Unavailable'. I'm not the only one...LOTS of people complaining at various Ron Paul forums. It might be a browser issue...
Interesting...doesn't work with Firefox; does work with IE. HMmm...
i was having issues with it, but now it's fine for me. i think there was a problem at the source site..
"They must find it difficult... Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority." ~ Gerald Massey
Not bad - better than my feeble efforts. You have better layout tools too. Given Hitlery's high negatives even among the Dem's makes the case as to how stark the choice is. I still like my "tag line" though - tweaking it: "In The Spirit of Liberty - Ron Paul '08". My reasoning being that one of the high positives of Ron Paul is his adherence to the Constitution and Jeffersonian principles. That is a connection that seems to run consistently through his appeal. Perhaps across the the bottom 2 font sizes up from the basic text. I would bring the the votes against the Patriot Act and the Real ID closer to the top - just under the opposition to the war. My reasoning being that we want to establish a connection with people who are not yet Ron Paul Voters. In the same vein I would suggest bringing the Bill of Rights up to the number 2 slot under Bring home the troops immediately. Also as a suggestion would be to add a little to it i.e., "Honor the Consitution and Restore the Bill of Rights". That of course connects with the "In The Spirit of Liberty" tag line.
"How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools." - Unk.
Thanks - getting better but still short on energy although the congestion is slowly clearing out. I love the Advancing Battle Line picture - it just seems to capture the spirit of what we are trying to do - a rag tag band with more spirit than money and a leader who actually leads bravely. Not like some Chickenhawk Psycho who is a wannabe leader like Duhbya.
"How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools." - Unk.
Thank you for the gracious comment. I agree. I still love the advancing Battle Line though - it just captures the entire spirit of our endeavor - for me anyway. Although I agree it might be a bit grandiose for a nuts and bolts ad.
"How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools." - Unk.
That's closer to the size we need.
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I use FireFox
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4X6? 4X6? What a bunch of cheap fuggers. hehehe I thought we were talking a full page here. :p
4 x 6 is about $1200 6 x 8 .........$2400
Wow, that much? Which paper?
I figured someone would have some ideas on what should go where, and what should stay and what should go. I just figured I'd toss an idea out there. I like your suggestions, but now, we only have 4X6 to work with so I will have to take it back to the drawing board. That will have to wait for tomorrow night I guess. Thanks!
Manchester Union Leader. New Hampshire. Sunday circulation is entire state, 250,000 copies. That translates to over 300,000 readers.
Sounds good to me. :) I'll tinker with my thing tomorrow night, make it 4X6 and incorporate the suggestions made here tonight. I'll post it for all to critique. :)
LMAO! I am old and my eyes don't like small print. So I have my browser displaying 4um in pretty large text. My layout was done with html and the large text and everything looked great, nice and even and lined up perfectly. So just now, I was fiddling with my browser text size, and when I looked at it then, it looked awful. So are you folks all blind like me using large text or were you just being kind? lmfao!
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#257. To: Original_Intent, christine, FOH (#256)
I'm on it.
#258. To: Original_Intent (#256)
#259. To: robin (#0)
#260. To: Original_Intent (#256)
#261. To: Peppa (#49)
BARACK FRIDAY fund raiser I think he raked in $5K, from 72 donors.
#262. To: christine (#254)
That one is kick ass!
#263. To: christine (#7)
#264. To: hammerdown (#13)
hmmm, too bad you didn't need a soundtrack for a new video.
#265. To: Cynicom (#24)
#266. To: All (#262)
#267. To: Amandil (#36)
you might get more bang for the buck plus more coverage to the 'lil people' who read the small classifieds
#268. To: Dakmar, Esso (#260)
#269. To: Critter (#267)
(I joined all of the largest in the country so I can spam them with great ideas. :p )
#270. To: christine, robin, TwentyTwelve, all (#269)
#271. To: Original_Intent (#270)
I've been sick
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh
#272. To: Zipporah (#57)
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Do you want Hillary Clinton
as your next president?Neither do we!
On (date here) help us nominate the Republican presidential candidate which polls show to be the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton in a general election. 
Ron Paul has:
#273. To: Critter (#272)
#274. To: abraxas (#273)
(Edited)
#275. To: Original_Intent (#270)
#276. To: Critter, Cynicom, Zipporah (#272)
#277. To: Critter, Original_Intent, ALL (#274)
#278. To: christine (#277)
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#279. To: who knows what evil (#278)
21,991 pledges at 7:40 pm EST 11/29/07
126,578 total visitors - 11/27/07
#280. To: robin (#279)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#281. To: robin (#279)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#282. To: who knows what evil (#281)
#283. To: robin, ALL (#0)
#284. To: Critter, christine, robin (#272)
#285. To: robin (#275)
eye-catching pictures! Hope you're feeling much better.
#286. To: christine (#277)
#287. To: wudidiz (#283)
#288. To: who knows what evil (#281)
#289. To: Original_Intent (#286)
#290. To: christine (#277)
#291. To: Critter (#290)
I thought we were talking a full page here.
#292. To: Cynicom (#291)
#293. To: Original_Intent (#284)
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#295. To: Cynicom (#294)
#296. To: Cynicom, Robin, christine, Original_Intent, all (#294)
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