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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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#54. To: robin (#0)
My 2 cents .. is a group project but here is my input Not too word.. simple is better.. the Ron Paul Revolution should be on it in some way.. b/c that is the campaign slogan.. also a LARGE photo of Paul would be good IMO
Zip... Brevity of message and the photo as the eye catcher. You and I think alike. Zip, send money. hehehehe
:P I used to make pamphlets and ads when I worked in my former job.. too many words and people get on overload and just move on.. few words... one MAYBE two photos but thats it.. also his name needs to be LARGE for thats what is wanted NAME recognition .. and to connect the slogan to the name
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.
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.
excellent suggestions..now, since the ad is limited to 4x6, will the text be too tiny to see?
We may have to do some pruning. Certainly the anti-war, and pro-Bill of Rights should stay. While eliminating the FED is important to those of us already aware of the bigger issues moving the current scene to someone not up on it abolishing the FED, even if they know what it is, is an issue who's significance would, from simple lack of knowledge, elude them. Condensing it down to a list like Wudidiz's would work within the size limitations.
As promised: I need a proofreader to double check my spelling. I can read it a thousand times and not see the obvious, like just now, I had to change to "candidate" from "candidan". Don't ask how I got that or missed it ten times... lol
Not bad at all, and I'll pony up. But why does it have to start off like every other Republican ad? I get phone calls all the time from groups and candidates asking "Do you want Hillary to be president?" Of course the answer is no, but I always tell them that I think it's more important decide what you are for, and that any money I have is going to Paul, not them. I do understand it has to be acceptable to the paper, too. But I'm wondering how effective that opening really is anymore with the Republican base. Paul is not just another Republican, and for me the headline detracts from that.
But are you a part of the Republican base? I think the Republican base is scared to death of Hillary. People like us who already know and believe in Ron Paul don't need to be sold. We have to sell it to the base. Since not many of us are part of the Republican "base", our opinion really doesn't matter, does it? What we have to do is figure out how to turn the opinion of those who do matter. I guess what I am saying is that we have to figure out the best way to reach the people who don't already believe in Ron Paul.
#415. To: Critter (#409)
RP is beyond the two party fraud. Why give it support. Wonderful work, by the way.
I like the ad but there's a part of me that worries - like Tauzero and a few others do - that using the fear tactic against Hillary alone is not the full picture. And are we certain that there are "numerous" polls that show RP beating Hillary? The other "enemies" of America are the RINO's and NEOCONs. Also the reference to the income tax thingie worries me in the sense that it's not a realistic goal for a Prez to accomplish or even set in motion. Ron Paul would not increase income taxes - that's for sure and that's what people would like to hear - but doing away with the IRS is a stretch - it almost makes him sound pie in the sky frivolous. a. I think we could keep the are you scared of President Hillary in. But if we could also incorporate the fear of being betrayed by yet another RINO Neocon candidate that would speak to both concerns of GOP delegates...maybe in the text that follows in smaller print: Or another RINO in the Oval Office? then "Do those images scare you" b. Also in the paragraph that follows, I'd say "We are asking you to vote for the only candidate who can beat Hillary Clinton in a general election and who will put America First and who will stay true to the Constitution. c. On the left side of RP's photo I'd delete the income tax abolishment phrase and replace it with "Work to downsize government agencies" or something to that effect. d. Also on the right side of his photo, I'd delete "never voted for an unbalanced budget" - kind of redundent to the other stuff you have about taxes. Instead I'd put in "Is not beholden to any special interest lobby groups"
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#56. To: Zipporah (#54)
Not too wordy.. simple is better.
#57. To: Cynicom (#56)
#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:
#284. To: Critter, christine, robin (#272)
#299. To: Original_Intent, Critter (#284)
#302. To: christine (#299)
#308. To: Original_Intent, christine, robin, wudidiz, Cynicom, all (#302)
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#362. To: angle, Tauzero, scrapper2, Peppa, Jethro Tull, abraxas, lodwick (#308)
#404. To: christine (#362)
#409. To: Tauzero (#404)
But I'm wondering how effective that opening really is anymore with the Republican base. Paul is not just another Republican, and for me the headline detracts from that.
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#437. To: Critter, Tauzero, christine, robin, All (#409)
I guess what I am saying is that we have to figure out the best way to reach the people who don't already believe in Ron Paul.
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