Analysis of Ron Paul Progress Video

[Dutchie]

this seems to be off topic to where this thread has ended up, but the presence teenagers in the video was a little weird. i didn't quite understand what it was trying to say. Ron Paul has a lot of teenage supporters? Are those his grandkids?

they didn't accidently show up in the video, so what is the reason for having them there, and what does it communicate? An older gentleman in an office with smiling teenagers?

i am from a communications background, so i see this in a different light than others, just wondering what other people thought about it.

 

[Staupostek]

I have always hated these kind of cut-away shots to smiling listeners. It just looks cheesy like someone paid them to sit and smile for the cameras.

 

[Dutchie]

My post with relevance to where this thread has gone:

If ron paul runs as a third party candidate, he would only gain in support, in my opinion.

The real question for me is, if he doesn't run, will someone else run as a third party "ron paul republican?" Is there another person with experience that could take the momentum of this
powerful drive on as a third party candidate? If the right person stepped forward, he/she would
gain all the momentum we have created in this powerful movement, and depending on the person
I don't think the movement would be weakened, because it is about the content of the message, not the messenger.

 

[chrismatthews]

I just wanted to post to defend and associate myself with me3's analysis.

The upshot of it is the Libertarian party is fragmented and imploding. There's a bunch of splinter groups at war and a decent portion of them don't support Paul's candidacy.

You have big L libertarians that support the war on Iraq, support racial quotas, support laws that discriminate by color, gender, and sexual preference.

According to Dr. Paul we have 12 candidates running as RP Republicans. The republican party is foundering, and is less splintered than the libertarian party. We've delivered a tiny shock to the system but it will take a continued effort to make meaningful change.

We can pull the republican party towards liberty. We can shape the platform.

If Dr. Paul were elected this run and served 8 years he couldn't possibly effect all of the change that we need as a country.

So lets focus on this run, as a republican candidate. Lets show the party and the country that Paul's message has a mandate and they'd be stupid not to listen. Then, win or lose, lets reform the republican party into something that we can all be proud to freely associate with.

That's the big game. Who's willing to play it?

 

[Revolution9]

Let's try to kick ass on Feb 5, and then get ready for an independent run.

Stop having YOUR wet dream in every effing thread. That is the surest way to lose power and have no say in the future government decisions. He will be relegated to the lecture tour circuit which makes your redundant clatter somewhat suspect. STFU with it and get with the program,..

Ron Paul Republican POTUS 2008 is the goal. Any other banner will not fly. Any other party and Congress loses ts strongest and most hoest advocate for The People. now what would you insist daily fifty annoying times a day that this outcome is what you want??

HTH
Randy

 

[minitman]

this maybe in the wrong thread but, there 2 ways to get your country back

1st the front door with Ron

2nd through the back door the msm dont really watch as much, congress!

check for Ron like running for congress, rep or sen,while out drumming up support for run make sure they are aware of the others. 10 senators and 40-50 reps would change this government if they didnt make deals like ron wont!

in ohio i think 7th cd is john mitchel, and everyone should read his book!
America at the Abyss Aview from the heartland his site is www.reformcongress.com

 

[gpickett00]

"That's why I'm not ruling out ANYTHING..."

RP is trying to send us a message, folks. This is the second time in a week (the first at the FL debate) that RP has dropped strong hints about an independent run. This is a chance to change the face of American politics forever, to bring down the failed, corrupt two-party system, and to do deal a deathblow to the neocons in the GOP.

Let's try to kick ass on Feb 5, and then get ready for an independent run. I honestly believe that Ron can do much better than Perot did in 1992. If Hillary is the Dem nominee, we can pick up huge numbers of young and antiwar people from the Dems, and probably pick off 10-15% of the GOP base. Not to mention that Ron can clean up with independents, which is the fastest growing group of voters in the country. He got 63% of independents in Nevada. We could be looking at 20-30 million votes for Ron Paul, which would be the biggest political story in the last 25 years. There is a chance he might even win!

I agree completely! I love the website on the bottom.

 

[BuddyRey]

What? Any Democrat who would vote for Ron Paul would have been voting for Kucinich, and he was only pulling 1-2% nationally. I don't see the Democratic party as being fertile grounds for Ron Paul to get voters (well, maybe if Hillary is their nominee).

Think again. My vote was for Mike Gravel before I discovered Ron Paul.

Democrats are EXTREMELY fertile ground for Ron Paul support if cultivated correctly.

 

[fuzzybekool]

bump in case no one saw this video. I just happen to be looking at videos on YouTube and saw this video.

Bump it in case no one has seen it. Very important video.

 

[Molly1]

Think again. My vote was for Mike Gravel before I discovered Ron Paul.

Democrats are EXTREMELY fertile ground for Ron Paul support if cultivated correctly.

I totally agree! Ron Paul's message is bi-partisan.

 

[ronpaul4pres]

I totally agree! Ron Paul's message is bi-partisan.

I agree, too, but I think it's a different sell for a Mike Gravel or Kucinich supporter compared to a Hillary Clinton supporter.