Draft of USA Today Ad

[krott5333]

NO WAY. I go to jail if we do that. Do not send communicate withHQ on this adv.

Thanks. L

yeah no kiddin

 

[Bob Cochran]

Yeah, the part that says "For that reason, We the founders endorse..." kinda bothers me. Wouldn't it be better to say "For that reason, We the People endorse..." These dudes are dead. If we start claiming their support, why can't Rudy do the same thing? We should be announcing that Paul supports the founders, not the other way around.

Hmmmmm, good point. The version shown above could use some tweaking.

 

[aroberso]

I'll be checking USA Today tomorrow (Wed) for this one:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/ron-pauls-campa(dot)html

 

[Mrossca]

This add is amazing and I applaud the people who are putting this together. My only gripe is that the words "RON PAUL" really need to stand out more somehow. Perhaps put it at the top of the page. There will be a lot of "Drive By" viewers. It would be a shame if they never saw the name Ron Paul.

 

[Highstreet]

It has already hit Facebook and Free Market News Network!!!!

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=51343

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2229718737&topic=16326

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BTW, I agree, it should be run by the official Campaign. They may have some suggestions for marketing appeal and keeping it positive.

 

[Falseflagop]

L:

Great job, keep it the way it is its your money and I only see positives from it No Negatives!!


Awesome job!

 

[Leslie Webb]

that ad is STUPENDOUS.. all the relevent points, and all laid out nicely.

My "only" critique.. not that you are asking.. is this:

"Ron Paul has receive more military donations from any other candidate" -- to me, that could be construed incorrectly... perhaps..

"Ron Paul has received more donations from military personal than any other candidate"

or something like that..

> more donations from military personnel

 

[Vvick727]

NO WAY. I go to jail if we do that. Do not send communicate withHQ on this adv.

Thanks. L

lol k

 

[Derek Johnson]

Excellent!

4th of July excellent!

Thank Mr. Lepard.....sir!

 

[dsentell]

NO WAY. I go to jail if we do that. Do not send communicate withHQ on this adv.

Thanks. L

Not to mention that the campaign is not on the same wave length as us and sometimes tends to mess things up a bit - - -

 

[Menthol Patch]

The very fact that campaign laws like that exist is an abomination. It is a total violation of the first amendment!

I hope Ron Paul will strive to abolish all campaign laws when elected.

 

[Leslie Webb]

Go with it, and bless you Ilepard for what you are doing for the campaign.

 

[emilysdad]

Wow, this one is tough for me. I truly admire the effort, however I have to give an honest opinion. I think there is way to much information on this ad. We love it because we understand all the points, but, most readers aren't going to get it and will probably get confused and turned off. The ad needs to lead them to the internet and learn more about Ron Paul.

just my dollar (.02)

 

[kill the banks]

historic

kill the banks

 

[RPinSEAZ]

IMO the ad should be mainstream. Keep conspiratorial language out of it and avoid ideas that people automatically think of as fringe. If I saw an ad about a politician that wants to abolish the IRS and the ad didn't explain exactly why it should be done I'd immediately dismiss him. Bold statements are ok as long as you mitigate the shock to the reader with explanations as to why and how.

 

[Apauled]

Beautiful, Kicks Ass!

God bless You

 

[Menthol Patch]

People NEED to be shocked! It is the problem today. Most candidates are SCARED to shock people!

 

[Janet0116]

Take some of the "Warnings" out, in fact, I would take 50% of them out... too many 'warnings' will come across that we are all paranoid freaks that think the government is out to get us, it also makes it seem negative and dark. I see Dr. Paul and positive and light.

Also, I agree, make the pic of Dr. Paul much bigger (that's a nice pic!) as he is the one who needs the name/face recognition.

Excellent job!

 

[Sematary]

Personally, I don't think it will appeal to mainstream America. I think you need to focus on the Iraq war and the economy as your key points.

 

[Hope]

IMO the ad should be mainstream. Keep conspiratorial language out of it and avoid ideas that people automatically think of as fringe. If I saw an ad about a politician that wants to abolish the IRS and the ad didn't explain exactly why it should be done I'd immediately dismiss him. Bold statements as long as you mitigate the shock to the reader with explanations as to why and how.

Really good points here. We need to make the ad simple, bold and fresh. Not too controversial. Right now it's just too cluttered and intimidating for the average reader.