Is it time to DROP the "Revolution" banners?

[jemartinsen81]

I 100% agree -- "rEVOLution" has served its purpose. Further use might do more harm than good, as older conservatives are unlikely consider "Love Revolutionaries" little else than young right-wing hippies. As the majority of the people who vote are 40+, its time to project a more conservative, down-to-earth image. Focus on his record as a christian pro-life doctor who's the strongest on border defense, with a zero-tolerance on amnesty and the most conservative tax record.

 

[driller80545]

Another little piece of me died when I read this.

Yeah, these kids deserve an A+ for intensity, but an F- for means and methods. I suppose that they will learn how to reach a goal with more experience.

 

[morerocklesstalk]

I think we appear as left wing hippies to the average joe who gets his news from Fox.

 

[phree]

Over the past couple weeks I've noticed that a lot of Ron Paul supporters have not been trying to reach out to supporters of other campaigns. In fact, I believe a majority of RP supporters have actively been distancing themselves from the majority of voters.

The whole r[evol]ution advertising reeks of hippiness. Why are we trying to make it easy to label the whole movement with an unattractive stigma? The RP campaign is NOT a hippy- prance in flower covered hills- campaign.

The qualities that make RP a viable candidate are his views on fiscal conservatism, strict constitutionalism, and his amazing track record.

Ron Paul is a huge supporter of the second amendment, how can you openly advertise his campaign as hippyish when he's the NRA's best friend?

We NEED to reach out with his message of remaining true to the constitution- not some weird- free hugs- hippy BS.

I'm not trolling, this is a serious argument and something I've been thinking quite a bit about.

It's like he said.

 

[Sarge]

As an older supporter, I feel it is time to close the sale and ask for the vote.

Too little time left for google and Revolution. I like some of the suggestions on how to get their attention and ask for the vote.

I like the Revolution sign, but we have to shorten the time for people to be become aware of Dr. Paul with the older voters. Not that the Revolution has ended, but we need those older voters in order to continue the Revolution. The way to get them are some of the slogans being suggested. They are going to be in for sticker shock tomorrow. Now is the time to wake them up.

 

[RonRules]

Want a 30% raise? Abolish the IRS
Vote for Ron Paul

Actually that's another UNREASONABLE slogan that's got to go. Before we do that, we have to cut fed govt by about 50%, restore the gold in Fort Knox and build enough confidence worldwide such that our dollar gets back to at least parity with the Euro.

With Dr. Paul's BEST efforts and some 20% new Paulites in congress, I think this will take about 15-20 years.

Lets' makes goals that are REASONABLE in the first 4 years.

 

[RonRules]

Please switch to the vote thread, where I collected all the suggestions:

New banner slogans (Without RevolUTION)
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=96743

 

[TruckinMike]

We need to STOP the MADNESS -- NOW!

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин, Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов) (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.

And mass murderer!

Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements and a cultural icon worldwide. An Alberto Korda photo of him has received wide distribution and modification, appearing on t-shirts, protest banners, and in many other formats. The Maryland Institute College of Art called this picture "the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century.

And murderer of thousands via execution squads.

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So tell me again, why are we linking RON PAUL with these people and their likenesses? Is it so people will have fond associations - thus vote for him? Well, that would work if we were in communist Russia, some folks do want to go back to the old ways.

Please read my tag line --- then watch the video. Or read Luntz's book.


TruckinMike

 

[TruckinMike]

Important: BUMP!

 

[RonRules]

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин, Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов) (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.

And mass murderer!

Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements and a cultural icon worldwide. An Alberto Korda photo of him has received wide distribution and modification, appearing on t-shirts, protest banners, and in many other formats. The Maryland Institute College of Art called this picture "the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century.

And murderer of thousands via execution squads.

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So tell me again, why are we linking RON PAUL with these people and their likenesses? Is it so people will have fond associations - thus vote for him? Well, that would work if we were in communist Russia, some folks do want to go back to the old ways.

Please read my tag line --- then watch the video. Or read Luntz's book.


TruckinMike

Yes, this is what I'm trying to avoid, but I must say, the picture on the left is VERY funny.

 

[Bob Spruill]

You might want to check-in to a basic statics class.

Yes ! Building bridges to Freedom !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statics