List constructive criticisms for HQ here

. If you can squander resources like Donna D'Erico and Liv by not using them to reach the young male segment- something so in your face obvious, then nothing subtle is going to be listened to.

And whoever said "Austrian economics" was spot on.

Perhaps we should combine the two posts and have Donna and Liv dressed as "Austrians" explaining our positions? :o
 
"Dear Bradley,

I have all the faith in the world in Dr. Paul, I will support him to individuals, and I will vote for him, but in so far as the campaign staff they can go to hell.

Respectfully,

Henry"

Thanks, Henry. As we've discussed, my inbox gets these constantly from people I don't know all over the country. Now is our chance with Dr. Paul's ear. If enough people say publicly what they say privately, I hope it will be heard.
 
On Monday, hire the best image consultants and speech coaches you can find. Spend $100K+ to have them travel with Paul for the next 4 weeks. Paul should practice daily with the coaching team to perfect his presentation and talking points.

This has been suggested by many on RPF since early 2007.
 
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"Dear Bradley,

. . . As the Marketing Director in the Jacksonville Meetup group I made many attempts to contact Jesse Benton to help in setting up interviews with local talk show hosts, Newspaper interviews, etc. etc. The results of these efforts netted nothing and I do mean nothing. . . .

. . .. In October of this year I learned that a Florida Campaign Coordinator was named, his name was Mark Cross. I was elated that finally I might be able to coordinate efforts with someone local. Well I emailed, and phoned and you guessed it “No Response”. . . .

Henry"

Talk about bridges and I don't mean bombing them - these people are burning theirs before they are even built. So totally inexcusable and amateurish. As long as this is the modus operandi of people in positions of responsibility, Ron Paul doesn't have a chance of winning the nomination.

If Ron Paul wants to continue receiving peoples donations of time, treasure and talent he needs to bring in a proven (winner) manager at the top pronto.
 
MSM: Apparently, you allowed some pretty bigoted comments to be published by a writer for your newsletter, back in the 80s and early 90s. Do the opinions of that writer reflect your own views?

DR. PAUL: No. Not at all. I was essentially a figurehead for the promotion of that newsletter, and the writing, editing, publication, and day-to-day operations were handled by others. I hate to admit it, but I rarely even read it. However, since it was published under my name, I do have a very real responsibility for what I inadvertently allowed to be published under my name. Some of those comments had been brought to my attention previously and I was outraged, and fired the people responsible, and halted publication. This was many years ago, but just recently even more such comments have been brought to my attention and I'm just heart sick over the whole thing. I feel ashamed that I allowed this to occur, right under my nose. I mean, this IS American, and people do have a right to hold unpopular views, but I also have a right to prevent my name from being used to promote views that I find personally abhorrent. I should have exercised that right more vigilantly, that I didn't is my supreme regret.

MSM: So, then, Dr. Paul, are you a laissez fair manager? Is that the problem? And, if so, how does such a hands off leadership style qualify you to be President?

DR. PAUL: Am I a laissez fair manager? Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I prefer to trust people to run their own lives. They don't need me telling them what to do. Some times people make mistakes, but that's going to happen whether it's the gov't or the individual. The important thing is to learn from our mistakes and move forward. What's even more important though is that the President does NOT have the right to dictate to the people. The people are really in charge, anyway. It's the President who works for the people; so many politicians forget that they are NOT really "leaders," as they like to refer to themselves, but they are servants of the people. As President, I would take that role very seriously, by returning control of the gov't to the people, where it belongs.
 
Slow down on the speech patterns....breathe. Try not to come off whiny and show that fire Dr. Paul. A more commanding presence would do wonders. Both the press and other candidates look like complete buffoons. Now is the congressman's chance to let these idiots have it with both barrels. I love the message but I feel the Dr. needs to do a better job on some of the issues. BLAST THEM WITH FACTS AND STATS PAUL. Incorporate some buzzwords. Demand respect Paul and point out your voting record and never taking a junket and returning a portion of your pay back to the people annually. Incorporate the fact that you've been a Dr. occasionally. The truth cannot be quelled. Give 'em hell Mr. Paul!
 
How Ron Paul can improve his message

Dr. Ron Paul needs to let people know that he has multiple plans/strategies to transition the country to achieve his various end goals. People get upset to hear he wants to abolish the IRS and the Federal Reserve. They need to know he would transition out of these structures. I know he HAS said it, but it has not been repeated enough.

The same is true about social security and medicare and Medicaid. He has mentioned that people would not be thrown out of the system, but that needs to be reiterated over and over.
 
9/11 TRUTH

Next time some pissant asks if he endorses his supporters views about the official stories offered to them by their gov't, he should say this:

While I don't share their particular cynicism on this particular issue, I understand the cause of that cynicism: as James Madison, the father of our Constitution, said, "All men, having power, ought to be mistrusted." History is overflowing with examples of official corrupt, of evil men in high places. The public is right to be skeptical of information coming from their gov't, even if not all of their suspicions are correct. Thomas Jefferson, the author of our Declaration of Independence, this nation's charter, reminds us that "the price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Skepticism is a healthy thing.

When the people become complacent, and too trusting of their public officials, tyranny will come to America. In fact, to a degree, it has already begun. After 9/11, one of my opponents' lucky number, the American people were encouraged to exchange their civil liberties for the promise of security, a fool's bargain; as Dr. Benjamin Franklin once instructed, "those whose would trade essential liberty for the promise of security deserve and will receive neither." I'm a doctor, and I know the limits of science and human biology, and there is no one, not even in gov't, that can deliver on a promise of eternal life, health, and physical safety. It's a lie; the people are being sold a magic elixir, snake oil, by slick salesmen who seek nothing more that power, position, and prestige for themselves. Don't buy it, American! Don't imbibe their poison! Spit it out!

So, back to your question, what are you asking me exactly? Are you asking me to endorse the ideas of those who might vote for me? I couldn't possibly even know all of their ideas, and it isn't my job to judge and endorse them. My job is to present a platform, to spread a message, and if the voters like what I have to say, and if they approve of my record, then they will endorse me with their votes. Do you want me to reject their votes? Each election cycle, we encourage 100% participation, so presumably, ideally, everyone will vote for someone. Who do you propose I tell them to vote for, assuming I had that power and influence? Which of my opponents would you prefer they support? ...and if they do decide to support one of my opponents instead, will you then ask him that same ridiculous question?
 
Whenever Dr. Paul speak anywhere, he should start and end each inteview (or debate question) with these 3 points:

1) End the IRS and Income Tax...period, no substitutions.

2) Secure our borders, by placing our now deployed armed forces there.

3) Restore all education decision to the parents. Unrestricted homeschooling, without state or federal interference. Complete local control of public schools, and choice in education.

These are winning issues, but are useless, unless they are repeated ad nauseum. When voters think of Ron Paul, they should reflexively think of these 3 issues, without needing to be prompted. It needs to be hammered at every opportunity. Hookerbea is getting away with potraying himself as the "only" opponent of the IRS, and as a champion of homeshooling, and Mutt got away with portraying him as weak on immigration. There should be no excuse for anyone (even his opponents) to be ignorant of his position on these 3 issues. It must be repeated at EVERY opportunity.
 
1) drop all conspiratorial allusions and claims. this doesn't refer only to more extreme conspiracies (e.g. 9/11) but also to all claims that dr paul is deliberately ignored by the media which has some sinister agenda. the media has no agenda except to be watched. the letter sent by dr paul's which talks about vote frauds and "media smears" might energize the very core of the base but it will make it much, much smaller.

2) drop all liberal buzzwords. rightly or wrongly, they are extremely annoying to republicans.

3) talk more about free markets. most candidates talk about cutting taxes, but that's only part of it. governmental regulation of businesses (by setting wages and standards) is a big, if not bigger problem. dr paul needs to be the one to point this out.

4) decrease the monetary talk. dr paul already established himself as the only candidate that has any clue about monetary policy so more of it won't help and it might hurt.

5) be humble and realistic - embrace the low poll/primary numbers and make self-deprecating jokes about them. don't try to portray the revolution as an earth shattering movement - if it is such it will be obvious to everybody, otherwise dr paul will just seem to be out of touch.

etc, etc.
etc.
 
confused on why this veteran/VA ad wasnt shown in SC???

why he isn't making SPECIFIC tax and economy tv ads.. In Neveda, they are showing the military commercial, but not sure how effective that is.

Also, they are DOING A TON of radio, but how effective is that compared to tv? How is that effective compared to full page newspaper ads.. big papers, LITTLE hometown papers..

they read an ad from a hometown paper, that will mean something.. the candidate is talking directly to them...

He should be doing commercials talking about the REAL recession, the HORIBLE trade deals, and TAXES and how he is gonna fix it and nobody else has a clue what the heck they are doing.. they will
just go down the same road bush has.

I am a little confused on why the veteran/VA ad wasnt in SC?

That is a big, big issue for people
 
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=85493


This request for constructive criticism should have been made to the grassroots Ron Paul Revolution months ago. Thanks to whomever finally made it happen!

I am a grassroots organizer in Asheville, NC, have been a county affiliate officer in the Libertarian Party for nearly a decade, and was also one of the co-founders of the Libertarian Reform Caucus.

Here are my points of constructive criticism thus far:

1. PLEASE dispense with using that picture of Ronald Reagan on all the literature -- Ron Paul is world's apart from Reagan! Creating 2 Generic slim jims, and then 2 different Student versions was a very bad and wasteful idea.

2. Cut HQ SPENDING! No one involved in this campaign, including all those at the "top", should be making a modest salary, NOT an outrageous one! Is there NO campaign accountability and oversight?

3. SAVE MONEY WHEN POSSIBLE! ALSO regarding wasteful spending, some companies have offered to utilize their professional studio & production services FREE OF CHARGE, yet NO ONE from HQ ever responded! Does HQ not wish to exemplify the same kind of FRUGAL spending which Ron Paul advocates for our Federal Government?

4. HQ needs to be more ready and vigilant in dispelling fraudulent claims against Ron Paul. Example: the racism claims.

5. Along with other candidates' campaigns, HQ needs to mandate counting of the paper ballots ALWAYS! Americans are growing tired of flakey elections, and there has been a growing support for accountable elections. Taking a strong stand and lead on this issue will surely garner more support for Ron Paul. If we cannot have reasonable accuracy and a tally using a REAL paper trail, then the entire election process is a complete waste of Americans' time and money. There have been many Ron Paul supporters who are considering pulling some or all of their financial support of HQ does not take this matter seriously.

6. While we can all generally agree that pulling our troops out of Iraq and scaling down our oversees military intervention is a GOOD THING, it is overly unrealistic to be adamant about doing it immediately. Ron needs to become a little less rash sounding in this regard. It would garner him much greater support.

7. Regarding the "911 Truth" movement, without suggesting anything along the lines of 'domestic conspiracy', Ron could appease those of us who fully believe there is more to the "official" story than has been told thus far, by simply agreeing that reaching the TRUTH in any matter is paramount, and if there is any ambiguous details regarding 911, the matter should be investigated without bias. For what it's worth, my personal contention over the issue has to do with the continued suppression of the video which was confiscated from buildings surrounding the Pentagon -- I would imagine that Ron even has no valid answer about such suppression of TRUTH.

Thank you for taking time to hear from the grassroots Ron Paul Revolution!

8-)

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http://www.computerworld.com/action...icleBasic&articleId=9054659&intsrc=hm_ts_head

From the article...

The numbers speak to the effectiveness and efficiency of Paul's online fundraising efforts. For example, both Paul and McCain each raised about $5 million during a Novermber fundraising cycle. But Paul did so while attending just 82 events while McCain made more than 500 appearances, says Rasiej.

But it's yet to be seen if Paul's online savvy will be enough to keep him in the race. "You still need a labor-intensive campaign to get the vote out," notes Malone. "For all of Howard Dean's Internet pioneering, he didn't have enough feet on the street to pull the vote out for him in Iowa."

Those 500 appearances made a difference, look at the votes McCain got.

Dr. Paul needs to make more appearances.
 
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SC would be a good place to hold a debate addressing issues of concern to many black Americans. I'm certain that a sympathetic local host could be located, and suspect that a local station would be happy to carry the debate (perhaps not on primetime, but so what). All other GOP candidates should be invited to participate, including Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes. Theme of the debate should center around immigration, the IRS, drug policy, and the death penalty, all issues with disparate impact on black Americans.
 
Utilize the grassroots people already in place. Especially in leadership areas and organizing. And in media.
 
support the grass roots movement

Make it very easy for meetup organizers to get tons of supplies and especially dvds--for free.

Have some kind of simple screening process for people so you know that they can be trusted, but don't get overly paranoid.

Encourage grass roots folks to have think tanks--and give some directions to these--as to how we can solve problems, like eliminating the IRS, Federal reserve etc

instead of always asking for money in every letter, thank people for doing the work they are doing and acknowledge that if people don't have money to give, their time is as valuable as money.

Mention the meetups over and over in your talks so that people will join them.

Encourage meetups to meet weekly in a format like ours which really encouraged new people to get involved. We simply start with everyone introducing themselves and a few sentences-why they support Ron Paul, then go a round again and share things that they have done to support Ron Paul, or uplifting experiences in supporting Ron Paul. Then make announcements, then take a few projects to brainstorm about and see if there is interest. Takes about an hour, and really helps newcomers to see who these Ron Paul supporters are and that this is a real revolution. Meetups need to be a place to find the precinct captains and encourage people to get out on the streets--like weekly church meetings which encourage people to follow their spiritual path more closely, the weekly meetups can do the same for ron paul supporters to stay on track and keep enthusiastic

Make a list of those leaders who are already in alignment with your principles. Contact them personally and ask them to endorse you, or to explore you. Connect directly with the leaders like chuck baldwin who are endorsing you. Encourage and thank them. Get them to start coalitions or alliances of others.

Really get on the band wagon to get the Christian vote. contact all Christian leadres and get them on the same page so that they can initiate a revival--spiritual and political. You don't have to wear your religion on your sleeve, but you need Christians to be promoting you. The church is in a similar state as it was in the time of Hitler, and it needs help.

Encourage the creation of an alliance of all already existing orgnaizations and meetups and individuals. Out of that alliance can come representatives who can give feedback from their groups, and form a kind of advisory board for you. I have ideas for a structure if you are interested.

Promote the American Freedom agenda bill that you introduced. Show that you are really walking your talk.

Hire people from the grassroots who are doing a good job to be like ombudsman to the grassroots.

Thanks for asking!
 
Consider buying the domain name ronpaul dot c*m, but do it through a broker to stay anonymous or the price will go waaay up. Must get thousands of hits daily. FYI, I don't own it. Surprised some other candidate hasn't snatched it.

Post #180.... happy reading :)
 
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