New Website: Ron Paul Myths. Volunteers needed!

[Patriot123]

EDIT: We need someone to head the advertising for this site. If anyone is interested and has experience, please, please, please PM me!


So Steve-in-NY and I started a few days ago on planning this new website -- a website entirely devoted to busting all the myths about Ron Paul. That he's a racist, that he's afraid to take action against China, that he's a radical Evangelical Christian, that he'd ban abortion nationwide... just some of the myths that are widespread about Dr. Paul.
Why is such a website needed? There is a lot of misinformation out there. Admit it, while talking to people about Ron Paul one of these has come up at least once. We need a website like this to dispel the myths, and hopefully gain over a few more converts.
This is an idea that could really do some good if enough people get involved. If you're interested, PM me with your Google username and I'll invite you to a Google Docs. We need Graphical Artists and people to type out the arguments debunking the myths. Basically, we're looking for a paragraph or two for each myth -- they need to be written very objectively, and they need be typed as if you're tying to win someone over to our side. They need to be cited extensively! For the Graphical Artists we need a banner for the website.

Here's a list of the myths I currently have. If anyone comes up with more, you can definitely do that one. Otherwise, pick one from the list and type out an argument!

1. The only people who support Ron Paul are "crack-pots."
We need to focus on the diversity of those who support Ron Paul. Democrats, Republicans, teachers, lawyers, college students, etcetera.

2. Ron Paul is a cook -- his ideas are crazy.

3. Ron Paul is soft on taking any action against China, and therefore is weak economically when compared to Trump and others who would impose a tariff.

4. Ron Paul is an Evangelical Christian, and would "Christianize" America.

5. Ron Paul was insufficiently against Bush's wars.
-I think this stems from Paul's support of invading Afghanistan. The thing is, he supported it with the intention of us going in there to capture Bin Laden and then getting out, neither of which we did.

6. Ron Paul is too old and too senile to be President.
-I think a very strong point for this argument would be Paul's health, the contributions of many elderly professors and scientists and the fact that Reagan was old as well, and yet he was a strong leader.

7. Ron Paul wants to ban abortion nationwide.
-We need to touch on the fact that Ron Paul is against abortion, but he believes the Constitution forbids the federal government from intervening -- that he thinks doing so is unconstitutional! That it's a state issue.

8. Ron Paul would ban gay marriage nationwide, or is heavily against it.
-Same notion above -- that while he may be against he, he philosophically doesn't believe one person has the right to influence the actions of another, and that it's unconstitutional for the federal government to intervene. And also, how he believes the federal government has created the problem of gay marriage through requiring marriage licenses!

9. Ron Paul's ideas pursue something of a "utopia," which is impossible.

10. Ron Paul is too radical, and too far to the right.

11. Ron Paul is a third party candidate.
-I know, this one's crazy, but I've heard it before. This probably stems from is Libertarian run, perhaps. We should cover why he ran as a Libertarian, and now why he's running as a Republican, and how he's publicly stated he won't run as a third party -- that he's sticking Republican.

12. Ron Paul is a racist.
-Yup, this one. We need to touch on where this stems from -- the newsletters, and explain this one thoroughly. This one might be one of the most important ones we dispel.

13. Ron Paul is unelectable.
-This is our biggest myth. We need to shatter this one into a million pieces.

14. Ron Paul is anti-Israel.
-We need to make Paul look very pro-Israel by getting out of their affairs. We need to explain how cutting funding to Israel would not be just Israel, but all nations. We need to explain Paul's stance on why we give aid -- to manipulate countries as opposed to help them, and that it isn't right.

15. Ron Paul is not a Republican.

16. Ron Paul is an isolationist.

17. Ron Paul will completely shut down the Fed and IRS immediately.
-In reality, he'd slowly faze them out.

18. Ron Paul is a 9/11 Truther.


19. Ron Paul is “retiring” from his House seat, and therefore this proves that he’s too old, or feels like he can’t win.
Paul is LEAVING his House seat -- as we all know, not for any of those reasons but because he feels it’s the CONSTITUTIONAL thing to do!

If you're up for volunteering, please get in contact with me! Steve-in-NY's been working on the proof for the website, and this is what it's currently looking like: http://631webdesign.com/rp/

So Graphic Designers and people to type up the arguments are all needed. If anyone can lend a hand, thank you!

 

[Steve-in-NY]

I can change the site colors to suit any banner work. Heres a "blank canvas" for anyone interested in doing the banner - http://631webdesign.com/rp/images/img05.jpg

I may try my hand at it, but Im not known for my graphics skills.

I would also like to hear some opinions on what to call the site, and any slogans or phrases to be associated with it.
Any/all criticism is welcome.

Im trying to take some time to get some of these myths listed, its actually easier than it looks... Most of the myths are on article or video comments, and most of the rebuttals are right there too! Just a matter of summarizing and citations.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

bump

 

[Steve-in-NY]

ronpaulmyths.com is available. Is this what we are going with?

 

[samuel]

As far as a banner goes, I'm no graphic designer, and the render came out poorly on this banner, but this is a rough idea I had:

 

[Steve-in-NY]

I like it. I will flip the site colors to red/white/blue this weekend.

 

[pauliticalfan]

"Ron Paul is an isolationist."

"Ron Paul is not a Republican."

This site is very much needed.

 

[dannno]

As far as a banner goes, I'm no graphic designer, and the render came out poorly on this banner, but this is a rough idea I had:

Wow, you might not be a graphic designer, but you could definitely play one on TV

 

[Patriot123]

Hmmm. The banner looks all right! I like how it sort of mimics the whole "Revolution" logo. Interesting. I think Ronpaulmyths.com is good, yup.

Anyone else up for helping out? We can use all the help we can get! I promise you, if you've got two to three hours to spare over the next two weeks it's possible to get one of these done.

 

[samuel]

Wow, you might not be a graphic designer, but you could definitely play one on TV

Hmmm. The banner looks all right! I like how it sort of mimics the whole "Revolution" logo.

Thank you guys so much! If anybody wants the .xcf (the GIMP source image; kind of like a PSD), it's up here.

Anyone else up for helping out? We can use all the help we can get! I promise you, if you've got two to three hours to spare over the next two weeks it's possible to get one of these done.

School starts for me on Monday, but I'll do my best to get something written up for one or two of these.

Has anyone bought RonPaulMyths.com yet?

And I think 11 and 16 could easily be merged.

 

[Steve-in-NY]

I'll buy ronpaulmyths.com Monday.
I will also swap the colors and try out that banner as well.
Sorry I hadnt had much time to add to the google doc yet.
I think that once we get the myths and truths up there are a ton of folks here alone that could point out other points and help with presenting them eloquently.

As we gain more and more traction I think this site is going to be needed more and more.
Props and +rep to Patriot123 for the idea.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Once everything is up and running I should be able to submit some work on a few of those topics.

 

[Darin]

I was thinking the other day there should be a site like this! Awesome job!

I just retooled some stuff I'd already worked on if it helps at all let me know and I'll try to help wherever I can.

 

[Steve-in-NY]

Sweet! Thanks!

 

[Patriot123]

That banner looks incredible! The colors really go nicely together.

 

[Darin]

Thank you!

I'm not sure the one I posted would look very nice just as a banner alone. It might look better though with a flat blue spanning the width of the site:

Here's a quick gimp mockup.

- Darin

 

[libertygrl]

Love the colors but what if you were to take the word "myths" with the square around it and pretend it was like a block stamp. And someone just stamped the word myths diagonally across Ron Paul's name (like you're emphatically making a statement that these are myths). Maybe even lower the opacity slightly on Ron Paul's name - although I do like your mockup. Just something a little different to try. Good luck!

 

[Darin]

Love the colors but what if you were to take the word "myths" with the square around it and pretend it was like a block stamp. And someone just stamped the word myths diagonally across Ron Paul's name (like you're emphatically making a statement that these are myths). Maybe even lower the opacity slightly on Ron Paul's name - although I do like your mockup. Just something a little different to try. Good luck!

Thanks. I tried playing around with that idea and I like the idea, but I couldn't get it to look right without obstructing the name.

Here's another mockup, but this makes the gradient stretch width-wise.

- Darin

 

[Cleaner44]

I was thinking the other day there should be a site like this! Awesome job!

I just retooled some stuff I'd already worked on if it helps at all let me know and I'll try to help wherever I can.

Replace the Obama looking Ron Paul with the current Ron Paul red only look.

Ron Paul Myths BUSTED might be cool too. The stamp of BUSTED over myths.

 

[ItsTime]

What CMS were you all going to go with? Someone should buy the domain now.