Official CNN Tea Party Express Debate Thread

[JamesButabi]

He doesn't need to act like a politician because he doesn't need to lie about other candidates or distort facts. What he does need to do is elicit an emotional response from the viewers. He needs to convey his positions to show strength in a time of need (because thats what they are) and yes that does mean he needs talking points.

"You have heard the talking points from every candidate on the stage. Look at the records; These are my positions. My entire career shows it. I'm running to save this country from fiscal ruin. I'm running to protect this country with the strongest defense possible and to put an end to the endless war. I'm running to save the people dependent on our entitlement systems and release a new generation from their binds. Im running for peace and for freedom. The question is are you ready for prosperity and responsibility once again America?

 

[lucky_bg]

I have a twitter account but have never used a hashtag. Do you just tweet and include that text (#rpfs) as part of the tweet?

edit: oh, and what does rpfs stand for???

#rpfs stands for Ron Paul Forums. That way we can track what people from forums are tweeting. Log in twitter now, and search for #rpfs, and you will see all tweets with that hasgtag, in chronological order. Also, you will see usualy used format of tweets. And, it is in the form of live feed, meaning every new tweet with that hashtag would be added to timeline without need to repeat search.

In tweet you make same kind of statement, suggestion, question, comment, or whatever, and if there are some important words in the tweet, you want to underline or draw attention to, you put # in front of them, making them hashtags that way, so that all other tweeps (people who are tweeting) can track your opinion and comments on the subject.

Also you add additional hashtags at the end of the tweet related to the subject you are tweeting about or directed at the audience you are addressing with the tweet. In this case, #ronpaul #rpfs and #CNNTeaParty is necessary, but you can also add #GOP, #debate, #tcot ( top conservatives on twitter), #tlot(top libertarians on twitter), #TeaParty, #r3VOLution, etc.

The more hashtags you use, the better, and You are only limited with 140 characters maximal lenght of the tweet, so it is good to use words in such manner in tweets to make a statement with words you can use as a hashtags at the same time. It is not so complicated after some practice, and you see other people's tweets so you can compare your tweets to other tweets on the subject. And You can always retweet other people's tweets, meaning that you are sending these tweets to your followers on twitter. You usually retweet tweets you find important, interesting, funny, etc.

I hope this was helpfull to You.

Edit: Here is tweet I sent to promote this:

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Please RT this. Join as tonight @RonPaulForums live #CNNTeaParty #debate discussion with #RPFs #hashtag added to Your tweets. #RonPaul #tcot

http://twitter.com/#!/JovicicMilan/status/113281290601631744

If you retweet this tweet, you will help promote it, and we will have more people join us at twitter debate discusion, making it more likely to get Ron Paul trending on twitter and hopefully become one of the hot topics of the day on twitter. (10 most popular topics of the day, listed at the right side of twitter user home page.

 

[C_J_Burns]

He can be sure that Rick Santorum is coming after him this time around. He should have the points he wants to make on 9/11 and 'isolationism' written out already. Hopefully he brings up the irony that they want to build a wall around this country, yet label him as the isolationist. Also when talking about foreign policy, try to bring up the emotional appeal the these 'so-called' Christian Conservatives.

 

[JamesButabi]

BTW it is confirmed that Perry and Romney will once again be side by side. Get ready for the lovefest.

 

[TheSecretBillionaire]

Wolf: What was your favorite episode of Charles In Charge?

Ron: We need to end the Fed and bring the troops home. And here is what I would do with social security...

That made me lol... I hope he changes the subject. Also, I hope we get attacked by other candidates because Ron just plain owns them...
Remeber Rudy in the debates?

 

[afwjam]

I am getting the impression that a lot less people will be watching this debate.

 

[Bruno]

I am getting the impression that a lot less people will be watching this debate.

Why?

 

[Diashi]

Does anyone know how to get an audio stream only for Android so I can listen to it on the way home from work?

 

[afwjam]

Why?

A lot less buzz

 

[afwjam]

Does anyone know how to get an audio stream only for Android so I can listen to it on the way home from work?

CNN has an android app that will be streaming it, dunno if you can do audio only.

 

[PastaRocket848]

if you plug it into the ipod port in your car the audio should come through (from a video source). mine does atleast.

 

[Todd]

*moderators ask Ron an aloof question

*Ron is talking

*Coughing and interuptions by moderators

*ron finishes talking

*Audience erupts in applause

*Wolf/Moderator: Please could we keep the applause to a minimum as we want to give more time to the candidates

Tell me im wrong

I'll add.....

then Ron waits 45 minutes between his first and second question while Romney and Perry banter.

And then we repeat what you described above.

 

[anaconda]

I will be interested to see to what extent the other candidates attack Perry. Especially how Mittens will approach this at this time. Ron took one for the team last time with his timely ad and his comments on Gardasil & Hillary Care.

 

[trey4sports]

I have tempered my expectations somewhat. Ron just needs to be CLEAR and not have any major flubs. We will win the election through other tactics so i would just stress that Ron not mumble and stammer and try not to say anything too controversial.







P.S. How cool would it bee if Rev. PAC aired their ad tonight during the debate

P.P.S How cool would it be if the campaign aired the "Trust" ad tonight during the debate?

P.P.P.S How cool would it be to see BOTH ADS!!!!!

 

[LinuxJedi]

I think it would be a good idea for us to count the number of questions... or sit with a stopwatch and time how long each candidate has to talk... then share this with other smaller news sites who might find these numbers interesting. If you are watching it anyways, and just keep track of timing as you watch... it won't be so inconvenient. I don't know if this is a "good idea" or not, but I'm curious after the last debate to measure the air-time of each participant.

 

[Napoleon's Shadow]

Here is what the set looks like:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150277679135981.339635.73563300980

 

[lucky_bg]

I think it would be a good idea for us to count the number of questions... or sit with a stopwatch and time how long each candidate has to talk... then share this with other smaller news sites who might find these numbers interesting. If you are watching it anyways, and just keep track of timing as you watch... it won't be so inconvenient. I don't know if this is a "good idea" or not, but I'm curious after the last debate to measure the air-time of each participant.

I hade to give you +rep for this one!

 

[speciallyblend]

ok i am going to miss some football for this anywho here is ron paul rising flashback video from last campaign! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRTDynbHVYQ

 

[tfurrh]

Guys I'm telling you, someone is going to crack tonight. Its a full moon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_effect

I am a freight broker, and all of my customers are raging. All of my drivers are raging. I'm raging. My office is raging. Not one thing went right today...and I've had dealings with folks from PA to CA. It has not been a fun day.

 

[anaconda]

Here is what the set looks like:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150277679135981.339635.73563300980

Same as 2007 it looks like.