Popularity Contest - Ron Paul's Celebrity Worth

[JamesButabi]

Our grassroots base is amazing. We have better planning and organization amongst volunteer effort than most other campaigns. We have a better online hub, we have better education on our values, and our values are based on peace.

Awesome! Thats really great that we can fire up the small base that relates to a candidate based on philosophical foundations and core values.

We need to organize to win the overwhelming majority of Americans who vote based on other factors. The easiest way I can see to do this, is to drastically increase Ron Paul's celebrity factor. Just look at Sarah Palin's numbers (case in point).

A meaningful project needs to be outreach to people of celebrity and recognized prominence. We need to build a database of potential support and reach out with our base of fire to urge them to support Ron Paul. Obama had commercials littered with celebrity, and people young and old responded to the calls from their favorite Actors, Musicians, Sports Players completely ignoring rationale.

Core values are important, but it is emotion and self fufillment that people respond to. If we are ever to win, we need to herd in the cattle. We need some big players on board early. Help me build a list of celebrity that may respond positively to our humble requests. Once we build a decent list we will find emails to contact for support.

Actors/Actresses
Vince Vaughn
Drew Carey
Joe Rogan
Clint Eastwood
Kurt Russell
Chuck Norris

Musicians
Rush
Snoop Dogg (under protest for Obama support)
Billy Joe Armstrong (green day frontman)
Willie Nelson
John Mayer

Sports
Glen Jacobs (Kane)
Mark Cuban
Tim Duncan

Other:
Trey Parker
Penn and Teller
Howard Stern
Matt Groening (simspons creator)
Hugh Hefner



Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Objectivists (potential support for RP?)


I left out political pundits such as Stossel, Napolitano, Beck, etc. This thread is intended to reach out to new support in different mediums than we are used to. We fully intend to keep a close eye on the usual suspects.

 

[muzzled dogg]

from wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_2008#Endorsements

Celebrity endorsements
Aimee Allen - singer
John "Tex" Barch - poker player
Drew Carey[337] -comedian
Emma Caulfield - actress
Adam Curry - media personality
Donna D'Errico - actress
Don Garlits -drag racer
Arlo Guthrie,[338] - singer/songwriter (and son of Woody Guthrie)
Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a. "Kane") - professional wrestler
Will Langhorne - race car driver
Rockie Lynne - country singer
Sean Morley (a.k.a. "Val Venis") -professional wrestler
Merlin Miller - filmmaker
Krist Novoselic[339] - musician (bass player for Nirvana)
Joe Rogan - comedian
Doug Stanhope - comedian
Carrie Stroup - model
Jimmie Lee Vaughan - blues guitarist
Todd Wade - Redskins tackle[290]
Rock band From First to Last[340] and side project The Color of Violence,[341] blues guitarist , and

 

[hazek]

I was thinking about this too. That list already looks pretty nice but we'd need some big shots to join, like a Brad Pitt or of the sorts.. and not just one but several.

 

[Natalie]

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[muzzled dogg]

here's some


http://www.pastemagazine.com/high_gravity/2008/09/5-biggest-libertarian-musicians.html

http://www.libertarianism.com/pop_celebrity_list

http://www.ucllibertarians.com/celebrities.html

 

[The Dude]

I think John Mayer supports Ron.

 

[Romulus]

Willie Nelson

 

[TortoiseDream]

Don't forget Tim Duncan!

 

[trey4sports]

why is snoop dogg on the list? he may be in-line with some of ron's stances but he's certainly not a supporter. I watched him on colbert or some other show and he was talking up Obama

 

[DXDoug]

why is snoop dogg on the list? He may be in-line with some of ron's stances but he's certainly not a supporter. I watched him on colbert or some other show and he was talking up obama

faker!!

 

[muzzled dogg]

isnt neil young a libertarian?

 

[JamesButabi]

isnt neil young a libertarian?

Hmmmm not quite sure. Weve got some heavy hitters in that list. We should really put our heads and resources together to utilize any willing participants.

 

[Aldanga]

from wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_2008#Endorsements
*snip*

Derek Webb also endorsed Ron Paul in 2008 and seems to be a strong libertarian ally who resides within Christian circles. It was on the official campaign page, but not on the campaign's Wikipedia page for some unknown reason.

 

[AZKing]

What about Bill Maher or Jon Stewart? Those two in particular are very influential because of their huge audience. Bill Maher was especially fond of Ron Paul. Joy Behar of The View may be another one.

This is a great idea. Celebrity endorsement would certainly help to some extent.

 

[S.Shorland]

Penn Gillette(sp?) of 'Penn and Teller' fame.I heard him talking to Howard Stern about RP and they both sounded very supportive (although there was a question over Ron's 'racist writings' in his newsletters and whether or not he was electable).They both certainly liked him.

 

[AZKing]

Forgot a few.. What about Jesse Ventura? Surprised no one mentioned him either.

Chuck Norris endorsed Huckabee in 2008 but I do recall watching vids of him later speaking fondly of Dr. Paul.

 

[specsaregood]

What about Bill Maher or Jon Stewart? Those two in particular are very influential because of their huge audience. Bill Maher was especially fond of Ron Paul. Joy Behar of The View may be another one.

LOL, thanks I needed a good laugh.

 

[trey4sports]

What about Bill Maher or Jon Stewart? Those two in particular are very influential because of their huge audience. Bill Maher was especially fond of Ron Paul. Joy Behar of The View may be another one.

This is a great idea. Celebrity endorsement would certainly help to some extent.

naw man, neither are Ron Paul fans. They may have 1 or 2 libertarian leanings but in no-way-shape-or-form are they Ron Paul supporters

 

[muzzled dogg]

No but they treat him with more respect than most any pundit less judge nap

 

[AZKing]

naw man, neither are Ron Paul fans. They may have 1 or 2 libertarian leanings but in no-way-shape-or-form are they Ron Paul supporters

Really? Maybe I'm missing something.