Ron Paul, Buy a 15 Minute Block Of TV Time. Subvert The MSM! Speak To The People!

then he needs to be speaking to someone. Doug Wead, Jack Hunter, whomever. He does NOT come off just speaking to the camera. He animates to people, only.

THIS. Think back to that interview Ron did with the Concord Monitor, he was great. Perfect setting for him.

If we could do something like that, with Doug Wead questioning, 30 minutes long, and air it where needed, it would be great.

Edit: Would the questioning ruin it? I thought Doug could ask questions from a viewers point of view. Even if he is talking to someone, he could go off track, and off script.
 
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I remember watching Ross Perot and I was no where near voting age! Everyone would watch this!

Do a full 30 minute spot and break it up with his ads, videos, fan vids!
 
NO!



This election will be won by:

1- phone banking
2- door-to-door
3- donations to the campaign for
4- direct mail


We only want to target likely Republican voters.
 
Would they even sell a 15 minute prime time slot? I doubt it. Probably gonna have to go with 30 minutes. And why foreign policy only? Gotta get sound money and social security in there. Let Seniors know how and where they are getting ripped off.

The broadcast television and radio stations are required to sell any amount of airtime during any time slot to a legit candidate. They can charge the going "commericial" advertising rate for the time. For example if 1 minute of time during the nightly news cost $1,000 and a candidate wants 30 minutes then it's $30k for the half hour. IIRC, Perot threatened to buy tv time during the World Series on the network carrying the series if he wasn't allowed into the debates.
 
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Forget doing it nationwide.

Do it, but buy multiple blocks of time on cable-access throughout the day, in Des Moines, Ames, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, Manchester, Seacoast, Las Vegas and Reno. Cable access is cheap, and it would generate a ton of free media in local markets important to our success.
 
Many of his most powerful speeches have come from his many speeches of dissent given on the House floor. He does well behind a podium imho.

I would trust very few to interview him. I remember when Tucker turned on him. We all thought he was a huge supporter, too.
 
NO!



This election will be won by:

1- phone banking
2- door-to-door
3- donations to the campaign for
4- direct mail


We only want to target likely Republican voters.

Target ALL.. We can do the things you listed and this too! There's enough of us to go around.
Besides, regardless of the election, the message of Liberty needs to be told to everyone!
 
I recall Reagan doing an infomercial (30 mins. I believe) leading up to the 1980 election. Very effective IMO.

And of course if we go in that direction Iowa and NH should be heavily targeted.
 
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This could be a general election tactic, but I'm not sure it's such a great primary tactic. It could be, but I have my doubts.
 
If Paul wins the primary, he wins the general. Only reason he isn't #1 already is because people haven't heard his side of the story yet.
 

I respectfully disagree.. besides - we wouldn't really be involved if the campaign decided to do this. We would still be doing the things you listed, while the campaign did the other.

The link is giving me an error, but I will read it once the link is good. edit- the link was doubled in for some reason - it is here:
http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html
 
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I respectfully disagree.. besides - we wouldn't really be involved if the campaign decided to do this. We would still be doing the things you listed, while the campaign did the other.
How many campaigns have you won?



The link is giving me an error, but I will read it once the link is good. edit- the link was doubled in for some reason - it is here:
http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html
http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html
 
The commercials by the official campaign have been high quality and well done. This needs to be the same quality. We need to sell the whole package highliting his strengths. Reagan endorsement etc.
 
Seems most agree. Now we just need the organization to make it happen. :D

Where do we start? How do we go about running this idea by the official campaign?
 
Beating a dead horse here, but make you check the original link I posted here that started this thread. The chief issue he gets blasted by neocons for is his foreign policy. Disagree? C'mon.
It's also the issue that will resonate the best with the general public and all but the extreme left.
It also allows for Paul to touch on many many other subjects tangientially.

It's of course not up to us, but it would be best if it were just him, with a director of sorts getting the best delivery out of Ron Paul, editing where necessary. A prepared, pre-recorded tv broadcast. 15 minutes. 30 minutes and the idiots he's trying to reach will change the channel. He's not trying to reach the already converted. It's still a massive uphill battle of persuasion. He and his advisors would ideally pare down his thoughts AND his delivery to be focused like a laser. No interviewer interruptions NO tv reporter framing the issues and editing the content.

In the meantime, yes, what us regular folks can do is donate, contact likely voters, persuade, educate, write letters, etc. We obviously won't be involved in any video. I just want to see it! And I want America to see it and give Paul's views a fair shake. A video on sound money will be over everyone's heads, and videos critiquing social security would be unnecessary as people are already aware of the problems there.

You all know Ron wrote a book called "A Foreign Policy of Freedom" right? It's kind of a huge issue, as we are still at war. "Catching" Bin Laden cost one trillion dollars. It is THE issue right now. It's the issue that will reach the most people. My two cents. The campaign will do what it's going to do. We can suggest ideas.
 
No, we must have a very narrow focus.


This page explains it:
http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html

You state earlier that:

This election will be won by:

1- phone banking
2- door-to-door
3- donations to the campaign for
4- direct mail

Note: There is no mention of the media above. None.

From your link, is the following. First a few people can swing an election:

People ________________ Percentage for Victory

100%, all people ________ 50%, plus 1

70% eligible to vote _____ 35%, plus 1

40% registered ________ 20%, plus 1

20% vote _____________ 10%, plus 1

I'll leave off the rest as it is a primary, which suggests the 20% may be less, so...

if 10% vote ____________ 5%, plus 1

Second, are the tips for winning in the long wrong:

Winning in the Long Run

There is a great deal more I could tell you.

1 ** How to recruit for your grassroots organization.
2 ** How best to communicate with politicians.
3 ** The differences between offensive and defensive legislative strategies.
4 ** Choosing a leader who is an elected official (Hint: Be very careful).
5 ** When and how to use the media.
6 ** The best ways to raise money for the short-term and the long-term.

Is it unfair to ask how do you rectify #5 in your link? When and how do you propose using the media - if ever - to affect the 5% to 10% of the voters (or less as many of us are set in our ways) that will win or lose this election?

Lastly, one more point from your link I enjoyed:

The key will be for you and your grassroots activists to aggressively make politicians pay a price for their failure to pay attention to their constituents (you and your group).

Since the target is the older Republican, how do we communicate that the price of not picking Ron Paul is, at best, four more years of Obama and, at worst, the collapse of the economy and loss of freedom?

Where/when is it best to communicate that Ron Paul is the best candidate? Media or grassroots?

Where/when is it best to communicate that Ron Paul is the only alternative? Media or grassroots?
 
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