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Ron Paul on NPR today 6/21/07 (11 stations in Iowa will Broadcast)
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A very good interview that I could praise all day long.
There is one thing that bothers me though and has for awhile.
I get the feeling that Ron Paul under-estimates his support and what it really means to have gone virtually viral on the internet and how that translates into numbers of voters. There are many indicator's I could cite, but this one is the granddaddy of them all:
Ron Paul has consistently been in the top ten of most discussed subjects on the internet. This is according to Technatori whose purpose is to track these things.
He ranks higher than MySpace, he ranks higher than Paris Hilton, he ranks higher than YouTube or anything else you can think of. He IS in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and has been for the past several weeks since I have been monitoring Technatori.
Describing Ron Paul as "popular" is a gross understatement. Ron Paul NOT being popular is NOT the problem. Either intentionally or by ignorance of those making the accusations, mis-diagnosing his popularity is the problem.
My hope is that Ron Paul begins to understand what being in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet really means and that he can correct the accusations of "not having a chance" when brought up in interviews, debates, etc.
Leaving the perception of him not having a chance will discourage those voter's who don't think they can make any difference by voting for him, which is a hell of a lot of them.
For some reason, Technorati, seems to be having technical problems and is not showing their top ten right now, but here is a screen shot I took a few days ago of the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and top ten internet searches:
Who is Technorati?
Welcome to Technorati
Currently tracking 86.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.
Technorati is the recognized authority on what's happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”
But it all started with blogs. A blog, or weblog, is a regularly updated journal published on the web. Some blogs are intended for a small audience; others vie for readership with national newspapers. Blogs are influential, personal, or both, and they reflect as many topics and opinions as there are people writing them.
Blogs are powerful because they allow millions of people to easily publish and share their ideas, and millions more to read and respond. They engage the writer and reader in an open conversation, and are shifting the Internet paradigm as we know it.
On the World Live Web, bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. We rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and so we monitor these live communities and the conversations they foster.
The World Live Web is incredibly active, and according to Technorati data, there are over 175,000 new blogs (that’s just blogs) every day. Bloggers update their blogs regularly to the tune of over 1.6 million posts per day, or over 18 updates a second.
Technorati. Who's saying what. Right now.
There is one thing that bothers me though and has for awhile.
I get the feeling that Ron Paul under-estimates his support and what it really means to have gone virtually viral on the internet and how that translates into numbers of voters. There are many indicator's I could cite, but this one is the granddaddy of them all:
Ron Paul has consistently been in the top ten of most discussed subjects on the internet. This is according to Technatori whose purpose is to track these things.
He ranks higher than MySpace, he ranks higher than Paris Hilton, he ranks higher than YouTube or anything else you can think of. He IS in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and has been for the past several weeks since I have been monitoring Technatori.
Describing Ron Paul as "popular" is a gross understatement. Ron Paul NOT being popular is NOT the problem. Either intentionally or by ignorance of those making the accusations, mis-diagnosing his popularity is the problem.
My hope is that Ron Paul begins to understand what being in the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet really means and that he can correct the accusations of "not having a chance" when brought up in interviews, debates, etc.
Leaving the perception of him not having a chance will discourage those voter's who don't think they can make any difference by voting for him, which is a hell of a lot of them.
For some reason, Technorati, seems to be having technical problems and is not showing their top ten right now, but here is a screen shot I took a few days ago of the top ten most talked about subjects on the internet and top ten internet searches:
Who is Technorati?
Welcome to Technorati
Currently tracking 86.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.
Technorati is the recognized authority on what's happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”
But it all started with blogs. A blog, or weblog, is a regularly updated journal published on the web. Some blogs are intended for a small audience; others vie for readership with national newspapers. Blogs are influential, personal, or both, and they reflect as many topics and opinions as there are people writing them.
Blogs are powerful because they allow millions of people to easily publish and share their ideas, and millions more to read and respond. They engage the writer and reader in an open conversation, and are shifting the Internet paradigm as we know it.
On the World Live Web, bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. We rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and so we monitor these live communities and the conversations they foster.
The World Live Web is incredibly active, and according to Technorati data, there are over 175,000 new blogs (that’s just blogs) every day. Bloggers update their blogs regularly to the tune of over 1.6 million posts per day, or over 18 updates a second.
Technorati. Who's saying what. Right now.
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I think even if Ron Paul was the most popular front runner he would still act modestly just because that's how he is. It seems to me that it's important to him to win through his message and not to toot his own horn. I agree with you though that in general his popularity is underestimated.
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Looks like Technorati has fixed there tech problem and has their top ten list up again. Ron Paul is still the number 2 most talked about subjects on the internet.
http://technorati.com/pop/
The people are having an American Revolution. Ron Paul needs to correct the mis-perception in is interviews, IMHO.
http://technorati.com/pop/
The people are having an American Revolution. Ron Paul needs to correct the mis-perception in is interviews, IMHO.
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I also think his modesty is part of his charm, but I also think he can correct the mis-perception without being a braggart about it. The "not having a chance" message being spread could very well turn into a self-fullfilling prophecy.
Great text on the page at wbur.org
"Texas Congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is the debate stage wild card in the Republican push for the presidency. In debate after debate, after McCain and Giuliani and Romney and the rest have had their main-line say, Ron Paul turns over the tables.
He trembles with passion as he says the GOP has lost its way, above all in Iraq. Bush backers hate him. Disillusioned Republicans, and many others, have made him a cult hero, and maybe more than that."
"Texas Congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is the debate stage wild card in the Republican push for the presidency. In debate after debate, after McCain and Giuliani and Romney and the rest have had their main-line say, Ron Paul turns over the tables.
He trembles with passion as he says the GOP has lost its way, above all in Iraq. Bush backers hate him. Disillusioned Republicans, and many others, have made him a cult hero, and maybe more than that."
Letter to Tom Ashbrook at NPR
I just sent this letter to Tom Ashbrook's NPR show, e-mail address is:
[email protected]
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Hi Tom,
Thanks very much for having Rep. Ron Paul on your show. As you can tell from the callers (and from the online buzz, if you've been following it), this guy has struck a nerve with the American public.
With all due respect, though, I have to register a complaint with the way you conducted the interview. You repeatedly couched Paul's candidacy in terms that made it look like he has no chance of winning the Republican nomination, which I don't think was appropriate. This happened repeatedly, including at 46:10 where you stated: "Congressman, the odds of you winning the GOP nomination appear to be essentially nil." You made several statements along these lines, giving the impression that Paul is merely a "fringe" candidate who's not in the race to win, but rather to make a political point of some kind.
As you may know, Paul has won all kinds of internet polls after the three Republican debates, and his buzz is just getting going. Q2 fundraising numbers won't be released for another 10 days; we're 7 months from the Iowa caucus; only three of the nine Republican debates have been held; again, with all due respect, where does Tom Ashbrook get off framing the Republican race in such a way as to exclude Dr. Paul from winning? I like you, Tom, but you went down a notch in my esteem from the way you presented Dr. Paul's candidacy in this interview.
The American people are tired of the establishment "pre-screening" which candidates are acceptable for us. Thanks to the web, we don't have to let them any more. Please have Dr. Paul on again and refrain from the temptation of degrading his chances. And read the papers on July 1st; I think those who doubt Paul's chances will be surprised at how much money the American people are sending him.
I just sent this letter to Tom Ashbrook's NPR show, e-mail address is:
[email protected]
***
Hi Tom,
Thanks very much for having Rep. Ron Paul on your show. As you can tell from the callers (and from the online buzz, if you've been following it), this guy has struck a nerve with the American public.
With all due respect, though, I have to register a complaint with the way you conducted the interview. You repeatedly couched Paul's candidacy in terms that made it look like he has no chance of winning the Republican nomination, which I don't think was appropriate. This happened repeatedly, including at 46:10 where you stated: "Congressman, the odds of you winning the GOP nomination appear to be essentially nil." You made several statements along these lines, giving the impression that Paul is merely a "fringe" candidate who's not in the race to win, but rather to make a political point of some kind.
As you may know, Paul has won all kinds of internet polls after the three Republican debates, and his buzz is just getting going. Q2 fundraising numbers won't be released for another 10 days; we're 7 months from the Iowa caucus; only three of the nine Republican debates have been held; again, with all due respect, where does Tom Ashbrook get off framing the Republican race in such a way as to exclude Dr. Paul from winning? I like you, Tom, but you went down a notch in my esteem from the way you presented Dr. Paul's candidacy in this interview.
The American people are tired of the establishment "pre-screening" which candidates are acceptable for us. Thanks to the web, we don't have to let them any more. Please have Dr. Paul on again and refrain from the temptation of degrading his chances. And read the papers on July 1st; I think those who doubt Paul's chances will be surprised at how much money the American people are sending him.
Ron Paul's Google popularity
Adding to Patriot One's comment above: I typed all the candidates' names into Google (in quotation marks) and guess who gets more hits than any other Republican candidates? You know it's "Ron Paul" with 3.7 million.
"John McCain" 1.7 million
"Mitt Romney" 2.5 million
"Fred Thompson" 3.1 million
"Rudy Giuliani" + "Rudolph Giuliani" 2.4 million
"Ron Paul" 3.7 million
And that's Google, not technorati! This isn't just "a few people" or "a small movement," folks. This is huge.
Adding to Patriot One's comment above: I typed all the candidates' names into Google (in quotation marks) and guess who gets more hits than any other Republican candidates? You know it's "Ron Paul" with 3.7 million.
"John McCain" 1.7 million
"Mitt Romney" 2.5 million
"Fred Thompson" 3.1 million
"Rudy Giuliani" + "Rudolph Giuliani" 2.4 million
"Ron Paul" 3.7 million
And that's Google, not technorati! This isn't just "a few people" or "a small movement," folks. This is huge.
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Adding to Patriot One's comment above: I typed all the candidates' names into Google (in quotation marks) and guess who gets more hits than any other Republican candidates? You know it's "Ron Paul" with 3.7 million.
"John McCain" 1.7 million
"Mitt Romney" 2.5 million
"Fred Thompson" 3.1 million
"Rudy Giuliani" + "Rudolph Giuliani" 2.4 million
"Ron Paul" 3.7 million
And that's Google, not technorati! This isn't just "a few people" or "a small movement," folks. This is huge.
I've done the same thing in google using Trudy G. and Ron Paul and have gotten similar results. The results are even more dramatic (percentage wise) if you isolate the hits to the past 3 months (since the Presidency buzz)....plus it's probably more accurate since the search for Ron Paul may include other individuals named Ron Paul. By isolating the past 3 months, the hit's, when examined, only included our Ron Paul.
THEN it got REALLY dramatic when you consider upon closer examination, that ~1/2 of the hits for Rudy were negative buzz as opposed to positive buzz.
This is the kind of information we should gather and graph in an easy to read way and send to Ron's campaign manager so he can help respond to the "not a chance in hell" statements.
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Another thing I looked at was Eventful.com, where Ron Paul is only second in demands to Obama to visit and campaign in their city. Furthermore, both Ron and Obama were included in their "What's Hot" list.
The other thing I have looked at were the number of people who have formed campaign support groups using the Meet-Up.com website. I didn't look at all the candidates numbers, but it was obvious of all the Repubs were trailing WAY behind in grass root support groups.
The other thing I have looked at were the number of people who have formed campaign support groups using the Meet-Up.com website. I didn't look at all the candidates numbers, but it was obvious of all the Repubs were trailing WAY behind in grass root support groups.
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Some of those people who called in were great! Excellent interview!
Ron Paul's meetup grassroots bigger than any other candidate, 3 times larger than the #2 person, Obama. In addition, rate of growth on Meetup is even more impressive, with Ron Paul's grassroots growing at a rate that is about 17 times faster than the #2 person, Obama.
Ron Paul support is EXPLODING.
Ron Paul Meetup membership grew by 10% in the last three DAYS.
This is a revolutionary grassroots wildfire phenomenon.
Ron Paul support is EXPLODING.
Ron Paul Meetup membership grew by 10% in the last three DAYS.
This is a revolutionary grassroots wildfire phenomenon.
Do you think that some of these callers don't even realize that school funding has nothing to do with the DOE (at least in a "good" way)?
I wish RP would better articulate certain issues like that. The DOE being dissolved does not mean that public schools are going to get shut down.
I wish RP would better articulate certain issues like that. The DOE being dissolved does not mean that public schools are going to get shut down.
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