Ron Paul Super Bowl Ad: Here's why.

For 2.6 million dollars we could put a whole fleet of Ron Paul blimps in the air, over and around the Super Bowl. Seriously, we need at least two more Ron Paul blimps to cover the US, one in the midwest and one on the west coast -- if they are available. Any volunteers to head up a project to hire more blimps -- times is a wastin'?
 
azminuteman said:
Political ads aren't allowed for Superbowl commercials.
They tried it for Kerry/Bush and were declined.
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Well thank the Lord Jesus for that. This idea was a horrible waste of money to aggrandize the armchair quarterback contingent. I do not think these couch potato jocks vote for the most part.

Best Regards
Randy
 
noztnac said:
I have found nothing that indicates Superbowl ads are not allowed. If someone has such information please post it.


http://adage.com/campaigntrail/post?article_id=116409
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John Kerry and Bush both produced Superbowl ads and CBS rejected them because they didn't want to have it turn into a political thing.
MoveOn produced an ad and submitted and was almost accepted but CBS rejected it as it would indicate that CBS was promoting a candidate.

POLITICAL ADS ARE NOT ALLOWED
 
I don't know if it is wise to do this. 30 seconds during the superbowl is not going to convince people to vote for a candidate.

Unless Ron Paul promised a new federal FREE BEER FOR ALL program.
 
Just don't let the campaign make the ad. The creative grassroots needs to do it.
 
It would cost about $20 million to send a 2 page pamphlet to every likely Republican caucus goer. Ron Paul can only win by contrasting his views with other candidates... not 30 second soundbytes. A superbowl ad is not a good use of money.

If the campaign wants to win, and not just 'get the idea out' here is what I think they should do:
1. Spend the bulk of their money on full sized mail. The mail needs to assume the reader is intelligent - RP isn't helped with postcards and soundbytes.
2. Get a celebrity that supports Paul to go on tour with him similar to Obama/Oprah. Mixing 5,000 people who want to see [x celebrity] with 1,000 die hard Paul fans is the best way to leverage his support. Since Obama/Oprah, Hillary has no chance in Iowa anymore - her 31% Iowa Intrade contracts are over priced.
3. Hire a couple speech guys to help Ron not be as fumbly. He also needs to remove dramatic statements that make the constitution sound like an infallible document from god. Saying the founders had merit in something is good, saying the Iraq mess happened solely because we 'disobeyed' the constitution is nutzo.
4. Reduce the price on everything in the RP2008 'store'. Add more inventory and consider donating Ron Paul branded hats/shirts/gloves/etc. $5,000 in Ron Paul winter caps to a couple Iowa shelters would get local news coverage. If I had a Ron Paul hoodie that I wore as my normal jacket I'm sure it would spur dozens of RP conversations with friends/etc.
 
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Wheew, I'm glad that the Super Bowl Ad idea is winding down. Speaking of TV Ads, frankly I would like to see more money spent on professional quality Ads. The new official campaign radio ad is not bad but the the TV Ad is terrible. The official campaign folks need serious help in that department. As far as creating effective Ads is concerned, I don't have that kind of expertise but I do know a stinker when I see one. This is not the time to be frugal; we should spend whatever is necessary to produce quality Ads -- otherwise why bother?
 
The only problem is most people in the general audience don't give a crap about politics and would not go out of their way to vote. It could work but how many are willing to go get on the internet and look it up? And then go register and vote? I don't suppose it would hurt to try though, other than the money spent.

In regard to the Super Bowl that is.
 
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Charles Wilson said:
Wheew, I'm glad that the Super Bowl Ad idea is winding down. Speaking of TV Ads, frankly I would like to see more money spent on professional quality Ads. The new official campaign radio ad is not bad but the the TV Ad is terrible. The official campaign folks need serious help in that department. As far as creating effective Ads is concerned, I don't have that kind of expertise but I do know a stinker when I see one. This is not the time to be frugal; we should spend whatever is necessary to produce quality Ads -- otherwise why bother?
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Contribute to opnh.org.
 
Ron Paul FTW said:
To run a 30 second commercial ONE time during the Super Bowl is going to cost millions. I think there is better ways of spending that money, but that is just me.
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I'm sure they'd air the commercial outside the superbowl also.
 
BIG waste of money. For 2 million we can get thousands of ads. Mosts adds need to be seen multiple times before they are effective.
 
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