Should Ron Paul go campaign in Europe?

[RonRules]

After Super Tuesday, I think Ron Paul should take a little vacation and spend a day or two in Germany, at least a day in England and even France. France after all gave us the concept of Liberty. I would also support a trip to either Japan and South Korea near the military bases there.

Here's why:

Lots of Americans live in Europe and there are large military bases there. A Ron Paul rally and speech right outside a military base would draw in lots of Americans and lots of military folks that support Ron Paul.

The European media will not censor Ron Paul and would certainly welcome him and promote his ideas worldwide. The return on investment would be fantastic. Instead of buying TV ads, we would get huge publicity World Wide.

The idea of campaigning in Europe is also to spread the message far and wide, which is why Ron Paul is running after all. Europe needs Ron Paul's ideas as much if not more than we do. Total taxes are around 55% there.

This campaign is about doing things differently. Imagine all the European magazines, newspapers and TV show coverage from the BBC that are shown here.

The cost is minimal and not much more than flying across the country.

Does anybody here have the skills/connections to make this happen?

Any additional ideas?

 

[Redcard]

You do know that most overseas military votes are attached to their home base of residence, right?

 

[dehydratedwater]

Its a good idea. Then we can make an ad on how europeans approve Dr paul's message overwhelmingly over other candidates and how dumb america is and make it viral on youtube

 

[newmedia4ron]

Why not?
he clearly has the name recognition already in the US

 

[Mystile]

unfortunately, I can't see the European media being much better than the American media.

 

[JoBurke]

The European media will not censor Ron Paul

Sorry, but that is incorrect - they have been doing so the entire time.

They take thier marching orders from the AP and the AP is under control.

 

[webber53]

Yes!

 

[tuckessee]

At least he'd get some normal & positive press coverage there. Go for it! The US is vast intellectual wasteland.

 

[dreicher]

Bad, bad idea. Americans, by and large, are completely arrogant and would resent even the slightest hint of "being told what to do by the Europeans".

He already has a large swath of the population that think "he hates America". After Super Tuesday, I think he should go on an Apple Pie eating tour of the entire southern half of the US.

 

[acptulsa]

Seems a waste of time and money to me--the voters he needs are in Iraq, Afghanistan and here. And according to the overseas supporters who have blogged on this site, yes he will get censored.

Sorry.

 

[RonRules]

The cost for this project is around the cost for funding the blimp for ONE day (12K/day). Ron Paul has to travel and spread the message anyway. The FREE PUBLICITY from this stunt would be AMAZING.

It's not just the few thousands of votes from Americans in Europe, but the priceless publicity of this stunt. It is largely a publicity stunt and it's NEVER been done before. The BBC is covering us already and imagine how they'll run with this. The Sweedish love us. Look at the YouToubes!

Romney speaks perfect French. He was a missionary there for 2 years. Do you want to wait for him to pull this off first?

This is not a complex project folks. Find a large hotel venue near a military base en Germany, England, advertise to the press and local supporters and show up for a speech!

The opportunities are boundless. A large pizza in London right now is $40.00. Imagine Ron Paul in a restaurant showing us the real dollar contraction with the prices on the menu in American dollars. What a soup $10? Wouldn't that be priceless?

"the voters he needs are in Iraq". I would also like him to go to Iraq, but I doubt he could pull this off. There will be a lot of opposition from the liked of Halliburton and the Bush administration.

This will also prepare us for the inevitable debate question: "What foreign policy experience do you have Congressman Paul". A good showing of support in Europe will make a huge difference and he could totally master his response based on that.

This will also help us get millions of votes from naturalized American citizens.

Please respond with additional ideas to make this happen. Take your negativity elsewhere.

 

[pacelli]

We can't afford it. We still have a long way to go in the US. Save the rest of the world for the presidency.

 

[wgadget]

Ron Paul does not take any taxpayer-paid junkets...But nothing is stopping him from taking a grassroots-paid junket...LOL.

 

[Grandson of Liberty]

My campaign contribution was in NO WAY intended to be used for international campaigning. When is the France primary, anyway?

With all due respect, this is a bad idea. For too many reasons to list.

 

[RonRules]

"
My campaign contribution was in NO WAY intended to be used for international campaigning. "

Please think outside the box a bit. This idea is to help win the election here in the US. Do you realize that this is a county of imigrants, with millions of recently naturalized citizens that are against the war?

Kissing one more baby or eating one more apple pie slice will not have ANYWHERE the effect this will have.

For the cost of funding the Blimp for ONE day, we can do this.

 

[acptulsa]

I'm starting to warm to it--a little. A goodwill trip to France from a candidate of the party whose supporters seemed to forget that they're our oldest and most steadfast ally back in 2003... I don't know if Republicans would be pissed as hell or supportive. Pretty radical suggestion.

Maybe if you could talk the Dixie Chicks into going with him it might do some good--maybe.

 

[Redcard]

We're polling at 6.3% in Cali. 5.5% in Florida. We're not even polling in NYC.

Overall, we're at 4.6%.

So, of course. Let's go to Europe. _THAT'LL_ help us.

 

[Grandson of Liberty]

"

Please think outside the box a bit. This idea is to help win the election here in the US. Do you realize that this is a county of imigrants, with millions of recently naturalized citizens that are against the war?

And going to another country helps how? I'm not seeing it. Those immigrants are here, not there. Sometimes there is a reason an idea is "outside the box."

 

[Dutch_in_Hanoi]

My campaign contribution was in NO WAY intended to be used for international campaigning. When is the France primary, anyway?

With all due respect, this is a bad idea. For too many reasons to list.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. The European media is a lot more diversified than the American media and the German, the French and the Italian media in particular would be more than willing to welcome him. He has got quite a bit of support in the UK among the regular Joe as well.

I don't know how you should wrap this though. I am personally not sure if it'd be a good idea to visit an army base. The military support for Dr. Paul is most likely more of an illusion than anything else. Actually the so called military support is based on the fact that "he has gotten more donations from active military personnel than any other candidate!" uhm... yeah... so.. ? He has also gotten more donations from any US citizen than any other candidate, this doesn't mean that he has got more then 10 % support though. I don't think that his military support among foreign bases is all that high, he could even be welcomed with hostility. It's too big a risk.

That being said a visit to Europe could work.. He just needs to wrap it right.

Maybe he could go to London to "meet up with some English colleagues and "lifelong friends" to discuss the current economic meltdown and the effects on future economic strategy or something like that... That might sound credible and he could combine his 1 or 2 day visit with a public speech in Hyde park or something like that. I am pretty sure that a few hundred/thousand British supporters would show up and it would definitely get him a lot of headlines.

And so what if the media in the US tries to spin it? Dr. Paul needs three things right now:
1- Exposure
2- More exposure
3- Contrast between himself and the other candidates

A trip to London could achieve just that and it doesn't have to take more than 2 days.

 

[RonRules]

Ron Paul flies on a chartered jet EVERY day. Flying 3000 miles in the US or flying 4000 miles to London is just about the same cost.

There is a grassroots movement ALL OVER EUROPE, including France (Strasbourg) that will chip in to pay the hotel, restaurants, everything.

COST IS ABSOLUTELY NOT AN ISSUE.

It's about getting FREE PUBLICITY, enormous publicity, and seeing the likes of Rudy Giuliani hitting his hand on his forehead, regretting not doing this.

Maybe you don't read the London Financial times and Die Spiegel, but lots of people in he US and WORLDWIDE do. An American friend of mine who spent 5 years in Germany still listens to Deuche Welle.

My favorite news broadcast in the US is the BBC. It's US news done by the BBC in the US. Try it, you'll like it.

It's all about getting the buzz. The internet buzz from such a 3-day trip will resonate for months.