Suggestions Please - Ron Paul Soundbytes and One-Liners

[vechorik]

I agree, simple slogans, soundbites, etc. work -- just like Bachmann said in the debate last night.
This may sound cruel, but I have decided voters are very stupid and it's complicated to educate them.
Grab them with soundbites -- educate them later.

 

[Revolution9]

I agree, simple slogans, soundbites, etc. work -- just like Bachmann said in the debate last night.
This may sound cruel, but I have decided voters are very stupid and it's complicated to educate them.
Grab them with soundbites -- educate them later.

The Big Dog commercial is The super-thesis of soundbyting. It makes some people want to bust through brick walls and slay dragons to vote for Ron.

Rev9

 

[coffeewithchess]

The Big Dog commercial is The super-thesis of soundbyting. It makes some people want to bust through brick walls and slay dragons to vote for Ron.

Rev9

I don't think so, but it's definitely a well produced commercial. Soundbytes are things that Obama used like, "Hope. Change. Yes We Can."
Herman Cain's "999".

Ron Paul is not known for any good soundbytes, that he uses repeatedly.

RP could secure this nomination with a few simple phrases, because he has the actual record to back up what he says.

I think one soundbyte RP has been using since the 80s, is "policeman of the world.", but that doesn't really portray a positive sounding message, and I think that's where a speech coach/team could be helpful to the campaign.
Saying the same things, but with different words to make the meanings more positive.

 

[gunnysmith]

The campaign needs to stop attacking the other candidates, Simply say: "I'll let them run on their record, I'll run on mine"

Spend the Campaign money to get the message out.

 

[Defiant]

I think throwing in an occasional quote from the founders might be beneficial. Such as:

"Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad" - James Madison

"Every law is an infraction of liberty. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right". -Thomas Paine

"They who can up give essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin

"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties" - Abraham Lincoln

"Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship". - Patrick Henry

"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding". - Louis D. Brandeis

This next one is a little long, but really good,

"Whatever is the cause of taxes to a nation becomes also the means of revenue to a government. Every war terminates with an addition of taxes, and consequently with an addition of revenue; and in any event of war, in the manner they are commenced and concluded, the power and interest of governments are increased. War, therefore, from its productiveness, as it easily furnishes the pretense of necessity for taxes and appointments to places and offices, becomes the principal part of the system of old governments to uphold the system of war, and betray the motives upon which they act." – Thomas Paine in “The Rights Of Man.”

 

[coffeewithchess]

The campaign needs to stop attacking the other candidates, Simply say: "I'll let them run on their record, I'll run on mine"

Spend the Campaign money to get the message out.

Kind of interesting, as I was just looking for a thread that talks about if RP's campaign will start running more positive, "This is Ron Paul" type ads now that Christmas is upon us. I think it's time for the people to get to know RP's record, and let that help secure his place in the polls...BEFORE the media attacks start ramping up when he gets in first.

 

[gunnysmith]

Told you this would happen Dr. Paul better step up.

Newt Gingrich pens a letter to his supporters and staffers today, urging them to be positive as the campaign moves forward, even as he acknowledges the verbal sparring that occurred between him and Mitt Romney yesterday. From the letter:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/285655/gingrich-pledges-positive-campaign-katrina-trinko

 

[gunnysmith]

It is immoral to ask future generations to pay for the illegal foreign wars that killed their fathers and mothers.

 

[Tannenzäpfle]

If you're looking for soundbites, Harry Browne wrote a great book of soundbites because he wanted to have some memorable responses ready for whenever media asked him questions. http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Z-Libertarian-Soundbites-Right/dp/0975432605

I know Ron Paul knows about it; he wrote in the foreword "Harry Browne's book will prove very useful to those interested in advancing the freedom philosophy. Harry provides libertarians with direct, thought-provoking, and often humorous responses to the questions advocates of the freedom philosophy face."

Worth dusting off.

 

[JuicyG]

"All other candidates but Ron Paul wear same face hidden behind a different mask." - JuicyG

"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin
Ron Paul mentioned something along these lines in a past Fox debate but not the exact words. He emphasized this point in a few sentences, making reference to the founding fathers. Might be way more effective to use this quote and reference Benjamin Franklin due to time constraints and to show people you clearly have behind your domestic and foreign policy views one of the most respected founding fathers.

 

[jemuf]

It's great that Dr. Paul is so genuine and sincere; Ron Paul supporters like that. We know what he means. We're not biased and we don't have a negative impression of him. The undecided masses need clear, concise, hard to argue phrases to wake them up. They will not try to figure out what he means.

Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, National Review, RealClearPolitics.com (videos) et al has more time to spread neo-con propaganda than Ron Paul has time to spread an honest, sometimes hard to handle message.

On foreign policy, here is a suggested statement structure:

positive phrase about America + criticism of the policy
positive phrase about military + criticism of the policy

 

[idiom]

"I hear Newt might be running third party because its easier to get on the ballot that way"

 

[idiom]

"I have a small fanatical base, it is an odd coalition comprised of members of the US Air Force, Army and Navy"

 

[Highstreet]

We all, including Dr. Paul and Mr. Wead, need to call his opponents' foreign policy the "liberal failed foreign policy of policing the world and bankruptcy".

 

[idiom]

"If the MSM were scientists: We heat the water but as you can see the water remains calm. suddenly however atoms from outside invade and incite the water making it bubble"

 

[coffeewithgames]

We all, including Dr. Paul and Mr. Wead, need to call his opponents' foreign policy the "liberal failed foreign policy of policing the world and bankruptcy".

I don't like the "policing" term. It needs to be something like, "liberal failed foreign welfare policy, and borrowing money from China to provide for the defense for Japan and Germany."

 

[idiom]

Foreign (Dictator) Welfare is a great term.

"The young people who support me are not voting for drugs, they are voting against being drafted to fight and die in another of President Obama's wars or for Mitt Romney's 'New American Century of Unrestricted Aggression'. Somebody has to fight wars, my rivals don't seem to care about that"

 

[idiom]

On Elect-ability:

"Step One of getting elected is, Get on the Ballot."

 

[coffeewithgames]

How about something like, "How much more do you want the government to do?", just in general. Listening to the Caucus speeches, and think they need to get rid of the "Libertarian" word.
"Just a simple question, 'How much more do you want the government to do? If you believe 'less is more' Ron Paul is your man."

 

[Lord Xar]

"As you all have noticed, the media on the left And on the right have viciously attacked me. The talking heads on both sides, the establishment, have called me crazy/unelectable yet - YET, I am the only candidate to have predicted the economic collapse. I am the ONLY candidate to come out against the federal reserve & because of this, found out they bailed out corps/banks to the tune of 17 trillions dollars. And I am - I AM the only pro-peace candidate. So you tell me.... do those who say I am not elected represent your interests, or the special interests?"

"Look around you here on stage... do any of these candidates, other than myself, really offer anything different than what Obama is giving us? Obamas top 5 donors are big banks.. top 5. Coincidently, same with Romney. These men touted themselves as 'candidates for the people'. They are anything but. They both support wars, and the war machine.. they both supported bailouts and they both supported extending the Patriot Act. Infact... None of these others are "outsiders" or "anti-establishment". Nobody is different on this stage, but me. Do you want endless wars? Endless bailouts?"