gilliganscorner
03-02-2008, 06:30 AM
Hey Folks,
Making the assumption that the March takes place at the RNC in St. Paul, do you think this is a good idea? I posted this in the "March on Washington" group, but someone suggested I post it here:
Could the campaign pull out all the stops and start a national advertising campaign about the march on the convention center? We need a hook or meme in these ads like the old lady in those commercials, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” or “Where’s the beef?”
Maybe we could do 30 second spot where we have an animated America running around asking, “Have you seen my Constitution? I’ve lost my Constitution! Where is it?”, asking animated cartoons/caricatures of:Bush, Cheney, Rice etc. at first, then McCain, Obama, and Hillary. All of these caricatures would answer various expressions of “no” (i.e shrugging shoulders, ignoring the animated America, kicking it out of the room etc etc).
For example, Bush would shake his head and say “it’s nothing but a piece of paper!” , Cheney would snarl, “No! Go away!” then bury his head into a newspaper that headlines, “Halliburton and Iraq: The money just keeps rolling in.” Obama would shrug then go back to his “Global Tax Bill: How to Bankrupt America”. Same with Hillary who boots the Constitution out of the room, and picks up a report entitled, “Medicare: Wait till you see what it costs when it is free!”. Cut to Bernanke, who would shake his head, and go back to turning the crank on his printing press with breakneck speed, having money fly out of it, while a chart behind him entitled “Value of the Dollar” has a red line going down through the floor behind him and another "Inflation" chart going through the ceiling?
The animated America would become increasingly more frantic going from caricature to caricature until finally America hears off to the left of the screen the voice of the good Doctor gently saying, “I have it right here.”
Camera pans left, and there is Ron Paul (not a character, but the real man) holding the Constitution out toward the animated America. The America approaches him, jumps into his arms, then sighs with relief. Ron Paul looks at his new charge and says again, softly but firmly, “I will do what you entrusted me to do.” or "I will do right by you.", something like that.
Fade to black with no audio but a screen that says:
March for Freedom
Republican Nation Convention
<date>
Take America Back!
www.ronpaul2008.com
What do you think?
Another idea, tapping into the style of those 3 minute long old "Schoolhouse Rock" videos, is to create similar ads explaining how money is created out of thin air, what inflation is and how it works, etc etc, but at all times, link it back to Ron Paul's campaign. Forget the debates to get Ron Paul's message out...if you can create a catchy song, "Conjunction junction, what's your function?..." and have cartoons, you will have a captive audience. My signature says it best:
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late"
For those of you have no idea (and a blast from the past that do remember) what I am talking about, here is an example:
Politics:
"How a Bill Becomes Law" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ)
"The Shot Heard Around the World" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7VQA5NDNkUM) (It was about the American Revolution)
Grammar:
"Conjunction Junction" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo)
"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing." (http://youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0)
Those of you who are younger will not appreciate the power of "Schoolhouse Rock". It was huge in it's day. All of us remember those songs, twenty or thirty years after we saw them last, permanently etched on our neurons.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/School_House_Rock%21.gif
I think if the campaign (or the talent embedded in the grassroots - I can write lyrics, but I can't do animation...) can create an ad campaign in the vein of "Schoolhouse Rock" to air the product The campaign could buy "B" or "C" time from media outlets and of course it would go viral on the internet. Forget debates - Dr. Paul has limited success with getting his message out there.
If the campaign/grassroots could create a fad...wow.
What do you all think?
Making the assumption that the March takes place at the RNC in St. Paul, do you think this is a good idea? I posted this in the "March on Washington" group, but someone suggested I post it here:
Could the campaign pull out all the stops and start a national advertising campaign about the march on the convention center? We need a hook or meme in these ads like the old lady in those commercials, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” or “Where’s the beef?”
Maybe we could do 30 second spot where we have an animated America running around asking, “Have you seen my Constitution? I’ve lost my Constitution! Where is it?”, asking animated cartoons/caricatures of:Bush, Cheney, Rice etc. at first, then McCain, Obama, and Hillary. All of these caricatures would answer various expressions of “no” (i.e shrugging shoulders, ignoring the animated America, kicking it out of the room etc etc).
For example, Bush would shake his head and say “it’s nothing but a piece of paper!” , Cheney would snarl, “No! Go away!” then bury his head into a newspaper that headlines, “Halliburton and Iraq: The money just keeps rolling in.” Obama would shrug then go back to his “Global Tax Bill: How to Bankrupt America”. Same with Hillary who boots the Constitution out of the room, and picks up a report entitled, “Medicare: Wait till you see what it costs when it is free!”. Cut to Bernanke, who would shake his head, and go back to turning the crank on his printing press with breakneck speed, having money fly out of it, while a chart behind him entitled “Value of the Dollar” has a red line going down through the floor behind him and another "Inflation" chart going through the ceiling?
The animated America would become increasingly more frantic going from caricature to caricature until finally America hears off to the left of the screen the voice of the good Doctor gently saying, “I have it right here.”
Camera pans left, and there is Ron Paul (not a character, but the real man) holding the Constitution out toward the animated America. The America approaches him, jumps into his arms, then sighs with relief. Ron Paul looks at his new charge and says again, softly but firmly, “I will do what you entrusted me to do.” or "I will do right by you.", something like that.
Fade to black with no audio but a screen that says:
March for Freedom
Republican Nation Convention
<date>
Take America Back!
www.ronpaul2008.com
What do you think?
Another idea, tapping into the style of those 3 minute long old "Schoolhouse Rock" videos, is to create similar ads explaining how money is created out of thin air, what inflation is and how it works, etc etc, but at all times, link it back to Ron Paul's campaign. Forget the debates to get Ron Paul's message out...if you can create a catchy song, "Conjunction junction, what's your function?..." and have cartoons, you will have a captive audience. My signature says it best:
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late"
For those of you have no idea (and a blast from the past that do remember) what I am talking about, here is an example:
Politics:
"How a Bill Becomes Law" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ)
"The Shot Heard Around the World" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7VQA5NDNkUM) (It was about the American Revolution)
Grammar:
"Conjunction Junction" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo)
"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing." (http://youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0)
Those of you who are younger will not appreciate the power of "Schoolhouse Rock". It was huge in it's day. All of us remember those songs, twenty or thirty years after we saw them last, permanently etched on our neurons.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/School_House_Rock%21.gif
I think if the campaign (or the talent embedded in the grassroots - I can write lyrics, but I can't do animation...) can create an ad campaign in the vein of "Schoolhouse Rock" to air the product The campaign could buy "B" or "C" time from media outlets and of course it would go viral on the internet. Forget debates - Dr. Paul has limited success with getting his message out there.
If the campaign/grassroots could create a fad...wow.
What do you all think?