Full Page Ad In Newspaper

[max]

My group came up with new flyer / ad. Very powerful appeal to emotion and intellect. It's an "open letter" to the American people "ghost written" by the founders.

We distributed 500 on car windshields yesterday.

We will also be fundraising to run in newspapers.

You can download and distribute it, but it's also perfect for newspaper insertion or half to full page ad. If any of youse guys like it, feel free to run with it.

http://www.ronpaulpostcards.com/foundersflyer.html

[Johnnybags]

Good work, knowledge is power.

[sendjy]

Nice ad. Very effective.

[Dustancostine]

Great ad. When used as a flier it might make sense to put actual quotes on the back.

--Dustan

[Brasil Branco]

Wow! Great work :)

[amga49]

Very good. I think adding RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008 is Bold Large letters on the bottom would be a great addition.

[LibertyEagle]

I LOVE this!! I agree that if quotes can be fit in there, it would be even better.

WOW! Really nice job!

[Lord Xar]

Have this on one side and the mosaic ad on the other....

WHAT OTHER POINTS CAN WE MAKE????? SO if others want to "add" additional items....

[LibertyEagle]

I'm just blown out of the water about this ad. PURE GENIUS!

[max]

I'm just blown out of the water about this ad. PURE GENIUS!

I didnt want to take the credit for myself and seem like a self promoter. So I said "my group" did it. But since you guys love it so much, ...thanks!

Modesty aside, I think this piece can have a HUGE impact

[Lord Xar]

Are there any Points that can be made in regards to illegal immigration etc....

[max]

there is a point about the "borders deliberately being left unprotected"..


it would be nice to go in to USA Today with this. Any millionaires in here?

[Lord Xar]

yeah, I was looking for something a bit more "obvious"... but that is fine.

well, I think its doable.. I will be doing double sided full color of the mosaic on one side, and a modified version of this on the other... I think it will be powerful. You can do "inserts" into papers....

even a T.V commericial.. with ths would be cool..

WARNING...

hahahha.... I think this a very poignant piece....

[billv]

That ad freakin rules.

[Lord Xar]

Actually, can you email me the original, so I can modify it a bit in terms of Fonts/coloring and such.. you know. just ad a bit more "print vibe" to it.

email me here: ronpaul4america@yahoo.com

[max]

lord..

i just e-mailed it to you as word attachment....u can also dowload it at the webiste...see if you can jazz it up a bit with fonts etc...

[Pedrique]

I think the ad is great, but the bit about "while you were watching ballgames and American Idol" is a MAJOR turnoff. Avoid slamming your audience.

I can watch whatever the hell I want and still be an intelligent voter.

[jblosser]

Why the change at the bottom from "lives, fortune, sacred honor" to "time, fortune, sacred honor"? This is hardball, there's no question lives are on the line here.

[max]

pedrique,,,

i though about that line...but in the final analysis, the american voter needs a little bitch-slapping...shame them into loking inward and feeling a little guity. Afterall, we allowed this mess to happen and the first step to recovery is admitting our mistakes..

A little tough love can be motivating. I left it in there to emphasize the point that we fucked up...so its our responsibility to fix it..


anyone who cant handle this basic truth would never defy the media by supporting us anyway..

thats just my feeling...feel free to download it and edit if you like...but thats my view.

Some of the best personal growth spurts of my life came after someone spoke bluntly to me.

[LibertyEagle]

Could we please change "kids" to "children"?

[belian78]

QFT, we all need a wake up call once in a while. I've printed it off, and passed the link to my other meetup members. GOOD WORK!

[Dave Wood]

Is there any way to get this masterpiece in pdf. ? I dont have MS word and cant get it to download. Whoever the designer is needs to give themselves a very large pat on the back because this is the one that is going to break through to everyone!!!!! Who would not read this thing in its entirety?:D

[max]

i will convert to pdf and post to that website in a few minutes...

thanks for the kind words

[goldstandard]

Played around with this a little bit. Have a look, it's just an alternative version.

Founders new version (http://www.geocities.com/libertarianparty/Founders1.doc)
Sorry, link doesn't work. Don't know where to upload files so that anyone can download them. Anybody?

[max]

downloadable also in pdf now

http://www.ronpaulpostcards.com/foundersflyer.html

[LibertyEagle]

Max, would it be ok to change kids to children? I doubt our Founding Fathers said "kids". It just seems to me that "children" is more in keeping with the tone of what you are doing with the ad. Is that ok?

[max]

Max, would it be ok to change kids to children? I doubt our Founding Fathers said "kids". It just seems to me that "children" is more in keeping with the tone of what you are doing with the ad. Is that ok?


I'm glad u caught that! I already changed...although i havent replaced the image on the website yet...

RUN WITH IT BABY!!!

[WannaBfree]

EXCELLENT!! I'm running out to buy some ink right now!

[CurtisLow]

Great job!

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6348/rpgac8.jpg

[Lord Xar]

I think everyone should just wait a day.. .. Usually, when someone posts something really good people need to wait just a tad because those who are creative... ie, fright, slugg can then take an already wonderful idea, and put a very creative flare to it..

for instance... you could take those points and layer it on a burn parchment etc.. or over the bill of rights etc.... you understand..

[SWATH]

Speaking of Newspaper ads. I never got mine from Iowa, can someone post the number to that newspaper, or would someone like to sell me one? Sorry for the interruption.

[born2drv]

awesome i love it.... i'll wait for a revised copy, definitely going to print a few thousand pcs and distribute in parking lots, etc...

[max]

ace information printing ...these guys have awesome pricing...call them....(405) 677-6747

1000 copies...$35

2000....$50

3000 $70

5000...$111.....for color paper add $6 per 1000..

you can even e-mail the original to them as an attachment

[max]

can someone make a you tube commercial based on this?

have a voice over of the founders reading the letter?

aravoth?..are u listening?

[EvoPro]

Brilliant idea on the flyer max! I showed my dad, I can tell he really liked it. I've been trying to sway him for a while now. He's stuck on the Iraq.

[wbbgjr]

Speaking of Newspaper ads. I never got mine from Iowa, can someone post the number to that newspaper, or would someone like to sell me one? Sorry for the interruption.

I never got mine either even though they had confirmed it over the email.

[max]

i didnt get mine either

[LibertyEagle]

A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
(Thelen Paulk)

I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed.
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:

"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny.
For future generations, this legacy we gave.
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave.
In this, the land of the free and home of the brave.

"You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun,
Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent.
Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money's spent.

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state.
You read about the current news, in a regulated press.
You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S.

"Your money is no longer made of Silver or of Gold.
You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our Nation, turn from God in shame.
You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name.

"You've given government control, to those who do you harm,
So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm,
And keep our country deep in debt, put men of God in jail,
Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail.

"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn.
Your daughters visit doctors, so their children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery, and guns to foreign shores,
And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars.

"Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don't you have the courage, or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children, to live in fear and be a slave?

"People of the Republic, arise and take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our Great Republic, and GOD-Given Right!
And pray to GOD, to keep the torch of Freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came.
His words were true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame.
For even now as tyrants, trample each GOD-Given Right,
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're asleep,
And wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep,
What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave:
"IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE???"

[SWATH]

I never got mine either even though they had confirmed it over the email.

Well I never got an email confirmation so I guess I am double screwed. I was hoping to get Ron Paul to autograph it in Mackinac Island before I frame it.

[EvoPro]

i did receive mine fro the ames tribune. somewhere on here peope reported getting 2 when they only ordered one.

[LibertyEagle]

I haven't gotten mine yet either.

[skyorbit]

Thanks Guys.
Tracy

[born2drv]

A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
(Thelen Paulk)

I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed.
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:

"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny.
For future generations, this legacy we gave.
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave.
In this, the land of the free and home of the brave.

"You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun,
Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent.
Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money's spent.

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state.
You read about the current news, in a regulated press.
You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S.

"Your money is no longer made of Silver or of Gold.
You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our Nation, turn from God in shame.
You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name.

"You've given government control, to those who do you harm,
So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm,
And keep our country deep in debt, put men of God in jail,
Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail.

"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn.
Your daughters visit doctors, so their children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery, and guns to foreign shores,
And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars.

"Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don't you have the courage, or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children, to live in fear and be a slave?

"People of the Republic, arise and take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our Great Republic, and GOD-Given Right!
And pray to GOD, to keep the torch of Freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came.
His words were true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame.
For even now as tyrants, trample each GOD-Given Right,
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're asleep,
And wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep,
What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave:
"IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE???"

That's really very nice, thank you for sharing.

[wgadget]

This morning I got an email asking for payment. Trouble is, I haven't yet received the paper.

The lady said she'd send another one out, and I told her that as soon as I receive it, I'll put a check in the mail.

Have you already paid for your copy? If not, you can expect an email.

[SWATH]

No I haven't paid or received any correspondence.

[Jon S]

i received mine and hung it on the wall in a frame. it definitely makes my room look 100% cooler. :)

[brumans]

I ordered one saturday paper and they sent me four!