Kludge
11-17-2009, 12:11 PM
I keep forgetting to write this post up.... Been meaning to for nearly a year. This idea dawned on me after a post asking why the Hell a lot of signs for a candidate's name with no office listed were appearing all over my county. I forgot the forum was public and it ended up being the first page listed in Google for many months before I requested a mod delete it. It was particularly embarrassing because the man runs a legitimate business in the area using his name and were some unwitting person to look him up on the Internet, they'd be exposed to "Why the Hell is this asshole's signs all over the damn place without even the courtesy of stating what he's running for?" Whoops.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=267
Select your state, enter a comprehensive title "[backed candidate's name] [office sought] [town/district, state] Platform and Analysis," enter in some analysis of the candidates' platform and back a candidate. Without blatant smearing, compare the most offensive section of candidates' platform to the candidate you're backing. Don't use words like "libertarian." This page exists for the sole purpose of selling the candidate to the general public, not RPFs. Be sure to include all the candidates' names on the page for the best chance for Google hits. Great power, responsibility, blah blah blah... Don't speculate on non-issues like if the candidate's a closet homosexual, eh? Facts, citations, and additional info links will likely do everyone a lot of good.
Why?
RPFs has a high page rank with Google. Most local candidates don't have the resources for a proper website. Unfortunately, this leads to a lot of bad choices since all exists on the Internet is a group of partisan smear sites. Many candidates will not have a comprehensive voting record available. Attend meet-and-greets (or find other contact info) and grill the candidates (politely). Report the candidates' statements back if he doesn't have a platform listed on his pamphlets. Remember this page will likely be on the front page (possibly the first result) of Google when someone searches the candidate's name. There's never enough info on local candidates. A lot of people vote based on how the person's name sounds, party affiliation, and dirty rumors circulating the community because they don't have access to real information. We have a great opportunity to serve our community and ourselves.
Being these pages may be the only list of comprehensive information regarding the local race on the Internet, OPs should take care to flag anything off-topic in their thread. This is the Internet: we're professionals, we're serious, we have trophies.
(You could do this with Proposals, too, of course, and whatever else there is to vote on)
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=267
Select your state, enter a comprehensive title "[backed candidate's name] [office sought] [town/district, state] Platform and Analysis," enter in some analysis of the candidates' platform and back a candidate. Without blatant smearing, compare the most offensive section of candidates' platform to the candidate you're backing. Don't use words like "libertarian." This page exists for the sole purpose of selling the candidate to the general public, not RPFs. Be sure to include all the candidates' names on the page for the best chance for Google hits. Great power, responsibility, blah blah blah... Don't speculate on non-issues like if the candidate's a closet homosexual, eh? Facts, citations, and additional info links will likely do everyone a lot of good.
Why?
RPFs has a high page rank with Google. Most local candidates don't have the resources for a proper website. Unfortunately, this leads to a lot of bad choices since all exists on the Internet is a group of partisan smear sites. Many candidates will not have a comprehensive voting record available. Attend meet-and-greets (or find other contact info) and grill the candidates (politely). Report the candidates' statements back if he doesn't have a platform listed on his pamphlets. Remember this page will likely be on the front page (possibly the first result) of Google when someone searches the candidate's name. There's never enough info on local candidates. A lot of people vote based on how the person's name sounds, party affiliation, and dirty rumors circulating the community because they don't have access to real information. We have a great opportunity to serve our community and ourselves.
Being these pages may be the only list of comprehensive information regarding the local race on the Internet, OPs should take care to flag anything off-topic in their thread. This is the Internet: we're professionals, we're serious, we have trophies.
(You could do this with Proposals, too, of course, and whatever else there is to vote on)