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fireworks_god
01-05-2008, 02:22 PM
Thank me for this by getting everyone organized and supporting this very crucial effort. :)

Local newspapers are highly effective in getting out the vote. Apparently we won a county in Iowa through a local newspaper effort. We can collaborate in this forum together about the ads that we want to run. We can identify which issues we need to run on. We need to cover every single one of these newspapers!

We also need letters to the editor! We should have a Ron Paul opinion piece in every single South Carolina newspaper, every single day of the week. Its ultimately their decision, of course, but when they receive 100 of them from 100 people every day, they'll feel compelled to pick at least one each day. :p

Also, here's an interesting strategy that won't seem overly political with our message and candidate. We need to find the tragic losses that South Carolina citizens have sacrificed in this war, and express our sympathies and regret. Ron Paul will bring our troops home to protect our country so that more South Carolina citizens do not need to die! Not sure if this is a good idea or not, but its an interesting one. :)

The more personal we can make these ads and editorials, the better. We need to target these people specifically. As the federal government centralizes power away from the people, it naturally pulls the media away from the people with it. If we find a strategic way to strike straight at the people through the local newspapers, we will succeed. No one else will plan like this! :)

Now, without further adieu, presenting the list.... :cool:



Aiken Standard

http://www.aikenstandard.com/



Anderson Independent-Mail

http://www.independentmail.com/



Barnwell People-Sentinel

http://www.thepeoplesentinel.com/



The Beaufort Gazette
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/



As county illegal immigration law takes effect, hopes run high
BLUFFTON -- A new ordinance to deter hiring illegal immigrants in Beaufort County took effect Tuesday, but how effective it will be is anyone's guess.


:D



Bennettsville Marlboro Herald-Advocate

http://www.heraldadvocate.com/



Bluffton Today

http://www.blufftontoday.com/



Calhoun Falls Today

http://www.calhounfallstoday.com/



Camden Chronicle-Independent

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1382



Charleston City Paper

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/index



Charleston Regional Business Journal

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/



Charleston The Post and Courier

http://www.charleston.net/



The Cheraw Chronicle

http://www.thecherawchronicle.com/



The Chester News and Reporter

http://www.onlinechester.com/cgi-bin/main-news.cgi?155+home



The Clover Herald

http://www.carolinanewspapers.com/



Columbia Free Times

http://www.free-times.com/



Columbia The State

http://www.thestate.com/



Edgefield The Citizen News

http://www.citizen-news.com/



The Edgefield Advertiser

http://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/



The Elloree Dispatch

http://www.elloreedispatch.com/



Florence Morning News

http://www.morningnewsonline.com/midatlantic/scp/morningnews.html



Fort Mill Times

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/



Gaffney The Chronicle

http://www.thecherokeechronicle.com/



Gaffney The Ledger

http://www.gaffneyledger.com/



Georgetown Times

http://www.gtowntimes.com/



GSA Business Journal

http://www.gsabusiness.com/



The Greenville News

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage



Greenwood The Index-Journal

http://www.indexjournal.com/



Greer Citizen

http://www.hometown-news.com/



Hartsville The Messenger

http://www.hartsvillemessenger.com/



Hilton Head Island The Island Packet

http://www.islandpacket.com/



Kingstree The News

http://www.kingstreenews.com/



The Lake Wylie Pilot

http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/



The Lancaster News

http://www.thelancasternews.com/cgi-bin/main-news.cgi?151+home



Landrum The Leader News

http://www.upstatenewspapers.com/



Lexington County Chronicle

http://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/



Myrtle Beach The Sun News

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/



Orangeburg Times & Democrat

http://www.thetandd.com/



The Pickens Sentinel

http://www.pickenssentinel.com/



Rock Hill The Herald

http://www.heraldonline.com/



Saluda Standard Sentinel

http://www.saludastandard-sentinel.com/public%5Fhtml/saludastandard%2Dsentinel/



Seneca Daily Journal

http://www.upstatetoday.com/



Simpsonville Tribune Times

http://www.tribunetimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=TRIBUNETIMES



Christmas homecoming
Family, friends welcome Mauldin soldier home

Two weeks after that, he has to go back to Iraq, and the story paints a picture of home without him there. What if we ran an ad saying that Ron Paul wants Jerry Teauge home for good? :)



Spartanburg Herald-Journal

http://www.goupstate.com/



Sumter The Item

http://www.theitem.com/



The Union Daily Times

http://www.uniondailytimes.com/



Walhalla Keowee Courier

http://www.laserbuddy.com/news/kc.htm



Williamston The Journal

http://www.thejournalonline.com/



Winnsboro The Herald Independent

http://www.heraldindependent.com/



Yorkville Enquirer

http://www.carolinanewspapers.com/



College Newspapers!



Bob Jones Univ - The Collegian

http://www.bju.edu/collegian/



Clemson Univ - The Tiger

http://www.thetigernews.com/



Coastal Carolina Univ - The Chanticleer

http://ww2.coastal.edu/chanticleer/



College of Charleston - George St Observer

http://www.georgestreetobserver.com/



Furman Univ - The Paladin

http://www.paladinnews.com/



Univ of SC Columbia - The Daily Gamecock

http://www.dailygamecock.com/



Winthrop Univ - The Johnsonian

http://www.thejohnsonian.com/

RPatTheBeach
01-05-2008, 02:27 PM
stellar work!

I guess next up is getting a list of prices, and how much notice they need before running?

fireworks_god
01-05-2008, 02:33 PM
Well, if everyone on this website would start caring about getting Ron Paul in the White House, we'd all be in this forum, making it happen! I can't do everything, for fuck's sake! ;)

ItsTime
01-05-2008, 02:36 PM
kick butt list thank you!

kesslma
01-05-2008, 02:38 PM
Can someone with some graphic design experience create a "8.5 X 11" (front and back) pdf format that we can use as our official brochure/advertisement that we can use for newspaper inserts.... This way we have the exact same message going out to all of the papers across the country.....

Newspaper inserts are going to be by far the easiest and most effective way for us to do this and get it distributed.....Otherwise we are going to be spending big bucks on traditional ads that people may or may not see... These newspaper inserts are two sided and are color & high gloss..... Very professional like a brochure... That is a lot of advertisement for the price... Two sides of colored material/info ......

Again, we need ONLY ONE uniformed advertisement that we can all use... This will eliminate so much wasted time.....

Right now we have organized chaos.... We need to get this going in an effective manner.... I would recommend that whomever creates "our ad", should upload it to ads4paul.com and/or in the campain marketing forum so that we can get this out,printed, etc...

Secondly, we need to concentrate on only the states with upcoming primaries including those for Super Tuesday.....

Thirdly, we need to have a representative for each of these states to head up this project.... One person per state can handle this for the entire state... All you have to do is get the list of papers from your states press association.... It will contain the names, contact info, circulation counts, etc.... I suggest we do these only for the "weekly" papers and let the national campaign worry about the daily papers.... (weekly papers are usually only printed once or twice a week) Something each of our states coordinators can get in touch with the campaign to handle.

Most importantly.. we need the money to do this. Having just one "insert" we can have printed in bulk to cut the cost... Our total cost per insert : printed, delivered to the papers, and inserted should be around .06 - .09 cents each will vary depending on the papers charge for inserting....

Should we have some sort of "chipin" for each state, or some sort of money bomb for this project only, like the blimp........ I think the latter is the best solution....If this is the case, we could be up and running by next week with ads ready to go out in the papers.....

for info on newspaper inserts, visit www.teradel.com

email me at lakeguntersville @ gmail.com for more info.... we have got to get this going or else we are just wasting time....again, right now all we have is organized chaos....

Please email me or post your thoughts or better ideas on getting this project launched.

fireworks_god
01-05-2008, 02:44 PM
Let's work on South Carolina first! We could branch off into Nevada as well, but South Carolina is much more important to this race! We have two weeks, and we'll have two weeks after South Carolina to hit Super Tuesday states. Winning South Carolina will make it much more effortless to take Florida and the Super Tuesday states as well! :)

If we get everyone in this forum and participating, we can come up with some great ads! We need personalized ones when possible, especially regarding troops in Iraq and casulaties! A county in South Carolina recently passed legislation to try to curb illegal immigration - HUGE opportunity for us to bag votes! :)

kesslma
01-05-2008, 02:53 PM
Fine... I agree... but this is organized chaos..... how about putting together a team, advertisment to use, and get this going so we can participate.

Three things needed:
1. The advertisment (We only need one to use) front and back for a newspaper insert
2. List of the papers (can be obtained from SC press association) will have the contacts, circulation, etc.
3. Someone to place these ads
4. THE MONEY.....

address these issues or otherwise this is a complete waste of time..... I am not going to make any other posts regarding this issue..... Either get this organized or drop it..... I am tired of all of this talk... someone get all of these forum users to come together or we will serve no good...

We all have good ideas, and all share the same goal, but however it is pure chaos and nothing productive is coming out of any of these ideas in these forums...

fireworks_god
01-05-2008, 03:06 PM
I've made the list, I've been speaking up for this forum every chance I can get, I've contacted the administration about taking this forum to the forum index, front and center, I've created a poll to gauge support for that idea, I've contacted llepard and showed him what is up with this...

If the grassroots organization would actually come together and accomplish something WHERE IT COUNTS, this would be effortless for ALL OF US.

I can't begin to address anything but the list, which I've already produced, tomorrow I can go through every website and get specific contact information about the ads.

Also, we need editorials! :)

A good generic ad for South Carolina will be great for all of these papers, but some prominent ads in specific papers, the college ones too, would be great because our whole objective here is to get local, and the more local we get, the better effect we will have! Reality has confirmed the success we will have with this!

For example, that story about the soldier coming home from Iraq. A solid testament to Ron Paul's objections, before and after, his military support, and us saying in the ad that we want this dude, by name, home for good, will be VERY EFFECTIVE!

I'm rallying and I'm rallying for everyone to come together and actually win this thing. I've set everything up, from ideas about the calling to this, and there is NOT MUCH MORE I CAN DO.

In fact, I have to go to sleep so I can wake up for one hell of a night at work with not enough sleep, so I can come home and do it all again tomorrow (thank god I have two nights off after tonight! :D)

I really sincerely hope that all of this effort supporting Ron Paul for President isn't going to fall through in the 11th fucking hour. :confused:

kesslma
01-05-2008, 03:27 PM
I agree, there is not much more I can do either. I have made several posts in several threads about this. I am to my wits end and about to through in the towel on this.. Too much chaos... Disorganization is getting us nowhere.

We need the money first, or all this time spent is totally wasted.... I do not understand why the HQ, or the national campaign is not doing this... This is why I have given so much money.... and seen nothing. This is exactly what all of the money we have given is supposed to be going towards....

the newspaper inserts are the most effective and cost efficient way of accomplishing what we want to do in the local/rural papers..... Dealing with individual ads, the dimensions, layouts, etc.. is too time consuming when dealing with multiple papers... This is why using two sided color "newspaper inserts" (8.5" x 11") is the most effective way of advertising to the masses. One design, no worrying about formats, sizes, etc...... Make the call, have inserts delivered, and have inserted....

I applaud you on your efforts as well, but we are all just wasting our time with this without the money to place these ads/inserts....

Hell, I could handle the entire project for multiple states if I just had the money or access to the funds...... this is ridiculous and extremely frustrating......

corsairtro
01-05-2008, 04:01 PM
Don't forget border cities such as Augusta GA. I know ALOT of people in Aiken SC subscribe to the Augusta Chronicle, I"m sure Rock Hill people get Charlotte newspapers.

justinc.1089
01-05-2008, 04:08 PM
I'm here in the horry county meetup group right now, we're going door to door today and we're discussing this idea right now. This could be something very useful to us in the western side of horry county that we do not have the manpower to walk through. Plus its more rural and spread out too.

noztnac
01-05-2008, 08:19 PM
I'm from South Carolina.

Add to that list the Carolina Trader. Everyone in Columbia reads that.

http://www.carolinatrader.com/

PimpBlimp
01-05-2008, 09:46 PM
I'm working on an ad right now. I can also donate some cash if we ever get one together.

rancher89
01-05-2008, 10:00 PM
Don't forget border cities such as Augusta GA. I know ALOT of people in Aiken SC subscribe to the Augusta Chronicle, I"m sure Rock Hill people get Charlotte newspapers.

Freakin A, it is about time you guys, I am not the person to come up with this stuff, but by golly I'll run with it. Charlotte has a tool owned major paper, we need the smaller local papers. Rhinoserous Times maybe and Creative Loafing??? (spelling....can't get the spell check to download grumble grumble...)

PimpBlimp
01-05-2008, 10:31 PM
I don't have adobe acrobat so I made this in gimp. Let me know what you think.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/shamash_bucket/ronpaulimmigrationad.jpg

RPatTheBeach
01-05-2008, 11:02 PM
There is a new very local newspaper that is being circulated in a small segment of Myrtle Beach. It's called the Carolina Forest Chronicle. I know a LOT of people are reading it right now, because it is brand spanking new, AND they are delivering it to every house in the area (at least a few thousand) for free. Every single edition.

The paper says its' website is www.cfchronicle.com, but that pages yields nothing for me.


Do we need a PAC to run these adverts? I'd be willing to call and get ad pricing. Can anyone figure a way to start getting us some donations?

fireworks_god
01-06-2008, 07:06 AM
There is a new very local newspaper that is being circulated in a small segment of Myrtle Beach. It's called the Carolina Forest Chronicle. I know a LOT of people are reading it right now, because it is brand spanking new, AND they are delivering it to every house in the area (at least a few thousand) for free. Every single edition.

If it is very new, I am sure they would appreciate helping our cause by taking our wealth of supporter money! :)

fireworks_god
01-06-2008, 07:14 AM
I don't have adobe acrobat so I made this in gimp. Let me know what you think.

Awesome, we have someone on board that can make the actual ad! :)

We need to collaborate on some ideas for ads. The idea for an insert is definitely the best way to go! If it is two sides, we could have one side dedicated to illegal immigration, which should be a strong selling point in the state (and everywhere).

We also need to stress the importance of bringing home the troops so they can protect us here at home. Securing our borders is an act that prevents terrorism from overseas. Securing our airplanes and transportation systems with the military would do so as well, no?

If our troops were home and our borders drawn where they physically exist, and not half-way acrossed the world, then we would be safe, and so would our troops. Not only that, but they would be home! :)

Looking at it like this, we need to tie in the War in Iraq and immigration, and stress how coming home and stopping illegal immigration are mutally dependent - which is great, since they are both crucial issues of today.



Also, we need to stress Ron Paul the man! I've been reading about his Congressional campaign, in '96, I believe, where he took on the entire GOP political machine, from president George Bush to governor George W. Bush, and slammed them in the face regardless. This was accomplished by going directly to the people and getting the message out, and we need to inspire people with who he actually is! Ron Paul the stance on the issues is well known, Ron Paul the message (which I have a post on after I sleep :D) not so well, although it is what got all of us here in the first place, and Ron Paul the personality is virtually unknown, and this is our weak spot, as people like Huckabee play theirs up as their strongest selling point.

I know I'm just talking right now ;), but I'm kind of just tossing out what I was thinking about last night at work. I'd love to work with you to coordiate some very effective ads like this! I believe if we get the advertisements set and ready to go, and have everything set so that we can just raise the money and then execute it, then everyone will chip in and we'll make history! :)

fireworks_god
01-06-2008, 07:16 AM
Freakin A, it is about time you guys, I am not the person to come up with this stuff, but by golly I'll run with it. Charlotte has a tool owned major paper, we need the smaller local papers. Rhinoserous Times maybe and Creative Loafing??? (spelling....can't get the spell check to download grumble grumble...)

Yes, exactly. I had only found a list of more "established" newspapers, but we need ALL advertising outlets here. Could you track down some contact information for this? :)

Everyone in South Carolina, your wealth of understanding of the state is greatly appreciated and will help us win! :cool:

fireworks_god
01-06-2008, 07:18 AM
run these adverts? I'd be willing to call and get ad pricing. Can anyone figure a way to start getting us some donations?

I'm not familiar with the laws (yet :D) but I believe you do not need one, or you do but you don't need to report it, if it is underneath a certain amount of money.... possibly $1000? :confused:

I have the next two days off and just need to get some rest first, but I have an elaborate action plan to start initating towards making this all happen. :) Everyone's help is greatly necessary - anyone who knows about PAC's or these laws, or how we can begin to organize the money in general, please contribute to this thread! Later when I'm rested I'll start hunting you all down anyways and making an offer you can't refuse. :D

rancher89
01-06-2008, 10:25 AM
saw a link for downloading ads for RP, have you seen it?

http://www.ads4paul.com/

fireworks_god
01-06-2008, 12:00 PM
Jackpot! :)

This is truly amazing guys, we can win this if we put our minds to it and make it happen, I'm going to review these ads now! ;)

And, no, I haven't slept yet, but I relaxed a bit with a good old chill out session. :D

PimpBlimp
01-06-2008, 12:39 PM
Updated the ad to include Paul's 6 point plan.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/shamash_bucket/ronpaulad3.jpg

justinc.1089
01-06-2008, 01:11 PM
Thats much better. We may use that one, in fact I would say the chances are fairly high we will.

reillym
01-06-2008, 01:24 PM
My idea:

http://nefex.net/RPAd.png

justinc.1089
01-06-2008, 01:36 PM
Just put my thoughts about it in another topic relating to this. We need to make an official SC newspaper advertising thread because we're discussing this stuff in like 3 threads at the same time lol.

Badger Paul
01-06-2008, 01:37 PM
Remeber guys, think small. Small papers are cheap, small papers reach lots of people who don't read The State.

MalcolmGandi
01-07-2008, 12:15 AM
Here's a small one, North Augusta Today (it's in SC), I used to deliver it. It's a free newspaper. Contact info:
Kris Fisher Retail Multimedia Sales Manager
706.823.3993
Kris.Fisher@augustachronicle.com

MalcolmGandi
01-07-2008, 12:19 AM
I'd def. agree with the above poster, we should focus on lots of small publications, like Tidbits and Coffee News, rather than major newspapers... once we have money for ads in all the small publications we should focus on targeted areas (the best way would be to ask the campaign where we need them, I think).

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 12:24 AM
Well, I think that if we arrange our inserts and have everything set, its really just a question of funding. If we make the entire grass-roots organization realize how South Carolina will make or break our campaign, and we have everything set for them to donate money to the local media bomb of South Carolina, we will run in every publication, every medium of advertising.

Funding should NOT be an issue if we get people behind us. The cause is just and based in reality - demonstrated to be effective, and South Carolina is CRUCIAL.

Not only do we need a local media bomb of advertising, we also need everyone here contacting all of the state media and the state politicians and constantly telling them about Ron Paul. All we want them to hear about for the next two weeks is Ron Paul, from thousands of Ron Paul supporters!

We've harranged the national mainstream media and made them feel our presence very intensely (we have CNN catering to us and Fox suffering because of us! :D). Now we need to flood South Carolina with Ron Paul!

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 12:27 AM
My idea:

I love that format! :)

I honestly think that every immigration stance advertisement we will be running relates to his foreign policy as well. We need to show how bringing our troops home to protect our country and cutting the massive overhead spending to operate overseas will positively affect immigration!

We need two kill two birds with one stone - not only do we need to get Ron Paul elected in South Carolina, we need these people to state that they agree with foreign policy, which is getting heavily critisized by the other Republican candidates.

All of Ron Paul's messages are intertwined around a singular issue - freedom. If we start blending our issues, we will be most effective!

I'm going to search for ads, can anyone throw together an ad with that format that relects this perspective? I can write bullet points out! :)

Going to go research that website now, then I might try to write an ad with your format, and maybe you can throw it together? :)

PimpBlimp
01-07-2008, 12:53 AM
I love that format! :)

I honestly think that every immigration stance advertisement we will be running relates to his foreign policy as well. We need to show how bringing our troops home to protect our country and cutting the massive overhead spending to operate overseas will positively affect immigration!

We need two kill two birds with one stone - not only do we need to get Ron Paul elected in South Carolina, we need these people to state that they agree with foreign policy, which is getting heavily critisized by the other Republican candidates.

All of Ron Paul's messages are intertwined around a singular issue - freedom. If we start blending our issues, we will be most effective!

I'm going to search for ads, can anyone throw together an ad with that format that relects this perspective? I can write bullet points out! :)

Going to go research that website now, then I might try to write an ad with your format, and maybe you can throw it together? :)

I can do it in the format I posted before. PM me some points you would like included and I will try my best. Also if you have an ad size preference let me know.

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 01:11 AM
I'm working on figuring out the way to type out the information we wish to convey. I have a way with words. :D I'm collaborating with reillym, and we would love your help as well. :)

Here's some information I sent over regarding the direction we should take the ad in. ;)



So right now I'm gathering a sense of what all we should address. Illegal immigration is a plus. We need to specifically state the relevance of his stance to Beaufort County's recent ordinance seeking to deter illegal immigration. They understand that we need to remove the incentive, and maybe a direct quotation of Ron Paul saying this about removing the incentive, and then say "Ron Paul represents South Carolina"! :D

South Carolina is more favorable to the war, but Ron Paul's foreign policy is crucial and if we can tie-it in with illegal immigration and national security, as well as federal spending. The people are going to want to hear about eliminating federal taxes, even if the pundits for these corporations do not. There is a common thread that relates all of these stances, and we need to illustrate this in a simple manner!

It might be worth it to have a simple sentence about eliminating the Department of Energy, since it seems that they would be relieved to hear that.

Also, I think one of Ron Paul's biggest charms is his honesty and his realness. We need to have a little group of information about that as well. The fact that he is a doctor that has delivered over 4000 babies, the fact that he has been in Congress for 30 years fighting for these same stances on issues, the fact that he does not take special interest money but still receives the most funding, the fact that he has continually fought to restrain the federal government with the Constitution.

Also, South Carolina has a rich history of being patriots. 20 South Carolina citizens signed the Constitution, and they have always been involved in the Revolution. We need to play to that sense of patriotism. Perhaps that can kind of set the tone for the backdrop of the ad?

We have a couple of days until New Hampshire is done and we'll start receiving the full focus of the grass-roots in this forum. If we lay the foundation for South Carolina now, when everyone shows up, we'll be ready to fly. If we get a stellar full page insert down and have our contacts lined up to run it in every single newspaper, then when they all show up, energized from New Hampshire and aware of South Carolina's all or nothing mentality, they'll drop in our funding and we will play a huge role in winning the state for Ron Paul!

I'm beginning to figure out exactly what statements to convey, but I can really benefit from an idea of what kind of format I have. I want simple, effective statements. I'm looking for havin each statement in its own distinct group, with space between to call attention. Definitely not huge blocks of text, we're not writing a novel here. :D

Here's one line that I have to stand alone as its own group:



""Ron Paul stands for the principle of eliminating the Department of Energy and other costly, ineffective bureaucracies in order to return the power of government to the individual states and to keep the earnings of every American in their hands."

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 01:23 AM
"Dr. Paul understands illegal immigration and is dedicated to successfully treating the problem. Ron Paul's stance is the same as Beaufort County's recent ordinance seeking to deter companies from hiring illegal immigrants - we need to eliminate the incentive for illegal immigration. Ron Paul represents South Carolina!
"Make no mistake, Americans are happy to welcome immigrants who follow our immigration laws and seek a better life here. America is far more welcoming and tolerant of newcomers than virtually any nation on earth. But our modern welfare state creates perverse incentives for immigrants, incentives that cloud the issue of why people choose to come here. The real problem is not immigration, but rather the welfare state magnet. - Ron Paul"

Should I include that quote from Ron Paul? I was just looking for something about incentives, but this provides a more informed stance. I think educating them will be very effective, because everyone who reads that will know what he is talking about. :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 01:25 AM
I think that would be the biggest statement, but I think it will be necessary because illegal immigration is probably one of our key issues in South Carolina. Directly relating it with their own efforts is a huge plus, and information provided straight from Ron Paul makes him look like he actually knows what is happening, instead of just some one-liner about what he would do. :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 04:14 AM
Okay pimpblimp and reillym, this is what I have so far for information to include! :)



"Ron Paul stands for the principle of eliminating the Department of Energy and other costly, inefficent federal bureaucracies in order to return the power of government to the people and their state representatives."

"Dr. Paul understands illegal immigration and is dedicated to successfully treating the problem. Ron Paul's stance is the same as Beaufort County's recent ordinance seeking to deter companies from hiring illegal immigrants - we need to eliminate the incentive for illegal immigration. Ron Paul represents South Carolina!
"Make no mistake, Americans are happy to welcome immigrants who follow our immigration laws and seek a better life here. America is far more welcoming and tolerant of newcomers than virtually any nation on earth. But our modern welfare state creates perverse incentives for immigrants, incentives that cloud the issue of why people choose to come here. The real problem is not immigration, but rather the welfare state magnet. - Ron Paul"

"Ron Paul stands for border security. American Troops should be home, defending our national security here. Our military presence and intervention in the Middle East and around the planet costs American taxpayers a trillion dollars a year and gives incentives for Islamic radicals to gain power. We threaten our national security by creating enemies and leaving our own borders unprotected and our troops vulnerable to attack. As President, Ron Paul could bring our troops home from around the planet and stabilize American borders and our national economy."

"Since 2002, the price of oil has jumped from $28 a barrel to nearly $100 a barrel. No wonder gas prices are so high. The cost of running foreign military operations threatens our economy and our environment. The Pentagon uses more oil than 180 countries, contributing to global warming, and costing the American taxpayer a trillion dollars a year, roughly the amount of federal income taxes Americans pay. Ron Paul thus stands for eliminating the federal income tax, to let Americans keep their money to take care of themselves, their homes, and their families. As President, Ron Paul will change our foreign policy to cut federal spending to make this possibillity a reality, with South Carolina's support."

We are going to educate South Carolina and show them that Ron Paul is their answer for America! :D

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 04:17 AM
We're also going to need some information about Ron Paul, the Man. :) We need to show America how honest he is and how he has been fighting for the American people! We need to show them the American Revolution they played a crucial role in fighting is still being fought today, and we need them with us! :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 04:31 AM
South Carolina flags... The picture of Ron Paul on the tractor.... :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 04:35 AM
If we go with the glossy color insert, maybe only in certain ones if cost does become an issue, we should definitely keep the color of the South Carolina flag. The white liberty should be down on the bottom of the page, and a Ron Paul up at the top, and maybe the palm and the moon in good places too! We need to make this a South Carolina campaign in every way. I think that color blue will be very striking and white text will be eye-catching. I remember reading comments of Bill Watterson, the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and he was saying how people's eyes are naturally drawn more towards white than black... :)

Dave Pedersen
01-07-2008, 04:48 AM
Excellent focus. We can learn from this and improve and target every state with this program and RULE.

I do suggest a shortcut to some manner of organization to spread out our individual efforts and avoid neglecting some newspapers and overworking others. Simply pick your favorite issue and discuss it in a brief but effective way which could fit into a small affordable ad space. Pick a newspaper which also has a name beginning with the same initial as your own last name and that spreads out the issues addressed and the newspapers should get reasonably good coverage.

Any remaining funds can support group actions such as the ones being formed here where extra large ads are being created. If each of us creates one ad and buys it in a paper as described and then supports the chipins for the bigger ads we can do a lot toward winning South Carolina.

Our national and individual sovereignty depends on winning South Carolina. This is where we must make it happen !

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 06:37 AM
More statements for the ad:



"Ron Paul voted in Congress to authorize the President to pursue and bring to justice Osama bin Laden and those responsible for the attack on the WTC on 9/11. He did not vote for the War in Iraq in 2002 and rose to speak out in Congress agansit an unjustified, undeclared act of war. Ron Paul values our national security and will act as President to protect our nation from terrorist attacks by not intervening in internal affairs of other countries and by bringing our troops home to secure our country."

I think this is great to add because we want to alleviate concerns that leaving the Middle East would leave us vulnerable - staying makes us vulnerable.

If anyone has any relevant, short Ron Paul quotations that pertain to these statements, please contribute them. :)

Ibtz
01-07-2008, 07:24 AM
I didn't see the Berkeley Independent on the first post. It's a weekly newspaper.

www.berkeleyind.com

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 07:28 AM
Thank you! :)

Later I'll go through and add all of these new ones to the list. ;)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 08:22 AM
I've sent an email to the Charleston City Paper asking about what rate to expect if we were to have them insert this for us, just to gain a preliminary idea of what we are looking at. This company linked to earlier, http://www.taradel.com/ can produce for us 10,000 for $131. I'm wondering how many we would be circulating if we ran in the Charleston City Paper on one day (I'm just using it as an example)... It is published every Wednesday and has a circulation of 40,000. We'd only be able to run that on the 16th... three days beforehand. If we ran the glossy color insert, it would cost us $500 to produce the inserts, plus the rate which hopefully they get back to me about....

Should we run the insert on the same day in every newspaper, say towards the last couple of days? I'd say we cut it down to a normal black and white insert to save on costs... the message is what is important! :)

BrianH
01-07-2008, 08:29 AM
Wherever possible try to give LOCAL contact information - even if it is a phone number of a local supporter. And ideally invite people to local regular weekly meetings at the same place and time each week.

That's what we did in Jefferson County. Local paper readers love LOCAL emphasis

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 08:34 AM
Was looking at this...

http://adserver1.harvestadsdepot.com/rhillherald/ss/057469/

To run a full page ad through The Herald (31,000 daily), Fort Mill Times (15,000 weekly), Lake Wylie Pilot (11,000 weekly), Enquirer-Herald (6,500 weekly), and heraldonline.com, for $3780. I'm thinking it might be best to run a full-page ad in every newspaper a few days before, and leave placing smaller, more regular ads to a different project or to the Meetups.

I can begin contacting every newspaper about this, but I'd prefer to wait until we have an ad and we can gauge support for this and see what the consensus is amongst everyone here. :)

PimpBlimp
01-07-2008, 10:36 AM
Okay pimpblimp and reillym, this is what I have so far for information to include! :)



We are going to educate South Carolina and show them that Ron Paul is their answer for America! :D

Do you want all of the above info in the ad word for word? And if you could give me an ad size in column or regular inches that would great. B&W or color?

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 11:20 AM
I believe it is to be 8.5 x 11. Here's a link to some specs from that website. It would be double-sided, color, and glossy.

I think that information there would be great. I think having good, simple chunks of solid information would be great, especially if we have two sides to play with. kesslma has suggested this:



I would have one side of this insert have the main bullet points, nice fonts, clear message... on the other side perhaps a little more information and details, etc.... but yet not overwhelming so someone will still read and see what he stands for.

There is definitely more that we have to cover, but I was kind of waiting to see how that would work out, with arranging this and how much space we would have, and everything. We definitely don't want it to be read like a textbook, just nice bits of substansial information, more involved than "Ron Paul will eliminate the IRS" and stuff like that. Some space between everything to make it more prominent...

Since we are going with cover, since we are talking about South Carolina, and considering that the South Carolina flag is very striking, I was wondering if we could use that deep blue as the backdrop for the whole ad and work with white text, and include the lines "Liberty" like the Revolution flag and the images from the state flag. A good picture of Ron Paul and everything and maybe the official logo at the bottom of the other side....

Just ideas of course; it'd be fun to draw up a sample of what we're looking at though so we can really fine-tune it and get it ready! :)

I'm so excited, this can be huge! :D

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 11:22 AM
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/south-carolina/images/state-flag-south-carolina.jpg

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/u/us-sc!fm.gif

I like the blue color of the first one, the state flag. :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 12:09 PM
Update: Kesslma has found a way that we can place our two sided, glossy color insert in every South Carolina newspaper with one payment. Contact has been made to get an estimate.

We're working on getting our insert designed! Any help is appreciated, especially with the statements that we will include about Ron Paul and his stances. :)

Scott Wilson
01-07-2008, 12:25 PM
Crescent moon is a bad idea.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 12:30 PM
Its an ad that is specifically intended for South Carolina, and with the color and the palm and the "Liberty", I don't think it has any chance of being misinterpreted. :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 02:10 PM
Let's borrow from the official campaign for our section on who Ron Paul is personally. They are running an eight-state radio ad blitz now and this will do perfectly:



"Who is Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for president? Ron Paul served his country as a flight surgeon after the Cuban missile crisis. As a young doctor, Ron Paul worked nights in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital, taking care of everyone, whether they could pay or not. As an ob/gyn, Ron Paul delivered over 4,000 babies. Dr. Ron Paul knows our healthcare system needs real change, where patients and doctors are in charge, not big corporations or government bureaucrats.

"As a congressman for almost 2 decades, Ron Paul knows our Constitution is there to protect our freedom and limited government. He has never voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget. His record clearly shows he will cut taxes and stop runaway spending. People who know him call him the taxpayer's best friend."

:D

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 02:18 PM
Okay, so we have Ron Paul the issues, Ron Paul the man, and what we now need is Ron Paul the message, pertaining to freedom and human sovereignty, the American Revolution, liberty, the Constitution. I am going to get some rest soon and now that I have some inspiration, I'll develop that message, and we'll try to tie everything together, make some adjustments, and see how we can get it looking. :D

We're going somewhere great with this, people! :)

fireworks_god
01-07-2008, 02:21 PM
Also, we could have these printed off and used as flyers to pass around the state, too, if there is interest. :)

ghemminger
01-07-2008, 02:27 PM
Bump!

jdmyprez_deo_vindice
01-07-2008, 02:28 PM
A Congressional candidate here in Maryland (Ron Paul Republican) ran a 12 page advertisement that looked exactly like a newspaper and was about the size of a newspaper. It was included last week with the paper out of Cambridge,MD. I showed the hard copy to a bunch of people who were either undecided or commited to another candidate and 22 of them came over to our side. This piece is very deceptive, so deceptive that my wife did not realize it as an advertisement for this candidate and for Ron Paul until she got to page 4.

Follow the link below to see the thread that contains the scans:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=79584

I think we could follow this format easily and really hammer states with this.

rancher89
01-07-2008, 02:40 PM
A Congressional candidate here in Maryland (Ron Paul Republican) ran a 12 page advertisement that looked exactly like a newspaper and was about the size of a newspaper. It was included last week with the paper out of Cambridge,MD. I showed the hard copy to a bunch of people who were either undecided or commited to another candidate and 22 of them came over to our side. This piece is very deceptive, so deceptive that my wife did not realize it as an advertisement for this candidate and for Ron Paul until she got to page 4.

Follow the link below to see the thread that contains the scans:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=79584

I think we could follow this format easily and really hammer states with this.


This ad needs to go up on ads4paul.com immediately, what a great idea.

rancher89
01-07-2008, 04:05 PM
http://www.nationwideclassifieds.com/

perrin_for_paul
01-08-2008, 12:46 PM
Hey guys! Great job on the newspaper efforts. I've been trying to figure out how to get people together for something like this, but ran into snags on the finance side. Where are we? What can I do? I'm a graphic/web designer in Columbia, SC.

Thanks for your efforts!

Perrin

thisisgiparti
01-08-2008, 01:22 PM
Since Huckabee is trying to take credit for a move to end birthright citizenship, you could mention that Ron Paul has authored this bill in Congress:

HJRES46 (2007:110th Congress) - "American Citizenship Amendment"

"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States."

Summary: This proposed constitutional amendment would change birthright citizenship in the United States by altering the language of the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment to the US constitution. Currently, "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." This amendment would change that, so that only children of US citizens or "persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States" would automatically be US citizens at birth.

The stated purpose of this amendment is to make illegal immigration less appealing, as Ron Paul and others believe that "anchor babies" (children born on United States soil to illegal immigrants and who are therefore US citizens) are a strong contributing factor to it. See the "Border Security and Immigration Reform" section of the Ron Paul campaign website for details.

Ron Paul's Words to the House: Introduction of the American Citizenship Amendment

fireworks_god
01-08-2008, 02:21 PM
Hey guys! Great job on the newspaper efforts. I've been trying to figure out how to get people together for something like this, but ran into snags on the finance side. Where are we? What can I do? I'm a graphic/web designer in Columbia, SC.


If you are interested, you could help create the actual insert. Myself and my lady have been working on this, but we are new at this, so if you are interested and have experience we could certainly use your input on this. :)

The insert is sized 8" x 10.5", because I think we have to leave a half inch margin. Anyways, its going to be glossy color, with two sides. This ad is specifically targeting South Carolina, so we thought to utilize elements of the South Carolina flag as well as the Fort Moultrie flag in the design we are looking for. We found a great picture of Ron Paul and a great logo that work well as a header.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p137/fireworks_god/Idea7.jpg

The second page would have a different picture of Ron Paul in the left corner, with the "Liberty" from the Revolutionary flag down at the bottom of the page, centered more right. Not all of what is going into the ad has been worked out, but we have this already, kind of to be in the area right of the crescent moon (all the text would be white with a gleam of silver on the edge, perhaps):



Who is Ron Paul, the Republican candidate for President? Dr. Paul served his country as a flight surgeon after the Cuban missile crisis. As a young doctor, Ron Paul worked nights in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital, taking care of everyone, whether they could pay or not. As an ob/gyn, Ron Paul delivered over 4,000 babies. Dr. Ron Paul knows our healthcare system needs real change, where patients and doctors are in charge, not big corporations or government bureaucrats.
As a congressman for almost two decades, Ron Paul knows our Constitution is there to protect our freedom and limited government. He has never voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget. His record clearly shows he will cut taxes and stop runaway spending. People who know him call him the taxpayer's best friend.

We've simply been working with Times New Roman, but it would be interesting to see it in different fonts as well to find the best one.

We were working to see his stance on some of the important policies filling most of page one and into page two, and this is what I've got so far on some of that:



Dr. Paul understands illegal immigration and is dedicated to successfully treating the problem. Ron Paul's stance is the same as Beaufort County's recent ordinance seeking to deter companies from hiring illegal immigrants - we need to eliminate the incentive for illegal immigration. Ron Paul represents South Carolina in its fight agansit illegal immigration.

"Make no mistake, Americans are happy to welcome immigrants who follow our immigration laws and seek a better life here. America is far more welcoming and tolerant of newcomers than virtually any nation on earth. But our modern welfare state creates perverse incentives for immigrants, incentives that cloud the issue of why people choose to come here. The real problem is not immigration, but rather the welfare state magnet. - Ron Paul"

A better quote on illegal immigration should replace that one if it exists.



Ron Paul stands for border security. American Troops should be home, defending our national security here. Our military presence and intervention in the Middle East and around the planet costs American taxpayers a trillion dollars a year and gives incentives for Islamic radicals to gain power. We threaten our national security by creating enemies and leaving our own borders unprotected and our troops vulnerable to attack. As President, Ron Paul could bring our troops home from around the planet and stabilize American borders and our national economy.



Since 2002, the price of oil has jumped from $25 a barrel to nearly $100 a barrel. No wonder gas prices are so high. The cost of running foreign military operations threatens our economy and our environment. The Pentagon uses more oil than 180 countries, contributing to global warming, and costing the American taxpayer a trillion dollars a year, roughly the amount of federal income taxes Americans pay. Ron Paul stands for eliminating the federal income tax, to let Americans keep their money to take care of themselves, their homes, and their families. As President, Ron Paul will change our foreign policy to cut federal spending to make this possibillity a reality, with South Carolina's support.

This is just what I've come up with, and I'd definitely appreciate collaboration to ensure we've got the best we can have. :D

I have more to plan on that will get into how Ron Paul stands for the Constitution, freedom, liberty, restrained, transparent federal government, state rights, and how the American Revolution is still being fought today, and that we South Carolina to continue their rich heritage of standing for the ideals America is founded upon.

Also, we were looking for the best Ron Paul quote for the ad to include to the left of the palm tree at the bottom right corner of page one, and this is what we've found so far:



Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons." ~Ron Paul, Security and Liberty

Any help in beginning to work out the rest of the ad is greatly appreciated. I work tonight and have to get some sleep soon, so if no one else picks up on this, myself and my lady will begin again tomorrow morning. We have a small frame of time in which we need to have this advertisment ready for the papers and ready to be displayed so we can raise our funding, so we'll need to work fast to launch this. :)

perrin_for_paul
01-08-2008, 03:27 PM
Love it!

Sending you an email or pm or something now, so check it! I suck at message boards :)

perrin_for_paul
01-08-2008, 03:36 PM
I sent you an email...let me know if you didn't get it

fireworks_god
01-08-2008, 04:03 PM
No email. :)

perrin_for_paul
01-08-2008, 04:44 PM
k, I sent you a pm with my email address. I suck at message boards...I always forget to check back, so I just prefer email.

I love the idea! I think the way you're going on design will really catch people's eye!

I have some suggestions/ideas, and would love to work with you to spruce it up, get it ready for the printer, etc. If you want to email me what you have so far (the file you're working with, any image files, etc), I'd love to help out! I've also got some wording ideas I had been working on myself.

DesignerJoes
01-08-2008, 05:26 PM
hey ya'll Im subscribing to this thread.... hope everyone else does to and we make this thing happen!

DesignerJoes
01-08-2008, 05:31 PM
Yes dont forget I-85 and I-77 coming from Charlotte ! Massive influential republican population there!

jankyflava
01-08-2008, 07:55 PM
bump

oneporter
01-09-2008, 08:13 AM
Add the free times in Columbia: http://www.free-times.com/

oneporter
01-09-2008, 08:32 AM
I think we need to address the question of electability. Include that he won 10% of Iowa and 8% of NH, so he still has a chance in the primaries. In the general election, he is the only repub with a shot b/c he's the only one that has distanced himself from Bush and the other convicts and has never been a party line man...

jahazii
01-09-2008, 09:58 AM
Start a Chip In BUMP to grassroots section

bobo37
01-09-2008, 10:40 AM
There is a new very local newspaper that is being circulated in a small segment of Myrtle Beach. It's called the Carolina Forest Chronicle. I know a LOT of people are reading it right now, because it is brand spanking new, AND they are delivering it to every house in the area (at least a few thousand) for free. Every single edition.

The paper says its' website is www.cfchronicle.com, but that pages yields nothing for me.


Do we need a PAC to run these adverts? I'd be willing to call and get ad pricing. Can anyone figure a way to start getting us some donations?

We are in the process of going door to door in Carolina Forest.

bobo37
01-09-2008, 10:48 AM
The perfect ad is located at http://knowbeforeyouvote.com

Leslie Webb
01-09-2008, 11:51 AM
I'll donate to this project. Small and medium size newspaper ads will be very effective. Note that the Jefferson County IA group ran the ads for 13 weeks in succession, in the local weekly paper.

Jefferson County success was due not only to the newspaper ads but to a very active meetup group. The group met once a week and had various activities. One leader from the meetup said they didn't bother with phone calls or mailings to registered Republicans because they soon found this group to be unreceptive; instead they worked on the undecideds and independents.

perrin_for_paul
01-09-2008, 10:06 PM
So I've been contacting papers all over the state trying to get advertising rates, and these are the ones I have so far:

Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC
Circulation weekdays: 14,618
Circulation Sundays: 16,172

Rates:
$16.78 a column inch.
Full page ad would cost $2,114.28
Half page ad would cost $1,057.14
Quarter page ad would cost $528.57
Half page ad opposite the op/ed page for $375 an ad
You do have to sign up to reserve your space
All of the above rates are in b/w.

Greenwood and the surrounding lakelands area is home to lots of gold course communities and lake communities...lots of "transplanted Northerners." Also large population of laid off mill workers. Issues that are important in the area are Right to Life, 2nd Ammendment, STATES RIGHTS (big, big big), and the economy. Ads highlighting this info would be great here.

I've got contact info for advertising reps at this paper, if anyone wants it.


Free-Times, Columbia, SC
Weekly: Roughly 90% of 40,000 (too tired for math)

Rates:
http://www.free-times.com/File/Advertising/FT_classified_rates_2007.pdf

Columbia is one of the more liberal places in South Carolina, and the Free Times is read by lots of college students and more liberal leaning readers. Free Times mentions Ron Paul in just about every issue now, so it would be a good place to put one of the more Independent ads.



That's what I've got for now. I'll try to get more asap.

I'm trying to get some sign waiving, cavassing, etc going, so any help with the ads from those of you outside of SC, it would be greatly appreciated.

slacker921
01-09-2008, 10:37 PM
newspaper ads are black holes for campaign money.. that said.. free-times has been supportive of Paul so supporting them isn't a bad thing.

48 hits on google. (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=ron+paul+&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=free-times.com&as_rights=&safe=images).