Sound Bites for Ron Paul

[acptulsa]

Face it--the sound bite is useful and our man isn't good at it. So, I'm setting this thread up for the purpose of creating some.

The rules are simple: This thread is expressly for the purpose of explaining a Ron Paul position in sixty words or less. The idea is to put a Paul position in a clear, concise, powerful nutshell. Craft them well and make them good!

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My first (I'll be back with more, I just want to spread them out for bump purposes):

If you put a twenty dollar bill in a cookie jar twenty years ago, thinking that you might need a tank of gas or a week's worth of groceries for the family someday, and you got it out today, it wouldn't buy either one. If you don't have the wherewithal to buy stock, saving has become a fool's game.

[acptulsa]

"Papa" Doc Devalier, the Marcoses, the Shah of Iran, Idi Amin "Dada" and, yes, Saddam Hussein are just a few of the "leaders" we've supported. Isn't time our foreign policy reflected the values and the morals of the American people?

[acptulsa]

If you're for the social safety net, Ron Paul is your best choice. Katrina proved beyond doubt that the Federal government can't do anything well. So, let Dr. Paul cut it to the bone and the taxes that support it, and give your state a chance.

[762x54r]

"Papa" Doc Devalier, the Marcoses, the Shah of Iran, Idi Amin "Dada" and, yes, Saddam Hussein are just a few of the "leaders" we've supported. Isn't time our foreign policy reflected the values and the morals of the American people?

you forgot Noriega. I could go on.

[acptulsa]

you forgot Noriega. I could go on.

Try to keep it under thirty seconds. Sometimes that means just the highlights. We're trying not to be wonkish for a change!

In 1795 a dollar would buy you at least ten loaves of bread. In 1935 it would still buy you at least ten loaves of bread. Today it won't buy one. Today's dollar isn't worth a dime!

[acptulsa]

The troops are turning away from Bush and to Ron Paul because Bush, like the troops, swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. Bush is breaking that sacred oath. The troops aren't. Dr. Paul has been keeping that oath for decades.

[FreeTraveler]

"Papa" Doc Devalier, the Marcoses, the Shah of Iran, Idi Amin "Dada" and, yes, Saddam Hussein are just a few of the "leaders" we've supported. Isn't time our foreign policy reflected the values and the morals of the American people?

Osama Bin Laden should be in this list, and more people will relate to him than to almost any of the others except Saddam. We funded Bin Laden in Afghanistan when they were invaded by EastAsia... oh, I mean the Russians.

[ShowMeLiberty]

These are really good so far! I'll try to come up with some too.

[FreeTraveler]

I think his best sound bytes are some of his own. We just need to get a list and put them in a "best of" YouTube.

I think my favorite is this:


We are being overtaxed, over-regulated, and overrun with bureaucrats. The Founding Fathers would be ashamed of what we are putting up with!

Two of his greatest sentences in a one-two punch! Any sane American who hears that statement should immediately be intrigued and ready to research the good doctor.

I think it's from his Iowa Speech. I may have a word or two wrong, so source it before you use it anywhere.

[acptulsa]

Osama Bin Laden should be in this list, and more people will relate to him than to almost any of the others except Saddam. We funded Bin Laden in Afghanistan when they were invaded by EastAsia... oh, I mean the Russians.

The bin Laden family is certainly a better addition than Noriega--just keep them short and simple! Our wonks are way too good a substitute for sleeping pills. And yes, I like the short, sweet ones he has come up with too. I just say more, more, more!

Once the federal government takes over anything, its almost impossible to get them to let go of it because people hate to give up power. You can count on Ron Paul to do it because giving up his own power is practically his entire platform!

[acptulsa]

Of course the Democrats expand Washington, but so do most Republicans. Bush created the biggest bureaucracy yet! Today the greater Washington area extends from Fredrick, MD to Fredricksburg, VA. When is enough enough?

[WilliamC]

"It's the money stupid"

"The money is becoming worth less because the system that makes it is Unconstitutional"

"Real money doesn't go down in value every year, it holds it's value"

"Inflation, any inflation, hurts average Americans who work hard and try to save. It is devastating to our seniors and others living on fixed incomes"

"The government does not control our money. Who does? A private bank that is accountable to no one"

"The American dollar was once as good as gold. Now it isn't even as good as copper. That's why pennies cost more to make than they are worth"

"When they tell you prices are going up they are wrong. The value of the money you use is actually going down. Sound money holds it's value"

[acptulsa]

"The government does not control our money. Who does? A private bank that is accountable to no one"

"The American dollar was once as good as gold. Now it isn't even as good as copper. That's why pennies cost more to make than they are worth"

"When they tell you prices are going up they are wrong. The value of the money you use is actually going down. Sound money holds it's value"

I like these. I particularly like the idea of combining one of the less effective ones with this last one to give both more punch. How about,

"When they tell you prices are going up they are wrong. The value of the money is actually going down. When your grandparents scrimped and saved, they thought they were saving sound money that would hold its value--and they're getting robbed."

[alicegardener]

The Fed creating money to solve inflation is like treating a hangover with more drinks.

[Noleader]

All the candidates are talking about change. The difference between them and myself is their change is of management, mine is of direction.

[acptulsa]

Other candidates say it's necessary to trade some of our Constitutional liberties for safety. Firstly, it isn't true. Secondly, this assault on the Constitution is a slap in the face of everyone who ever laid down his life for our Constitutional freedoms. That rumble you hear in Arlington is generations of the American military rolling over in their graves.

[acptulsa]

Our troops in the field overwhelmingly support Ron Paul. If supporting our troops is more than a bumber sticker slogan to you, why don't you join them?

[acptulsa]

During the New Hampshire debate, Huckabee said he would give a billion dollars to the first car company to break 100 mpg--and he didn't even specify that only American companies would qualify. Talk about corporate welfare! Isn't the idea of the free market for us to use our money to reward corporations that do well?

[micahnelson]

The Fed creating money to solve inflation is like treating a hangover with more drinks.

Win.

[acptulsa]

The Fed creating money to solve inflation is like treating a hangover with more drinks.

Oh, yeah. Damned good, no doubt about it. The lady presents a challenge. Can we get one this good on each and every issue?

They say we're way out of the mainstream. Considering where the mainstream politicians have gotten us, I'd say that's quite a compliment!

[acptulsa]

We're not saying that the health care system is working so well that it doesn't need attention. We just don't want the federal government doing for it what FEMA did for New Orleans.

[hopeful]

Please listen to Dr. Ron Paul's message. If not for ourselves, then only for our children and their future.

[hopeful]

a penny saved is NOT a penny earned

[hopeful]

hear Ron Paul...lest be forever mired in status-quo

[mmink15]

On how he would defeat an anti-war democrat in the general election:

Addressing the issue of how to get out of Iraq without addressing the issue of how we got in would be the greatest disrespect we could show our troops and our children.

[acptulsa]

Everyone's so focused on who to vote against. Here we have a candidate that people of good conscience can vote for. Have we forgotten how to do that?

[Bossobass]

We don't get our rights because we're gays, or women, or minorities. We get our rights from our Creator, as individuals, so everyone should be treated the same, as an individual.

Let's see if I get this right. We need to borrow ten billion from China, we give it to Musharaf, who's a military dictator, who overthrew an elected government, then we start a war, lose all these lives, promoting Democracy...in Iraq. What's going on here?

We continue to spend way beyond our means, adding to the sky high debt. Politicians have 3 choices to fund this deficit spending: Raise taxes, which they won't do because they won't get re-elected, borrow it, which they can't do because China and Japan will no longer lend it to them, or just print the money from nothing, which wipes out the middle class.

Our quest for Empire is costing us a trillion dollars that we don't have every year that we have to borrow from a Communist country and an Arab country where 16 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came from. We have to come to our senses and stop this madness.

Our Judicial system is the real racist. 16% of inner city populations are black, yet 67% of those incarcerated are black. I'm the only candidate who will look into the camera and declare that, as President, I'll pardon every non-violent drug offender. I am the anti-racist candidate.

Illegal immigration cannot be stopped until you realize that if we subsidize something, we get more of it. If we keep offering free medical, free education and birthright citizenship to illegal immigrants, we will continue to perpetuate the problem.

Just the interest we pay on our current national debt could make 700,000 Americans millionaires...every single year. Instead, it makes a tiny group of unknown bankers billionaires every single day. As commander in chief, I will move immediately to bring our troops home, use the savings to balance our federal budget and stop this insanity.

I am the most fiscally conservative candidate in this election. I've never voted for an unbalanced budget, to raise taxes or to touch a single dime of your Social Security Trust Fund. As President, I will produce a balanced budget and keep your Trust Fund intact. It's time we started making fiscal sense. Our economy insists.

Bosso

[acptulsa]

a penny saved is NOT a penny earned

Pretty good. But how about:

At today's inflation rates, a dime saved is a penny earned.

[acptulsa]

Other candidates of this party say that questioning them hurts our troops. If elected Ron Paul will always welcome your questions. This way the troops will know that the American freedoms they're fighting for are still alive and well.

[acptulsa]

So, did we pass all those restrictive trucking regulations just to give an advantage to poor, starving Mexican truckers?

[acptulsa]

How can you be sure Ron Paul is more concerned with serving you than the rest are? Ask a lobbyist. They don't call him "Dr. No" because he was in a James Bond movie.

[LibertyRevolution]

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. -Ron Paul

No matter how well intentioned, an authoritarian government always abuses its powers. -Ron Paul

If we can't or won't define the enemy, the cost to fight such a war will be endless. How many American troops are we prepared to lose? How much money are we prepared to spend? How many innocent civilians, in our nation and others, are we willing to see killed? How many Americans civilians will we jeopardize? How much of our civil liberties are we prepared to give up? -Ron Paul

Each of us should choose which course of action we must take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing. -Ron Paul

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas. -Ron Paul

The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. -Ron Paul

or like 500 others from here:
http://ronpaultalks.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-paul-talks-about-economy-60-quotes.html

[acptulsa]

Thanks for the tip. This is a great website to have up while doing a phone bank.

[CareerTech1]

Use this for a sound bite - WHERES RON PAUL AT???!!! (www.giveproductions.com/AndrewFlint-WheresRonPaulAt.mp3)

[Mopsus]

Why does Jay-Z use Euros in his videos?

$=Monopoly money.

Got liberty?--positive?

Land of the free?

Remember the good ole days of Habeus Corpus?

I love that whole government listening in on my phone call thing.

Do we spell America with a "k"...are you sure?

Follow the golden brick road!

We don't have any issues in the US. Naaah. Spend Trillions over there.

[VoluntaryMan]

MSM: Some of your supporters have some pretty kooky ideas, do you endorse those ideas, or do you condemn them?

RP: This is my candidacy, not theirs, and not yours, (place name of questioner here). I'm the one seeking support, not giving it. If you agree with my message, you should support me, but even if you disagree, you should still support me [smile menacingly]. As you media whores are so fond of pointing out, I'm a dark horse in this race, a dark horse who's outpacing some of the so-called "frontrunners," [smile] but a dark horse. I hardly have the luxury of rejecting anyone's support. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite every American to support my campaign. I need every vote I can get, even yours, (place name of questioner here) [smile manacingly][/I]


MSM: Since you have no chance of winning this primary, when will you end your candidacy, and will you run 3rd party?

RP: How is it that you have decided that the people I keep beating have a better chance of winning than I do? Are you smoking crack? If so, you need to vote for me, so that I can keep you out of jail, and get you some help. I'm the strongest general election candidate, and am the most traditionally conservative candidate in the race. I'm fighting for the soul of this party, and I'm not going to stop fighting, even if I'm the last real conservative left in this party. You and your socialist buddies can give up that dream.

MSM: Some of your opponents have suggested that you're naive, that you don't really understand the threat to America from Islamic extremists. How do you answer them?

RP: "Naive"? [chuckle] That's rich. The "naive" position, the gullible position, the dishonest position is to promote the idea that we are a target because of the wealth and liberty of the American people. If that were true, the threat should be over, because this administration's response to the attacks was to tank our economy and to snatch our liberties. So, what reason have they left to hate us? According to my opponents, "none." The fact is that 60 years of overthrowing democratically elected gov'ts and installing tyrants has doomed US foreign policy to the scrapheap of history, and I'm here to collect the garbage. They don't hate us because of the entrepreneurial spirit of the American people. They don't hate us because we're a liberty loving people. Talk about "blaming the victims." They have targeted us because of the bad decisions of politicians, politicians who have betrayed the Constitution they swore to defend and the American people they were elected to serve. I suggest we send those politicians to Al-Qaeda's doorstep, and bring our troops home!

[acptulsa]

Thanks, VoluntaryMan. After trying to come up with stuff that would subtly get under the skin of conventional thinkers (if thinkers is the right word) this long, that was refreshing as hell.

Hey kids, remember. If trying to convert the masses, don't try this at home!

[acptulsa]

Habeus corpus is the law that keeps us from getting charged with murder because our spouse left us after everyone heard the last fight. It simply said that the prosecutor had to prove that a crime was committed before charging someone with it. It's the best idea we ever turned our backs on.

[acptulsa]

Huckabee wants to make Christianity part of the Constitution. He hasn't yet said if that would be Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Southern Baptism, or just Huckabeeism.

[acptulsa]

Thousands have laid down their lives for your freedom. The least you can do is vote for it.

[VoluntaryMan]

Thanks, VoluntaryMan. After trying to come up with stuff that would subtly get under the skin of conventional thinkers (if thinkers is the right word) this long, that was refreshing as hell.

Hey kids, remember. If trying to convert the masses, don't try this at home!

Thanks. I don't know how receptive HQ is to a little "message crafting," but I'm available...and cheap! Just send a PM, and we'll talk terms.:D

[acptulsa]

Liberty is all at once the dearest and the cheapest of commodities. Many lives have been lost to win it. One vote is enough to throw it away.

[acptulsa]

For those of you here looking for phone bank talking points, particularly if you're working closed primary states (like mine), I strongly suggest that you hit the Nevada link and read, "Target your audience: Learn to speak Republican.

[acptulsa]

By the way, there's a similar thread here on the grassroots board now, and also drawing great comments!

You're for the second amendment? Good, so am I. But the other nine parts of the Bill of Rights need love, too!

[wowabunga]

No More Lip Service. They can blabber and steal his talking points... but they can't stand on them...!

Peace and Joy
-Ramblin Randy

[acptulsa]

No More Lip Service. They can steal his talking points, but they can't stand on them!

Beautiful! I suspect this is the first one to hold a candle to, "The Fed printing money to cure inflation is like taking a drink to cure a hangover." Love it!

[acptulsa]

Ask yourself, "Why are the robber barons trying to shut Ron Paul up?" Then you'll know why we're voting for him.

[acptulsa]

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! Vote for the candidate they aren't here to vote for--Ron Paul.

[acptulsa]

What's more important--slickness or integrity?

[acptulsa]

The Democrats want to spend more at home. The other Republicans want to spend more overseas. Ron Paul wants to leave more in your pocket.

[acptulsa]

Import fewer Chinese goods and more of our own troops!

[filmmaker58]

I love the blimp, even though usually I'm against inflation.

Here's an indication of how the economy is going. We raised 6 million in one day last December. and that was back when 6 million was worth something.

My fellow candidates and most of the mainstream media tend to treat me the same way they treat the constitution.

Romney said he's read their writings, he should try the 911 report too.

With the rate of decay of our constitutional rights, does anyone really believe we have another 4 years?

Have any other republicans mentioned repealing the patriot act?

[fatdumb]

I dont know where this came from but i think it is a good one.

"No nation in history has ever spent its self into wealth"

[acptulsa]

I love the funny ones. The idea of Dr. Paul using humor to make points, I think, is a good one--especially if he surprises everyone with a few just before Super Tuesday.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised I'm getting criticized for not shutting some of my supporters up. If my esteemed opponents really believed in free speech, they wouldn't be trying so hard to shut me up!

[acptulsa]

Hey, alicegardener! Hey, wowabunga! You've posted my favorites so far. Hey, everyone! Wouldn't it be a great way to get attention if we stocked our man up with so many really funny ones that he would ask Colbert or the Daily Show to be on prior to Super Tuesday and wake everyone up with humor? I think it would be both a masterstroke and a hoot! Help out, here!

"People are looking for unity, and I can deliver. For example, every lobbyist in all of Washington, no matter if they work for liberal or conservative causes, have all agreed that they hate me."

[acptulsa]

All those other candidates think that you can't fund a campaign by fighting for the "little guy". And year after year they turn more and more middle class people into "little guys". Now the "little guys" are a huge demographic--and they're looking to carry me to the White House.

[acptulsa]

"So David Shuster said I'm the Al Qaida of the Republican Party. Here I am, 150 lbs. soaking wet and bound by the Hipocratic Oath, and David Shuster is scared of me. I never scared anyone growing up back in Texas--its kinda fun."

[acptulsa]

"I'm a Christian, but I don't wear it on my sleeve like a Rolex, and I don't run on it. I stand on it. Faith should be a person's foundation, not bling.

I think our white 72 year old policy wonk could get a laugh with this--just by saying "bling".

[wowabunga]

Wouldn't it be a great way to get attention if we stocked our man up with so many really funny ones that he would ask Colbert or the Daily Show to be on prior to Super Tuesday and wake everyone up with humor? I think it would be both a masterstroke and a hoot! Help out, here!

All the TV comedians use writers. Why shouldn't Ron Paul get a little hand here and there with a few well timed quirps. Keep track of these and the best of the best put them in a nice letter and send it to HQ.

[Abyss]

"No nation in history has ever spent its self into wealth"

All the candidates are talking about change. The difference between them and myself is their change is of management, mine is of direction.

I love these

[CaliforniaGold]

Here are 4. What do you think?

Which one of your Grandchildren are you willing to sacrafice to McCain's hundred year war?

I guess if you enjoy paying taxes you can support another candidate. Any of the other's that are running right now would gladly take all you have to offer.

My idea of a Patriot Act is peaceful civil disobedience and NOT wiretapping.

I would like to live in a country where waterboarding meant that some teenager had found a way to skate on waves

[liberteebell]

MSM: Some of your supporters have some pretty kooky ideas, do you endorse those ideas, or do you condemn them?

RP: This is my candidacy, not theirs, and not yours, (place name of questioner here). I'm the one seeking support, not giving it. If you agree with my message, you should support me, but even if you disagree, you should still support me [smile menacingly]. As you media whores are so fond of pointing out, I'm a dark horse in this race, a dark horse who's outpacing some of the so-called "frontrunners," [smile] but a dark horse. I hardly have the luxury of rejecting anyone's support. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite every American to support my campaign. I need every vote I can get, even yours, (place name of questioner here) [smile manacingly][/I]


MSM: Since you have no chance of winning this primary, when will you end your candidacy, and will you run 3rd party?

RP: How is it that you have decided that the people I keep beating have a better chance of winning than I do? Are you smoking crack? If so, you need to vote for me, so that I can keep you out of jail, and get you some help. I'm the strongest general election candidate, and am the most traditionally conservative candidate in the race. I'm fighting for the soul of this party, and I'm not going to stop fighting, even if I'm the last real conservative left in this party. You and your socialist buddies can give up that dream.

MSM: Some of your opponents have suggested that you're naive, that you don't really understand the threat to America from Islamic extremists. How do you answer them?

RP: "Naive"? [chuckle] That's rich. The "naive" position, the gullible position, the dishonest position is to promote the idea that we are a target because of the wealth and liberty of the American people. If that were true, the threat should be over, because this administration's response to the attacks was to tank our economy and to snatch our liberties. So, what reason have they left to hate us? According to my opponents, "none." The fact is that 60 years of overthrowing democratically elected gov'ts and installing tyrants has doomed US foreign policy to the scrapheap of history, and I'm here to collect the garbage. They don't hate us because of the entrepreneurial spirit of the American people. They don't hate us because we're a liberty loving people. Talk about "blaming the victims." They have targeted us because of the bad decisions of politicians, politicians who have betrayed the Constitution they swore to defend and the American people they were elected to serve. I suggest we send those politicians to Al-Qaeda's doorstep, and bring our troops home!

I LOVE this! HQ, take note and have Dr. Paul memorize this, word for word :D

[acptulsa]

Reagan won with a confident grin and a few well-turned, good-natured jokes to get his message in under our defenses. All in favor of Dr. Paul taking some of these on The Daily Show should email this thread to HQ!

I want to thank all of you who have contributed to this thread! There's some great work here! Bravo!

The media once said Ronald Reagan couldn't win. I just have one thing to say to the press: "There you go again."

(Anyone old enough to remember when Reagan used that line? If not, then I'm sorry, kids.)

[acptulsa]

Let me clarify my position: we need someone who has the values of Ron Paul, and the "punching power" of Donald Trump.

Yeah, man. I know.

He had his moments, though. Like when Newt Gingrich brought up his age in a debate, and Ron Paul challenged him to a bicycle race.

[ClaytonB]

Yeah, man. I know.

He had his moments, though. Like when Newt Gingrich brought up his age in a debate, and Ron Paul challenged him to a bicycle race.

:tears: :up: