All Seeing Eye
01-14-2008, 06:41 PM
Ok, this is quite long but PLEASE bear with me...
STRATEGY CHANGE ALERT!
So, this guy called Kevin Hayden on the Facebook discussion forum posted the following. I believe it is VERY relevant to Michigan.
This is from Kevin Hayden on the Facebook discussion board:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2229718737&topic=29904
Today I saw a ton of blue RP signs today in my area. For at least a mile. That seems like it would be a good thing, and to a small degree it might be. But I think it's very ineffective, if not a little annoying. I know all campaigns have these signs...that doesn't matter. Fuck them too. Let me give you an example.
Let's say I have no clue who Ron Paul is. I don't know what his policies are. I've not been paying attention to the debates. Now lets say I see a big blue sign that says "Ron Paul for President". ...Why should I give a shit? It's a name. Nothing more.
It's essentially spam in real life.
Why not "VOTE RON PAUL OR THE WAR WON'T END" or something like that. The campaign has put out the weakest shit imaginable. Look at the slogan. "Hope For America". Are you kidding me? What puppet candidate ISN'T talking about "hope" or "change"? What good does it do to make RP seem exactly like them to the untrained eye? We have a candidate who is completely different from everyone running...and his signs make him look exactly the same as the rest.
Then there's the blimp...you guys raised a ton of money for a blimp...and what got put on it? "GOOGLE RON PAUL" / "WHO IS RON PAUL?"
Joe Six Pack says: "...NO! HAW HAW!" or "I DON'T CARE! HAW HAW!"
Now if the blimp said something like "Stop Voting For Puppets! Vote Ron Paul" or "What America Used To Stand For!" or "THE WAR IS OVER (if you vote for Ron Paul)" I think more people would be curious. It's just ridiculous that we have a big guerilla marketing force...and we're putting out the same bland stuff that every limp-dicked city councilman does. Only larger and in greater quantity.
I love all of you, but I think we need to tease the message a little more instead of just spamming the man's name. Too many people in this country don't know what the fuck is really going on. Instead of promoting Ron Paul, promote what the people don't know. When they wake up to that, they won't be able to vote for anyone but Paul. The idea of voting for someone who will give them more of the same will be a joke.
But people don't know these things, so they write RP off as being nuts. I'm just saying, that's what I'm seeing here. Stone me if you want, but I calls em how I see em... and the only RP stuff I've ever seen in my town has been those standard signs.
As most people have probably now found out, the number of pople turning up at the polling booths in Iowa and New Hampshire that had absolutely no idea who they going to vote for, was much higher than you may have thought it would be. I don't remember the exact figures but I do remember feeling shocked to see it!
I believe that these voters are ready to be swayed to Ron Paul's campaign. If they are single issue voters, (which is the most likely person to be undecided on their way to actually voting. as with one issue in mind it is easy to find 5 candidates you agree with rather than if you have 5 issues when it would "slim the field" a little!) then they are ready to talk about their SINGLE ISSUE.
For example. Somebody who has a family member currently serving in Iraq and is going to the polls may not be sure which candidate to vote for as her most important issue, coming home, is promised by about everybody except Cocaine with varying timescales.
She may think that Ron Paul's stance in the debate would endanger her in the US, fearful that Al Qaeda would once again attack US soil.
So ask her;
"Would you feel safer in your home with your family member here to protect you? Would you rather that your son was in the house with you? Or do you feel safer with him standing in the middle of the desert with an M16 in his hands?"
Think about the issues and prepare to explain clearly why Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate that will actually deliver ANY of his promises.
If you prepare for this, you can do it. Bone up on ALL the major issues and get ready to win Michigan!
I highly recommend this as a potentially brilliant strategy.
Time to start telling the truth people...
Think:
Most of us knew that the problems existed BEFORE we found Ron Paul, probably ALL of us saw that something was very wrong before he chose to run for President. He doesn't get our support because we like HIS message, we support him because he will take OUR message to the White House.
TELL EVERYBODY ELSE THE MESSAGE. For them to understand why Ron Paul is important, they MUST understand that the problems EXIST in the first place. The message simply MUST come first.
RON PAUL OR RIOT 2008!
PS - Might be a good idea to focus on the economy and the war in Michigan!
STRATEGY CHANGE ALERT!
So, this guy called Kevin Hayden on the Facebook discussion forum posted the following. I believe it is VERY relevant to Michigan.
This is from Kevin Hayden on the Facebook discussion board:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2229718737&topic=29904
Today I saw a ton of blue RP signs today in my area. For at least a mile. That seems like it would be a good thing, and to a small degree it might be. But I think it's very ineffective, if not a little annoying. I know all campaigns have these signs...that doesn't matter. Fuck them too. Let me give you an example.
Let's say I have no clue who Ron Paul is. I don't know what his policies are. I've not been paying attention to the debates. Now lets say I see a big blue sign that says "Ron Paul for President". ...Why should I give a shit? It's a name. Nothing more.
It's essentially spam in real life.
Why not "VOTE RON PAUL OR THE WAR WON'T END" or something like that. The campaign has put out the weakest shit imaginable. Look at the slogan. "Hope For America". Are you kidding me? What puppet candidate ISN'T talking about "hope" or "change"? What good does it do to make RP seem exactly like them to the untrained eye? We have a candidate who is completely different from everyone running...and his signs make him look exactly the same as the rest.
Then there's the blimp...you guys raised a ton of money for a blimp...and what got put on it? "GOOGLE RON PAUL" / "WHO IS RON PAUL?"
Joe Six Pack says: "...NO! HAW HAW!" or "I DON'T CARE! HAW HAW!"
Now if the blimp said something like "Stop Voting For Puppets! Vote Ron Paul" or "What America Used To Stand For!" or "THE WAR IS OVER (if you vote for Ron Paul)" I think more people would be curious. It's just ridiculous that we have a big guerilla marketing force...and we're putting out the same bland stuff that every limp-dicked city councilman does. Only larger and in greater quantity.
I love all of you, but I think we need to tease the message a little more instead of just spamming the man's name. Too many people in this country don't know what the fuck is really going on. Instead of promoting Ron Paul, promote what the people don't know. When they wake up to that, they won't be able to vote for anyone but Paul. The idea of voting for someone who will give them more of the same will be a joke.
But people don't know these things, so they write RP off as being nuts. I'm just saying, that's what I'm seeing here. Stone me if you want, but I calls em how I see em... and the only RP stuff I've ever seen in my town has been those standard signs.
As most people have probably now found out, the number of pople turning up at the polling booths in Iowa and New Hampshire that had absolutely no idea who they going to vote for, was much higher than you may have thought it would be. I don't remember the exact figures but I do remember feeling shocked to see it!
I believe that these voters are ready to be swayed to Ron Paul's campaign. If they are single issue voters, (which is the most likely person to be undecided on their way to actually voting. as with one issue in mind it is easy to find 5 candidates you agree with rather than if you have 5 issues when it would "slim the field" a little!) then they are ready to talk about their SINGLE ISSUE.
For example. Somebody who has a family member currently serving in Iraq and is going to the polls may not be sure which candidate to vote for as her most important issue, coming home, is promised by about everybody except Cocaine with varying timescales.
She may think that Ron Paul's stance in the debate would endanger her in the US, fearful that Al Qaeda would once again attack US soil.
So ask her;
"Would you feel safer in your home with your family member here to protect you? Would you rather that your son was in the house with you? Or do you feel safer with him standing in the middle of the desert with an M16 in his hands?"
Think about the issues and prepare to explain clearly why Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate that will actually deliver ANY of his promises.
If you prepare for this, you can do it. Bone up on ALL the major issues and get ready to win Michigan!
I highly recommend this as a potentially brilliant strategy.
Time to start telling the truth people...
Think:
Most of us knew that the problems existed BEFORE we found Ron Paul, probably ALL of us saw that something was very wrong before he chose to run for President. He doesn't get our support because we like HIS message, we support him because he will take OUR message to the White House.
TELL EVERYBODY ELSE THE MESSAGE. For them to understand why Ron Paul is important, they MUST understand that the problems EXIST in the first place. The message simply MUST come first.
RON PAUL OR RIOT 2008!
PS - Might be a good idea to focus on the economy and the war in Michigan!