Oh Benton....Left unsaid in the spot: One of Mr. Paul’s fiercest opponents in this showdown is his fellow Kentucky Republican and the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell.
73% of those who like Cruz also like Paul. That is an asset Paul has. Keep that in mind, guys. They're not that different. Especially in the eyes of Cruz supporters. Maybe we should, oh, not make idiotic ads that make stupid, over-the-top attacks on Cruz. Mmm?
This New Ad for Rand Paul Has Everything, Including Fire-Breathing Eagles
The first ad this cycle from America’s Liberty PAC is a doozy.
By David Weigel - May 29, 2015
America’s Liberty PAC has not been a major player in campaigns. In the 2014 cycle, the Virginia-based group made just one independent expenditure, for North Carolina candidate Greg Brannon’s failed Senate bid. This year it has relaunched as a pro-Rand Paul PAC, chaired by Campaign for Liberty president John Tate, but its fundraising has stayed in the six-figure range.
The first rule of the Internet: If you want attention, pour on the memes. The PAC’s debut ad for Paul, "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday," begins with a fire-breathing eagle and features an announcer affecting his best monster-truck promo twang to promote this weekend's PATRIOT Act debate.
https://youtu.be/Q7qy-4CBBZo
Some artistic liberties are taken with Rand Paul.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who joined Paul’s speaking marathon against the PATRIOT Act but supports the USA Freedom Act, is portrayed as the "capitulating Canadian."
And South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is portrayed in a pink 1997 Geo Metro that catches on fire, art courtesy of Paul superfan Gage Skidmore.
Reached by e-mail, Graham spokesman Kevin Bishop only said that the ad reminded him of another ad from the 2012 Ron Paul campaign.
https://youtu.be/MXCZVmQ74OA
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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...-for-rand-paul
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Not only is it horribly made and not funny, but
1) Why would you attack Cruz at this point? To piss off his supporters?
2) Why even mention Lindsey Graham? He's not a threat at all.
3) They could have spent their time and money making an ad about how Rand was right about the weapons ending up in the wrong hands. Something to actually HELP Rand with what he is currently being attacked on.
Here are your answers:Originally Posted by logikal
1. Benton
2. Benton
3. Benton
This is sabotage folks, pure and simple. There's no doubt Benton is working for other interests.
FLASHBACK: Benton gives Santorum the victory in Iowa.
SourceAt this point, we know with certainty that Benton thought it was a good idea to pursue Sorenson. Though there is no smoking gun that has emerged, yet, that shows Benton was aware of the under the table payments to Sorenson, it is not difficult to suspect that he did know.
But the big question is why put so much effort into pursuing Sorenson anyway?
As a political operative pointed out to me, the only thing Sorenson moving over to the Ron Paul camp did was signal to voters that the failing Bachmann camp had collapsed. It caused Bachmann voters to move to Rick Santorum, not Ron.
In other words, the nutty under the table payoff to Sorenson probably cost Ron a first or second place finish in Iowa. Take a look for yourself.
Well Reason wrote about the ad and didn't think anything bad of it.
http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/29/br...nd-pauls-aweso
Personally, I don't really understand why this Sunday's events need to be hyped up so much or why it needs to be trivialized into some kind of WWE match. It is a very serious and important debate after all. But I guess there's some kind of strategic thinking that went into it that I'm oblivious to. Maybe it will all make more sense after Sunday.
Until the media f***s make a headline story that there is a Feud between Rand and Cruz.
Which Cruz supporters will ultimately see.
Do you ever think about how things can be twisted?
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This is 100% embarrassing. There is NOTHING funny about it. Is there anyway it could be stopped from airing? I'd rather they lose the money and show nothing than to air this.
It's an online-only thing I'm sure. Political campaigns do this all the time.
If something is going to air on TV, it is almost always chopped down to a 30 second ad.
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If it's just internet, then okay whatever. Attacking Cruz is stupid though since he might end up being on the right side of history on Sunday.
I'm not fallin' for the "It's a psych exercise of the uber-smart campaign team", this targets the cro magnon crowd.
So many knee-jerk reactions from you people its actually sad.
This is not a TV ad people, its strictly for digital purposes. Its a fun and light hearted TEST at making viral videos which has a goal of letting people know there is an epic event coming on Sunday. This ad is strategic, it is claiming Rand is for privacy rights and that Ted Cruz isn't (just like team Obama) and that its all going down Sunday.
I'm glad they're testing this stuff out now rather than later, if it works it works, if it doesn't work they'll learn from it and make it even more shareable. Its the entire reason why Rand is putting so much emphasis on the digital world in his campaign. Getting virality on social media is much cheaper than paying for TV ads.
Read between the lines, if you see people sharing this video on social media then it will have served its value.
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@Ehanced_Deficit's real agenda on RPF =troll:
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7 yrs/25k posts later RPF'ers still respond to this troll
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I would remind you that Reason commenters are mostly contrarians. Say anything contrarian, and they will eat it up.
I don't really have a problem with the message of the ad, it's just that it sucks. The voice-over is terrible. The editing is bad. And it's not visually appealing in any way.
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My past impression was that they were all retarded.
I'm pretty sure that was all on purpose; kinda the point.
Not clever enough.
Initial impression: amateurish
Upon further review: shockingly amateurish and indicative of very poor judgment and thus zero surprise Benton was involved.
If you were looking for a reason to withhold funds from anything related to Jesse Benton, here it is.
That was truly terrible. The voice over alone ruined it.
It's just an opinion... man...
Agreed.
Initial opinion: They didn't spend a lot of money on this, on both the production or airing. (Internet only and I haven't seen this pushed in any Google ads.) But I have noticed a lot of media on this. I think this was a net positive.
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The PATRIOT Act filibuster was a major maneuver with far-reaching consequences for Rand Paul, us and the nation.
And Benton has given the media the perfect distraction. If it all comes to naught, this will be why.
Let's turn the hyperbole down a notch shall we? I hear Benton is going to eat live puppies while holding up a "sunset the patriot act" sign in front of the senate on sunday.
"Comments are disabled for this video."
I wonder why?
Distraction from what? Most people are not at home on a Sunday so they are already naturally inclined to be distracted from the event on Sunday. I think they want as many eyes on Rand this Sunday as possible so they can fundraise for the campaign so if it takes a cheesy internet video to get people to realize that the thing they've been waiting to see all these years is finally going down on SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY, then so be it.
Don't you get it?
THE SQUAD of RPF
1. enhanced_deficit - Paid Troll / John Bolton book promoter
2. Devil21 - LARPing Wizard, fake magical script reader
3. Firestarter - Tax Troll; anti-tax = "criminal behavior"
4. TheCount - Comet Pizza Pedo Denier <-- sick
@Ehanced_Deficit's real agenda on RPF =troll:
Who spends this much time copy/pasting the same recycled links, photos/talking points.
7 yrs/25k posts later RPF'ers still respond to this troll
If there was a buck to be made at 'his' candidates expense I wouldn't put it past him.
I get it but I still don't like it.
Thankfully, this product has a shelf life of less than a week.
Meanwhile, now we know if we want to send our hard-earned money to ALPACa or not.
No. I don't. It is absolutely beyond me. I guess I expect more from a presidential contender and those working for him. I cannot think of a single voter that I know who would be enticed to...well, do any damn thing but shake their head after watching this ad. Certainly not contribute to a PAC that would make an ad such as this.
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