Help design the Hightimes Ron Paul ad, tight deadline!

[fortilite]

Here is rough mockup so far:


Help Ron Paul End The War On Drugs

10 term Congressman Ron Paul is the only major Presidential candidate to oppose the war on drugs. Although opposed to Marijuana on a personal level, he feels it is not the job of the government to make personal choices for citizens. Congressman Ron Paul believes that if an individual wants to use Marijuana it is that person's Constitutional right. As a strict constitutionalist, Ron Paul would bring in Supreme Court judges who recognize that the war on drugs violates the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.

* Ron Paul voted for the legalization of hemp!

* Voted 'No' on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests!

* Sponsored the States Rights To Medical Marijuana Act!

* Believes that the federal government does not have the constitutional right to regulate drugs!

* Ron Paul not only supports decriminalization, but full legalization!

If we want full legalization of Marijuana, we will need the Supreme Court on our side. As President, Ron Paul will only nominate judges who recognize the full scope of the 10th amendment. Ron Paul will work tirelessly to end the illegal and unconstitutional war on drugs. This is our opportunity, do not let it pass you by.



We also will elaborate on registering to vote and will need to put the standard warning at the bottom and top. Any PDF experts here? Please, the sooner we get a volunteer for this the better because we have a deadline (let's finish it by Monday or Tuesday).

Also if you have suggestions for improving the text post it here.

We ARE going to do this, I will do the Chip-In, someone needs to make the PDF. This is a full page, full color ad.

[Geronimo]

How about leaving some contact info (in this thread) so that I can cut and paste this to my local meetups and myspace. (if that's ok with you)

[fortilite]

Sure, abudabit@yahoo.com Ryan Pierce

I'll have the chip-in up once I get a little more info from Hightimes later today.

[Geronimo]

Thanks.

[Drknows]

I never thought id see the day. This is just one of the reasons Ron Paul is awesome.

[forsmant]

The subscribers to that magazine are avid voters I'm Sure!

That reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Homer becomes a pot head and tries to Rock The Vote, but they all forgot to vote. Ha!

[ilovemypitbull]

Maybe mention that he's supported by Norml?

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6959

Also, High Times called him the Pro Pot Presidential Candidate in 1988

http://www.scribd.com/doc/34107/Ron-...-Pot-Candidate

[Geronimo]

I'd consider losing the exclamation points

[Drknows]

I dont know if you seen these ads yet...
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=19234

[Geronimo]

Those are good. The best part is that they're already made

[fortilite]

Sorry I created two threads, here is what was come up with in the other one:

http://www.carolrutz.com/ronpaul2008/rpEndWar.pdf

[MadTheologian]

This ad is based on the Ogilvy ad layout. Headline, huge pic, sans-serif font. Simple and Straightforward.

http://www.carolrutz.com/ronpaul2008/rpEndWar.pdf

Kind Comments and Suggestions are appreciated.

[MadTheologian]

LOL! D'oh!

[GoRon2008]

Ill design one tonight (8pm pacific) if one is still needed by then.

Im handy with photoshop

[fortilite]

Edit: deleted post.

[fortilite]

Looks like a great start.

1) Maybe we should get rid of the exclamation marks on the points, although maybe keep the one on the last one (the red one).

2) Bolding error on the points in the center. "He sponsored"

3) Maybe reduce the webpage size to the same size as "Ron Paul's Track Record Reflects What We Believe"


Now, what are we supposed to add to make it FEC compliant?

[Rhys]

I design for a state NORML chapter. I'll take a shot at submitting for this.

Are you getting the full page bleed or non-bleed? please say non.

[fortilite]

Either, doesn't matter to me.

MadTheologian has a draft a few posts up from here.

[fcofer]

This ad is based on the Ogilvy ad layout. Headline, huge pic, sans-serif font. Simple and Straightforward.

http://www.carolrutz.com/ronpaul2008/rpEndWar.pdf

Kind Comments and Suggestions are appreciated.

First of all, the content is excellent. The message that you chose is very effective.

However, I don't like the presentation much at all. I guess you were just doing a mock-up, but the typesetting was poor. Plus, I think that the information would be better communicated in bullet points. Now, I don't have much experience with advertisements, so take my opinions with a grain of salt.

I do think that this plan is a great idea.

[Arklatex]

I liked the look of that green and orange one especially.

[literatim]

Yeah, this will be a real nice way to attract attention from the mainstream media...

[hillertexas]

just some more inspiration

http://www.newsli.com/2007/12/06/giu...cal-marijuana/
Giuliani, Romney, McCain Offered $10,000 to Prove Statements on Medical Marijuana

[bgoldwater]

How about a simple: End the war of drugs, Ron Paul 2008.

[1913_to_2008]

Any marijuana smoker who reads this ad will defiantly vote 4 Ron. As long as they don't forget. HAHAHAHA

[ty1er]

I like the style of the orange one that's already been made, but I don't think the orange text stands out enough. It'd be great if it could be re-done with green, like the one about income tax/war. Also, I think the ad should have a picture of Ron. People will look right past text but pictures catch the eye.

What sold me on Paul was actually hearing him talk about the issues that matter most to me. Most people are skeptical of politicians, especially if it sounds too good to be true. I think it might be a good idea to add: Youtube "Ron Paul Marijuana" to learn more.

[tamor]

Article very interesting-- thanks, Hillertexas

[MadTheologian]

Bump with second revision

http://www.carolrutz.com/ronpaul2008/rpdraft2.pdf

Nota Bene: Later revisions will be found in this thread:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=50439

[MadTheologian]

Let's see what type of color tweakage I can do with that ad...and yes, I'll give you more cowbell.

[Geronimo]

You might want to mention that he's a republican.

[trey4sports]

besides just the war on drugs info you must add a blurb telling them to register republican so they can vote for him and tell them most primarys are on feb 5