Singlest greatest campaign AD by Ron Paul

[ProdigyofZen]

This is one of the greatest ad's I have ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_PJgqgdds

3 minutes of greatness in my opinion.


My apologies for the misspelling on the title!

[thriftyandboringinohio]

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+1. Much refreshing candor.

[jiimbergin]

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+1. Much refreshing candor.

I agree

[davidstvz]

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I saw a shorter version of this the other day. Good stuff. Democrats who vote for Obama instead of Paul are such hypocrites, as are Christians. I hope Ron Paul runs as an independent if he doesn't get the nomination. I think he'd have an honest chance of winning since no D's would have to register as R's to vote for him.

I just sent Paul some more cash. I'll try not to think of what it is totaling up to, but someone needs to do it and I can spare a bit! I hope the rest of you are pitching in when you can!

http://www.ronpaul2012.com/

[ProdigyofZen]

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I want to see who EJ endorses

[don]

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Ads like this could serve as a test case for the NDAA. Suspend the elections for the trial. Mr. Smith goes to Washington . . . Redux.

[gwynedd1]

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Saw this ad and it is very powerful indeed.

[c1ue]

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Nice presentation, but still waiting for a coherent economic plan.

Trying to gain political capital by focusing on American troops on foreign soil is a poor tactic against Obama, who can say that he brought US troops home from Iraq.

[ProdigyofZen]

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C1ue that is demonstrably false on your part. Obama kept Bush's already set timeline for bringing troops home from Iraq. RP already has clip after clip of Obama stating that when elected his first act will be to bring the troops home from Iraq which he clearly did not do.

[sishya]

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But Ads like these can definitely do a checkmate on any war mongering initiated by both parties before the election.

[dcarrigg]

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Nice presentation, but still waiting for a coherent economic plan.

+1.

Not only do I see the lack of a coherent economic plan, but I also see the lack of an incoherent economic plan that polls well.

As far as I'm concerned, economic matters are the biggest issue this time around. In my mind the middle-class is hurting. Eliminating taxes exclusively for multi-millionaires and cutting federal spending proportionately will not help them. This is the only economic plan I see from RP, unfortunately. It is the biggest gap in his platform in my mind in relation to polling data and winning over independents (who don't quite yet seem so upset at the prospect of living in a nation with 0 tax revenue).

Even Romney would only propose to eliminate cap gains on the first $200k of annual income. Santorum calls for corporate tax breaks for manufacturing rather than finance etc. These ideas make some modicum of sense and fit poll data. But RP wants to go full bore on cutting taxes that overwhelmingly benefit a select few. That's nice for billionaires and all, but not the other 300,000,000 folks in this country. And people know it.

This is, of course, not to mention that congress will do as it pleases anyhow. But leadership from an executive in these matters is important. It can shape the debate on the margins, as Obama has done, with his (admittedly dubious in my mind) payroll tax cuts. It would be prudent to clearly and repeatedly state that the first taxes to be lowered or go are taxes payed by the middle class. But alas, this is not happening.

I must admit that somewhere over the past couple of weeks or so RP has added income tax elimination to his estate and cap gains elimination policies on his campaign site. This may be a pragmatic move going from Iowa to New Hampshire, which makes some sense, given the state's majority view on income taxes.

[c1ue]

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C1ue that is demonstrably false on your part. Obama kept Bush's already set timeline for bringing troops home from Iraq. RP already has clip after clip of Obama stating that when elected his first act will be to bring the troops home from Iraq which he clearly did not do.

Simple question: Did Obama bring the troops home from Iraq?

Yes or No?

You can quibble all you want, but these 8 words, with a 1 word answer, is all most people are going to hear.

And for those who want to quibble more, Obama can always beat his breast and say "The Republicans delayed me at every turn".

I must admit that somewhere over the past couple of weeks or so RP has added income tax elimination to his estate and cap gains elimination policies on his campaign site. This may be a pragmatic move going from Iowa to New Hampshire, which makes some sense, given the state's majority view on income taxes.

If RP goes "no income tax" much less "no capital gains tax" - and presumably starts talking national VAT, I'd break a 2 decade plus policy to specifically vote against him.

[ProdigyofZen]

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Man you guys really really do not listen to what he says. He clearly states if the people want to police the world and if the people want all these federal programs and departments then we must have an income tax because that is one of the things we would need to pay for all that.

When the heck has he ever spoken about a VAT? A VAT I am pretty sure is against what he believes.

Please start paying attention to what he says. C1ue I am pretty sure I have posted videos on RP directly to you showing what he thinks when you asked.

If anything C1ue it would be the democrats who inact a VAT.

And yes Obama brought the troops home but who cares when Ron Paul will be running ads that include this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUTYL...eature=related

"you can take that to the bank"

C1ue who did you vote for in the 2008 election?

[davidstvz]

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Not only do I see the lack of a coherent economic plan, but I also see the lack of an incoherent economic plan that polls well.

Ron Paul's economic plan is simple: let the free market work. Let big companies and banks fail and eliminate special interest perks. Eliminate non-essential government services and let a truly free market take care of as much economic activity as possible.

You know what I'd like more info on, Ron Paul's foreign policy. I'm guessing free-trade. But what do you do if your neighbors refuse to trade freely with you, and what do you do if, us being a wealth countryy, free-trade results in continued off-shoring further weakening our economy? Is Ron Paul OK with that?

I have questions about Ron Paul, but the fact that the banks hate him is enough to make me want to support him.

[don]

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Paul's remedies are an irritant many of us welcome in this 'election'. How bleak it would be without him. His yeoman duty well illustrates the tactics of the MSM to ignore/compromise an irritant like Paul or Nader. In an age of tremendously powerful oligarchies and monopolies, a building trend dating back a hundred years, Paul's reform wishes are the proverbial snowball in a blast furnace. Enjoy his company - it's about all the national electorate has.