Ron Paul Speech at CPAC 2010

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He is a remarkable man. I just hope that people can really see what he is saying. Athiests are Free Intrinsicly, Gays are free Intrinsically, Socialists etc.. all free. Everyone if they are human.. Thus these anti Gay bigots or people telling me I cannot light a bong etc.. they are not conservitives. While I may not compleatly agree economically with him ( I am not Keynsian) I think he is spot on.. I wish thier were more like him Dem and Repub in our government.

He's so modest all the time and it was nice when he gave himself a little credit.

I'm refering to the part about being on Fox news over 60 times since the presidential campaign and his economic predictions.

It felt like he patted himself on the back. Wonderful.

Truly moving, because it was so truly heartfelt and substantive!

I hadn't taken the time to watch this video until now, ONLY because other essential demands kept me from it!

Now that I've watched it, I know that I HAVE to use as many kinds of portable media as I can find, to pass this along to others!

I am only pausing now to post this first impression.

I'm going to watch it again right now, because it fits in nicely with my study on the Year of Jubilee.

JU'BILEE, n. L. jubilum, from jubilo, to shout for joy; Heb. the blast of a trumpet, coinciding with Eng. bawl, peal, L. pello.

1. Among the Jews, every fiftieth year, being the year following the revolution of seven weeks of years, at which time all the slaves were liberated,and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period,reverted to their former owners.

This was a time of great rejoicing. Hence,

2. A season of great public joy and festivity.

Noah Webster (1828) American Dictionary of the English Language

Read along with Leviticus 25 for full context.

So much to say, for those who have ears...

Sitting all around us at CPAC were countless young Neocons. Many were there to hear his message and learn more about our favorite, quirky, yet charismatic congressman. His message was carefully crafted and directed largely at the issue that separates us from most other alleged "Conservatives", a noninterventionist foreign policy. We watched in delight as some that we spoke to before Ron came on, applauded with fervor. He flipped at least two within reach of us. One even said, "I get it now." How many more he touched...only time will tell.

You could tell that Dr. Paul was under a time constraint. You could see the wheels turning in his head. He new the red light would start blinking, forcing him to a 30 minute slot. So, he hit the pavement running and covered a lot of ground - Those neo-cons must be busy today trying to figure out how to stop the education machine of Ron Paul.

No one is a greater fan of RP than I am, many equal but none greater. Despite that, I am critical of this speech and RP speeches generally. I am not critical of the ideas, only how those ideas are presented.

1. We are the choir/early adopters, we get it mostly because we have more than average background knowledge of what RP addresses in his comments.

2. The people we hope to reach do not have the same type background we have and have been conditioned to only handle dumbed down, simple messages, pounded repeatedly into their heads.

The ideas RP presents are excellent; I believe they can be delivered more effectively to general audiences by:

a. Continually tying what he says to what the Founders said-people can easily attack RP, they cannot easily attack Washington, Jefferson, Franklin,...

The message is the Constitution, the Founders are the revered crafters of the Constitution and wrote extensively about why it is written the way it is written and how to use what was written. By presenting the message as championing these revered originators of the message, rather than leaving it gray as RPs' message or other recent Republicans message, forces any detractors to attack the Founders and it is more acceptable/adoptable by non-Republicans because the Founders are not modern day party partisans.

b. Introduce a simple concept and support it simply. Repeat that with the top most important concepts. Sound Money/Economy-What that is, what the Founders said about it, why they said it, simple examples TODAY that demonstrate how/why unSound Money is creating huge PERSONAL problems for the average US citizen. Repeat with Non-Intervention, the FED. Three concepts max for a long speech, one for a short speech.

Keep it simple, make it personal to the receiver and make it the message of the originators.

c. RPs' speeches in delivery are different from those that are praised for their delivery-Reagan, Clinton and Obama as recent examples of those that connect well with current audiences. RPs' ideas and concepts are the best; he/we would benefit by making an effort to have those great concepts delivered in a fashion more like the great communicators/connectors of our time. Have a quality speech writer work on refining the message into general audience presentation format and have RP with professional assistance work on mimicking the best message deliverers of our time.