Attention! Want to convert every Jewish person to Ron Paul?

Posted January 24th, 2008 by October2007

I've designed a very targeted and hard-hitting flyer to be distributed to the Jewish people all around your neighborhood. Now, you might be asking? "How do I know which of my neighbors are Jewish?" Well, have you ever heard of a Mezzuzah? A Mezzuzah is a piece of parchment that is contained in a small decorative case and attached to the right side of the front door and/or garage door. A Mezzuzah has its basis from the bible and almost every Jewish household has one. (Please click on link to see a picture of a Mezzuzah ).

Anyway, I've been going door-to-door in my neighborhood and hanging these great "Man of Common Sense" Flyers on people's front doors. (http://www.manofcommonsen...) and every time I come across a house with a Mezzuzah I added my flyer.

I can tell you that the results are mind blowing!!!!! For example, two days ago, I was getting stuff out of my car and one of my Jewish neighbors approached me and started asking me questions about "this Ron Paul guy".

He knows I'm a supporter because of the huge Ron Paul sign in my front yard. Well, he starts telling me that he really likes Ron Paul's ideas about getting out of the Middle East and to stop giving other countries our tax dollars! I was shocked!!!!!

Then this morning, I went to the supermarket wearing my Ron Paul T shirt and a woman stopped me. She told me that she recently started to look into Dr. Paul and she really likes his ideas. I asked her, how did she hear of him? She said that she got a flyer on her door!!!!!

So here is what you should do:

1. Print and make inexpensive photocopies of the "Man of Common Sense" Flyers (http://www.manofcommonsen...)

2. Print and make inexpensive photocopies of my targeted flyer for Jews. (http://www.americansforis...)

3. Distribute them all around your neighborhood. Make sure you include my flier to every home with a Mezzuzah.

4. Spread the word. Tell your meetup group leaders about this. It really works!

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Thanks

On January 26th, 2008 Narful Garfunk says:

Thanks, but I don't think I've ever even met a jewish person, not many around this neck of the woods. If I did, I wasn't aware of it, they didn't introduce themselves as "hello, I'm jewish". But I'll keep it in mind if I run across one.

Great Stuff

On January 25th, 2008 speakthetruth says:

I have actually been emailing temples and associations around the country trying to get unity among fellow jews. I have been looking at the comparisions between Nazi Germany and the U.S. the last couple of years and it is scary. But after seeing this, I like the positive attitude vs. the fear approach much better. Thanks for putting this together.

Question though: Why do you think the slim jims are not only effective but actually counter-productive?

Thanks!

On January 25th, 2008 October2007 says:

Yeah, the fear approach doesn't work. People don't like to hear it.

From a marketing perspective, I think the slim jims are terrible. We all know that the vast majority of people either dislike or don't care about politics or politicians, so why feed them with boring facts about our candidate?

-You have to strike a chord with the people.
-You have to get their attention.
-You have to get them to agree with everything you say.
-You have to make it short (Most people don't have the time or make time to read and research a candidate)

We all know that the Ron Paul supporters are running the show. I just wish that the Ron Paul campaign would run their campaign in more "out of the box" ways.

I wish the campaign's radio ads and TV commercials were less typical and more "hard hitting".

I wish the campaign hired professional copywriters and marketers to write hard hitting flyers that cover each and every subject Ron Paul speaks about.

Imagine this: What if Ron Paul himself would release once a month a You Tube video asking everybody to print from his website a specific hard hitting flyer, make copies, and distribute them it to all our neighbors?

Every month would be a new subject. Ex: February, is Federal Reserve month. March is War in Iraq month etc...

Instead of us all doing sign wavings, we could be educating and waking up our country with well organized, well written and hard-hitting ads.

this thread completely applies to me

On January 24th, 2008 adpny says:

Wish you were in my area Sean! I have at least four synogogues in my immediate area and felt paralyzed when I saw the names on my precinct canvassing list. I will definitely print out your flyer and give it my best shot. I am most definitely not anti-Semitic, but felt that I would be treated as such for rallying Ron Paul within the suburban NYC Jewish community. Thank you for this most needed thread. You gave me some hope. I sure wish I had some manpower to help pass the flyers out. (38 pages...I can't believe so many people live in one little area!)

I'm so happy to hear! I'm

On January 25th, 2008 October2007 says:

I'm so happy to hear!

I'm going tonight to a few synagogues to distribute the flyers. I live in South Florida, and the election is this coming Tuesday.

It's crucial that we get this message out to the Jewish/Pro-Israel community.

We could definitely use their votes.

Well done

On January 24th, 2008 equationmommy says:

Well done

Thanks!

On February 15th, 2008 October2007 says:

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What about how it plays to arabs/persians/etc?

On January 24th, 2008 Evan42 says:

I have heard a valid complaint (from an Arab American supporter) that such a flier is actually working to re-enforce the negative stereotypes that people have about the non-Israel middle east.

Doesn't furthering the "Arabs are dangerous and Israel MUST be free to nuke them all" stereotype risk losing middle-eastern-American support in an attempt to appease pro-Israeli stereotypes?

Is this really why we're against foreign aid? So Israel can kill more Arabs without having to nuisance of the US trying to prevent them? Or is this a disingenuous argument that we don't really even buy into ourselves but we simply assume that Jews do buy into this logic?

I mean... would it be acceptable if I made a flier targeted to KKK rallies to sell them on Ron Paul by saying that he wants more gun rights so you can protect yourself from your "black enemies"?

I understand where you're

On January 24th, 2008 October2007 says:

I understand where you're coming from but you're missing a big point.

The unfortunate truth is that, Israel is also considered the enemies of its Arab neighbors, so if someone is Pro-Arab, they should be happy that a Ron Paul Presidency would stop all foreign aid to Israel as well. Ron Paul wouldn't pick and choose who to give foreign aid to. He just wouldn't give any. Period.

Yes, the flyer is targeted to the Pro-Israel community, but with a few minor changes, it could be used as a Pro-Arab flyer too.

That's the beauty of Ron Paul's freedom message. It really does bring everyone together. It just makes too much sense to ignore.

Mistake on Flier

On January 25th, 2008 Hookahmike says:

While they would loose aid too, and it might be good for Israel, you shouldn't have Egypt listed as an enemy (even if it is) as its the only arab nation to sign a peace treaty and have open relations with Israel... Small mistake, but thats no reason not to fix it.

"It's the one's who have cracked that the light shines through"

OMG... that's totally why...

On January 25th, 2008 Evan42 says:

...my friend is an Egyptian immigrant...

can you send me a text version to edit please?

you can e-mail me through here, I think or post as file to my meetup please:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com...

right...

On January 24th, 2008 Evan42 says:

.. no aid to anyone is good.

but do the end results we're fighting for (no aid), justify using false arguments along the way?

none of the reasons anyone should be promoting a no-aid stance should have anything to do with what makes it easier for an Arab country to fight Israel or vice versa. Lest they risk alienating the other side.

I have helped you promote your flier to the NYC group (before I realized you were planning on forwarding it yourself) and have found that if offended some of our Arab members. After hearing their viewpoints, I have to say I see where they're coming from:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com...

Again, I'm sorry that the

On January 24th, 2008 October2007 says:

Again, I'm sorry that the flyer offended your friend. I truly am.

But if you read my flyer, I clearly state that our foreign aid interferes in both Israel's right to defend itself AND sign a peace treaty.

There are no false statements. I basically took all of Ron Paul's talking points about Israel and used them for the flyer. Check out my site and watch the videos of him speaking about Israel. Read the post of "Ron Paul on Israel". Ron Paul himself states everything I wrote on the flyer.

http://www.americansforis...

hmmmm..

On January 24th, 2008 Evan42 says:

...so what do you think I should tell him?

My only goal at this point is getting ron the most support possible.

Especially since NY will hopefully be in play on Super Tuesday once Rudy drops out after a disappointing Fl showing.

Tell your friend that he

On January 24th, 2008 October2007 says:

Tell your friend that he might be missing the point of the flyer.

The flyer is not advocating an Israeli attack on any of its neighbors. It's just pointing out that Israel, like every other country, deserves its sovereignty and the right to make its own decisions.

Also let him know that we're not misrepresenting Ron Paul's message. These are exactly his words on Israel-US relations.

Tell him to look through our website and watch our videos of Ron Paul. He should notice right away, that our flyer uses all of Ron Paul's talking points.

And yes! Please pass the flyer on to all of your Meetup group members and captains. Also, Please print some yourself and distribute them at your local Synagogues this Friday night and Saturday to as many people as you can.

New York has a very large Jewish community who need to hear Ron Paul's logic.

Thanks!

Rav todot.

On January 24th, 2008 Evan42 says:

Rav todot.

Great initiative

On January 24th, 2008 jbb1976 says:

Good work. I will pass this on to my Jewish friends as well.

You are the best...

On January 24th, 2008 Achilles says:

...there is a synagogue right around the corner from my house.

And two others within a mile.

Awesome.

Don't forget the local editors of small Jewish publications

On January 24th, 2008 freedom_begins says:

There are many small synagogue pubications that shoud be contacted with your message. It woud be hard to convince them but if your could sway a rabbi or two then the effect would be 100 fold.

Target California/Hollywood too

On January 24th, 2008 bbagnall says:

Getting these messages to New York is huge because of the media concentration there, but don't forget Hollywood (any way to target writers, producers and actors?) and Washington of course.

Is there any way you can get

On January 23rd, 2008 theone77 says:

Is there any way you can get the word out to Jewish people in new york? As you probably know, there is a big Jewish community up there. Seems there is also a lot of anti-rp sentiment up there among Jews in new york, mostly I think due to faulty, questionable and untrue info being spread around about RP(I'd rather not go into all the details here). Maybe get the attention of the new york Ron Paul meetup groups up there to get these flyers out asap?

I've already emailed all the

On January 23rd, 2008 October2007 says:

I've already emailed all the meetup group leaders in NY.

I suggest that everybody please email them as well just to make sure they got it.

California also has a very large Jewish population and I hope that all California meetup members pass this on to their meetup leaders.

Also, go to the bottom of this page and click on the red links: http://www.americansforis...

There are two directories of many Jewish synagogues around the country. The directory includes the Rabbi's email addresses.

I ask everyone to please help me email this flyer to as many of the Rabbis and synagogue directors as possible. There's just only so much I can do...

It's really amazing. Thanks to our flyer and website, the freedom message is spreading like wildfire amongst the Jewish community.

Please spread this flyer far and wide!

Thanks.

Thanks, I really have to

On January 24th, 2008 theone77 says:

Thanks, I really have to thank you because I think we could use the help winning Jewish people over to RP's side.

you nailed it

On January 23rd, 2008 manowar says:

Outstanding, Sean. Couldn't be clearer--very strong.

fab

On January 23rd, 2008 MediatorMPA says:

target flyer...

Flag Me

On January 22nd, 2008 Win2008 says:

So much for no "Group Speak"

Good idea

On January 22nd, 2008 syntheticwarehouse says:

I think this is a wonderful idea but there are very few Jewish people in my area so I am debating to going to the only Synagauge in town but dont want to get in trouble putting these on cars. Any ideas??
Now Florida would be a hit with this. I the Jewish people I know are more loyal to this country and I think it's the Christians who become obsessed with the idea most Jewish people have this "Israel First" way of thinking when that's not accurate at all.

Don't worry, you won't get in trouble

On January 23rd, 2008 October2007 says:

Both I and my brother went to our local synagogue last Friday night and put our flyer under every car's windshield wipers.

We must have done well over 70 cars.

And, yeah I agree with you about the "Israel First" thing not being true. I'm Jewish, and I care very deeply about America. This country is by far the best country in the world... All thanks to its amazing constitution. Unfortunately, our constitution is being ignored more and more, and I want to change that.

Common Sense Site Hard to View in IE6

On January 22nd, 2008 ElKabong61 says:

In IE 6, the site looks all jumbled. Please see if it can be fixed for users of this browser. Thanks.

terrific flyer!!!!!!!!!

On January 22nd, 2008 Crickett says:

terrific flyer!!!!!!!!!

You may be labeled Anti-Semite by ADL.

On January 22nd, 2008 Sharp19 says:

Be careful. They may paint you as an Anti-semite. You leave the conversion of Jews to RP for AIPAC and ADL. It looks like they have already put their priorities in order. RP is not even in their race.

http://www.haaretz.com/ha...

Weird.

On January 24th, 2008 bbagnall says:

That is so bizarre that they include absolute no-names in that list that no one has ever heard of but they don't include Ron Paul. This pretty much mirrors how the media is treating RP. I doubt it has anything to do with anything RP has actually done, it's probably because he is a candidate that would not be susceptible to control by interest groups. He would make himself accountable to all American people rather than a select group of elites.

I disagree.

On January 22nd, 2008 October2007 says:

First of all, I'm Jewish and the creator of the flyer. Secondly, the ADL doesn't represent ALL Jewish people, so it doesn't really matter what they say.

IMO, The flyer is not anti-Israel at all but extremely pro-Israel and pro-American. The flyer introduces a more logical dialog, of what it really means to be pro-Israel.

Trust me, I'm really getting an extremely positive response amongst many Jewish people.

I truly recommend that you all print this, make copies and distribute them all over your neighborhood.

Hand them out to people at Synagogue Friday nights and Saturdays or just put them on their cars. You'll be amazed at how people respond.

Thank you for the clarification.

On January 22nd, 2008 Sharp19 says:

We need more and more Jews like you to speak for RP. With RP in the white house, peace in the Middle East is guaranteed 100%.

You're welcome

On January 23rd, 2008 October2007 says:

I know a lot of Jewish people who support Ron Paul.

It did not work for me.

On January 22nd, 2008 Treg says:

I clicked on the pdf for Jewish people... up came the banner: "Do you care about Israel?. I know you do. But do our Politicians? Then blank....Then..."Isn't it time we vote for a president who respects Israel's right to defend herself and would stop giving our hard earned tax money to Israel's enemies? Thats why I am voting for Ron Paul in our Republican Primary... then a picture, and nothing else.

I am on the latest MAC PC... what am I doing or missing?

Treg / Tempe AZ

Hi, I'm on a Mac with

On January 25th, 2008 fleskebille says:

Hi, I'm on a Mac with Leopard installed. It worked correctly here, but try this: Use Safari. Right-click or ctrl-click the image, then choose "Download Linked File". Open the PDF and choose Print. This should work. The PDF opens in Preview on this machine, but if you have Acrobat Reader installed it may open in that. If Acrobat/Adobe Reader is the culprit, open in Preview instead. If you don't know how to choose which application to open the PDF with, you can either open the application first and choose "File", then "Open…", or locate the file in Finder, right-click/ctrl-click the file and choose "Open With".
Hope this helps.
André

Question?

On January 22nd, 2008 October2007 says:

I would like to know if everyone is able to download and print the flyer?

Thanks.

Yes, thanks, its great!

On January 23rd, 2008 Victoria says:

I posted it on our meetup group and sent it to our organizer. I also sent the links to the meetup organizers of the 7 U.S. cities with the largest Jewish populations: NYC, LA, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston.

Is there any way we could also target this to Christians as I've heard they have Pro-Isreal interests too?

Have you posted this over on RonPaulForums.com as well?

Maybe we could hit Jewish forums, newsgroups, and pro-isreal sites too.

Yes, Yes, and Yes

On January 24th, 2008 October2007 says:

There's only so much I can do.

I live in South Florida and I'm about to head out to the Boca Raton MSNBC debate.

I'll be there all day so, if possible, could you guys please post my website in as many Pro-Israel and Jewish forums as possible?

I appreciate the help.

action

On January 22nd, 2008 Benoite says:

These past few days I have sent the leader of the 30 biggest Meet-up-groups in Florida the link of Man Of Common Sense with a pledge to use these REALLY great flyers.

Are there about 20 of you willing to do the same for the Meet-up-groups for the Febr 5th primaries, including the link for the Israel-flyer? Meet-up only allows a person to send about 15 messages a day, and 20 primaries x 30 groups are a lot of messages...

Please let me know.

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"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are." - Niccolo Machiavelli

Wonderful to hear the stories! And WOW on the flyer!

On January 22nd, 2008 WRellim says:

Glad to see that the CommonSense flyers are being used so effectively and efficiently!

And super-wonderful that you've learned the basics of the old B/W "baseball-bat" advertising layout style! (Ogilvy would be proud).

Eretz Yisrael!

I agree with the other posters who say that YOUR flyer could also be useful in non-Jewish, evangelical Christian circles as well (many of whom support and are concerned about Israel).

OT: For those who have only a very limited understanding of the modern history of the State of Israel (and therefore a limited understanding of this aspect of the Middle-East crises) -- I would heartily recommend that you hunt down and read a book called" "Ben-Gurion: Prophet of Fire" by Dan Kurzman -- though a biography of just one of the founding fathers of the modern State of Israel, it is filled with a solid history from the early immigration through the Yom Kippur war of 1973.

BTW, I operate the ManOfCommonSense.com and if you would like to chat on how this could be integrated/promoted there as well, please PrivateMessage me through this my username on this forum.

re your fliers

On January 22nd, 2008 StarrySkies says:

I really like the ads!

there were a couple of typos, just to let you know...
Under Culture of Freedom section "spirituality" and the next paragraph "bureaucracy"

couldn't find any contact info at the site

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http://www.whatreallyhapp...

oops

On January 22nd, 2008 StarrySkies says:

went thru twice
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http://www.whatreallyhapp...

Not only for Jews

On January 22nd, 2008 SubVet says:

There are many Christians (myself included) who honor the tradition of the Mezzuzah as well as the celebration of the Passover Seder and other traditions from the OT. The Bible has two sides and they both are respected by many Christian traditions. My parish holds a Seder every Passover...

"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." -- George Washington

Yeah!

On January 22nd, 2008 Libera_me says:

It's great to hear from another Christian who likes the feasts - My Husband and I love Passover (and all the feasts). We have been keeping them together since we were married. My children both love the tradition of marching with the Torah, we do this at our Messianic assembly. We celebrated Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) with two different congregations. It was great for everyone.

Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips

Great Job

On January 22nd, 2008 lynnopoly says:

Great Idea!

Most of my friends are Jewish

On January 22nd, 2008 juice says:

including some Republicans, and they simply weren't aware of how our foreign policy is bad for Israel. This flyer is great.

Amazing, simply incredible!

On January 22nd, 2008 Victoria says:

Amazing, simply incredible! You really did some excellent work here. Have you sent these to the LA and NY city meetup organizers? Also, these should be posted on all online Jewish and Christian forums. I can see where this could totally turn around many Jews and some Christians to favor Ron Paul. Please everyone help this effort.

Thanks for sharing this incredible tool!