Posted on 12/23/2007 10:25:52 AM PST by Fred
Edited on 12/24/2007 8:33:41 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Fred shoots, Fred scores.
Sorry, I guess I thought it was obvious. Should have posted the point of disagreement. LOL.
I think doing that would have cheapened the whole thing and made it appear to be just another self-serving political maneuver.
I like the real dog.
Maybe Fred should have been pushier. Maybe he’ll get credit for his understatement. Maybe an overtly political message attached to such powerful images would have seemed crass enough to come from the Romney campaign. Who knows. PR is a crap shoot. The candidate has to do what feels right and hope for the best. I believe that’s what Fred did with this spot. We should all hope it helps and we shouldn’t let our certitude get way out in front of our certainty.
Being new to Free Republic, you’re obviously unaware that many FReepers have been involved first hand in successful campaigns going back to Reagan and even further. Also, FR happens to be the most widely read political forum on the internet. I’d wager a bet that several campaigns check out the comments posted to FR on a daily basis.
The media has stifled Fred`s campaign effort since he first made his run official. That is a fact. Political ads are one way candidates get their message to the people, without going through the MSM.
This is politics 101. In a political campaign you want to get the widest and deepest exposure possible for your candidate. This was a great patriotic message sent by Fred`s campaign. It would have been that much better if he had attached his face, to his name at the end of the piece. Most viewers attention spans are very short. And a picture is still worth a thousand words.
It is more powerful because of its simplicity and focus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeLIm_XVOhQ
PLEASE GO POST A YOUTUBE COMMENT FOR THIS VIDEO!
Please go to the Youtube video link and post a kind reply in the comments. There are currently over 400 comments and almost all of them are endless spam from anti-war propagandists and anarchists. It is disgusting. Please post your thanks to Fred for the wonderfull piece.
The spam has too much similarity between posts and smacks of a single source or political website hit group. Now please go take back the comments from the nutcases.
Thank you!
The point of the ad is that Fred is not selling himself. He is showing America what is important about Christmas.
Christmas is about serving others. The Armed Forces of the United States is about serving others. Fred Thompson is about serving others-- else why give up millions in media contracts and a comfy life?
I’m sure your point was made in the staff meeting where Fred and his people agreed on their Christmas ad. The candidate had his reasons for doing what he did and it is done. Maybe they were right and maybe they weren’t. We’ll have a better idea in a couple of weeks. Pretending to know now is just pompous nonsense.
Good post. Thanks for spelling it out. That is exactly how I saw the ad.
Excellent post. I thought so too.
BUMP
Yep, Hillary's crew is here often quote mining.
You said — Subtle but direct, competently done, above the fray of the election, saying “It’s the Holidays, let’s stop with the politics and remember what is important”
Ummm..., remembering what is important, in context with this time of the year — is not — the troops, but is Jesus, the Messiah of Israel and Him coming to be the “light unto the world” and Savior, at the darkest time of the year.
No, it should have presented the Gospel message and the “reason for the season” — and then it would not have been about politics and would have been above the fray of the election...
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. — Jesus, the Messiah of Israel is the reason for the season...
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"There are somethings more important than politics and self."
"And Fred knows it."
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I, for one, am sick to the gills of political expediency.
It's a blessing to see someone, who is running for office, promoting principle over politics, and actually doing it in a selfless, principled manner.
Fred Thompson couldn't have done anything more effective, to promote his candidacy, in my estimation.
Perhaps it's naive of me to believe it, but I think, when all was said and done about this ad, Fred Thompson made the final decision. The choice of the presentation would speak volumes about the person who presented it. He would want it to reflect his thoughts and beliefs. I believe it did so in a very positive light.
And here I was trying to be civil with you, in keeping with the spirit of Christmas. LOL
In the spirit of Christmas I was just trying to help you avoid making an ass out of yourself by pretending to know what you can’t know because it is unknowable. If you look back you will note that I never even advanced a theory, one way or the other, about whether the ad in question ended optimally. I certainly never got bent out of shape on the subject. Nor did I say anything that could be interpreted as bragging. You need to grab an egg nog and gear down a bit before you blow out a blood vessel.
Merry Christmas.
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