Thank you, FReepers! Updated Campaign Ads are Ready for Download (with YOUR voices!)

The Truth About John Kerry Ad Campaign ^ | 3-14-04 | jmstein7 & naspino

[jmstein7]

Once again, FReeper activism at its best.

Please ping your high-volume lists.

[MEG33]

BUMP!

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Please ping your high-volume lists."

PING

jmstein7 : Thanks!

[Bob J]

Thanks for all your work on this project Jon! One day, FR will have the resources to conduct a major media action of this nature on it's own. Until then, keep truckin' and see if these ads can get placed locally!

[jmstein7]

Thanks, Bob!

[SheLion]

[Neets]

FP, did Mr DeMile like you??

[Naspino]

Can we get them played in audio form on Radio FreeRepublic?

[FairOpinion]

These ads are FANTASTIC!

Send them to the Bush campaign, maybe they'll use them.

[Naspino]

FP, did Mr DeMile like you??

Maybe we can release a behind the scenes DVD with never before heard footage starring Focault's Pendulum. :)

[jmstein7]

Ooooh! Good idea, nas!

[jmstein7]

hehehehe!

[america-rules]

1 and 2 are the best !

[Naspino]

For anyone that got that crazy image problem on the website, try again.

[Fawnn]

Great job, FReepers! (I gave up when the closest I could get to hitting the 28-second target on the one ad was 28.85 seconds. LOL)

[Peach]

Thank you both for all you do. Wonderful activism!!

You asked about my letter to the editor regarding how the Democrats are lying about the unemployment situation. I couldn't respond with the text because it hadn't been published yet.

Today they published my letter and we should all memorize the great economic and jobs stats to combat the leftists:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1097458/posts

[Bob J]

Not a bad idea. Jon, will these translate well to audio?

[jmstein7]

Sure. I actually have them as pure audio files.

[blackie]

Campaign Ads ~ Bump!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[Neets]

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bob J]

As you know, we're curently moving the studio but there will be plenty of time to run the prior to the election!

[Naspino]

Yeah -- we went with the modified version of the script for the economy. It worked nicely.

[Naspino]

Not a bad idea. Jon, will these translate well to audio?

The audio is smaller and BETTER! The movie files are compressed and take away some from their voices!!

[Naspino]

We should all memorize the great economic and jobs stats to combat the leftists.

Peach, see that banner ad at the top and on the download page? I made it last night. I think we could do one of your editorial cut down some. What do you think?

[Peach]

Sounds good to me; I'd be honored. Cut it any way you wish. This is for public dissemination.

[Trillian]

Great ads!

[FairOpinion]

I had no problem whatsoevery.

I think the ads are really great, very professional.

[FairOpinion]

One suggestion -- could you add a "Contact Us" info right on the home page, or even on all pages, to make it easy for people to do so.

I had to search all over, then inside one article, it was mentioned.

[Humidston]

What talent. Amazing!

BTTT!

[Humidston]

Good! I tried the link first and got that wacky page myself. Finally I went through your FR homepage for a clean one. Glad it's fixed now! ;-)

[WVNan]

Good voiceover in #2 &#3. Good work. Have you sent a link to the RNC? Please do.

[Naspino]

I have updated the home page as well with the following message:

"We would like to thank some very generous people from Free Republic for lending their voices to our ad campaign. We received many submissions and had a very difficult time choosing between them; however, in the end we decided on two very powerful voices. Please check out the updated commercials in our download section.

To anyone that submitted their voice and did not get placed into a commercial, don't fret. In many ways, your voices, have insipired us and have given us ideas for future spots, including radio."

I am going to work on a new script tonight targetted around some of those other voices -- a take off of the AWOL ad.

[LADY J]

These ads are wonderful. Send them to Hannity - Rush, etc.

I think the RNC should have a look at them too.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Ok I am a knucklehead... I can't find the ads on this page. I click on the banner and get the donate message.. I can't find the link to the new ads with voice over..

[Naspino]

Ok I am a knucklehead... I can't find the ads on this page.

Really? They are there in plain sight. No -- I'm am the knucklehead. I changed the template and didn't check the page. I resubmitted the page and its fixed. All I can guess is that last time I submitted my connection dropped half way. Been having connection issues today.

[Naspino]

Hmm -- maybe not. Its back to acting up.

[Fiddlstix]

[Naspino]

I can't figure out what is happening with the links -- check the page again because I've put up hardcoded links till I can figure out why its flaking out. Probably John Kerry found them.

[Concerned]

The ads look and sound good, but I would REALLY like to see an ad in which a 9-day/tick stock market chart (e.g. TC 2000) is shown (showing a several year macro-chart) showing the extreme rise and fall of the S&P-500 and QQQ (Nasdaq Index).

The gist of what I am thinking follows:

Have a man discussing the "fact" that under Klinton, the stock market rose to its highest peak ever and say something like "And look what happened when Bush came into office---See how the S&P-500 LOST a THIRD of its value and the Nasdaq LOST HALF of its value?"

Then have the woman say "Wait a minute, John, look at this (non-partisan) stock market chart (chart marked with a line marking as close to 01/21/2001 as possible). President Bush wasn't even in office until January, 2001---that's AFTER the Nasdaq had ALREADY LOST half its value! The chart doesn't lie!---The market and economy FELL BEFORE Klinton left office! The market and economy have TURNED AROUND and have been STEADILY REBOUNDING since President Bush and the Republicans took over!"

John could say "Hey, you're right, honey. The Nasdaq LOST HALF its value while Klinton was still President---BEFORE President Bush was even President. President Bush TURNED the market and economy around and now they ARE STEADILY REBOUNDING!!!

The woman says: "I'm voting for President Bush and Republicans THIS time!"

The man says: "I'm voting for President Bush and Republicans too!"

[ppaul]

[Lokibob]

bump

[Diva Betsy Ross]

From that page... all I get is a donate message. It is the only hotlink I can find...I click on either banner and get directed to the donate message where I get no hot links. Am I on the right page? I used the hotlink that was posted in the original message at the top of the thread.

[4CJ]

Excellent ads - they deserve national airplay. I liked #2 best, but they are all winners.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

never mind.. I found the links now. I hope the problems get worked out! Good job!

[Eaker]

Have youse guyz seen this ping!!!

[Wolverine]

Economy ad goes perfectly with letter by Peach

Thanks PEACH!

Play the attachment, turn up sound

 

Send this to everyone you know!

 

Despite the Democrat’s mantra that the economy is in trouble and that over 2.3 million jobs have disappeared, the truth is considerably different.

There are two primary measures of unemployment. The Department of Labor conducts a monthly Household Survey, which has always generated the official unemployment rate used by the government. This official survey shows 2.4 million jobs have been added to the work force between November ’02 and February ‘04. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts its payroll survey by phoning businesses. It is unprecedented to use the BLS unemployment statistics when discussing America’s unemployment rate and yet this is where the Democrats are getting their 2.3 million lost jobs figure.

For example, had the unofficial BLS survey been used in the mid-90’s, we would have had a 12.8% unemployment rate using the same methodology. Instead, in 1996, the unemployment rate was 5.6%, the exact same rate as we have today.

The government began collecting unemployment data in 1939. Since that time, there has never been positive job growth two years after a recession ended. Never.

Other economic indicators are just as good:

-- The number of working Americans, 138.5 million, is a level never previously attained in our history.

-- The percentage of families living in poverty today averages 9.4%, a decrease of approximately 1.1% from the 90’s.

-- Home ownership is currently 68.6% which is an increase of 1.1% from the 90’s.

-- A manufacturing survey released in February showed US factories boomed at their highest level in 17 years. The Institute for Supply Management reported more and more factories were reporting hiring although it has not yet shown up in government employment statistics. Manufacturing makes up nearly one-fifth of the US economy.

-- The combined net worth of all US households is $44.4 trillion, the highest ever achieved.

-- Consumer prices (inflation) increased just 1.9% last year.

-- The stock market has advanced 45% in the last 12 months.

--The gross domestic product, the total goods and service produced in the US, increased in the 3rd quarter last year at an annual rate of 8.2% after inflation and 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Growth in the 90’s averaged a little better than 3% annually.

-- The wealthiest five percent of our population pays more than half the taxes, while people at the bottom half pay just 4% of all taxes in the country. Economists credit the recovering economy to the Bush tax cuts as opposed to what an increased regressive taxation on the nation’s wealthiest would have had on the economy.

-- The average wage of American workers is currently $15.40 vs. $11.80 during the 90’s.

Despite 9/11 and the over $500 billion it took out of our economy, it appears the economy is booming.

I will leave it to the reader to speculate why the media seems driven to repeat unchallenged the Democrat’s unemployment numbers and constant derision of the US economy.

[arasina]

An excellent job BUMP! Great work you guys!

[TexasCowboy]

Thanks, Eaker!

Some good stuff there!
That needs to be broadcast on every network........but it won't be.
All the people on my e-mail list will get it, though!