Confessions of a Ron Paul Junkie

Umm...I wouldn't call it "real good." It's long and tedious. I actually like Ron Paul, but this video was somewhat annoying.

Take off the rose-colored glasses, good sir!

 

So they trot out a pretty air head, to say nothing, and to castigate Rush, Hannity, et al. Not only not good, but not good at all.

 

OK Ken. I am what I am, and will live with it. Comfortably

 

I have to agree with Stefan. The "bubbly blonde" routine was obviously put on. "Like, um, Ron Paul's like a drug, or some junk?" I kinda wanted to reach in and slap her.

 

To be very good, perhaps put someone in the video with some factual information, not just platitudes and a "Look, I'm cute and see how I can enunciate clearly, yet say nothing, and stab the only voices left that represent conservative values".

A poorly conceived and executed campaign spot.

 

Who do you believe "they" are? As I understand it, this is from her personal channel and she is expressing her individual views.

From a Christian perspective there is much I would disagree on with Ms. Mills about. However, she is an intelligent individual and is far more aware of the Constitution then many of the alleged Conservative males on this board and she's in the arena (have you run for office?) doing what she can to preserve liberty.

To call her an air head does not exhibit any thing resembling intelligence.

"Fight fair. Don't name-call, don't resort to ad-hominem remarks..." - Rachel Mills​

 

Ok, I want see all those who have criticized this girl and do a spot on YOUTUBE and let see what kind of air head you might sound like,
Believe it or not young girls like Rachel do talk in this fashion and are not air heads, listen to your own daughters sometimes or young girls in your Church ( I am sure that they would appreciate that you think of them as air heads). So this young lady was fortunate to be born cute and pretty so I guess in others opinions only ugly people are smart.
This girl is the real deal and has brought forth some interesting questions about the fair and balanced and very biased conservative neocon news media.
It is odd that both the liberal media and the conservative media do not do much coverage on this man ( Ron Paul) but not so odd when you consider that both libs and conservatives neocons have their own agenda to push and truth has no place in that agenda.

 

She could have done it better in 2:30. The "junkie" angle wasn't that interesting to me. It felt like a television ad that dragged on too long, especially for the first couple of minutes.

Are there some good points? Yes. Could it have been presented better? Yes.

"We're freaks about the Constitution!" Come on. "Crazy about that way of life" Seriously?

The last half is far better than the first half. The references to Hannity and Limbaugh were rock-solid. She needed to be a little quicker on the sarcasm, though, because it felt a bit drawn-out.

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A few responses though:

1) My political thinking has not been corrupted by the newsbots. I recognize that they all have their agendas, and I sometimes openly mock them when I watch them. On other occasions, I agree with them. I vehemently disagree with them on the Ron Paul 9/11 fiasco, and I strongly oppose their frequently-belligerent posturing.

2) Just because someone doesn't think the video is "real good" doesn't mean that they are somehow politically blind or anti-Ron Paul. I like Ron Paul, but I think that this video needed some "polish." On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 6.5. It raises some significant issues, but it wasted a lot of time on the "it's like a drug!" bit. Also, her delivery needs some work. She paused too much at times, and this reduced the "punch" of the material.

There are two options for the delivery. If she is attempting to use a "ditsy" presentation for comedic effect, she needs to exaggerate a bit more to make it obvious. Otherwise, it just seems as if she is genuinely "ditsy."

If she is attempting to present more seriously, then she needs to improve her timing so that it doesn't give the impression that she is "ditsy."

I believe that this woman is intelligent, and my qualms about the video have nothing to do with her intellect. Proper delivery, though, is essential for effective video presentations.

 

I agree with your points StefanM but we must also remember that this lady is not a professional broadcaster and keeping that in mind it is understandable that she would talk in the manner that she is accustomed to.

 

If I did, I would expect to be mocked as well.

I hate the way many people in my age group and younger speak. They can show a serious lack of intelligence, whether purposefully or not. She comes off as an over-privileged surfer-type. I'm not from Southern Cali, so that doesn't go over really big with me.

I don't have anything personal against her. Just as an observation, from a Ron Paul supporter such as myself, the video did not do anything to motivate me. Most of my reaction while watching was to shake my head and wonder.

I don't care if she is Miss America. She needs to drop the act, which is what it was, and stick to talking like a human being. The drug references were a little creepy as well.

True enough, but delivery has a lot to do with whether people will actually listen to you or not. If someone is speaking like a Valley girl, can we really be expected to take her seriously?

I agree. He is written off by most groups. Although, he does seem to be the new hero of Bill Maher.

The substance of what she had to say was pretty good, but getting to the facts of the matter was the hard part. Had this been an "ad" in favor of Giuliani or McCain, I think you all would be criticizing it just as we are.

 

Oh, come on, Ken. You never thought that about the Republican mouthpieces when they're spouting off the same old neo-con lines?

I wouldn't actually hit her. I just meant she needed a little common sense "knocked" into her.

I don't care if she makes all the videos she wants about Ron Paul. I'm just saying, if I weren't already a Ron Paul supporter, this girl would have done nothing to motivate me to become one.

I think most people are put off by the whole druggie/surfer mentality she put on.

I do not believe that is the way she truly speaks. Surely, the whole thing was an act, notwithstanding the points she made about Ron Paul, of course. She should have kept the good points in and left out the "like, he's, like, a drug" speech. Very annoying.

 

"Like, that's just totally way out there and, like, just so un-cool and stuff."

 

Which is why I would not have a problem with someone saying..."This video is really good for YouTube" or "As a non-professional, she did very well."

Out of the average YouTube videos, she gets about a 8.5.

In general (including YouTube and professionals), she gets about a 6.5.