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We just added a new page listing videos posted by and about some of the top Liberty Congress candidates. With the Ron Paul campaign being such a creature of the internet, it only makes sense for serious candidates to take advantage of the new media to get their message out.
It turns out that the list of candidates running active campaigns correlates highly with the list of candidates posting videos on the web. We took advantage of this situation by posting some donation links on that page. If you visit B. J. Lawson's Campaign Website, you will notice that he has posted an interactive widget much like Ron Paul's that includes a realtime update on donations and names of recent donors. Very nice!
Meanwhile I had the opportunity to talk a little bit about this website on the "Rule of Law" internet radio program. Here is a link to the show archives. I am the featured guest during Hour 1 of the January 11, 2008 show. I hope it's not too boring!
The Ron Paul movement is internet savvy and so it makes perfect sense for Liberty Congress candidates to concentrate on posting effective websites, creating videos and doing other internet activities that can engage likely supporters and, ultimately, likely voters.
A Liberty Congress member who is helping lead the way in this regards is congressional candidate Theodore Terbolizard of California who has a YouTube Channel that includes plenty of discussion by the candidate about key issues facing our country. We have viewed a few of the videos already and have been favorably impressed. We may very well have to raise Ted's rating on Liberty Congress to Excellent!
Another novel activity is a joint podcast that Ted makes along with another Liberty Congress member, congressional candidate Dean Santoro of Florida. Called Congressional Coast to Coast, Episode 14 was just posted a couple of days ago. These audio only webcasts are also aired from time to time on Ron Paul Radio.
To keep up with the expected influx of video content, we are working to add a new "Video" section to our website. We are doing this as a way to spur our candidates to get busy and start creating the video content that they need to convince voters that they are worthy of support. The big money special interests and Old Media are generally not interested in our freedom message, so we need to spread the word through the internet in order to kickstart Liberty Congress campaigns.
One thing that candidates can do to separate themselves from the pack is to get involved with video production. First a little history...
Michael Maresco, who is probably best known as the Ron Paul Rider, really liked my concept for this website when I discussed it with him when he pedaled through my home town of Austin, Texas. That encouragement was the final straw that inspired me to get this site up and running.
Well Michael recently posted on the new Liberty Candidates section of the Ron Paul Forums about a candidate for congress in North Carolina named B. J. Lawson. After looking over Mr. Lawson's website I was compelled to add him right away as he is an excellent example of the kind of candidate that we need running for office.
But what made Mr. Lawson's site and candidacy particularly compelling were the excellent speeches that he made, videotaped and posted on his site. These videos definitely put him in the top echelon of the new breed of liberty candidates. I highly recommend that other liberty candidates follow suit if at all possible!
If you are a candidate that can't make a great speech or find some local help for making videos, there are still avenues available to you. A member of the Ron Paul Forums named Antonius Stone made this fine video piece highlighting some quotes from a number of fine Liberty candidates. I am sure that he would be able to add other liberty candidates to his future videos or perhaps work with an eager candidate to assemble a custom video of their own. If not Antonius, consider that there are thousands of videographers assembling Ron Paul videos for YouTube. Many would be happy to help out a liberty minded candidate.
So make it happen! This is a practical first step in making sure that the Ron Paul Revolution has an impact on the critical elections that are taking place further down the ballot during 2008.
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