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Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

"Believe" +
:60 ad run starting Jan. 2, 2012 in broadcast and cable television statewide in NH, and on broadcast television in the greater Boston market.

[Music]

Man: America is in trouble. 

Woman: Washington is a disgrace.

Man 2: Government has become too big; it's over taxing, overspending.

Man 3: We need to change direction.

Woman 2: We really need change.

Woman 3: We can't afford to make the same mistakes we've made in the past.

News announcer audio (Chris Wallace): ...Mitt Romney's reputation as a flip-flopper.

News announcer audio: ...he went the other way when he got paid to go the other way.

Romney: ...there is need for economic stimulus.

Male voice: It's about serial hypocrisy.

Man 4: This election is about trust.

Male voice: There's been one true consistent conservative candidate and that's Dr. Ron Paul.

Unidentified man on TV: Ron Paul has been so consistent from the very beginning.

Another unidentified man on TV: He seems like a more honest candidate.

Another unidentified man on TV: He tells the truth about what he believes whether you like it or not.

Man 5: He's never once voted for a tax increase, never once voted for an unbalanced budget.

Woman 4: Ron Paul's plan is bold, cuts five departments; it's what we need.

Man 6: When he says he's going to cut a trillion dollars in the first year, I believe him.

Woman 4: if you don't like how things are going and are tired of politicians, he's something different.

Faces: Ron Paul.  Ron Paul.  Ron Paul.  Ron Paul.

Man 7: Ron Paul is the one we've been looking for.

Paul (voiceover): I'm Ron Paul and I approved this message.


Notes: The "chorus" of voices approach, very professionally done.  According to the press release:

The ad features prominent Granite State surrogates such as political activists and leaders including state Sens. Andy Sanborn (R-Henniker) and Ray White (R-Bedford), both of whom have endorsed Ron Paul for the presidency.
 
A key feature of the ad is New Hampshire politicians and luminaries condemning the outsize growth of the federal government – calling is “overtaxing” and “overspending” – alongside declarations that the upcoming election is about trust.  The ad then presents Ron Paul as an honest and consistent candidate, and the sole alternative to flip-floppers responsible for the costly mistakes of the past.  The ad also showcases, in the words of its subjects, the strengths of Ron Paul’s ‘Plan to Restore America.’
 
“Ron Paul is surging in New Hampshire and is in it to win it.  We have a first-class organization and tremendous support from a state where his message of personal and economic liberty resonates well.  This ad will serve as the closing argument for why Ron Paul is the only authentic conservative in this race, and the only one capable of  bringing authentic change to Washington,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.