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Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
"Vote Texas" +
:30 ad announced to run starting April 10, 2012 on cable in Texas.
[Music, SFX] Male Announcer: Let's get this straight. We're debating between a big spending, debt-ceiling raising fiscal liberal;
the moon colony guy;
a moderate from Massachusetts;
or a Texan with a real plan to balance the budget.
Get with it people. Only one candidate will stand up for Texas.
Ron Paul isn't playing games.
Five federal bureaucracies gone. A trillion dollars cut, year
one.
Get Washington off your back.
Ron Paul. Big...Bold...Texan.
Paul (voiceover):
I'm Ron Paul and I approved this message [whip crack SFX].
Notes: This
is another edgy ad from the Paul campaign. Former Sen. Santorum
withdrew on the same day this was announced, so it's not clear that it
actually ran.
According to the press release, this ad...
positions the 12-term Texas Congressman as the
only authentic
conservative seeking the Republican nomination, and the presidential
aspirant most appealing to Republican voters in the Lone Star State.
To help kick off Ron Paul’s three-day campaign swing
in Texas, the
30-second ad ‘Vote Texas’
will begin airing today on cable television. In addition, the
campaign
is promoting the ad on websites where conservative activists, opinion
leaders, and voters congregate.
The energetic, lighthearted ‘Vote Texas’
contrasts Ron Paul with his Republican rivals Rick Santorum, Newt
Gingrich, and Mitt Romney, characterizing them as a “big spending, debt
ceiling raising, fiscal liberal,” a “moon colony guy,” and “a moderate
from Massachusetts,” respectively. It follows by affirming Ron
Paul’s
status as the only Texan and the only authentic conservative seeking
the nomination. ‘Vote Texas’ then outlines provisions of Dr.
Paul’s
path-breaking ‘Plan to Restore America’
such as cutting $1 trillion in Washington spending in year one,
balancing the federal budget in three years, and eliminating five
unconstitutional federal departments.
“Texas has 152 delegates up for grabs on May 29th, keeping the race for
the Republican nomination open,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign
Chairman Jesse Benton.
“Ron Paul is competing hard in his home state of Texas, and we expect
that Texas conservatives will reject flip-flopping Massachusetts
moderate Mitt Romney and the debt ceiling raising fiscal liberal Rick
Santorum. Through ‘Vote Texas’
and the campaign’s other efforts, Texas voters will be reminded that
Ron Paul is the only Texan in the race, the only veteran in the race,
and the only real conservative in the race,” added Mr. Benton.