I like the America is a Good Nation spot better. The other one is really cheesy.
Duncan Hunter should have a spot that shows his ACTIONs as a Congressman. --Quick snippets of Bills he's associated with that have DONE something. The American people want someone not afraid to act---to do the right thing for the right reasons and someone they can look up to, yet be comfortable enough to go to a BBQ with and know he'd be a "good guy." The America is a Good Nation gives you that "feeling" about Duncan, but doesn't tell you why, or what he's done to really make that feeling sink in.
Probably more than anyone wanted to hear, but...there you have it... IMHO
That first link, is about as cheesy of an add as I have ever seen. Definitely won’t win many voters with that.
The second link is much more effective.
Walter,
First, I appreciate your taking the time to post these. Whatever I think of the individual videos, I recognize that campaigning in the future will depend more and more on having some kind of YouTube effort. Maybe these videos won't draw any votes. Maybe Mr. Hunter's campaign won't develop the support needed for him to be president. However, if those who like a candidate won't make an effort for him, then he certain cannot win.
Secondly, idiots who come here to attack you for campaigning for your candidate are doing nothing to help their own candidates. They insult us for supporting Mr. Hunter and then expect that we're going to drop everything to campaign for their candidate. My answer to them is first, "If I liked your candidate best, I'd be supporting him already. The more that you insult me, the less I'll feel inclined to help your candidate at any point."
Thirdly, the first video doesn't look like something that will have much appeal to the typical YouTube viewer. I suspect that older people might like the first video, but I don't think as many of them are going to be surfing YouTube looking for videos.
Finally, I liked your American is a Good Nation video very much. If you wanted to improve that video, I'd make a few suggestions. I hope that NordP is still reading so that maybe she can tell me whether those suggestions are likely to be effective. Instead of the cartoon flag and text stating about Mr. Hunter's positions, could you find some generally patriotic pictures and some pictures that would go with Mr. Hunter is saying. Pictures of the Statue of Liberty, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial Wall, maybe the Lincoln Memorial, and any pictures of the flag would have more impact than the cartoon flag. Pictures of American soldiers helping people around the world would also have more impact. Part of why I pinged David Osborne to this thread is that he's in Iraq, has posted some nice pictures from there, and is a Duncan Hunter supporter. He might be able to let you use some exclusive or nearly exclusive pictures of his.
I disagree with those who criticize this video because the video doesn't go into specifics of Mr. Hunter's positions. With the right pictures, I think the recorded speech could be pretty powerful. The speech and images could stir patriotic feelings, and a good video that stirs those feelings would give Mr. Hunter positive name recognition among those who saw it.
In making these comments, I'm just saying some thoughts that came to my mind when I saw the video. I don't have the skill or equipment to do this stuff, and I applaud you for giving it a try. I wish I could do some of this stuff.
Thanks,
Bill
I would like to encourage anyone who has not visited Duncan Hunter’s web site, and read through and listened to his positions (several videos), to do so.
Many of us might feel that his low poll numbers indicate that he has no chance of winning an election, this man NEEDS to be in a position to act. I don’t know if there is time or enough money to get him up in the polls, but his view should certainly get conservatives and true patriots moving!!! AT minimum, I think he would make an incredible VP...
http://www.gohunter08.com
