On my way in this morning I kept seeing spray-painted signs, mostly handing from highway overpasses, saying “Ron Paul: Revolution.” After the fifth one I decided I was curious enough to Google this Ron Paul person. The first link that came up was his campaign site. Apparently this guy is running for president. Of course on his site it doesn’t immediately state if he is a Republican or Democrat. Turns out he’s Republican, running a campaign for freedom.

In my public speaking classes we talk about the “6 C’s of language”, one of which is Concreteness. That is taking an abstract idea, such as freedom and making it concrete: defining it to your audience. If Paul is the “leading advocate for freedom” as stated on his site, then what is he trying to say? Especially since he’s not outright with his political learnings on his opening page. Thoughts?

Cross posted on my SPE 130 page.
-S. Whitehead