It’s amazing how the 3am ad, of all of Hillary’s ads, has reached cult status and become the most iconic ad of the primary campaign. And how that hasn’t really been a good thing for Hillary. Let’s take a look at two spoofs of her 3am ads.
Those unpaid Hillary bills have, unfortunately, not become a large issue in this campaign, much to my chagrin. For someone who is running on competence and ability to lead, how can this be a positive testament to how she will run Government?
The second one comes from Saturday Night Life, and was far more controversial. I happen to think that it attacks Hillary more than Barack, but many on the blogosphere disagreed. Take a look.
Once again. I wonder how much we’ll see this in the fall.
It’s amazing how the 3am ad, of all of Hillary’s ads, has reached cult status and become the most iconic ad of the primary campaign. And how that hasn’t really been a good thing for Hillary. Let’s take a look at two spoofs of her 3am ads.
Those unpaid Hillary bills have, unfortunately, not become a large issue in this campaign, much to my chagrin. For someone who is running on competence and ability to lead, how can this be a positive testament to how she will run Government?
The second one comes from Saturday Night Life, and was far more controversial. I happen to think that it attacks Hillary more than Barack, but many on the blogosphere disagreed. Take a look.
Once again. I wonder how much we’ll see this in the fall.
On April 19th, 2007, I, for the first time in 13 months, set foot on American soil. I planned it like this on purpose, to travel for a year, experience the world, volunteer in third world countries, grow as a human being, then return just as the political season was getting heated up. It was less than nine months until the Iowa Caucuses.
On November 2nd, 2004, I, like many of us here, was devastated. Another four years of George W Bush? My idealism and my innate belief in my own ability to change the world had taken a serious beating, and the floodgates were open leading to the dark waters of cynicism.
Yet, the very next day, as people began to face the truth, I faced reality in the eye and made a vow. That day, I wrote this:
This is horrible. Yesterday I felt like everyone was angry alongside me. Today, though, that number has shrunken dramatically. How? Yet not so surprising. But this election has ignited a fire inside of me – in 2008 this will not happen again because I will be actively involved and actively working to ensure it.
I feel – more powerfully today than even before the election – that I can make a difference.
Now, with four years of experience behind me, 2008 was here. I was ready to go, and three weeks later, I was zipping down I-70 towards Chicago, on my way to Camp Obama. I’d found my candidate – Barack Obama – I saw in him the hope and potential to move America past the failures of the past.
One reason that the Obama campaign is winning is because of their excellent rapid response system. It wasn’t always this way, in actuality, the campaign began their rapid response “War Room” in October. Not coincidentally, about then was when he began to rise in the polls in Iowa.
This is important. This will matter this fall.
So, today, the Clinton campaign stooped to, perhaps, its lowest level of the campaign, releasing a sleazy, disgusting, fear mongering ad. Take a look.
For comparison, here is one of the most despicable ads from the Rove-Bush team, the “wolves ad”
John Kerry never effectively responded to the unfair, fear mongering attacks on his patriotism, his character, and his campaign, and it cost him the campaign.
Today, Barack Obama showed that he has learned the lesson of 2004.
His War room released, in less than 12 hours, a brilliant rebuttal ad. Watch below, is it, in my opinion, one of the best ads of the campaign. It fights back, is positive, and, most importantly, direct.
What does this mean? It means that this fall, we could have a candidate that will not let the Republicans throw any answered punches. That will fight back with all the resources at his disposal to counter, to respond, and to win the election. But first, we need to nominate Barack Obama as our nominee.
Make Phone Call to March 4th States and let’s stand up against fear mongering, attack style politics.
