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Friday, October 5, 2007

The New Obama Ad

posted by on October 5 at 14:45 PM

Yesterday I posted the new Clinton ad, and today an Obama fan asks if I’m going to be fair and post Obama’s new ad. Certainly.

While Clinton’s new ad flashes a black-and-white picture of her at Ground Zero, Obama’s new ad flashes a black-and-white picture of him standing in front of the White House, looking humble. Anyone want to parse the subliminal message of Obama’s black-and-white visual vs. the subliminal message of Clinton’s black-and-white visual?

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Is that Clint Eastwood?

Posted by DOUG. | October 5, 2007 2:52 PM
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Its intereseting he has an old white guy shilling for him.

Not a bad plan I guess. : shrug :

Posted by Original Monique | October 5, 2007 2:53 PM
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Hillary's Ad says "She's got your back" and plays the emotional strings of health care, 9/11, pictures of some kid and Hillary at ground zero getting down and dirty.

Obama's Ad has some old guy and focuses on his better judgments with mostly pictures of Obama. Doesn't pull any emotional heartstrings and most people probably won't realize that the last picture of him is in front of the White House. For the inspirational guy that he is, that ad was pretty boring.

Posted by Alex | October 5, 2007 3:27 PM
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Both ads are so much CRAP. Neither Clinton Nor Obama beleive all Amreicans should be treated equally. I think discrimination is an abomination, yet only one candidate has come out and said plainly he thinks all American citizens should enjoy the same rights and responsibilities, that candidate being Kucinich. Shame Shame Shame on Clinton and Obama for standing up for discrimination in America.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn | October 5, 2007 4:00 PM
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Is it a trick on my eyesight or are Obama's eye's blinking in the still of him standing in front of the White House?

And did the General say "we need Barack Obama to LEFT America" (LEFT not LIFT)

Posted by just a few questions | October 5, 2007 4:07 PM
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@5: I totally heard "left america" at the end, too! That's exactly what I was gonna post about. Totally unplanned by them but you know they ran with that take for that very reason.

I liked it, but not as much as the clinton spot: I felt like for the most important visual (Obama in front of the white house looking all deep and pensive) you had to know too much: who he is, where he is, what it means. Clinton's would work better for the less savvy voter. Also, the overall tone of both shows the increasing status quo of 'clinton as frontrunner, obama still inexperienced' just by the issues they choose -- clinton picks an issue she's been strong on and increasingly lauded for (even if her plan is just an amalgam of the others) while barak has to do a spot on how "I swear I swear I swear I'm experienced enough to be commander in chief". Clinton is aggressive; Obama is defensive.

Posted by Juris | October 5, 2007 4:20 PM
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JFK - the black & white...

Posted by queenie | October 6, 2007 8:02 AM
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Very JFK.

Cool!

I had fun in Bethesda MD on Saturday getting an Obama 08 sticker while I listed to music and had yummy food in mid 80s weather.

Posted by Will in Fremont | October 7, 2007 4:31 AM

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