Hmmm...What's missing from this Bernie Ad?

[Yavin4]

Can you tell me what it is? If no one knows the answer, I will answer it after 20 posts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=2nwRiuh1Cug

[Armstead]

1. Ethnic minorities will be your answer -- but run it back slowly and your answer would be wrong

[beam me up scottie]

5. +1

Gotta give them props for trying so hard, always counting faces.

Bless their little hearts.

[arcane1]

9. They're not even trying anymore. It must be so demoralizing n/t

[Cassiopeia]

10. I ran it at normal speed

and saw many people of various skin tones.

However, that doesn't fit their narrative, so they follow after their chosen candidate and do as she would. Lie.

[Beartracks]

39. I sure hope that's not what Yavin4 was going for.

I spotted persons of color throughout the video, even before I came across this thread. Here's some timestamps for the color-blind:

0:21
0:31
0:33 (scattered)
0:40
0:41
0:43
0:44
0:56

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[Yavin4]

48. Two African Americans. Two?!?!

The most loyal voting bloc in the entire Democratic party can't make his campaign video.

[Armstead]

55. More than two....others in shots plus Hispanics and other groups

[uponit7771]

162. +1, there should be too many to count but they're not catching on to that

[Motown_Johnny]

2. Cynacism

And Yes..it is

[HerbChestnut]

3. Hmm

Dishonesty? Attack lines?

[DanTex]

4. White people? Hipsters?

[dlwickham]

6. the truth?

I haven't watched it but from past experiences with Sanders and his supporters, I'd bet a few bucks on that

[arcane1]

11. Your desperation is showing.

And it doesn't get you time and a half

[Motown_Johnny]

99. Typical. Make a decision without any information and then attack others based on that decision.

I see why you support Hillary.

[JimDandy]

156. Nice zing...

[artislife]

167. You know what they say about assuming.

Well...you have proved it true.

[dlwickham]

174. But I'm not assuming anything

[Wilms]

7. Billionaires

Triangulation comes to mind, too.

[last1standing]

8. I got it! A cynical statement telling us to give up all hope!

That's something you'll never miss in a NoHope Hillary ad.

[enid602]

12. ome to look for America

Immigrants.

[DefenseLawyer]

13. Fear? Loathing? n/t

[pa28]

14. We're nearly at 20! Now we get to watch you . . .

[valerief]

15. Nothing. Because you're lying about what you're implying. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

16. Otter Pops

[KingFlorez]

17. I have no idea, because I have no desire to watch it

[Hestia]

19. You ought to watch it. Totally different from other "ads"

[Hestia]

18. Missing = fear

[draa]

56. +1

[sadoldgirl]

21. Missing? HRC!

[baldguy]

22. Substance.

But then, it's a typical, boring, campaign ad. Could be put out by anybody, for any office.

It's just, if it had a "Hillary for President" label at the end, the Berniestas would be whining about how phony it was, and how much of a Republican it made her look like - but will deny up & down that it makes the Dear Leader look nothing of the sort.

[azmom]

26. Wrong. Media pundits are raving about it.

Words being used to describe it are hopeful, positive, inspirational, beautiful. It's a big hit.
I love it.

[baldguy]

32. There was another political as that media pundits raved about.

Still do, in fact.

And it's actualy more substantive than the one in the OP.

[TM99]

35. Are you jealous baldguy?

I mean Reagan was elected twice.

I am sure we will all give you hugs and a shoulder to cry on during the long 8 years that Sander is president.

[baldguy]

69. Reagan was the second worst President in living memory.

Having Sanders emulate the look & feel of his campaign ads should at least give you pause, with the realization that propaganda isn't something to be trusted, much less praised.

[TM99]

72. You think this ad is propaganda

about how great America is?

You don't know the song that is playing then. You don't realize what Sanders is standing for. And you don't realize that he is in this for all of us, while Clinton is in this just so she can be president.

Clinton is worst than Reagan. She is like Nixon.

[baldguy]

75. Of course it's propaganda.

If cognitive dissonance is a requirement for your dogma, you may be a totalitarian.

[Bjorn Against]

81. Yes, because there is nothing more totalitarian than Simon and Garfunkel

[baldguy]

84. Right. Art *can't* be used for totalitarian propaganda.

More cognitive dissonance, there.

[Bjorn Against]

86. You do a great job at satire

I almost thought you were serious, but unless you are Sarah Palin you could not possibly believe Art Garfunkel is spreading totalitarian propaganda. Now I realize that you are not serious, you are just impersonating Sarah Palin. Thanks for the laugh.

[baldguy]

90. I'm sure you're equally dismissive of "progressive" Berniestas

unironically recycling every scandal crafted by the VRWC from the Clinton administration, or Darrel Issa's latest conspiracy theories about Hillary.

[Bjorn Against]

95. So how did we move from the totalitarian tendencies of Art Garfunkel to Darrel Issa?

Sorry, you were doing a great job mocking Sarah Palin with your claims that Simon and Garfunkel are totalitarian, but now you are losing your comedic edge.

What the hell does Darrel Issa have to do with this? I sure as hell don't know any Bernie supporters that support Darrel Issa.

[baldguy]

112. They are both being used to harm the progressive movement and the Democratic Party.

see #80: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511043084#post80

[Bjorn Against]

138. OH. MY. GOD. LOOK AT THIS TOTALITARIAN PROPAGANDA VIDEO I FOUND!!!

DON'T LET THE CHILDREN SEE OR THEY MIGHT BECOME TOTALITARIANS WHO TAKE DOWN THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!111!!

[TM99]

91. Then you didn't watch it.

And you don't know the lyrics of the song.

This coming from a supporter whose campaign changes like a weathervane is rich!

Be careful who you accuse of cognitive dissonance and totalitarianism, it might come back to bite you in the ass. I am feeling rather magnanimous tonight so I won't shove all of your candidate and supporters actions that match those in your face.

[baldguy]

103. Trying to claim that propaganda isn't *really* propaganda is really propaganda.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda

noun
1.
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
2.
the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.
3.
the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organization or movement.


Bernie Sanders has been a political animal for over 40 yrs. To believe that he's managed to remain pure, and above the fray in all that time is delusional.

OF COURSE IT'S PROPAGANDA!!

[TM99]

105. Show me any campaign ad

that doesn't meet your definition of 'propaganda'.

Come on. Pony up and shut up!

I will wait.

[baldguy]

127. .

[TM99]

146. Be careful

you might jar something loose.

[Bjorn Against]

111. SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ARE SPREADING RUMORS TO HARM AMURICA!!!!

[pangaia]

121. My goodness, that is quote a mouthfull.

Can you say it again three times...real fast?

[notadmblnd]

139. What you are putting out here is propaganda too

I don't see why you are complaining about someone else putting it out? You've demonstrated with your post that it is an acceptable tool for use in regards to politics when you engaged in the use of it yourself.

[Armstead]

71. It worked

[baldguy]

73. At setting America on the path to destruction.

[beam me up scottie]

74. BERNIE'S GOING TO DESTOY AMERICA!!!

[baldguy]

80. Exactly.

For Bernie's Revolution to happen, it requires revolutionaries.

And that doesn't mean people waking up in the fall and thinking their one vote one year later for one guy will change things. It means working year after year, decade after decade. It means getting like-minded people elected to office. It means mayors, it means city councilmen, it means county & state legislators, it means governors, House members and Senators.

These are the kind of people Bernie has repeatedly refused to help. And he's conning his supporters into believing that the "revolution" will be accomplished with a one-man band. The one man being Bernie.

The crashing disappointment they'll feel when they realized they've been mercilessly scammed will harm the progressive cause for decades to come.

Which is exactly what the GOP is hoping for.

OTOH, the much-maligned "establishment Democrats" have been there for decades, working to create the very revolution Berniestas seem to have just discovered.

[beam me up scottie]

83. Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

[TM99]

93. Dude, you need a valium!

Jesus.

[Divernan]

130. And TM99 wins alert, 6 to 1!

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Really? This is a substantive reply? No, saying the poster needs to be sedated is a mindless, over-the-top attack.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Jan 21, 2016, 05:45 PM, and the Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: meh.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is the most ridiculous alert I've had to jury. I won't go so far as to say the alerter needs a valium, but suggest he/she step back from the keyboard, take a deep breath, and reach deep down for some perspective.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Not impressed with the new crop.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
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Explanation: No explanation given

[TM99]

145. And some try to argue

that there is no alert stalking here!

I apparently have a fan.

[Trajan]

137. Look .... I have avoided pressing the big button with the red X ...

But ... You are posting some pretty tall tales there ...

Tell you what - I'll continue to listen to your rantings, and when the show continues and the unknowns become known ...

Then ? ... We can see if your rantings were correct, or if they missed the mark and got you all worked up for nuthin ...

The clear sunlight of the past will illuminate the validity of your points ... or not ....

Good luck with that .... See you then ...

[DJ13]

150. OTOH, the much-maligned "establishment Democrats" have been there for decades,

working to create the very revolution Berniestas seem to have just discovered.



What "revolution" have the establishment Dems done that has improved the lives of the average person since Carter?

It seems that if you were right there would be no real passion behind Bernie's campaign, but its Hillary that has the campaign that has no passion in the message she's delivering.

Bernie is running because the establishment politicians (a conservative is a conservative with conservative policies regardless of party) are incapable of changing directions as long as they insist on playing the game like everyone else, by selling access and favors for campaign donations.

[Armstead]

79. So Bernie is gong set America on the path to destruction with an innocuous ad

Yes I understand the connection totally. Makes perfect sense.

[Warren DeMontague]

116. Sanders has feet. You know who else had feet? That's right. Hitler. Hitler had feet.

Just like friendly, frumpy, supposedly harmless Vermont Senator Bernie Samders and his supposedly harmless feet, the genocidal dictator of Nazi Germany, he too had feet. Two.

Two Feet.

The same NUMBER of feet as Bernie Sanders, even.

Makes you think, doesn't it?

[Empowerer]

96. And we all know that media pundits are always right . . .

at least if they're saying something positive about one particular candidate or something negative about one particular other one . . .

Otherwise, they're corrupt, stupid tools.

[asuhornets]

149. When did DU members..

praise the media pundits?????? You Bernie Sanders supporters are pretty cocky. That fall is going to hurt..

[azmom]

154. LOL

[azmom]

23. Missing, a lying Chelsea?

[cali]

24. Nothing

[Beartracks]

25. Where are the kittehs?

====================

[beam me up scottie]

36. Here:

[Beartracks]

41. LOL Thanks!

Now that's some trolling for votes right there!

===============

[beam me up scottie]

42. I edited it, found a better pic!

[Beartracks]

47. You certainly did!

=======================

[PatrickforO]

27. The people pictured in this ad look like the people in America.

This is a diverse crowd.

But I guess the pictures don't fit the talking points...

[EdwardBernays]

28. That ad

is ridiculously effective...

I literally just showed a campaign ad to someone. WTF?!

Seriously though, that's some pretty special ad-ifying.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

29. Llamas!

[Maedhros]

141. Well, then, here are some to tide you over:

[arcane1]

30. You got your 20 posts, and then some. Where are you?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

34. Probably done gone.

[pa28]

38. I think we know what's missing now.

[arcane1]

45. Credibility?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I like the ad. It's a beautiful song./nt

[TM99]

33. I am so sick of white racist Clinton supporters

attacking Sanders supposed lack of connection with minorities.

Did y'all learn nothing from 2008?

[arcane1]

37. To some, race is just another means to an end, nothing more.

They'll do a complete 180 on the topic if they think they can get an extra vote out of it.

[TM99]

40. It shows me that they really are not liberals or leftists even.

It is disgusting but so now shocked or surprised anymore by it.

[arcane1]

43. Exactly. It's a game of good cop/bad cop with some of these supposed "liberals" n/t

[navarth]

85. boom. right there. arcane1 nailed it

[Yavin4]

53. Sooooo. You have no problem with a campaign video of predominately White Americans?

If this was a Republican video, you would be quick to point it out.

You must be an Academy Award voter.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

60. Awwwwww.... you came back to complain that there wasn't enough minorities.

Stop with the race-baiting BS please.

You failed splendidly.

[TM99]

61. So you are a mind reader too?

Show me the same posts constantly calling Clinton out on her predominantly white (and small I might add!) crowds.

You sure you want to get into it with me on race? Be careful how you answer.

[Bjorn Against]

78. I am not seeing very many black faces in this video...

I am sure you will be starting a thread soon to condemn the lack of diversity in Hillary's new ad. If you are OK with Hillary putting out an ad like this then you must be an Academy Award voter.

[Armstead]

82. OH BINGO, BINGO, BINGO

I think there are more POC in Bernie's ad

[Divernan]

135. Bazinga! HRC's ad: all white, all the time!

[JDPriestly]

159. I clicked the link, and got a video with Killer Mike and also with this.

Lots of people of color in this video. I'm confused.

[beam me up scottie]

44. Turtles!!!

[gwheezie]

46. I thought it was pretty

Well done and pleasant to watch.

[taught_me_patience]

49. The lyrics that make the song:

"Kathy, I'm lost", I said,
Though I know she was sleeping.
"I'm empty and aching and
I don't know why."

It's not an uplifting song.

[Cal Carpenter]

140. Oh wow, I didn 't actually watch the ad

and don't plan to (I only landed on this thread because of a jury I was on) but wow that's the song, huh. That song brings me to tears almost every time. One more reason not to watch the ad (I really prefer to just read the candidate's words and avoid a lot of the noise, including things like ads and basically anything in GD: P, ha) because of the whole heartstrings thing but I find it very interesting that his campaign chose that song in an ad.

And now I'll drown the melancholy which that song taps into with an adult beverage.

Edited to get rid of the that inevitably appears when I type in the abbreviation for this forum...

[JimDandy]

157. There are no words in the ad, so check it out. n/t

[Yavin4]

50. African Americans were missing. The most loyal voting bloc in the Democratic party.

White America voted en masse for Reagan in 1984. African Americans did not. YET, we can't make Bernie's campaign video, and folks here don't think that it's a big deal.

[arcane1]

51. As suspected, this was a dishonest OP from the beginning, and you've been made a fool of

[draa]

54. Just more shit.

Fucking stop. It's unbecoming of Democrats to stoop to that level. We know where you're going and it's not good so stop.

[Yavin4]

57. There were 3 lone African Americans in that video. THREE!!!!

A voting bloc that goes 85% to 95% Democratic, yet there were only 3 African Americans in that video!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beam me up scottie]

58. You said there were TWO!!! upthread.

Make up your mind.

I saw many different shades but then I'm not using a magnifying glass.

You should get a new hobby, I hear extreme ironing is fun and exciting.

[arcane1]

66. Hey, phony outrage is hard enough without bringing MATH into it!!

[beam me up scottie]

67. Sesame Street can help with that:

[Art_from_Ark]

153. LOL

[Empowerer]

97. When you start arguing about whether there were two or three brown faces in the video

you may want to leave it there and move on to something else . . .

[beam me up scottie]

101. You should tell that to your associate, he's the one counting dark faces.

And getting all POUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!

Was that enough exclamation points? I want to capture just the right mood.

Maybe a few more just to be safe


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Empowerer]

104. Whoosh! n/t

[beam me up scottie]

108. You got that right, I never argued about whether there were two or three. So this is you:

Last edited Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:06 PM - Edit history (1)

[draa]

64. I don't give a fuck if there was ZERO in it.

If you don't like the candidate don't vote for him. But this OP closing in on race baiting.

[Beartracks]

161. Good grief, look at reply #39.

I don't think that was the same 2-3 African Americans just being repeated over and over.

======================

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

65. That was a flat out lie that you should be ashamed of. I feel sorry for you.

[arcane1]

68. SOME Clinton supports have no problem exploiting race if it means gaining a vote or two.

And since she's poised to lose IA and NH, they're getting desperate.

[Empowerer]

102. You might want to head over to a few other threads to express your outrage about "exploiting race"

There are plenty of them, but you can start at the most recent one, right here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511043274

See you later . . .

[TM99]

109. You are funny.

So a positive video done by PoC to show their support of Sanders is 'exploiting race' but counting colored folks faces in a campaign ad almost always done here by lilly white Clinton supporters is not?

Good luck selling that horseshit!

[beam me up scottie]

114. African Americans made that ad, are they exploiting themselves?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

169. The Clinton desperation...it hurts.

[pa28]

76. Except they aren't. You just made that up.

[awake]

77. When Bernie was walking MLK Hillary was supporting Berry Goldwater

Then Hillary went on to be on the Board of Walmart while Bernie was fighting for workers so I think you will find that what is truly missing was Hillary standing up for workers of all colors and only backing gay marriage when the winds changed.....

[Armstead]

92. Wanna count the POC in this new Clinton video?

[TM99]

100. I think I counted three

and I had to slow down the video to catch them.

[Yavin4]

136. I guess you missed the classroom of African American children that she was in n/t

[TM99]

144. Oh that was just staged propaganda

or so I have been told by your fellow Clinton supporters. That wasn't really real.

[underthematrix]

113. As an African American I approve this message.

Great, great job!. This is an awesome ad!. This is 1000 xs better than faux Dem Bernie's WWP ad

Will share on Twitter, FB, Google+, Instagram and Pinterest

[Armstead]

115. That's fine.....as long as you don't complain about the number of POC faces in Bernie's ad

[underthematrix]

118. This is not communist Russia so you don't get to make rules about what I

focus on in my replies.

Bernie's ad looks like something from the 1950s which is what I tweeted to my followers

[beam me up scottie]

122. COMMIES! COMMIES EVERYWHERE!!!1!

[underthematrix]

124. Have you read Green Eggs and Ham?

It's fun and it rhymes

[beam me up scottie]

128. Is it about commies too? When it comes to propaganda I prefer cinema:

[underthematrix]

132. Of course you do. That's what a typical Fox Hate News viewer would say

too

[beam me up scottie]

134. Well I'll just have to take your word for what Fox viewers think.

That's what a typical Fox Hate News viewer would say

You seem to be quite familiar with that mindset so I'll defer to your area of expertise. I prefer liberals for company.

[Armstead]

125. Somehow I suspect if that had Clinton in it instead of Sanders yoi'd call it brilliant

Maybe not....Just a wild guess. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

(P.S. The Clinton ad also portrays an idealized traditional America, when separated from the fear tactics, in this 2016 version of her 2008 3 a.m. phone call ad against Obama.)

[underthematrix]

129. You don't need forgiveness. My esteem is not tied to what you think

I'm good.

HRC learned some really hard lessons. Now she's using PBO's media playbook and doing a fantastic job. She's bringing it FIERCE and classy and I love it.

[Armstead]

131. I'll agree with the "fierce" part

[underthematrix]

133. from the reading public's perspective, it's both

[underthematrix]

117. HILLARY CLINTON has the only POC in her ad that matters to the

Obama Coalition - President Obama

[Armstead]

119. Yes she shifted so well from her attacks on him in 2008

Maybe when she runs to succeed Bernie in nine years, she'll wrap herself in her close personal friendship and commitment to Bernie's agenda too

[underthematrix]

123. yes she has and I'm here for it. As my beloved President said, Hillary will make an

excellent President.

[KingFlorez]

106. African-Americans are not Sanders base

And that is absolutely okay. Every candidate has their base and that base does not always include every race. It's just how politics works.

[Depaysement]

143. Try again

There are African-Americans in the video.

It's missing one thing though: stupid people.

[uponit7771]

163. Its a big deal, you're not the only one who pointed that out and the replies were it was for Iowa

[valerief]

168. You're WRONG and lying on purpose. Welcome to my Forever Ignored club. nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

52. Hmmm...What's missing from this Bernie Ad?

Your reply.

[Prism]

59. Do you realize how offensive this is at this point?

Every single video now, we all have to sit here and play "Count the Brown Face"

It is racist as hell, appalling, and cynical.

And, btw, I did watch the video and there were faces of color in it. Plenty. I think, in your rush to play these anti-Democratic games, you missed a bunch of them.

[arcane1]

62. They're back to "Sanders and all who support him are racist" since nothing else has worked.

It's been quite the coordinated assault today. And fails just as pathetically as the last dozen times the memo has gone out.

[in_cog_ni_to]

63. Warmongering? A slew of lies?

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

There are AAs in that ad, so take your racist bullshit back to Hillaryclintonsupporters.com. They thrive on that crap over there, which I'm sure you know.

[Le Taz Hot]

70. How the fuck did I miss you?

What a waste of my fucking time!
<flush>

[Mike Nelson]

87. I thnk this ad is supposed to appeal to Iowa voters...

...wouldn't work as well in other places, but I'm guessing hits his target audience.

[Empowerer]

107. And God forbid they think that Bernie likes black people?

[Beartracks]

164. No, but chances are the ad reflects Iowa's level of diversity.

Iowa's pretty white, and so is the ad. If you went out and took pictures of people all over Iowa doing Iowa things in their natural Iowan habitat, you'd probably come back with the same ratio of POCs in your portfolio.

You'd rather they artificially beef up the POC quotient?

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[morningfog]

88. Race baiting and red baiting. Feels like Hillary's losing '08 campaign all over.

All it's lacking is some Muslim garb for good measure.

[JackBeck]

89. Thousands of dead Iraqis and American soldiers?

Just a guess.

[Vinca]

94. There is no way you can trash that ad. No way. It's probably best political ad ever made.

I'm sure if you check each and every little frame you will locate every minority. If that doesn't unknot your shorts, consider the cows: they're black and white. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[LittleBlue]

98. Hillary has fallen to desperate identity politics now

What a sad state of politics. Literally counting minorities as a commodity and using them as an argument against Bernie.

Guess there were too many women in the video to play the gender card, eh?

[Beacool]

148. Hillary?

I didn't know that she posted on DU.

[Warren DeMontague]

110. ...."Paid for by Hedge Fund managers for economic freedom?"

[Agony]

120. it doesn't have any War Porn like Hillary's does?

[kath]

166. It didn't beat the "terra terra terra, fear fear fear" drum by talking about "keeping us safe"?

[pangaia]

126. Read the comments...

Aside from the hate, many, many were by people who were really moved by it...To tears...

[Maedhros]

142. You are just pathetic.

/ignore.

[Beacool]

147. It's a feel good ad.

It's well crafted and uplifting. I've seen similar ads from Hillary in 2008. Nothing wrong with this ad.

If you're referring to the lack of diversity, well, it's IA. Not too dissimilar from VT and NH in that respect. White as the eye can see.

[dflprincess]

151. It lacks cowbell.

As pointed out by another DUer in his thread, there are a lot of cows in the ad, but no cowbell.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511044162

[onecaliberal]

152. There was no sparkling unicorn.

[liberal_at_heart]

155. Wow. It is seriously time for me to update my ignore list.

[senz]

158. In the 1-minute ad, there are several shots of AAs with Bernie

At 22 seconds, a lively young black woman is leading a group of Bernie supporters.

At 41 seconds, Bernie is greeting a black woman in a crowd.

At 42 seconds, Bernie has his arm around a happy, smiling young black woman.

At 43 seconds, Bernie's right hand is on the left shoulder of a beautiful young black woman apparently posing for a selfie being taken by her white male friend of the three of them.

Most of Bernie's direct interactions in the ad appear to be with African Americans.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

170. See! See! It's crass exploitism!

[Beartracks]

160. Iowa ad aimed at Iowans featuring Iowans

This appears to me to be an Iowa ad aimed at Iowans and featuring Iowans in advance of the Iowa primary. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the percentage of African Americans in the ad may actually be representative of Iowa...?

To artificially load the ad with extra POCs like it was NYC or Detroit or St. Louis -- to portray equal amounts of diversity -- would be disingenuous and a bit odd when you're trying to reflect Iowa, which as I understand is quite predominantly white. Also, doing such would likely bring forth cries from non-Bernie supporters that his campaign was exploiting persons of color for political gain!

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[Kalidurga]

165. You are so not cool.

[B Calm]

171. Trashing this thread!

[99Forever]

172. Another Hillarian lesson in how to learn NOTHING from prior mistakes:

This one is called "Race Baiting Failure Made Easy, v2.01."

[RandiFan1290]

173. This lady?