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Chorophyll

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9. What a profound difference between then and now.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 07:54 AM

Sep 2012

Neither side talks about poverty; certainly not as something that can be fixed. We all know what the Repugs think of the poor. And the Dems only talk about the "middle class" and "working families."

How can we help anyone out if we pretend they don't exist?

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Can anyone imagine a presidential campaign ad like this running in any swing state today? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 OP

Wow. Moving. Freddie Sep 2012 #1

Powerful! FailureToCommunicate Sep 2012 #2

Yes, the guitar was perfect. nt Chorophyll Sep 2012 #16

I love it. We should run it again. Scuba Sep 2012 #3

The guitar really made the message. (NT) reACTIONary Sep 2012 #11

Yes. n/t tabasco Sep 2012 #4

LBJ State of Union War on Poverty Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #5

Powerful and moving yends21012 Sep 2012 #6

That is amazing - TBF Sep 2012 #7

Jogged my memory.... ewagner Sep 2012 #8

What a profound difference between then and now. Chorophyll Sep 2012 #9

Yes you are very right Remember Sep 2012 #12

A very moving and convincing message. Even the music... reACTIONary Sep 2012 #10

Advisors would recoil in horror today at such visuals Canuckistanian Sep 2012 #13

In today's selfish America, hungry children should "blame themselves!" mountain grammy Sep 2012 #14

or get a job scrubbing toilets at school demwing Sep 2012 #19

as ludicrous as it sounds. the theme of "personal responsibility" seems to actually include that Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #25

Seeing children in poverty gives Republicans a boner. alfredo Sep 2012 #15

In the War on Poverty, the GOP has joined the enemy side. nolabear Sep 2012 #17

Yes! patrice Sep 2012 #18

And yet, more than ever, this kind of ad is necessary now. loudsue Sep 2012 #20

I think.... GTurck Sep 2012 #21

du rec. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #22

I remember that ad and how that war ended azurnoir Sep 2012 #23

It really is the 60's all over again, K & R. nt mother earth Sep 2012 #24

Can anyone imagine a politician standing up and saying THIS today? bvar22 Sep 2012 #26

K&R drm604 Sep 2012 #27

Notice that most of the children shown are white Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #28

The people voting for Romney and Ryan probably think most poor people are minorities. libinnyandia Sep 2012 #29

another kick for posterity Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #30

I cannot help but think the "welfare queen" mime has been successfully sold even in Democratic Party Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #31