Bernie Sanders

PWPippin

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4. I watched the ad just before I read your OP about it, GreatGazoo.

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 08:41 AM

Mar 2016

And I agree. I found the ad to be soft and "gauzy", without focus, and wondered, if I were an African American woman, how I would take it. I can't know. So, since I'm a white woman of a certain age, another demographic that is expected to support Hillary, I imagined some well known white women actresses instead - Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett - and found myself thinking it all feels so fabricated and, indeed, condescending. These woman live a life so removed from what most people experience that it comes across as acting, which it is, of course. It's a pretty ad, but I think the ad team needs to go back to the drawing board. In the end, maybe Hillary needs to stop acting, playing a role, and be herself.

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Real Life ad: Clinton Campaign Now Slowly Withering Away [View all] GreatGazoo Mar 2016 OP

If we could only SmittynMo Mar 2016 #1

Younger people may be a little smarter Baobab Mar 2016 #50

I caught a clip of Hillary speaking to her little Ybor City audience yesterday - has she always been djean111 Mar 2016 #2

She is talking I think about getting the nomination. GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #5

"You are a resource to be exploited – nothing more." Donkees Mar 2016 #3

I watched the ad just before I read your OP about it, GreatGazoo. PWPippin Mar 2016 #4

If I felt that Hillary was being herself I might like her awake Mar 2016 #7

I have asked myself what would I do differently if Clinton was my client GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #8

Nice post. She's easy to buy, hard to sell. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #13

Ouch. What a great line! kath Mar 2016 #29

It's not mine, I saw it on FB, but it's good so I'm using it. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #34

her experience is a negative because of what she has used it for. magical thyme Mar 2016 #28

And before he became "the Amendment King", Bernie was named as one of the Top 20 Mayors in America kath Mar 2016 #32

I have read that too, that he was a really popular mayor with everybody.. Thats a hard thing to do. Baobab Mar 2016 #51

excellent point: GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #33

I noticed that too. It's an extremely good point. kath Mar 2016 #37

re: "I imagined some well known white women actresses instead" thesquanderer Mar 2016 #11

It's actually a great ad. EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #6

Bingo! Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #9

I have to agree.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #19

Boom! "plays the role of a Democrat in front of the camera but is a completely different person in kath Mar 2016 #35

There's nothing in that ad Madam Mossfern Mar 2016 #10

Yes! It says "join us" but feels more like "hey come back" NT GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #36

There's also that one lady (I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with any of them) reading off a card Scootaloo Mar 2016 #52

Let me from the very first............... say one thing .................................. turbinetree Mar 2016 #12

Bernie really took to heart First Nations issues. thereismore Mar 2016 #14

I just got goosebumps from your reply............................. turbinetree Mar 2016 #21

Thank you! I want to like long enough to see a first Native American President of the US. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #26

I also............................. turbinetree Mar 2016 #38

Yes Mike__M Mar 2016 #56

This what is needed more than ever voices...................... turbinetree Mar 2016 #57

I have Blackfoot and Crow in my ancestry and only when I talk about that with other people do I GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #39

My mother, my Cherokee mother............never run from who you are and ...................... turbinetree Mar 2016 #41

"Life is more than what we see. Much more." ljm2002 Mar 2016 #45

You are quite welcome (Ulihelisdi).......................... turbinetree Mar 2016 #58

Apparently I don't watch much TV. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #15

Just wither away already, Clinton. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #16

It's just a creepy ad. These actresses stay in character in the ad. It's like they are not real thereismore Mar 2016 #17

It reminds me Mother Of Four Mar 2016 #22

She long ago conceded the issues HenryWallace Mar 2016 #18

Let 'em wither, then. Gene Debs Mar 2016 #20

Apparently I don't watch enough TV. SheilaT Mar 2016 #23

Meh. Not a bad ad, but not a good one, either. closeupready Mar 2016 #24

I think part of the problem with that ad is... Motown_Johnny Mar 2016 #25

hard to wither away artyteacher Mar 2016 #27

This is sadly true. 21st Century Poet Mar 2016 #31

um...Michigan ? GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #40

Those delusions of grandeur didn't work so well in 2008. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #53

their campaign phrase is that she is "fighting for us" virtualobserver Mar 2016 #30

The REAL WORLD has Hillary Clinton. And MTV has the reruns! nt mhatrw Mar 2016 #42

Just say'n... SoapBox Mar 2016 #43

As you'd expect, it's all about her nxylas Mar 2016 #44

Hillary: "Join us!" Yuugal Mar 2016 #46

Haha, one of those women plays a liar on TV. I don't know the others. thereismore Mar 2016 #47

LOL!! jillan Mar 2016 #49

Playing the vajayjay card as a campaign ad for a Presidential Candidate? Have we really become jillan Mar 2016 #48

So Hillary doesn't want any votes from men? YourAMIGO Mar 2016 #54

Sorry I read slithering. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #55