Not sure it will appeal to people who aren’t history geeks like me, but I liked it. Although the music is a little creepy.
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
Not sure it will appeal to people who aren’t history geeks like me, but I liked it. Although the music is a little creepy.
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I have 5 kneejerk reactions
1. So the point of the commercial is that McCain plagiarized old speeches?
2. “We’ll fight everywhere” – this will be seen as more “100 years war” stuff
3. Who are these straw men who thought you were running out of a sense of entitlement and saying we can’t make the country stronger?
4. What are you trying to accomplish with all the time lapse photography?
5. Those aren’t daisies.
3.
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1. Huh?
2. Probably.
3. Many of Senator Clinton’s critics, right and left, have suggested she’s running because she and/or her husband believe she’s entitled to it. Some critics of George W. Bush said similar things, and it was also said by critics of Bob Dole (the 1996 Republican nominee) that he wanted to be President because it was “his turn” (i.e. he’d been running so long and in politics so long).
4. A connection between the past and present and future, which appeals very well to conservative and traditionalist sensibilities.
5. Huh?
Just noticed this. While Churchill is saying “we shall fight in the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,” the ad cuts to clouds, then a starfield. So: “we shall fight in the clouds, we shall fight in space.”
Seriously, I would fire whoever is responsible for this ad.
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1. That is, Hillary’s definition of plagiarism
5. Think about it!
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1. Huh?
5. Reference to the 44 year old LBJ ad? If so, that just makes it clever considering it’s the polar opposite of that ad.
4. I’m referring to the cars blurring down the freeway.
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1. That is, if Obama can use two words (“just words”) with permission and Hillary can call that plagiarism, then she logically should go apestuff over McCain’s reuse of Churchill’s “never surrender.”
5. You may be right.
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It’s not plagiarism if you give credit, dude. No one will buy that.
he’s just trying to stay in the news cycle by making everyone scratch their heads in confusion.
crazy like a fox, man
Seriously, I would fire whoever is responsible for this ad.
Then thank God you don’t run McCain’s campaign. It is very powerful with the folks possibly inclined to vote for him.
Who are these straw men who thought you were running out of a sense of entitlement and saying we can’t make the country stronger?
Take a look at some of Obama’s speeches, specifically talking about all that is wrong and requires change, plus bugging out of an ostensible debacle in Iraq. Then take a look at some of the things his wife has said, for good measure.
There are underplayed poll internals about Americans mentioned by Mark Bowden in Blackhawk Down. Approval rates for wars or military actions can be low, but that does not always translate into advocating withdrawal if it means a loss. McCain’s focus on winning Iraq will resonate with the GOP base and hopefully the remaining blue dog dems and independents. Time will tell, but 38% approval of the war does not always translate to what folks think it will at the polls.
The ad is excellent, though they could have nixed the space stuff.
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“we shall fight in the clouds, we shall fight in space.â€
American military dominance is increasingly dependent on space assets. Any major world conflict in the 21st century will involve fighting in space. It will just involve missiles and satellites, not starships and space marines.
Actually, I am also a history geek which is why this scares the snickerdoodles out of me. Roosevelt isn’t my model of a great president. (And I’m slightly offended as a Texan to see Bluebonnets in the commercial. They may grow in AZ, but they are ours.)
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