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Powerful New Ad: Silence

socalcon Wrote: Oct 06, 2012 3:01 PM
In 2008, both my wife and I found ourselves unemployed for 7 and 6 months, respectively. At the time, we had one recent college grad and a high school junior. The ad reflects the anviety and uncertainty of those times. However, the internal anguish and conflict is so very difficult to translate in a 30 second ad. My heart goes out to the 24 million, and I hope they are aware of the committment by the conservative to ease their pain-- Romney/Ryan 2012. God Bless you, this too will pass...

Masterful work by the admakers at Americans for Prosperity:
 


The awkward and painful silence.  The faint sound of rain.  The knowing, concerned looks exchanged by the parents.  The dejection of the kids, who intuitively know something's wrong.  All punctuated with a clear message -- a very effective ad.  And to think: Even after yesterday's "positive" jobs report, this TV spot's 12.1 million statistic doesn't even incorprate the (nearly as many) under-employed Americans and people who...

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