Comments on: Obamercial Analysis

By: Dynamic

Dynamic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:53 +0000

eds – If poor people don’t make you feel proud about America, how about working to help improve their lot in life?

If minorities don’t make you feel proud of America, well, you’ll have to address that in your own terms – and we’ll be here to help.

I’m proud of what America stands for, and the ideals that this nation was built on. What I long for – and most of the rest of us do, as well – is a day in which we can be proud once again of this nation’s present actions, as well as its past triumphs.

That day is not far off.

By: radical_moderate

radical_moderate — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:27:07 +0000

The infomercial must have been effective, this is at least the second left leaning blog where the wing-nut trolls are out in force pooh-poohing it, LOL. I thought that the film was moving and well done. Needless to say, watching it reenforced my opinion that Obama is the sort of Visionary that we need to get the country back on track at this time in History. My favorite comment about Obama in the commercial was the simplest; it was when Bill Richardson stated quietly that Obama “is a good man.” A good man…high praise indeed.

By: olraya

olraya — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:29:48 +0000

I think it showed how much of a thinker Obama is. This was very well thought out and executed magnificently. It made me very proud of being a supporter and I do feel that if I was an undecided I would probably be an Obama supporter at the end of the presentation. It was genuine, honest, relatable and very easily translateable to any demographic.

By: Phpil

Phpil — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:55:31 +0000

It was fantastic. It was moving in the right places and mundane in the right places.

More than anything else, in my opinion, the entire goal of this spot was to show people that he is not any of the idiotic things the smear artists are saying about him… without even mentioning the smears. Just by showing who he is, he shows what he isn’t – which is all the crap the far right is trying to label him as.

It was pretty perfect, really.

I also agree about the Harry Potter moment sticking with you. I think the same can be said of wishing his mother could have lived to meet her grandkids. That resonates with almost everyone on some level.

Personally, the moment that will stick with me is the old man whose 1500 dollar pension was reduced to 379 dollars. The look on his face when Obama told him he had earned that money was incredibly moving.

By: eds

eds — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:49:32 +0000

Pathetic and too long Oba-mercial
‘change’ kept coming like a broken reocrd
Too many minorities and poor people shown
Did not make me feel proud about America

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:14:21 +0000

It was about as compelling, interesting and informative as most informercials.

And the whole fake Oval Office thing was embarrassing.
“Look at me. I’m presidential!!!”
Laughable.

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