February 3, 2020

Let's talk about Trump's Superbowl ads.

I'll show them as he is promoting them on Twitter today (with the first ad as his "pinned" tweet, holding the place at the top of his Twitter feed):


I'll call attention to the contrast between the 2 ads, and I'm going to give this post my "big and small" tag.

The first ad is in black and white, and we see a photo of one black woman on a black screen with white lettering, then close video shots of her telling her individual story, surrounded by a small group of people who care about her, along with more white lettering on a black screen. "My heart is just bursting with gratitude. I want to think President Donald John Trump," she says and the people around her — all black people — cheer. One person's story, one piece of legislation, and a narrow focus on a message for black people.

The second ad is a completely widened frame, lots of color, lots of different people, jets flying over, and the biggest issue for everyone (the economy). Even within that big frame, there's specific message to black people.

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Anonymous said...

What happened to Warren as a candidate? Was it Fauxcahontas stuff? Does she just seem like a panderer? Her personality isn’t any different. Seems like one day she was a front runner and the next day Dems woke up and said she sucks and we don’t want to nominate her and we even like Bloomberg better. I’m not trying to be snarky but my Dem friends never even mention her now.

Robert Cook said...

"Neither do I think George Bush crashed the economy in 2008."

Who ever said he did? It was the years of reckless and lawless behavior by giant financial houses that caused the crash. That was possible because of lax regulation and enforcement of laws pertaining to banks and investment houses, starting in the Reagan administration and continuing with each successive administration, (even up to now). All our presidents of recent vintage have been enablers and protectors of corporate and financial thieves and parasites.

AllenS said...

I was one of those who thought, and still thinks that Barack Hussein Obama was an empty suit who was nothing but an Affirmative Action Figure. Early on, when the colleges/universities that he went to immediately removed all of his records, it became obvious that he sucked as a student (read idiot), and that he probably told everyone that he was a Kenyan. I doubt if he paid one penny to attend school.

Release those records!

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...

What about Trump's academic records? Are you expecting a cavalcade of academic excellence? Those haven't been released either. Why the cover up? The admissions officer who was a close friend of his older brother, Fred Trump Jr, and Trump's dad paid money up front to grease the wheels.

And while we are at it I would like to know how Jared got into Harvard. How much did that cost?

Greg the class traitor said...

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...
What about Trump's academic records? Are you expecting a cavalcade of academic excellence?

No, I'm not

But BO was sold as a "Constitutional Scholar and teacher". He was head of the Law Review at Harvard!

But for all the bullshit blathering about how "bright" he was, we never got to see any of his school records.

Which indicates that, yes, he's just another non-performer promoted because of his skin color

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...

He was head of the Law Review at Harvard and he also wrote two very good books. Not an unimpressive resume and certainly a lot more than Trump, or Bush before him, did.


Greg the class traitor said...

He was head of the Law Review because of politics, not because of ability.

Whether or not he actually wrote the books is an open question.

And no, Representative "I voted Present" had a pathetically empty resume, and, for that matter, still does.

His one "accomplishment" was ObamaCare, and that's such a clusterfuck that every Democrat is running on replacing it

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...

He was head of the Law Review because of politics, not because of ability.

Apparently he had considerable political ability.

Whether or not he actually wrote the books is an open question.

No it isn't.

Ralph L said...

True, Cashill makes a convincing case that Ayers wrote Dreams, and his campaign wrote Paucity of Hope.

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...

Wiki says...
Jack Cashill (born December 15, 1947) is an American conspiracy theorist, author, blogger and documentary producer. He is a weekly contributor to the far-right conspiracy website WorldNetDaily and Executive Editor of Ingram's Magazine, a business publication based in Kansas City, Missouri.

He promoted the false theory that Bill Ayers, co-founder of the militant radical left-wing organization Weather Underground, had authored Obama's autobiography Dreams from My Father.


Geriatric conspiracy theorist makes convincing case? How likely does that sound?

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Ken B said...

Giovan
People got to see her. Over at Jerry Coyne's site he used to say “this woman needs to be president “. Now he says he doesn’t like her much. Just from finally seeing enough of her. In the meantime of course he banned a few commenters who told him she really wasn’t worth much.

DeepRunner said...

Good ads, and they seek to move toward taking out the legs from under the butt-hurt Dems hellbent on litigating and re-litigating (literal use of the words) the 2016 election that "Hillary, the Crowned" was supposed to win. I think as a person he has some...character flaws? But we weren't electing a Pope, and the man is not a saint. But he is a crafty, wily businessman with a real sense and ability of getting things done.

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