Posted on 01/29/2015 11:49:49 AM PST by Kaslin
Our American Revival -- a pro-Walker political action committee and fundraising group -- recently unveiled its debut ad. To my knowledge, it’s the first campaign spot of its kind to be released this election cycle. It’s several minutes long and touches on a few familiar themes: the failures of “Smart Power,” the prevailing malaise and incoherence of the Obama era, the intrusive nature of the federal government, and the importance of electing a governor in 2016:
Ed Morrissey weighs in:
It’s a clever ad, on multiple levels. Its length means that it won’t air on television, at least not in paid slots, although portions of it will no doubt air on cable news over the next few days. Walker avoids snark and instead goes for a tone of sincere, Reaganesque revival — matching his “Our American Revival” campaign theme. It’s designed to boost optimism in the future rather than spend too much time looking to the past, although Walker’s team made sure to include a shot of Barack Obama bowing to the emperor of Japan when talking about “weakness abroad.”
That was certainly a striking image, purposefully placed and hard to forget.
Another point of emphasis in the spot, however, is the governor’s impressive track record of reform. The ad urges Americans to look for leaders outside of Washington, D.C in 2016 -- leaders not unlike their preferred candidate with strong resumes and accomplishments to boot. The ad also stresses how desperately the federal government needs to be reformed, and why a governor from a blue state could be the answer.
“Those groups in Washington, they tend to measure success by how many people are dependent on the government,” the ad quotes Walker saying after securing his re-re-election. “We measure success by how many people are no longer dependent on the government. We understand that true freedom and prosperity does not come from the mighty hand of the government -- it comes from empowering people to live their own lives.”
Those tired of federal solutions to every problem we face will find Walker’s message inspiring, hopeful, and refreshing. His rivals, it seems, have their work cut out for them.
Thanks for not disappointing me!
No. Actually Wisconsin voters (59%) ratified a state amendment banning queer marriages.
If you believe in the will of the people, the sovereignty of States Rights and that queers should not be allowed to marry, then you have to disagree - Strongly Disagree - with Walker as he caved in and abandoned the majority of voters in his state.
>>ut don’t try to put horns and a red suit on them, and even more importantly, don’t attack another poster because they disagree with you about the candidate or the issue. Let’s try to make FR a little more classy than DU - I see way too many personal attacks over policy disagreements than we should have on a conservative site.<<
The Paulbot wars were pretty grim and the “stay at home” non-vote follow-ups from (and lead-ups to) 2008 and 2012 were pretty turbulent.
I am unsure if FR can follow your sage advice.
lose the word “Forward”
Seconded.
'Tis easier to move a candidate on one issue, than move a party on all of their issues.
You don’t really think that looking backwards is better? *rme*
They call it a principled game plan and when they shoot down a Walker they show themselves as pusillanimous nose-dripping whiners who claim have a real plan but cannot let the secret out because then everyone would know it...their plan is to vote for anyone that makes Reagan and Cruz look like they are left of Obama...IOW, their plan is to let the Left run unopposed by them.
There, I feel better already.
You said it, and I agree 100 percent
CA Conservative, you make too much sense!
Aliens !!! UFO’s !!!!
Bump
This ad is Reaganesque.
Walker is a damn sight better than JBoosh or (R)Money.
>>Walker is a damn sight better than JBoosh or (R)Money.<<
That is like being the best yodeler in Harlem.
Nothing against Walker but you set a low bar.
Note: I don’t dislike Jeb for his name — I dislike him for his complete set of leftist (eGOP) stances.
This is going to be interesting.
Thanks, Trebb. You said it very well. Today on the Five, Greg Gutfeld mentioned the frequent use of the word “RINO”. I agreed with his disappointment when that word is used on 99% of the GOP candidates just because of one or two perceived differences from their own opinions.
Greg said it emboldens Democrats who delight in such behavior as it cuts down the field of credible opponents to their leftist agenda.
Scott Walker is the Reagen of our time. May God protect Mr Walker and his family.
Post of the decade! You are so right. We need President Walker. I wish more believed this. The dissing on this poor guy is sinful. They are scared of him taking away their bennies even on FR. Rather sad.
I understand that passed at that margin. There’s been a massive shift on this issue since it became national news, and lot of places that voted overwhelmingly bought into the ‘love is love’ bs later on. This whole issue swung on a the vote in California, of all places, banning gay marriage.
We’re now seeing the numbers move at a crazy rate. In part, a lot of Obama supporters just went along because their messiah championed it. Wisconsin may have seen such shifting....is it 50%+? I have no clue. I am just watching the shift in general and made this observation.
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