Bernie Sanders goes ‘hope and change’ in closing ad featuring thousands of inspired supporters

The Washington Post ^ | 01/21/15 | John Wagner

[Enlightened1]

There are images of Iowa farms, the New Hampshire seacoast, coffee shops, kitchen tables and thousands and thousands of inspired Bernie Sanders supporters, in intimate settings and at the large-scale rallies that have come to define his campaign.

The new 60-second television spot reaches it's crescendo as Simon & Garfunkel sing "they've all come to look for America" while an expanding grid of people who've all come to see Sanders flashes on the screen.

The Vermont senator has produced a powerful closing ad that evokes President Obama's promise of hope-and-change from 2008 -- and it's one that's certain to create buzz less than two weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2016 Democratic race against Hillary Clinton.

The ad -- which captures the festival-like feel of Sanders's campaign events -- is also remarkable in that not a single word is spoken, aside from the lyrics to the classic Simon & Garfunkel song "America" and the authority line at the end. In that, Sanders says in his heavy Brooklyn accent, "I'm Bernie Sanders, and I approve this message."

There's no mention of Sanders's agenda or his critique of a country in which he says the "billionaire class" has far too much control over the economy and political process.

Instead, the ad just shows people who've been moved over the past nine months by a once-obscure 74-year-old senator from Vermont who's already exceeded everyone's expectations in this race and is now positioned to possibly pull off wins in both Iowa and New Hampshire. Aides said the spot will start airing Friday in both of the first two nominating states.

[Enlightened1]

Thought you all could use a laugh.

Bernie Sanders reminds me of Larry David. But he's actually trying to be serious. The idiots that blindly follow him are like sheep to the slaughter house.

[samtheman]

Still singing the Marxist Swan Song after the massive repeated failures of Marxism on every continent on Earth.

[Enlightened1]

[McGruff]

"they've all come to look for America"

[Enlightened1]

That’s it!

[Texan5]

From the description of that ad, it sounds like some propaganda you’d see in the former USSR...

[BenLurkin]

[fatnotlazy]

Many of Bernie's supporters are well indoctrinated young people who have been taught that the government owes them free stuff and they should not be required to work for and save for what they need. They see nothing wrong with socialism/Marxism or communism and in fact, believe that the present system of free enterprise and capitalism is evil and must be destroyed

[samtheman]

The NEA has done its job well.

[Huntress]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmwGAd1L-o

[Huntress]

Bernie attracts the same demographic as Ralph Nader used to.

[Steve Van Doorn]

If you watch the ad you the first thing I noticed is that Sanders is a nationalist and a Socialists. Something about more real estate which I found rather reminiscently creepy. He is also suggesting in this ad that ALL criminals and those that want us dead are welcome to America.

The ad: America | Bernie Sanders

[DaveinOK54]

We should not ignore BS. He could prove to be very dangerous. As someone upthread has said, the NEA has done their job well and a lot of them vote

[DaveinOK54]

We should not ignore BS. He could prove to be very dangerous. As someone upthread has said, the NEA has done their job well and a lot of them vote and they own social media, which of course is what they think that socialism is, to be social, you know like going to a party........talking to their friends :(