“Here’s an example of a commercial that would win Democratic votes for Mitt Romney: A man, about 40, is sitting in his living room with his wife and kids seated next to him. He looks into the camera and says: “I’ve voted Democratic all my life. In 2008 I voted for Barack Obama. It was a vote I am proud of. I wanted to be part of the generation that voted a black man into the presidency of the United States. It was the right vote for the right reason. But, sadly, it was for the wrong man. “I don’t think this country can survive four more years of Barack Obama as president. I know my family can’t. I lost my job two years ago, and I fear I’m going to lose my house. “Mitt Romney has the business experience to bring back our economy. He has my vote.”
Oh please.
Your “intelligent” friends voted for a fraud and non-achiever just because of his race? Our country and issues are ALOT more important than your racist, “racial guilt” What made you think this “black guy” would “unify” this country when his politics has always been far-left?
Good lord what idiots vote.
A goodly number of people did exactly that. Millions, probably. Because it seemed to be "the right thing to do"...at the time.
Among them were some of our vaunted "conservative intellectuals" -- e.g., Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, et al.
No, it made so sense. But, then, gooey people rarely make sense.
Advertising such as Della Femina proposes would be highly effective.
Millions of voters wanted to be part of the “I voted for the first black president of the US”, and didn't know one damned thing about the man they were voting for other than the color of his skin.
You may not believe it is true, but if you simply dismiss this reality out of hand you aren't aware of the mental makeup of the majority of voters in this country.
While this may not be the best commercial to run, it would undoubtedly strike a chord with millions of voters who simply don't follow politics very closely, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea as it could also turn off several million who will not respond to such a blatant “truism”.
This is just a very diplomatic way of telling these race card Democrats that their party served up a real turkey in the purported name of atoning for America’s racial sins. Three years ago I was saying that 90% of the black people in the phone book would be able to do a better job in the White House than this very special Barack Obama who was raised up to be a puppet of a gaggle of socialist special interests.