Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:14 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

It sucks. And it's titled "Two Americas". Trump's 1st GE TV ad:

Gee, wonder who he stole that "Two Americas" concept from:

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It sucks. And it's titled "Two Americas". Trump's 1st GE TV ad: (Original post)	cali	Aug 2016	OP
ewwwwww	DemonGoddess	Aug 2016	#1
So lame.	Cracklin Charlie	Aug 2016	#2
What else would have been expected - an ad that plays on fear. Not anything positive at all.	tonyt53	Aug 2016	#3
...and not a single fact or proposal in that vid...	Wounded Bear	Aug 2016	#4
true, and beyond that, it's just dreadful and more dark than "it's gonna be great!"	cali	Aug 2016	#5
And don't you just love...	Wounded Bear	Aug 2016	#6
It's not a good ad and only appeals to his base	Democat	Aug 2016	#7
Well what a dumbass ad. It does nothing interesting or new.	nolabear	Aug 2016	#8
That voice is Bruce McGill	SticksnStones	Aug 2016	#16
I may be the only one but	Maru Kitteh	Aug 2016	#20
It's a tv series on TNT that's just finishing up its 7th and final season	SticksnStones	Aug 2016	#21
Well that looks cheesy as eff.	Maru Kitteh	Aug 2016	#22
Those long lines on election day were created by republicans.	femmocrat	Aug 2016	#9
That emoticon is actually the best response to this piece of shit ad.	cali	Aug 2016	#10
It's designed to give white people cover to be xenophobic racists. eom	MohRokTah	Aug 2016	#11
yes. and to scare them of "the other".	cali	Aug 2016	#12
I agree with your assessment of this ad.	MineralMan	Aug 2016	#13
That's the slogan that once sold me on Edwards.	Orsino	Aug 2016	#14
Very low energy.	Ace Rothstein	Aug 2016	#15
Looks like he's still trying to solidify	Blue Idaho	Aug 2016	#17
John Edwards flashback	oberliner	Aug 2016	#18
It's like an SNL parody with the "illegal aliens" (brown people) anxiety optics.	anneboleyn	Aug 2016	#19

Response to cali (Original post)

Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:15 AM

DemonGoddess (4,640 posts)

1. ewwwwww

Only people I know this would appeal to are racist assholes.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:17 AM

Cracklin Charlie (12,647 posts)

2. So lame.

I hope they paid a fortune for that.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:19 AM

tonyt53 (5,737 posts)

3. What else would have been expected - an ad that plays on fear. Not anything positive at all.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:20 AM

Wounded Bear (54,924 posts)

4. ...and not a single fact or proposal in that vid...

not a one. Just more of the old "It's gonna be great!" schtick.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:27 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

5. true, and beyond that, it's just dreadful and more dark than "it's gonna be great!"

narration, sound, visuals are dark and meant to scare and stir animus.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:31 AM

Wounded Bear (54,924 posts)

6. And don't you just love...

the "husband kissing his wife on his way off to work" moment?

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:40 AM

Democat (11,617 posts)

7. It's not a good ad and only appeals to his base

Hopefully they'll spend a lot of money running it.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:51 AM

nolabear (40,720 posts)

8. Well what a dumbass ad. It does nothing interesting or new.

Even the voiceover sounds bored.

And man, that white Whitey McWhiteson little family at the end, being kept safe from the brown people.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:38 AM

SticksnStones (2,108 posts)

16. That voice is Bruce McGill

You'll know him from Rizzoli and Isles

http://www.mediaite.com/online/so-whose-insanely-recognizable-voice-just-narrated-trumps-first-big-tv-ad/

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:01 AM

Maru Kitteh (26,236 posts)

20. I may be the only one but

Who the heck are Rizzoli and Isles?

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:12 AM

SticksnStones (2,108 posts)

21. It's a tv series on TNT that's just finishing up its 7th and final season

Two strong female leads, a detective and the M.E. it's smart for a cable detective show without being macabre.

(I haven't yet mastered how to resize pics on my iPad)

And as a bonus, it's passes the Bechdel test: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:37 AM

Maru Kitteh (26,236 posts)

22. Well that looks cheesy as eff.

Sorry I asked.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:02 AM

femmocrat (28,385 posts)

9. Those long lines on election day were created by republicans.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:06 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

10. That emoticon is actually the best response to this piece of shit ad.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:08 AM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

11. It's designed to give white people cover to be xenophobic racists. eom

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:27 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

12. yes. and to scare them of "the other".

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:30 AM

MineralMan (144,949 posts)

13. I agree with your assessment of this ad.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:32 AM

Orsino (37,428 posts)

14. That's the slogan that once sold me on Edwards.

Whatever good Edwards would have done in office, I suspect that Trump is promising only the infidelity and fraud.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:32 AM

Ace Rothstein (2,730 posts)

15. Very low energy.

Sad!

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:48 AM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

17. Looks like he's still trying to solidify

His cranky old white supremacist base... the one thing this ad does do is expose Trump's world view as a scary dark place where whites must fear everything and everyone. Only armed forces inside the US can protect white people from the dangers in their community. Only a strong and aggressive military can protect white America from the rest of the world.

This is a sick man with a twisted view of the US and our place in the world.

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Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:54 AM

oberliner (58,724 posts)