Serious question about the Mittens sings America ad

[TalkingDog]

It's been running pretty frequently here (NC battleground state) and every time it ran, I kept hearing Mittens sing: "God shed his grapes on thee." And as you know the line is: "God shed his Grace on thee."

I found the ad, cranked up the volume and sure enough he's saying "grapes". Or at the very least the audio distortions used to create the "atmospheric" effects make it sound that way.

http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-singing-america-the-beautiful-obama-campaign-ad/

at :25 seconds

Does somebody have a link to the source video for this?

On Edit: Found it. He is saying "Grace".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "God shed his grapes on thee"!

I'll have to listen to it again. That's quite a mental image - I've heard of pennies from heaven, but grapes?

If God is going to shed his grapes on me I hope they are good wine grapes.

[AndyA]

2. Barry Manilow he ain't. n/m

[noamnety]

3. I'm pretty sure that's right.

Above the fruited plains, god was shedding his grapes. That's how they got all fruited.

[AnnaLee]

4. I hear grace.

But without the sssss. That is within the range of US accents.

[handmade34]

5. he does say 'grace'

but grapes would be cool too!

[TalkingDog]

8. Now, listen to the Obama ad using the same audio.

Tell me what he is saying there.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Have you ever had any form of singing training?

If not, do you know anyone who has? Even amateur theater groups or church choirs?


Ask them about it. The soft c sound isn't an easy one to project and without knowing how to do it and making an effort to do it correctly it can easily be lost.

[TalkingDog]

7. If you listen to the Obama Ad and the source video you will hear the difference I'm talking about

He clearly enunciates the ssss in the original, source video. The distorted audio in the Obama ad causes the word to sound different.

And... he was using a mic and amplifiers, so projection was not necessary.

So, given that I've spent 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back explaining something you could've heard yourself if you had just deigned to listen, you would have heard the difference yourself and come to the same conclusion.