Did last night's commercial bring tears to your eyes?

[hedgehog]

[Why Syzygy]

1. Yes. But, not as much as his speeches do. nt

[hedgehog]

2. When the film was focused on the retirees and the Ford worker,

it brought to mind family members for me.

On edit: throughout this campaign, my mother has told me more stories of her father who was an immigrant steelworker from the 20's to the 60's than I have heard the rest of my life.

[DangerDave921]

3. It's politics

I don't let it get to the personal level of emotional reaction. And I always carry with me a healthy dose of skepticism of all politicians which precludes me from investing myself totally into any candidate who is seeking power.

[habitual]

4. no, because i honestly felt that i was being manipulated for an

emotional reacton. the whole idea of a 'tear jerker'. When i get that sense, i usually shut down. And the commercial was too obvious in going for the emotional kill, turned me off.

[HereSince1628]

10. Well, the point of the ad was to create a sympathetic reality.

It is worth the effort to get a few percent based on "connectedness." Rational arguments have been available for 18 months. There was really no point in presenting those arguments to people who don't listen to them.

You may not have shed a tear, but when you exam it for what it was, you recognize it as an extrordinarily well crafted piece.

[Bitter_Clinger]

5. NO!

And I would feel that something was seriously wrong with me if it did.

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Welcome to DU!

nt

[Bitter_Clinger]

9. Don't Take It the Wrong Way

Some people may have been moved to tears. I see that all the time. Nothing wrong there. My wife gets moved to tears over everything. My dad winds up standing up to his ankles in a puddle of tears when he watches a movie with a dog in it.

Me, I don't cry at anything. So if I, ME, MYSELF, was crying last night after the 30 minutes, something would be wrong.

[Leeny]

16. Yes, but...

did you wave a little American flag in the immediate aftermath of 9/11?
:scared: :P

[Bitter_Clinger]

19. I have waved the flag...

my whole life. Served under it and fought for it.

[laruemtt]

6. no, but it's hard for me to cry anymore

on Prozac :+

[chieftain]

8. The scene where he validated the retiree having earned

his pension that the company stole was the best. The special was top notch from beginning to end but the look on the retiree's face while talking to Barack was priceless.Here was a man who had worked all of his life to provide for his family and was cheated out of the retirement he had earned. When ceo's rifle pension funds, they steal not only money but workers' dignity. Barack understood the pain the man was suffering was not only financial. He displayed real understanding of the man's plight. He could not restore the money, but he affirmed the man's dignity. Obama is a great politician who is also a good man.

[rocktivity]

11. No tears, but a LOT of relief

This close to Election Day, the spot could make or destroy him. Fortunately, it was perfectly tuned. At first I wished it hadn't been so rural/suburban-oriented, but then I remembered that I wasn't the target audience--he was going after the last of the undecideds, most of whom are rural and suburban. And you can bet that the people he featured have been vetted up one side and down the other--not a "Joe the Plumber" in the bunch!

Finally, I feel like he really can win--I don't have to worry about the polls tighten within the margin of error any

:headbang:
rocknation

[bigwillq]

12. No

I didn't watch it.

[JSK]

13. Almost...

but I did get goosebumps. Does that count?

[klyon]

14. I found it moving

very well done very well done

[amyrose2712]

15. Actually, the stories made me more angry then sad,

The story of the 72 year old man that had to go back to work after retirement, really upset me. Earlier in the day, I was shopping at Target and the cashier was an elderly man, at least 70. He seemed to be having a tough time. So of course in my little mind, I am thinking, this poor man probably had to go back to work because he couldn't afford to live on his retirement. I don't know if that was true at all, but I know that there are too many retirees that are forced to go back to work because they just can't make ends meet anymore. Repugs like to talk about "hard working" people. Why is it that after "working hard" for a lifetime many are simply tossed aside to die? Pro-life my ass!

[Bake]

17. I was moved, but not by the "tear-jerker" stuff

I was moved by the fact that this cynical 53-year old voter could actually HOPE for real change.

Bake

[mtnsnake]

18. No. Some of his live speeches have brought tears of joy to my eyes, though

The things that bring tears to my eyes are when I see wolves shot from helicopters or polar bears dying because of what's happening to their environment.

[Captain Lance Bass]

20. Hell No nt

[bridgit]

21. Tears? No. But I got real sad when that older couple's medical situation...

had Dad going back to work in his 70's just to have money for meds...that's not right, that made me sad :(