Who is/was the bigger celebrity? Obama or Reagan Great response ad to McCain's ad.

[Hamlette]

Run time: 03:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfKXVDbvkoQ   Posted on YouTube: August 03, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 04, 2008 By DU Member: Hamlette Views on DU: 1591

 
this is a great way to counter McCain....watch it!

[raystorm7]

1. Nah, this ad is weak sauce sorry to say.

[ihavenobias]

4. I think *parts* of the ad are very good but others are questionable n/t

[paulkienitz]

8. it's so choppy I don't think any clear message gets through

[sakabatou]

2. Great ad

[cyndensco]

3. I don't know.

As someone who was never a fan of Reagan, I don't embrace the Obama comparison to him. In this clip, I related most to the Californians who were speaking against Reagan, not so much for what they were saying but because they were against him. {petty as it is}

And for the Reaganites? Wouldn't comparing Obama to "his greatness" be akin to comparing him to Moses? (Only mccain can do that, in a condescending, "humorous" fashion). Wouldn't they see Obama as over-reaching? I think we need something else....:shrug:

[2Design]

5. no idolotry of reagan won't help - obama is not an idol - he is a human with hope for this country n

[psychmommy]

6. i enjoyed this.

the hypocrisy of claiming obama is only being a celebrity and reagan being voted in because he was a celebrity. way to throw it back at them. the same things they are saying about obama was said back then about him. all of the slobbering love and adulation of the celebrity disgusted me and now i am enjoying it. hahahaha

[billionbucks]

7. great stuff

[rpannier]

9. It's a good spot because it addresses mcbush's comments about Obama being merely a celebrity

and having no deep experience, while he claims his military record and his experience in government makes him the better choice.

The republikkan candidates made a big deal about tying themselves to Ronald Reagan and this spot addresses their fawning over him.

If you ask many people in America that have been voting for 1/2 century or more what election was the clearest for them in who to vote for it was 1980 and 75% of those people will tell you Ronald Reagan was clearly the better choice.

You can argue til the end of time over what Reagan did and how good a President he really was, but that doesn't address the fact that most people feel comfortable with having voted for him.

[Bulletin Justin]

10. Good idea---needs editing

The first two minutes are all that is needed. Forget the repugs in debate shots.
People don't have a long enough attention span to follow the whole thing.
But it would piss off the Repubs comparing Obama's campaign to Reagan in 1980.

[bjobotts]

11. McCain: 39yrs of bad experiebnce. Obama= a good experience

[FrenchieCat]

12. They can shorten it and run it in Tennessee, West Virginia, and

kentucky....places where there are a lot of Reagan Democrats! LOL!