It's Raining In America

[babylonsister]

Run time: 00:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV-_Xm24v3g   Posted on YouTube: October 27, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 28, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 910

 

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/28/raining-ad/

In 1984, Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign released an ad that began, “It’s morning again in America.” “It featured a montage of images of Americans going to work and a calm, optimistic narration that suggested the improvements to the U.S. economy since his 1980 election were due to Reagan’s policies.” A new web video produced by Hyphenate Films, entitled “It’s raining in America,” connotes the opposite feeling — distraught and laid off workers struggling in the Bush economy.

Like the infamous “Daisy ad” run by the Lyndon Johnson campaign in 1964, the new “raining” ad features a young girl as the narrator, but focuses its criticism not on national security but on economic security.

[Pharaoh]

1. K&R Sistah!

[Voice for Peace]

2. speaks volumes

[Kalifornia.Kid]

3. The poignant truth - the ad has no dialog but it speaks volume.

[Ioo]

4. wow

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

5. K&R

[AsahinaKimi]

6. Nice touch

This is one of the best videos I have seen, and I hope it gets lots of air play. (woohoo my first post!)

[babylonsister]

7. Hey, AsahinaKimi, welcome to DU!

:toast:

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Arigatou!

Thank you. I been reading this for a long time but when it said that we should sign up to read it on election day, I had to because I am such a political junkie.^^ Woot!