Trouble is, all these clips are well known and baked in voters minds, and spoken from not very popular politicians themselves. What is needed is something more provcative - like this ad and this this ad from 1964.
@1 These type of ad blitzes are made to help define the candidate when the candidate, (i.e. Trump) is low on cash, can't really respond) and still is primary battles mode. Obama did the same thing in 2012 around this time to target Romney, as uncaring Robber Baron, and the narrative stuck until November..
They are spoken by major Republican players. Anyway, it is a pretty effective ad, especially if any of them come out to praise Trump from now to Election Day..
Hhmmm, not very popular politicians who just so happen to make up the base of the Republican party. From their mouth to millions of voters ears. Lets see faux news spin this.
But the #NeverTrump crowd were speaking to Republicans who vote in Republican primaries, which is a fairly small percentage of the overall electorate. A winning GOP primary campaign is very different from a winning General Election campaign. This is just the first salvo in a long, brutal six-month battle to fight for the independents and motivate the base.
It was decent except for the "vulgar" part. I like vulgar. I don't like the way Trump talks about women. They are conflating these things. But if you just say "he's vulgar", people are going to giggle and say "good".
Well, the ad is clearly targeting Republicans. And Hilary's enough of a neoCon to attract some of those votes.
*Sigh* ... we have Neoliberal War Hawk vs. Racist-Misogynist-Populist TV Clown.
Great. Just great.
Up there as one of the worst elections the US has ever experienced. Primarily due to Donny Schtroumpf.
I'm just gonna go ahead and bet that Hilary wins. At least she's a feminist and will do some positive things for women generally. There will, alas, be a backlash against women once she's elected... so we men need to be prepared to confront that in our offices, locker rooms, and beer halls. Try to stem the sexist-misogynist tide that will occur. It will at least bring up a lot of "new" and possibly uncomfortable conversations, so -men- prepare yourselves for those conversations, and prepare yourselves to properly stand up for women.
But like Obama, the good Hilary will do is not necessarily actions taken during her term(s), but the mere fact that a generation of children will grow up knowing that a woman was and can be president... just like the generation behind us just assumes that a black man is equal to a white man because he can be president too. A knowledge that steps over the color line and bodes well for future generations.
@3: I don't think the point is for Hillary to associate herself with the figures shown. Rather, it's that these various clips are meant to debunk the opening claim that he will unite the party. They're illustrative clips of "look what these guys are saying," not "I agree with these guys" clips.
They are spoken by major Republican players. Anyway, it is a pretty effective ad, especially if any of them come out to praise Trump from now to Election Day..
*Sigh* ... we have Neoliberal War Hawk vs. Racist-Misogynist-Populist TV Clown.
Great. Just great.
Up there as one of the worst elections the US has ever experienced. Primarily due to Donny Schtroumpf.
I'm just gonna go ahead and bet that Hilary wins. At least she's a feminist and will do some positive things for women generally. There will, alas, be a backlash against women once she's elected... so we men need to be prepared to confront that in our offices, locker rooms, and beer halls. Try to stem the sexist-misogynist tide that will occur. It will at least bring up a lot of "new" and possibly uncomfortable conversations, so -men- prepare yourselves for those conversations, and prepare yourselves to properly stand up for women.
But like Obama, the good Hilary will do is not necessarily actions taken during her term(s), but the mere fact that a generation of children will grow up knowing that a woman was and can be president... just like the generation behind us just assumes that a black man is equal to a white man because he can be president too. A knowledge that steps over the color line and bodes well for future generations.
That fulfills my hope.
Let's hope that happens soon.