The Catch Up News Thread For 8/26/10 (Final Edition): The Ad Of The Day
Positive ads don't get any better than this:
It clearly displays the political figure on the side of the people he represents, and doesn't throw an assortment of accomplishments and facts in a half-minute span. Not that accurate information about a politician's record isn't a bad thing of course, but the soul can sometimes be lacking from those efforts.
No lacking of warm sentiments can be said about this fine delivery from Grayson. And with how the nutcase party and the corporate media always try to frame him as angry and out of control in their continued fight to exploit any weakness in him, this former lawyer plays it smooth and natural by delivering a complete 180 from what they think of him.
Even the Washington Post had to give credit where credit is dude, as they labeled this 31 seconds of pure goodness their "Ad of the Day."
Commentary on this ad cannot go without mentioning how Grayson clearly emphasizes how his five children go to public schools. In current times where "Race to the Top" centrist nonsense facilitates the yearning for charter schools, it's encouraging to see an attention grabbing official give praise to our key source of education in this country.
And it's encouraging to see a positive, true ad like this from anyone, especially a diligent fighter like Grayson.
Maybe if he said "310 billion" tits, he would have gotten fired ?
Maybe next time, anybody that has a controversy brewing up like Shirley Sherrod and Van Jones needs to immediately switch to being a Republican (or have their names changed to Alan Simpson to make the controversy go away sooner).
That way, they will guarantee that all will be forgiven and that their good employment can happily continue.
Mother of a child: "They wanted to close our schools. They didn't care what happened to us or our children." The camera then goes to a close-up of a child asking, "Where am I going to go if they close my school?" Back to the mother, who says, "I didn't have an answer for her."What more could be said about the messages this ad elicits to the public, especially Grayson "swing" district?
Grayson: "My five children go to public school right here in Orlando. I fought for $200 million to save our schools for them and for all of us."
Children: Alan Grayson saved our schools."
Close: "I'm Alan Grayson, and I improved this message."
It clearly displays the political figure on the side of the people he represents, and doesn't throw an assortment of accomplishments and facts in a half-minute span. Not that accurate information about a politician's record isn't a bad thing of course, but the soul can sometimes be lacking from those efforts.
No lacking of warm sentiments can be said about this fine delivery from Grayson. And with how the nutcase party and the corporate media always try to frame him as angry and out of control in their continued fight to exploit any weakness in him, this former lawyer plays it smooth and natural by delivering a complete 180 from what they think of him.
Even the Washington Post had to give credit where credit is dude, as they labeled this 31 seconds of pure goodness their "Ad of the Day."
Commentary on this ad cannot go without mentioning how Grayson clearly emphasizes how his five children go to public schools. In current times where "Race to the Top" centrist nonsense facilitates the yearning for charter schools, it's encouraging to see an attention grabbing official give praise to our key source of education in this country.
And it's encouraging to see a positive, true ad like this from anyone, especially a diligent fighter like Grayson.
But at the White House, Jennifer Psaki, the deputy communications director, said, “Alan Simpson has apologized and while we regret and do not condone his comments, we accept his apology and he will continue to serve.”So his apology is good enough over Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck targets, huh? And he can continue to enthusiastically defecate all over Social Security, leading this proud Commission to messing with the healthiest social program arguably in the whole world?
Maybe next time, anybody that has a controversy brewing up like Shirley Sherrod and Van Jones needs to immediately switch to being a Republican (or have their names changed to Alan Simpson to make the controversy go away sooner).
That way, they will guarantee that all will be forgiven and that their good employment can happily continue.
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