American Stories, American Solutions

Run time: 27:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA   Posted on YouTube: October 29, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 30, 2008 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 5360

 

:popcorn:

The stories were compelling and flowed well. The half hour went quickly and I liked the switch to the rally. MSNBC is calling it a sales pitch, and if so it was a good one.

watched it live on the young turks, unfortunately i'm not a repuke or independent so I can't get even more EXCITED. Like you know; walk out the room and say "hey everyone, now i've decided to vote for Obama". I mean damn, over 10 billy a month in Iraq while we're all scrapin by right now over here?

Not to get anal here or to sound like a freeper but, Barack did say in the 30 min ad that anyone under $200 000 will not see their taxes go up, but on his site it still says $250 000
Can anyone clarify the change on this stance so i can get out there and debate these knuckle dragging neocons?
Or did i miss something?
I can almost guarantee you this will be the last stance that repubs will use.
Other than that the ad pulls at the heart strings of America, well done

pretty sure that's it

Under 200 k is a tax CUT

200-250 k is NO CHANGE

Makes sense

good stuff thanks
Wonder if McCain formed any tears during the ad, i could see several reasons why he would hehe

Thanks to those who clarified it. The thing is, I questioned that also, and I follow what is going on more than the average "Joe," though not as much as many on this site. To the average person who keeps hearing 250, the 200 may sound like it has changed. Which is never a good thing. I must admit, I am often a person who is told that I only hear the negative side of things.

Following the McCain playbook obviously - the message is that the numbers are creeping lower and in the end it will include everyone. Muahahaha. Based on that spin, I think this could have been presented better.

Fucking repubs always go for the fear card. Fortunately, I think it may have been overplayed by Bushco, and many people are not falling for it anymore.

I cannot imagine a Dem calling a republican a "terrorist", "socialist" and "unAmerican" and not get crucified for it. When McCain loses, I hope the fearmongering GOP will either die or reconsider its methods.

This well produced, informative and engaging campaign mini-documentary is a brilliant move. I expect quite a few undecideds were sold after watching this!

K&R!

And it hardly loads there. Here it loads fine albeit not at rocket speeds. Should be the same video. Weird.
Might be that its being hammered atm.

Looking forward to at atm. :)

I thought the infomercial was very good, very well done, lots of good information. It will be impossible to assess any direct effect from it, except for any sudden rush of donations and calls after it concluded. Were any minds and votes potentially influenced?

Based on the research done in media effects by communication scholars and social psychologists, we might hypothesize the following:

For strong McCain supporters, no effect, assuming any watched. At this point, any dissonant information will be suppressed or dismissed.

For weak McCain supporters, it could weaken their support if any of the MANY appeals launched struck any chords. Might not cause a switch to Obama by itself, but might decrease enthusiasm about bothering to vote, and if they get reinforcement over the next week, could contribute to a switch.

For genuine undecideds: Might well have an effect. There is a seldom cited theory called the "drench effect," that suggests a person "drenched" with a flood of information at once can be influenced by it. Now, you'd really have to be a very low information seeker for this show to be totally new, but there was SO much info packed into it, that low info seekers might very well have learned enough new information about him to tip them toward Obama. This is important, because "late breaking undecideds" typically break conservatively. So, yeah, I think there is reason to be hopeful that undecideds who gave the 30-minutes a chance might walk away feeling better about Obama.

For weak Obama supporters, this show was a powerful reinforcer of so many have become so excited about this guy. Maybe a slight increase in their willingness to get out there and vote.

Great assessment.

Jeez, are we all that susceptible to persuasion? Guess so.

so beautiful. Nov. 4th cannot come quickly enough.

addresses the smear machine perfectly.

I missed the live broadcast due to having no TV available.

Thanks for the post!!

:hug:

K&R

Missed it because I was at class---so glad to see this posted here. The video was amazing--it did, indeed, present Obama and what he -- and we-- will do.

We need this man as our president!

:)

I missed it because I was at work

I can always count on DU, thanks

:applause:

RL

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

but damn seeing those people who have been cheated like so many of us, and knowing that at least one person genuinely cares about the promise of our constitution and our nation... I dunno it just hit me.

This is one of the most moving, REAL accounts of life in the US
today I've seen.

I cried at the end, saying to myself,

" We've GOT TO get him in the White House!"

--you are not alone.

:) :hi:

Missed the spot on TV but thanks for posting here.

You can't help but be moved by what Barack is saying and how he really seems to connect with people. I've watched several of his speeches and realize he is what we need at this time in our history. The Republicans like to say he's all talk, etc., but he does one thing that no one can match...he inspires. There may be a lot of bad things going on in this country and in the world, but he seems like the very best person to lead this country. You hear McCain speak or Palin and it does nothing for me. When Barack talks he talks about things he'll do and how he wants to help everyone from all walks of life. All you hear from McCain and Palin are negative attacks, Joe the Plumber, etc, etc. Let's all hope and pray that Barack wins this thing.

and it made me cry my eyes out. So moving.

Rate it, and place it in a playlist. We want this to be the most favorited video tomorrow... It should be at the top of the list for all of Youtube to see.

:kick:

I'm speechless.

We need Barack Obama more than he needs us. We Americans need him more now than ever.

Barack Obama/Joe Biden 2008!

Proud of have voted FOR him!

After 30 years of Reaganesque greed, and 8 years of Bushian fear-mongering, I don't know how ANYONE - Republican, Democrat, Independent, None of the Above - can listen to Obama speak, and not think "This is EXACTLY the kind of POSITIVE, HOPEFUL,leadership that America NEEDS right now."

I'd like to know how many people watched it. It was very well done. I liked it much better than the debates, 'cause the grumpy old guy didn't get to speak. Nobody even mentioned the grumpy old guy the whole show, did they?

:kick: Thank you for posting this. I missed most of it last night and was glad that I was able to see it in it's entirety this morning. It was so touching, I came close to crying through most of it, and made me feel hopeful.

which came at such a crucial time. Very sincere.

Great work by the Obama team.

Just watched it with tears off and on. Nicely put together and very presidential.

I can't wait for this man to take the oath of office on January 20, 2009.

Yes We Can!

:patriot:

¼ as well as he as he has run his campaign
we will be doing just fine …

He just doesn’t do stupid things. He doesn’t have to.
He believes what he is doing is right and
he’s doing things the right way.

Barack Solid

K&R