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It sucks. And it's titled "Two Americas". Trump's 1st GE TV ad: (Original Post) cali Aug 2016 OP
ewwwwww DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #1
So lame. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #2
What else would have been expected - an ad that plays on fear. Not anything positive at all. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #3
...and not a single fact or proposal in that vid... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #4
true, and beyond that, it's just dreadful and more dark than "it's gonna be great!" cali Aug 2016 #5
And don't you just love... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #6
It's not a good ad and only appeals to his base Democat Aug 2016 #7
Well what a dumbass ad. It does nothing interesting or new. nolabear Aug 2016 #8
That voice is Bruce McGill SticksnStones Aug 2016 #16
I may be the only one but Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #20
It's a tv series on TNT that's just finishing up its 7th and final season SticksnStones Aug 2016 #21
Well that looks cheesy as eff. Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #22
Those long lines on election day were created by republicans. femmocrat Aug 2016 #9
That emoticon is actually the best response to this piece of shit ad. cali Aug 2016 #10
It's designed to give white people cover to be xenophobic racists. eom MohRokTah Aug 2016 #11
yes. and to scare them of "the other". cali Aug 2016 #12
I agree with your assessment of this ad. MineralMan Aug 2016 #13
That's the slogan that once sold me on Edwards. Orsino Aug 2016 #14
Very low energy. Ace Rothstein Aug 2016 #15
Looks like he's still trying to solidify Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #17
John Edwards flashback oberliner Aug 2016 #18
It's like an SNL parody with the "illegal aliens" (brown people) anxiety optics. anneboleyn Aug 2016 #19

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
4. ...and not a single fact or proposal in that vid...
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

not a one. Just more of the old "It's gonna be great!" schtick.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
5. true, and beyond that, it's just dreadful and more dark than "it's gonna be great!"
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:27 AM
Aug 2016

narration, sound, visuals are dark and meant to scare and stir animus.

Democat

(11,617 posts)
7. It's not a good ad and only appeals to his base
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:40 AM
Aug 2016

Hopefully they'll spend a lot of money running it.

nolabear

(41,986 posts)
8. Well what a dumbass ad. It does nothing interesting or new.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 10:51 AM
Aug 2016

Even the voiceover sounds bored.

And man, that white Whitey McWhiteson little family at the end, being kept safe from the brown people.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
21. It's a tv series on TNT that's just finishing up its 7th and final season
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 12:12 PM
Aug 2016

Two strong female leads, a detective and the M.E. it's smart for a cable detective show without being macabre.



(I haven't yet mastered how to resize pics on my iPad)


And as a bonus, it's passes the Bechdel test: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
14. That's the slogan that once sold me on Edwards.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:32 AM
Aug 2016

Whatever good Edwards would have done in office, I suspect that Trump is promising only the infidelity and fraud.

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
17. Looks like he's still trying to solidify
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:48 AM
Aug 2016

His cranky old white supremacist base... the one thing this ad does do is expose Trump's world view as a scary dark place where whites must fear everything and everyone. Only armed forces inside the US can protect white people from the dangers in their community. Only a strong and aggressive military can protect white America from the rest of the world.

This is a sick man with a twisted view of the US and our place in the world.

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