I LOVE this idea for a Dem political ad!

[ZombieGak]

When it comes to the Democratic Party I'm perpetually baffled by their seeming political incompetence.

Since Reagan's Voodoo Economics the far Right has made it clear that one key strategic thrust is to deprive government of revenue with irresponsible tax cuts. The Dems have now had a quarter of a century to counter this and still seem incapable of understanding what the Right is up to… or they are inept.

Yes the Right hides it true intent with phrases like "it's your money" and pretends tax cuts are necessary for economic growth. The Right also exploits the public's inability to comprehend a billion from a trillion.

Yet it's not rocket science to counter this. All one has to do is visit http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/ Bush's $2.8 trillion debt is MUCH bigger than what is shown at Crunchweb.

I can't take credit for this idea since I found it on a blog, but imagine TV ads during sports events (male demographic) and using a football field for scale... show an animation of how much big a pile of cash Bush's debt looks atop that field. I think it would all but the most braindead dittoheads sick and hopefully angry enough to rethink voting GOP. Add a tag line that Bush/GOP has run up such a big deficit we can't even pay to defend ourselves without loans from Red China.

Any thoughts? If anyone thinks it can do any good in a specific campaign please pass it up.

[DUyellow]

1. lets make it, its not hard

[ZombieGak]

6. have any examples?

I have to admit that I don't even have the skill to produce a still image let alone an animated video.

[unkachuck]

2. I like it....

....but then I think we've needed a crop of real political 'street-fighters' running for office for a long time....instead, we still have too many genteel, soft-handed corporate types afraid to get their precious ass-sniffing noses bloodied....

....if I had my way, I'd make available a standard boiler-plate ad that would hammer any opposition 'candidate'....the voice-over would be deep, onerous and threatening while the background would have bush morphing into the 'candidate' and then the 'candidate' morphing into Adolph Hitler....as Hitler speaks, Storm Troopers goose-step by a giant GOP banner....

....then again, that's me....a 'quarter century' is a long time, but remember, they are only slightly less corporate than the repugs, we can't expect too much....

[ZombieGak]

4. I think Hitler ads can backfire

I think the I think "visible cash" approach would make for great boilerplate that could be run in any tight race. However I suspect the Hitler ads would play well with those of us who already distrust if not despise the Bush Junta. I'd prefer some factual ads aimed at Bush/GOP supporters that are designed to shock them back to reality and that the Right's Lie Machine can't easily counter.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Football Crazy

Since half the country thinks that football is the end all to end all maybe it will give them a reference.

[ZombieGak]

5. here's the math

I found the blog article here
http://reinventing-america.blogspot.com/2006/01/we-spent-352-billion-in-fy05-and-it.html

The figures on Bush's debt are 10 months old but if the math is right then this is what it might look like:

"If Bush's debt to date is = $2462.791010474 billion = 107,700,234.87 cubic feet of cash.

This would cover a baseball diamond (90' x 90') to a height of 13,296'

Bush's debt would cover a basketball court (94' x 50') to a height of 22,915' That's a pile of tightly packed $1.00 bills 4.34 MILES high!

Bush's debt would cover an entire NCAA football field (including end zones and sidelines... 160' x 360') to a height of 1869.8' "

My feeling is why use the side lines and end zones.