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Title: Sarah Palin advert: A moment of advertising genius
Source: BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11699682
Published: Nov 4, 2010
Author: staff
Post Date: 2010-11-04 23:03:13 by buckeroo
Keywords: None
Views: 592
Comments: 12

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has released a new video in the wake of the Republicans' success in the US mid-term elections. The BBC's Paul Adams, in Washington, has been taking a closer look.

It is one minute and nine seconds of pure advertising genius - a dazzling calling card from the woman who, most now agree, wants to be president.

The imagery, flags, fighter pilots, Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, may be pure political bromide. Frankly speaking, the words are nothing much to write home about either.

"We're going to get back to the time-tested truths that made this country great," she says.

These, Sarah Palin seems to be saying, are my people. My coalition. Not just the honest, hard-working, flag-waving Americans seen throughout, but the candidates just elected to office on a wave of Tea Party fervour - and all those pictured celebrating on election night. 'Tea Party diversity'

The true brilliance, apart from the sheer speed with which the piece was put together, lies in an apparent rainbow coalition of candidates favoured by Ms Palin - Latinos, Marco Rubio in Florida and Susana Martinez in New Mexico; African Americans, Allen West in Florida and Tim Scott in South Carolina and an Indian American, Nikki Hayley in South Carolina.

It's a collection of faces clearly designed to puncture the Tea Party's images as solidly white.

There's even time, along the way, for a populist jab at Washington politics.

A Congressional committee door is closed, with a sign blocking the way, saying "public keep out".

And, of course, there's a shameless reference to the most famous three words ever uttered by the man who once made everyone feel good, Ronald Reagan.

"This is our morning in America," says Ms Palin.

Sarah Palin's public appearances are ruthlessly controlled, consisting mainly of set-piece speeches and slickly-produced commercials.

If she ever launches a formal bid for the presidency, she will probably, at some point, have to engage more seriously with what she loves to call the "lamestream media".

With a lumberjack chopping down a tree and hands united in a circle, this exhilarating post-election postcard comes to a thrilling end.

Ms Palin herself, in front of a giant American flag.

And, of course, a grizzly bear.


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#1. To: buckeroo (#0)

Clever video. Do you think she is running Buck?

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-11-04   23:09:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: buckeroo (#0)

Prediction

http://www.libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=13228

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-11-04   23:16:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: A K A Stone (#1)

Do you think she is running Buck?

Of course. She is is going to sit on your rock-hard Zionist hard dick, too ...... welcoming more anti-patriot apologists to support Israel and not the USA.

"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET

buckeroo  posted on  2010-11-04   23:24:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: buckeroo (#3)

Be honest Buck. No one likes a liar.

A K A Stone  posted on  2010-11-04   23:27:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)

"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET

buckeroo  posted on  2010-11-04   23:34:37 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: buckeroo (#0)

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡

ghostdogtxn  posted on  2010-11-04   23:35:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: buckeroo (#3)

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡

ghostdogtxn  posted on  2010-11-04   23:36:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: buckeroo (#0)

She makes reference about how the country may be saved by some "renegade turned rogue" -- she (and her followers) clearly don't know the real meanings of those words.

Shoonra  posted on  2010-11-05   0:38:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: buckeroo (#0)

Hmmm, Palin or Obama....I'd have to go with the Alaskan simply because I do not believe there is any possible way she could make things WORSE than the current Narcissist In Chief.

Somewhere, Jimmy Carter is laughing and saying, "Finally! I won't be the worst President ever!"

mirage  posted on  2010-11-05   0:52:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: buckeroo (#0)

I would like to know who is behind Sara Palin? This bimbo did not just wake up and say, "hey I think I will run for office." No, some group is behind this, and my bet is they are the same sort of people, possibly even the same people, that are behind Obama.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2010-11-05   1:00:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: buckeroo (#0)

And, of course, a grizzly bear.

Nope.

Grizzly bears are not white.

A Paul for President!
Whites need to be shown darkie won't vote for him.

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2010-11-05   1:07:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: RickyJ (#10)

Yeas, there is someone behind her alright. A lot of them, actually. They turned out at the town hall meetings to tell their congress critters not to vote for obamacare. As a matter of fact they yelled it. And their congress critters hid from them, then went back to the district of crooks and voted for it anyway.

It was and is a spontaneous uprising of the middle class, the one who have been paying the bills for the past 100 years, and watching their tax dollars frittered away by a wasteful out of touch government.

bondhue  posted on  2010-11-05   2:33:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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