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1. 1. Chipper

   I’ve watched this ad a few times. My reaction is frustration. The disparate thoughts, comments, feelings, beliefs and facts presented in the video are not drawn together in any coherent fashion.

   Ultimately, what is the ad’s point? That stimulus plans never work. That Obama’s stimulus plan didn’t work, but a better designed one would. That Obama’s first stimulus didn’t work, therefore his second just throws good money after bad. That the government spends too much. That the government borrows too much. That all the spending and borrowing don’t, won’t, can’t create jobs. That Obama’s policies don’t, won’t, can’t create jobs. Obama = Bad; ergo Anybody but Obama (i.e., Romney) = Good. All of the above.

   And who are these entrepreneurs? We don’t learn their names or their businesses. And if the exorbitant stimulus spending is so important, why is the running tally repeatedly washed out in the video? Is this video simply an introduction to a series, with these business people explaining how Obama’s policies hurt their businesses and prevent expansion and hiring? Does Romney actually offer something better than stimulus plans, more spending and more borrowing? Can that something better really create jobs?

   Other ads in the OIW series have been much better than this. Although even they amount to nothing more than “Obama sucks” stated in a variety of ways for a variety of unrelated reasons.

   September 28, 2011 - 12:09 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply

   

   
2. 2. Name Withheld

   I love the video. It brings to life a simple point that we see presented so dryly in the blogs and talk shows. Unlike a war depicted with corpses and bombed buildings, an economic disaster is more abstract for people to grasp. The video does a nice job of creating a miniature narrative of events, splicing in quotes from Obama showing what he was thinking. We need more videos like this.

   September 28, 2011 - 6:14 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply

   

   

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