Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumCharlie Pierce "This Bernie Ad May Be the Best Political Commercial I've Ever Seen"
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41418/bernie-sanders-america-ad/Call me an aging Boomer sap, but I think this Bernie Sanders ad is just about the best political commercial I've ever seen. The song is perfect. The selection of visuals is dead onthe little kid carrying the calf just kills meand it's so welcoming and positive that it makes the old Reagan "Morning In America" ads look like death-metal videos. If all the Sanders campaign does is inject the spirit of this commercial into our money-drenched, dead-assed politics, then it is already far more than merely a worthwhile endeavor.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Yep...it is good. The song does hit the right note, esp. with us boomers.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)3catwoman3
(23,980 posts)...S&G songs.
BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)WITH BERNIE CARRYING THE TORCH, LEADING THE WAY!!!
lostnfound
(16,179 posts)The America that dreams of a better future for all of its people and for the world at large.
Government by the people, where the wealthy get the same vote as everyone else.
Where we can hold our heads up as Americans, feeling that we have a real democracy which is something to be proud of, not just another oligarchy.
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)I've watched it FIVE TIMES!!!
Something just tells me, "watch it again."
So I do.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Maybe more then that.
Donkees
(31,401 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I'm just perusing social media this morning and it's all anyone is talking about, politically (most are, obviously, talking about Snowzilla - LOL).
This ad transcends politics.
Used to hear Rush Limbaugh coming from my mom's room, today I hear Simon and Garfunkel's "America" on Bernie's ad.