Reply #68: What a gem of an idea for a TV ad (it writes itself, doesn't it?) [View All]

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...Kelly wrote of a Marine recruiter, Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, who went to an affluent suburb outside of Pittsburgh to follow up with a young man who had expressed interest in enlisting. He pulled up to a house with American flags displayed in the yard. The mother came to the door in an American flag T-shirt and openly declared her support for the troops. But she made it clear that her support only went so far. "Military service isn't for our son," she told Rivera. "It isn't for our kind of people."

...then the door slowly shuts (this would be shot from the woman's POV), right in the face of the recruiter. Fade to black. An appropriate message would appear on the screen. I haven't the foggiest idea what the message would be, but short 'n' pithy is always preferred -- something like "Think About It" (nice and oblique), or "Patriotism -- It Isn't For Republicans Anymore" (make people scratch their heads and wonder if they were just insulted or not).

It probably wouldn't change any minds, but then people of this woman's ilk aren't likely to vote anything but the straight (R) ticket anyway. Nah, its only purpose is to piss "those kind of people" off, and enrage everyone who isn't "their kind of people."

(Proudly Rabble Rousing Since 1968. :evilgrin: )