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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 05:12 PM
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We Need A "Crying Uncle Sam"
Edited on Fri Jan-13-06 05:14 PM by berni_mccoy
We need another Ad Council ad campaign like the "Keep America Beautiful" ad campaign from 1961 - 1983 (http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/historic_campaigns_pollution/ )

Only this time, it should be called "Restore America's Dignity" and instead of a crying Native American (Iron Eyes Cody, who actually wasn't a Native American but was accepted by the Native Americans as one due to his contributions: http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.htm ), we need a crying Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam can be walking through Washington D.C. going about his business, but as he walks through the streets, he sees headlines from news papers:

- "Bush Administration Lied to Take U.S. to War with Iraq"
- "Bush Administration Authorized Use of Torture (including against children)"
- "Bush Administration Spying on Americans"
- "Bush Administration Claims Unbridled Executive Powers"
- "GOP Controlled Congress Fails to Perform Constitutional Checks/Balances"
- "GOP Members of Congress Took Bribes"
- "GOP Congressional Leaders Used Bribe Money to Control Members"
- "Bush said no Congressional Approval needed to attack Iran"
- "Supreme Court Rules Bush Can Be King"

At the end of the Ad, Uncle Sam stands on K-Street watching Lobbyists hand out money to Congressmen with Bush's motorcade driving down the street and Bush wearing a Crown. A tear rolls down Uncle Sam's face and the voice over says:

"Some People have a deep abiding respect for the dignity once held by this country, and some people don't. People start fascism, people can stop it."
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billybob537 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 05:19 PM
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1. go checkout
truemajority.com
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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 05:49 PM
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4. Thanks! That's awesome.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 05:37 PM
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5. Does one of their cartoons have a Crying Unlce Sam? (nt)
nt
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 05:19 PM
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2. Crying??...This is for Bush >>
:)

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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 05:28 PM
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3. Excellent!
K & R
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