Today is a big day for Clinton and Obama with voting in Ohio and Texas. Some people are calling it The Last Stand saying that if Clinton can't win big today that she will have to step down. Still, Obama does not have this campaign in the bag yet and both candidates are still fighting hard.
Have you seen these new political ads? Hillary Clinton and her campaign have recently aired a new ad...and some people are saying this ad plays on peoples fears and anxieties about national security.
The ad goes like this:
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep,” says a narrator over some threatening music and dark images. The ad tells you that there’s a world crisis and the White House phone is ringing and “Your vote will decide who answers that call.” “Whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military — someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world.” It ends with a photo of Mrs. Clinton wearing glasses and picking up the phone.
Mr. Obama, responding to the ad during a stop in Houston, said it raised “a perfectly legitimate question.” But, he said: “We’ve seen these ads before. They’re the kind that play on people’s fears to try to scare up votes.”
Still the Obama campaign took the ad seriously enough to want to formally respond. They aired a very similar ad that says in part: “It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone ringing in the White House. Something’s happening in the world. When that call gets answered, shouldn’t the president be the one — the only one — who had judgment and courage to oppose the Iraq war from the start.”
The commercial concluded, “In a dangerous world, it’s judgment that matters.”
What do you think about these ads? Can you imagine similar political ads in France? If you were going to vote in the elections in the US, would these ads influence your decision? Leave us a comment!
The ad goes like this:
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep,” says a narrator over some threatening music and dark images. The ad tells you that there’s a world crisis and the White House phone is ringing and “Your vote will decide who answers that call.” “Whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military — someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world.” It ends with a photo of Mrs. Clinton wearing glasses and picking up the phone.
Mr. Obama, responding to the ad during a stop in Houston, said it raised “a perfectly legitimate question.” But, he said: “We’ve seen these ads before. They’re the kind that play on people’s fears to try to scare up votes.”
Still the Obama campaign took the ad seriously enough to want to formally respond. They aired a very similar ad that says in part: “It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone ringing in the White House. Something’s happening in the world. When that call gets answered, shouldn’t the president be the one — the only one — who had judgment and courage to oppose the Iraq war from the start.”
The commercial concluded, “In a dangerous world, it’s judgment that matters.”
What do you think about these ads? Can you imagine similar political ads in France? If you were going to vote in the elections in the US, would these ads influence your decision? Leave us a comment!
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