{"id":5745,"date":"2020-04-14T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:15:14","slug":"yes-we-can-obama-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/2020\/04\/14\/yes-we-can-obama-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"YES WE CAN Obama 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

YES WE CAN – New Approaches<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SsV2O4fCgjk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

I personally liked the \u201cYes we can\u201d presidential campaign commercial from the Obamas 2008 campaign. The video takes multimedia, collage approach which combines clips of celebrities singing, acting, or dancing along with an uplifting speech given by Obama. I like this commercial because for several reasons. One reason is that it draws special attention and emphasis to his message, a powerful message at that. The commercial showcases his words as a powerful art, as well known faces copy his expressions along with a video recording of one of his speeches. I also like how the commercial showcases some of his followers (the celebrities) and their demographic differences. Something I really like about this commercial along with another one of Obama\u2019s campaign commercials (<\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GiB-Fs9HdyE<\/span><\/a>) was how clear and straight forward he is in his plans and how to execute them. He clearly states problems and the start of their solutions. In this second commercial, it is a clear portrait of him, in a well-lit room. His language is clear, his tone is bold and reliable, and his message is reliable and honest.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, there were three commercials from the Johnson 1964 campaign that I was not fond of\u2026 titled \u201cPeace Little Girl (Daisy)\u201d (<\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ynEiRvxazU<\/span><\/a>), \u201cIce cream\u201d (<\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZAn6w2CNII0<\/span><\/a>), and \u201cMother and Child\u201d (<\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cUO0PqJMsTg<\/span><\/a>). These commercials manipulate the audience and play solely on fear. While nuclear warfare was at the forefront of the American public\u2019s minds and they all desired protection, his commercials do not show his identity or offer solutions\u2026 they just show a little girl eating icecream, plucking flower petals, and a mother and child walking in a field with a balloon- all followed by ominously saying that \u201cthe stakes are too high for you to stay home\u201d. There is no hint at a solution or any other policies or values that he stands for. All the victims in his commercials are also females or little girls… I know this is from over 70 years ago but I still… cmonnnn<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YES WE CAN – New Approaches https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SsV2O4fCgjk I personally liked the \u201cYes we can\u201d presidential campaign commercial from the Obamas 2008 campaign. The video takes multimedia, collage approach which combines clips of celebrities singing, acting, or dancing along with an uplifting speech given by Obama. I like this commercial because for several reasons. One reason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4538,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-responses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}