Out of the ads I watched, I thought that the “Gray Dot” ad from the Bush campaign was the most powerful. The ad showed a split screen with two people. However, a gray dot covered both people’s faces so you could not identify them. The narrator goes on to talk about each candidate’s views, and they are completely opposites (for example, the narrator claimed that one candidate had never been called to serve in the army, and the other one had). At the end of the ad, the gray dot was removed and it turns out that both candidates were actually the same person (Bill Clinton).<\/p>\n
I specifically liked this ad because it focused on leadership capabilities in general, rather than just attacking the opponent. In a lot of the other ads, the two candidates attacked specific flaws in the opponent’s policy. However, one of Bush’s main arguments was that we can’t have a leader who is on both sides of every argument, and in the White House, you have to make the tough calls and stick to it. I think that showcasing Bill Clinton’s apparent inability to stick with one side of the argument was used to demonstrate his potential flaws as president, especially during tough times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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