“Stripes” 1996 – Dole<\/p>\n
This ad was sponsored by Candidate Dole, the Republican candidate running against President Clinton.\u00a0 The entire ad was an attack ad – there was no substance or references to policy or political work.\u00a0 The ad explained how Clinton was facing criminal charges, and Clinton defended that he is “active duty”; therefore, his hearing would be postponed, according to some act.\u00a0 The whole point of the ad was the challenge and bring into question Clinton’s character, as the voice-over ended the commercial with, “Bill Clinton, he’s really something”.\u00a0 It was almost more comical than serious, even if the contents of the commercial were true – it came off as more of a joke than an accusation or questioning of character.<\/p>\n
“Surgeon” 1996 – Clinton<\/p>\n
This ad was put out by the Democratic party to support President Clinton.\u00a0 It shows multiple children saying what they wanted to be when they grew up, followed by a clip of Dole claiming he wanted to get rid of the Department of Defense.\u00a0 This ad was really interesting to me because it made me wonder how much these candidates manipulate children to appeal to the emotion of viewers.\u00a0 Clinton ran on the promise for a college tax credit and credit toward tuitions.\u00a0 The commercial ends by claiming that Clinton is going to build a bridge to the 21st century, and it makes me wonder about these policies in today’s discussions of elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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