Thursday, November 15, 2007

Tancredo Commercial Gone Too Far?

On Monday, a commercial aired in Iowa that was made by the Tancredo campaign team. What was shown was "the image of a gloved hand jamming a bomb into a backpack. Then it follows a hooded figure, whose face cannot be seen, strolling through a mall as a narrator decries "20 million aliens who have come to take our jobs" and "Islamic terrorists [who] now freely roam U.S. soil. Footage of bombed-out trains and a boy bloodied in an overseas terrorist attack follow, then pictures of shoppers and a woman pushing a stroller through an airy mall. As the hooded figure leaves the backpack beside a bench and walks away, the narrator announces: "The price we pay for spineless politicians who refuse to defend our borders against those who come to kill. It ends with the image of a backpack abandoned in a crowded mall, a black screen and the sound of a loud explosion. An on-screen message declares: "Tancredo . . . before it's too late." Now the question is, has this gone too far. He is allowed to do so because of course it is a possibility to happen, and I am not going to try and restrict him ability to do so. However, I do not like the method, I believe he is using the same method as the government does now to push the war, that the possiblity of a terrorist attack is so great that intervention in Iraq is needed. Tancredo is trying to scare people basically into voting for him. Just like the government is always reporting the terror level, usually it is just getting higher and higher, even though nothing has happened. Furthermore, Tancredo he is trying to make it seem that all his policy will do will stop terrorists, but it will also go as far as trying to ban all immigration. It can really show how far policiticans will go just to gain the vote, even if it shows people dying in a horrible event that brings us back to the fear and depression of September 11. I personally will not be falling for this technique and will be voting for someone else besides Tancredo in November.

3 comments:

jeff said...

I think Tancredo has gone overboard, but then again I don't blame him. Calling him a longshot is an understatement, he has no chance at the white house. I think he is simply trying to make waves and get his name out there in the media.

Anonymous said...

O my god, this is by far one of the most... suprisingly uplifting posts i have heard from you in a while. By that I mean, I agree with you. This is overboard, but remember it is his right to post stupid commercials like this. On a personal level though, this commercial shows that he will be a bad president and he is using lowly tactics to get scare votes.

Congratulations Aaron, I am upgrading my opinion of you and your opinions up from nazi to simply a spiteful individual. You should be proud.

catherine nguyen said...

I definitely agree with you Aaron. Tarcendo is going too far by evoking fear in the people so they can vote for him. He is desperate for votes so he has to stoop down to that level instead of thinking of plans or something actually good.