When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Crony
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
August 24, 2012 at 12:24am
Wow:
The last line is fantastic, too.
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May '10
Re: When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Crony
KAAAABOOOOM
How do we get this everywhere?
Movie theaters...it needs to be in the lead up to big name movies...
Edited on August 24, 2012 at 12:35amJun '12
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In the late 1960's the Republicans (yes!) had a commercial showing "fat cat democrats" in a limo laughing about their dumb voters, thinking that they were for the little guy. This one is even better! Ironic humor always wins.
Mar '11
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Painful. I dislike seeing children in political ads, particularly when they are true.
Nov '10
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Hear hear, Roberto. Kids in political ads makes me sick.
May '10
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It may be the only way to get through to the "it's for the children" set. You know, the ones who ignore facts because of how they "feel."
Jun '10
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Currently, there's one higher level than crony, and that's union president. The pay's not as good, but the security is beyond good. If you're UAW, it's even bankruptcy-proof.
May '10
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A crony, Dennie Hastert and George Ryan had many. But then that's Illinois politics for you.
Dec '10
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"Roberto
Painful. I dislike seeing children in political ads, particularly when they are true."
I have less of a problem with it, as they are the ones paying for these ads and they are the ones that will be paying for our failures. All of this money sloshing around is borrowed money. Borrowed from them.
Re: When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Crony
The whole time I was wondering if the last line was going to be delivered by Paul Ryan. Shucks.
Aug '10
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Smart kids! As John Derbyshire would say, they've figured out where the bread is buttered...
Jun '12
Re: When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Crony
CJRun: "Roberto
Painful. I dislike seeing children in political ads, particularly when they are true."
I have less of a problem with it, as they are the ones paying for these ads and they are the ones that will be paying for our failures. All of this money sloshing around is borrowed money. Borrowed from them. · 50 minutes ago
I agree. As few choices as we are leaving them in their future, maybe they should get involve. My young son seems to be interested whenever he hears TV commentators make references to "our children's future". If there is a Political Science for Kids class, I will enroll him.
Edited on August 24, 2012 at 2:07pmMar '12
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I think this is pure gold. More like this, please!
Mar '11
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Keith Preston
It may be the only way to get through to the "it's for the children" set. You know, the ones who ignore facts because of how they "feel." · 1 hour ago
Perhaps so, no doubt the reason you see such is that it is effective. It seems no less distasteful to me though.
Mar '11
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CJRun: "Roberto
Painful. I dislike seeing children in political ads, particularly when they are true."
I have less of a problem with it, as they are the ones paying for these ads and they are the ones that will be paying for our failures. All of this money sloshing around is borrowed money. Borrowed from them. · 1 hour ago
True enough but it should be our battle. No need to dragoon our youth to fight this for us, let's clean up our own mess.
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I'm normally completely repulsed by children in political ads, but this one didn't bother me at all. Partly because it's more theoretical -- this is about who we are as Americans -- not about children or adults per se. The "when I grow up" hook just makes it work on so many levels.
Of course, I pumped my fist "Yes! Yes!" when I watched this and almost cried. It hits way too close to home for an inside-the-beltway resident.
May '10
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Mollie's video didn't disturb me at all.
This is an example of children being used for a purpose which made my blood run cold...
Edited on August 24, 2012 at 4:07amMar '11
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
I'm normally completely repulsed by children in political ads, but this one didn't bother me at all. Partly because it's more theoretical -- this is about who we are as Americans -- not about children or adults per se. The "when I grow up" hook just makes it work on so many levels.
Of course, I pumped my fist "Yes! Yes!" when I watched this and almost cried. It hits way too close to home for an inside-the-beltway resident. · 8 minutes ago
This ad is relatively innocuous, I will even admit a certain admiration for its' cleverness. But watching it I could not help thinking back to another instance of using children as props. It is simply an unseemly practice, even if well done and in good cause.
Apr '12
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There is a difference between casting children in an ironic video and teaching them to sing North Korean style paeans to the dear leader.
Oct '10
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Richard Stewart: Mollie's video didn't disturb me at all.
This is an example of children being used for a purpose which made my blood run cold... · 43 minutes ago
Edited 33 minutes ago
Agreed, this kind of conditioning exists only to promote a depraved Dictatorial format of Governance.
Edited on August 24, 2012 at 5:08amFeb '11
Re: When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Crony
Roberto
Keith Preston
It may be the only way to get through to the "it's for the children" set. You know, the ones who ignore facts because of how they "feel." · 1 hour ago
Perhaps so, no doubt the reason you see such is that it is effective. It seems no less distasteful to me though. · 3 hours ago
Too scripted. Not natural. Kids videos are at least supposed to look natural.