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From the NY times:
February 29, 2008, 10:28 am
Clinton’s National Security Ad
By ARIEL ALEXOVICH
Ring, ring. Ring, ring.
Hillary Rodham Clinton injects an element of worry or perhaps even fear into the mundane ringing of a telephone in her latest TV ad, now playing in Texas.
“It’s 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep,” a narrator says, as images of sleeping babe after sleeping babe pass by. “But there’s a phone in the White House, and it’s ringing.”
The ominous ring ring continues throughout the ad as the announcer tells viewers they live in a “dangerous world.” They’re reminded that their vote determines whether they choose a leader who already has national security experience — or not.
At the end, the narrator repeats the line “It’s 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep,” but this time poses this question: “Who do you want answering the phone?”
Cut to a clip of Mrs. Clinton, wearing eyeglasses, answering a telephone in a darkened room.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/clintons-national-security-ad/index.html?hp
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Haven't we done fear mongering? Aren't we tired of having our baseless fears used for political gain?
