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The intent of the ad is not to link gang members with Al Qaeda ...
as much as it is to link Obama with gang members. Fear is the strongest weapon in the Republican bag. This is simply an attempted mesh of their now commonplace Fear of Terrorism tactic with the tried and true Fear of Blacks tactic.
If you're trying to judge the ad on its logical merits, then you're missing the point, for it is not a logical argument that the Republicans are attempting to make. Rather, they are trying to stimulate that knee-jerk, emotional, and Republican part of the brain called the amygdala.
Obama. Black. Gangs. Black. Kill whites. Fear. Terrorists. Kill Whites. Fear. Obama. Kill Whites. Black. Fear.