Campaign Ad: "Bricks"

[DanielX]

(Ad played in markets throughout the Mideast)

<eerie music plays>

[black backdrop]

voice: "Some politicians assume people are like bricks. All of a kind. Vote the same, act the same. think the same."

[brick wall appears]

"They force people to follow the same code, and punish those who break it. They assume everyone fits the same mold."

[A group of people appears, different in every visible way - race, sex, dress, age etc.

<eerie music stops, replaced by a hammer-beat>

They all have sledgehammers, and smash apart the wall with loud hammer-strikes. The wall falls apart with a loud crack]

"People must be who they are. Follow their own paths. Be responsible for themselves and their family, and not for their neighbors."

[focus on two of the people: a white, middle-aged man, brown/grey hair with a hard hat and a construction uniform, and and a young, darker-skinned Asian woman, wearing a t-shirt and shorts. They both hold one brick in their hands -one in the left hand, one in the right. They are looking at each other]

[Everything goes black]

[on the black, "Don't be a brick in the wall" appears in white text. it fades, and is replaced by "DanielX for Governor." Then all fades to black]

[7,052,770]

nice ad.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Saying that caring for you're community=assuming that everyone is the same/bricks or whatever is a false and misleading statement.
You can be both an individual and look after you're neighbours.

[Gabu]

How exactly does voting for Peter Bell constitute being less of an individual than voting for you?

[KEmperor]

How exactly does voting for Peter Bell constitute being less of an individual than voting for you?

Because if you vote for Peter Bell, you are just being a sheep.   Didn't you know?

[DanielX]

How exactly does voting for Peter Bell constitute being less of an individual than voting for you?

Because if you vote for Peter Bell, you are just being a sheep.   Didn't you know?

It's actually intended to be the following:

1. Embellishing the ALJP's slogan, "Don't be a brick in the wall"
2. Be an attention-grabber, similar to the '1984' commercial of Apple. Really, would buying a Radio Shack  or Compaq computer make you any less opposed to totalitarianism than a Mac?

No specific anti-Peter-Bell statement was implied.

To be honest, sometimes I feel like Al's my opponent and not Peter Bell...

[Alcon]

Effective ad, although it doesn't really mean much of anything.

I kept thinking "Pink Floyd" when reading it.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

To be honest, sometimes I feel like Al's my opponent and not Peter Bell...

I have toyed with the idea of running for Governer several times in the past... if I hadn't been picked as VP, I'd probably be running for re-election now.
Aren't "what if's" fun?

[Gustaf]

Hehe...I like it.