Update to title after reading comments and poll: Or Maybe The Can After All...
This is a short diary, inspired by this, posted by Something The Dog Said
Taking what Something The Dog Said idea in another direction, a 2014 ad supporting Dems who back gun control measures could use it to devastating effect.
The ad:
No spoken words at all. Simply a rolling list of all the children killed or injured by guns since Sandy Hook in the background, with some of the most egregious instances magnified and held for reading as the list rolls behind it for as long as the ad runs.
Closing words:
"When will enough be enough?
What's worth more? These lives? Or the smug refusal by these congress members and their NRA puppet masters to require common sense, life-saving background checks (another rolling list of the congress members)
How long must this list become before sanity prevails?
At the end, a website where every incident on the list can be read in detail.
(By 2014, the list will be far too long to run to the end)
I'm sure professionals can do a far better job in execution, but the stakes are too high not to at least make the suggestion. I would think contributions dedicated to running this ad over and over would be overwhelming.
