At first I thought it was some kind of spoof video leading into the beginning of Jimmy Kimmel Live, which was coming on next. It wasn't until the final few seconds when the sponsoring organization was announced that I realized this was not someone's attempt at political satire - it was an actual appeal to the electorate to vote for the Romney/Ryan ticket. Thank God for DVR, because I immediately had to do a double take rewind and watch this again just to make sure I hadn't missed the punch line.
So this is supposed to represent American values, or more specifically President Obama's attack on American values? I guess you have to be able to see the forest from the trees to understand the inherent contradiction here. Religious Liberty, essentially freedom from the tyranny of a state religion or the political authority vested in the divine right of a monarch or similar despot determined to rule under the auspices of God's favor, is an important American value. Somehow, this value has been corrupted in an attempt to validate the irrational fiction that you see in this advertisement.
The President is judged guilty of consorting with Muslims, turning his back on God's chosen people, and forcing Americans (apparently a monolithic group of dogmatic believers) to pay for abortion drugs. It doesn't take a genius to understand the intended audience for this foolishness is a group of devout evangelical Christians who will somehow suspend all other tenants, teachings and testaments of their Faith to become enraged with the apparent anti-Christian actions of the Sinner-in-Chief, President Obama. Then comes the slight of hand. We should take action against the traitor Obama by voting for the standard bearers of Christian orthodoxy, Mitt Romney (Mormon) and Paul Ryan (Roman Catholic). (Definition of Irony - Roman Catholic teachings state that the Mormon Church is a non-Christian cult)
Regardless of your religion, your political affiliations or even your intended choice for President, do the falsehoods, malicious intentions and judgement contained in this advertisement represent your values? Are these American values? Are these Christian values? Whose values are these?
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ReplyDeleteNo values...I actually started laughing when I saw this commercial the first time. Religious freedom, I thought it actually meant religious freedom, not Christian religious freedom. Blah. Great commentary!
ReplyDeleteI agree - great commentary. Even the "mr movie announcer" voice bellowing at the beginning of this commercial lends itself to satire. Even though it's not satirical, it's still head-smacking ly entertaining
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