I tried not to pay much attention to Obama’s campaign commercials and speeches because I wasn’t rooting for him. The same goes for McCain. But from what I did see, I found quite boring. Here’s the very little I learned from Obama’s commercials:
1. Change! Of course, the obvious question would be “Change what?”. Is change for change’s sake good? I wanted to change the channel after hearing that so many times.
2. “They said we’d never make it….” Who said? Who said that? What are your sources?! Are you just making this stuff up? I think he’s making stuff up.
3. “I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message” All his and McCain’s commercials were about showing the negatives of their opponent. What about showing the positives of yourself? The only thing their commercials made me want to do was to not vote for the other person. And, well, since Obama and McCain’s commercials did the same, I didn’t want to vote for either of them!
So there you go. A short analysis by an untrained analyzer. Obviously these commercials and speeches must have done something to help their campaigns, or they would not have done them. But personally, I’d rather hear more positives about the candidate, rather than a bunch of negatives of their opponent!
