14 Responses to “How to sell “socialized” medicine”
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I LOVE IT!
That is like no political commercial I have ever seen before. It’s about the most refreshing fucking thing I’ve ever seen. Left_Wing_Fox beat me to it.
I don’t like the stereotypes.
There’s nothing else to say: This is fantastic!
That was so awesome, I didn’t believe it was an actual political commercial until I read the comments here.
Yeah, I was sure that was parody. Absolutely hilarious.
I thought it was funny… man when I was in retail, I dreamed of doing stuff to some of “valued customers” I served.
I love it, and I can’t wait to see the pearl-clutching. Who will be the first pundit to complain that the ad Encourages Class Warfare?
I love it! Talk about cutting straight to the heart of the matter, and doing it in a funny way. Bravo!
There are three facts about universal health insurance that the Republicans hoped would never gain traction:
1. It actually promotes entrepreneurship and personal financial choice (supposedly GOP values) by removing the largest chain binding people to their employers.
2. Health insurance of any sort requires dealing with a big ugly bureaucracy that’s reluctant to pay out — no escaping that fact. Given that, the only question is: when it comes time to collect, would you rather argue with the big ugly bureaucracy beholden to a few private shareholders, or with one that’s beholden to you as a taxpayer (i.e. a citizen shareholder)?
3. Hey doc, want to save some serious money running your practise? How about eliminating the costs and man-hours associated with processing the paperwork for and collecting compensation from 3 or 4 different private carriers?
At long last, the proponents of universal health insurance are wising up about how to sell the idea to voters. If they keep making smart ads about universal health insurance, the GOP is going to look more and more like what they actually are: the party of crony capitalism and corporate welfare.
Wow. That is the best political ad I’ve seen in *ages.*
I so fucking love my senator!
I’ve been wishing forever that pro-universal health care advocates and politicians would really run with this message. TG above has already mentioned a lot of good reasons why.
But I don’t care for this commercial. It’s not as effective as it could be, and muddles the message in class issues - as least that’s how a lot of folks will see it.
The commercial needs to emphasize that universal health care frees EVERYONE. And to emphasize the point, the commercial should include a bunch or really rich people being “freed” as well: joyfully walking out of board rooms and such.
And the commercial should drop the overtly hostile stuff like the coffee shop scene. It may be true, but like someone said above, I think it will cause more blow-back than helping the cause.
Regarding the part of the ad inside the coffee shop:
So do a bad job and don’t suffer the consequences? Since when has the consumer stopped being King/Queen and since when have Democrats started championing the screwing over of consumers?