It’s a push but are people looking way too deep into a Democratic Florida Mayoral campaign ad and it’s possible play on the Scalise shooting – PB/TK
Does this Democrat Party Campaign Ad Play Off of the Scalise Shooting? – By Brad Slager / Aug 15 2017
At first blush it is little more than another tiresome campaign television spot. Simplistic graphics, a lecturing voice over, and hyperbolic text are use to paint an opponent as dire. This gives way to the candidate appearing chipper, brightly lit, and representing all manner of hope and future success. It bears all the nuance of a “Made for TV” product spot, where cracking an egg is disastrous, until “The Shell Extractor” is featured!
However this particular spot bears a potentially troubling aspect, one that may be particularly pernicious. The ad is for current Mayor of Saint Petersburg, Florida – Rick Kriseman. His opponent is Rick Baker, previous two term mayor of the same city. The spot was produced by the Florida Democrat Party, and the opening portion is what has some looking askance at the possibly questionable content.
Resorting to a graphics-quality level normally found in an ecard produced at JibJab.com, the spot begins with common GOP demons – Trump (natch), Governor Rick Scott, and Mitt Romney slide into frame. Then an image of Baker joins them, donning a MAGA hat as we are told why he is the worst thing to ever give rise within St. Pete city proper. Drink in the audio-visual magic.
Now if you did not initially pick up on the controversy, congratulations; you are neither a cynic nor a tremulous hothouse flower. But what has been noted is the appearance of key Republican figures adorned in baseball attire, as they are singled out as bad politicians. This is deemed to be a direct callback to the targeted D.C. shooting that left Congressman Steve Scalise in intensive care.
Continue to redstate.com article: http://www.redstate.com/bradslager/2017/08/15/democrat-party-campaign-ad-play-off-scalise-shooting/
