HILLARY'S "IT'S 3:00 AM" Commercial --More Thoughts
Those outside of Hillary Clinton's camp expressed outrage the other day at her "It's 3:00 AM" commercial with its punchline of the phone ringing in the White House. The ad ends asking the viewer, who (sic) do we want to answer the White House phone in an emergency at 3:00 AM?
Am I the only one who thinks that conjuring up an image of Bill and Hillary Clinton in bed in the White House is not going to be something to make people run out and vote for her?
Barack Obama quickly retaliated with a response ad. The purpose of the Obama's ad was to say that he would be the better person to be answering the White House phone in the middle of the night.
That was one way to go with it. However, a more powerful response may have been for the Obama people to imagine what it might be like if Clinton became President and that White House phone rang at 3:00 A.M. I imagined the scene might go something like this:
We see a darkened bedroom in the White House, and the alarm clock reads 3:00 A.M. Suddenly, the International Life and Death Crisis Hotline Phone Rings. After a couple of rings, we see and hear Hillary in bed:
HILLARY
Could you get that, Bill? I'm really
tired.
BILL DOESN'T ANSWER, AND THE PHONE CONTINUES TO RING
HILLARY
Bill!
HILLARY TURNS ON THE LIGHT, REVEALING THAT BILL IS NOT IN BED. THE PHONE KEEPS RINGING.
HILLARY
(calling out)
BILL!
STILL NO REPLY
HILLARY
(calling louder)
BILL! It's three in the morning. Where are
you?
THE PHONE KEEPS RINGING. A CONCERNED HILLARY GETS OUT OF BED, PUTS ON HER FlANNEL ROBE, AND RUSHES OUT OF THE ROOM CALLING OUT:
HILLARY
Bill, what are you up to at this time of night?
Bill! Bill! Bill!
WE SEE A CLOSE-UP OF THE PHONE CONTINUING TO RING UNANSWERED AS HILLARY GOES TO FIND HER HUSBAND.
Hey, it was Hillary and her people's fault. They're the ones who brought the image to mind.
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