When Republicans Attack

Not content with mere negative images of Barack Obama, the Republican Attack Machine stepped up its subliminal attack in the new 30-second TV ad, Dome.

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The ad’s overt narrative is that Obama’s big government tax increases will put the nation in danger. (For an objective analysis of the ad’s misrepresentations, see FactChecker’s discussion, “There He Goes Again“).

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Washington is represented as a battleship casting its shadow onto the nation:

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The sinister shadow of the Capitol darkens unsuspecting homes with “painful taxes.”

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At the helm of this menacing craft is Barack Obama:

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depicted in transitions to and from the above shot as a skull grinning beside a pinkish-red (pinko?) Capitol::

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(Notice how if the above 2 shots were photographically negative, the eye sockets would be mostly white, not black. Obama’s face is whitened and the eyes darkened to create the sinister image.)

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Who is the target of the Skyrocket of Taxes?

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A sleeping infant wearing a pristine white t-shirt, oblivious to the Skyrocket’s threat.

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But fear not, a superhero appears miraculously. His eyes, unlike the hollow sockets of the evil Skyrocket commander, beam out blinding light to dispel the shadows and protect sleeping Americans.

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As the final frames state, “Change is coming.” But will this change be revealed by the light of truth, or concealed by the shadow of subliminal manipulation?