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With the Presidential race heating up between President Obama and Governor Romney, I thought that these would be some effective campaign ad ideas.
Campaign ad for President Obama
In the ad have President Obama make a short speech that would go something like this.
Shortly after becoming President of The United States, I had the privilege to meet with some of the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They gave me my family genealogy record which I am very grateful for.
I have a lot of respect for all of the good that the LDS church does throughout the world. The members of the LDS church make several covenants before God in their beautiful temples to live a certain way. One of these covenants that all endowed members make is to live the Law of Consecration as it is contained in the Doctrine and Covenants which is LDS official scripture.
The Law of Consecration teaches that people should be equal in their temporal things. (D&C 70:14) If people are not equal in earthly things they cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things. (D&C 78:6) It also teaches that one man should not possess that which is above another, wherefore the world lieth in sin. (D&C 49: 20) It is God’s way to provide for his people so that the poor are exalted in that the rich are made low. (D&C 104:16) The Law teaches that every man should seek the interest of his neighbor. (D&C 82:19) and if this is done there will be no poor people. I would like to look past political differences and tell everyone that I share the beliefs of Governor Mitt Romney in that we both believe that we have a responsibility from God to elevate the poor among us and to be our brother’s keeper.
It would be most effective if in the last paragraph while President Obama says the text, if the scripture references and maybe the scripture were captioned. You can change the wording a little bit but you want to make sure the scripture meaning stays the same so if people look them up it is accurate. The scriptures that included in the ad are only the tip of the iceberg.
This campaign ad would be effective because it is not a negative attack ad on Mitt Romney or the LDS church. Voters would start to ask, “If Mitt Romney made a covenant with God to live this law, why does he not live it?”

Campaign ad for Governor Romney
In the ad have Governor Romney make a short speech that would go something like this.
I believe that President Obama is a good man and that he has a big heart for people here in the United States and around the world. I do believe that we have a responsibility from God to elevate the poor among us. We should do as the Bible says; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (James 2:8) Although I believe in helping the poor I also believe in a thing called agency. I believe that all men should be free to make their own decisions and not be compelled by Government to do things. When any organization forces people to do things, even if those things are good, agency is turned in to bondage and the members of that organization are no longer free to act on their own.
The United States of America was established to be a light to the world. It was based on the idea of personal freedom. As President of the United States I will work with all people to restore that personal freedom and encourage people to improve the lives of people in the United States as well as people around the world. Edmund Burke once said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing.” I believe that the people of the United States are Good People! Now let us get to work!
This campaign ad would be effective because it is not an attack on President Obama. It shows that Governor Romney cares for the poor. It also shows that Governor Romney believes in reducing the regulations of government.

All Romney has to do is, after an Obama atttack on him prefering to help the rich, is openly speculate why, if Obama is so concerned about the middle class, did he build and implement Obamacare, the largest tax on the middle class and small businesses in history.

Poor delusional bcspace, how soon you wilfully forget the romneycare was the role model for obamacare.

Romney planted the seeds of evil and cultivated it for others to follow.

A simple but effective Romney ad:

Show Romney's car elevator in action, then cut to a close up of Rafalca dancing up to the garage toting Governor Romney on his back and saying, "I built this". Then have Rafalca dance off camera with Romney waving.

bcspace wrote:... Obamacare, the largest tax on the middle class and small businesses in history.

That would be an obvious and blatant lie (although that hasn't stopped him so far -- how WMR passes the temple interview is a mystery). Calling an insurance-regulation law a 'tax' is a figment of right-wing fevered minds.

moksha wrote:A simple but effective Romney ad:

Show Romney's car elevator in action, then cut to a close up of Rafalca dancing up to the garage toting Governor Romney on his back and saying, "I built this". Then have Rafalca dance off camera with Romney waving.

"I built this" is an interesting loose cannon in this election. A large building gets constructed. Many people work long and hard building the thing. Then along comes the owner who stretches out his arms and says, "see what I built". There is a group of people so used to being the owners that if someones says you did not build that they think the government is being referred to . It does not seem to cross their mind that labor may be the subject in view. Some folks appear sometime as if they think labor should be just grateful for the alms they receive.

Yes I understand that the labor of building is not just blue collar folks who get their hands dirty. It is planers, investors, designers and managers as well.

.. Obamacare, the largest tax on the middle class and small businesses in history.

That would be an obvious and blatant lie (although that hasn't stopped him so far -- how WMR passes the temple interview is a mystery). Calling an insurance-regulation law a 'tax' is a figment of right-wing fevered minds.

The Supreme Court disagrees with you. Tax tax is a tax and it's all being carried by the middle class.

bcspace wrote:The Supreme Court disagrees with you. Tax tax is a tax and it's all being carried by the middle class.

Ah, Supreme Court. So you're talking specifically about the penalty for not getting insurance, which is the only part of the act that Justice Roberts invoked taxing authority to uphold.

In your version of reality, the small penalty that will be assessed only on those who choose not to be insured (none of whom are likely to be middle class, because we cannot afford to self insure), constitutes "the largest tax on the middle class in history." Right...

Either you have no knowledge of history, or you are repeating a bald-faced lie. (Hint: it's the second.)

Perhaps you plan to refuse to have insurance, and will pay the fee. That's your right, of course. As for this middle-class family -- as well as everyone else I know -- we won't be paying a cent of this 'tax,' because we will choose to be insured.