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Americans Have a God-Given Right to Take This Job and Shove It! [VIDEO]

Posted by Joshua Holland, AlterNet at 6:25 AM on April 19, 2008.

Ron Wyden's on-key.

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Ron Wyden (D-OR) is running this ad touting health care portability, and it’s really quite good. Humor, well-executed, is one of the best ways to reach people.

It’s a take-off of Ronald Reagan’s famous ad, “It’s Morning Again in America.”

As Atrios says ...

There's a weird retro vibe to this ad as it harkens back to a simpler time when saying your job sucked and your boss was an asshole was a perfectly normal thing to do. Now I get the sense that social pressure demands we worship our corporate overlords and thank them for the privilege.

Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.

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Good idea [Report this comment] Posted by: popeurbanxxiii on Apr 19, 2008 7:28 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...if you can keep up the premiums. The implied scenario of "take this job and shove it!" means you won't be getting unemployment insurance. In many states you have to wait six weeks and a waiting week to get any unemployment if you quit your job -- if you get anything at all. And if you are living paycheck to paycheck, how likely is all of this? Although this is a step in the right direction, this act won't be able to fulfill the promise of this advertisement for millions and millions of people. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Good idea Posted by: armorypk Damn, that's one of the best political ads I've ever seen. [Report this comment] Posted by: JimmyVaughan on Apr 19, 2008 8:02 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Thanks for posting this Joshua. This is great legislation, I sincerely hope it passes. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bobby Decker......AKA THE ARTISTFORMERLYKNOWNASTHEPURPLERAINMAN [Report this comment] Posted by: Bobby Decker on Apr 21, 2008 7:22 AM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] " I SAID IT BEST 15 YEARS AGO......" THE GOOD RELIGIOUS REPUPLICAN ALTERNATIVE TO HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA .......PAY OR PRAY ! " [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» RE: Good idea Posted by: armorypk