Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Republican Dream, American Nightmare

Scene: Night. A standard two-story suburban house, on fire, fills the screen.
As the camera pulls back, waist-level close-up of glowing screen of hand-held credit card terminal, held by a work-gloved hand. The other glove holds a credit card.
The screen blinks..."WAITING..."... "WAITING..."
Camera pulls back again, showing two men, the left one in a heavy coat, his gloved hands holding the terminal and the credit card.
The man on the right, disheveled hair, one untucked button-down shirt-tail hanging out over his slacks, looks nervously from the burning house to the terminal screen.
Suddenly the screen brightens. It says "APPROVED."

The gloved hand hands the credit card to the nervous man, and turns offscreen as the camera pulls further back.

"OK, Let's Put It OUT!!!" the gloved man shouts, as camera now cranes back and above, revealing him as the leader of a crew of firemen who've been waiting to see if they'd get paid for their work.
The fire crew leaps into action, hoses bursting into spray over the house, surrounding it, spraying from two or three directions.

Over closing action, screen reads:
"REPUBLICAN DREAM. AMERICAN NIGHTMARE."

Voiceover: If you don't want this to be America's future, Vote Democratic.

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If you think this can't happen, you haven't been paying attention. Read this.

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