November 13, 2007 11:16 AM
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Tancredo Unveils Provocative New Ad
Vote for Tom Tancredo, or you are going to die.
OK, ok, so that's not the explicit message of the Republican presidential hopeful's new ad, "Tough on Terror." But it sure seems like the implicit one.
The spot opens with a figure in a hooded sweatshirt putting something in a backpack.
"There are consequences to open borders beyond the 20 million aliens who've come to take our jobs," says an announcer, a heartbeat sound effect pulsing ominously in the background. (A ticking time bomb effect is soon added as well.) "Islamic terrorists now freely roam U.S. soil. Jihadists who froth with hate here to do as they have in London, Spain, Russia."
As he says this, images from those attacks flash on the screen.
"The price we pay for spineless politicians who refuse to defend our borders against those who come to kill," the announcer says. We see the hooded figure leaving his backpack next to a bench in what appears to be a mall.
Then there is a cut to a black screen, and the sound of an explosion. Five words appear in white: "Tancredo...before it's too late."
The ad, which you can't easily see on YouTube because it has been classified as "inappropriate for some users," has already begun airing on cable television in Iowa.
Tancredo spokesman Alan Moore tells CBS News the campaign released the ad because "nobody is talking about the real threats to our country."
Field points out that while the Tancredo campaign was working on the ad, the FBI released a report suggesting that Al Qaeda may target shopping malls in the United States.
"This is very real," he says. "There is nothing fictional about this. This is a real threat. And that's why we're trying to get the message out."
OK, ok, so that's not the explicit message of the Republican presidential hopeful's new ad, "Tough on Terror." But it sure seems like the implicit one.
The spot opens with a figure in a hooded sweatshirt putting something in a backpack.
"There are consequences to open borders beyond the 20 million aliens who've come to take our jobs," says an announcer, a heartbeat sound effect pulsing ominously in the background. (A ticking time bomb effect is soon added as well.) "Islamic terrorists now freely roam U.S. soil. Jihadists who froth with hate here to do as they have in London, Spain, Russia."
As he says this, images from those attacks flash on the screen.
"The price we pay for spineless politicians who refuse to defend our borders against those who come to kill," the announcer says. We see the hooded figure leaving his backpack next to a bench in what appears to be a mall.
Then there is a cut to a black screen, and the sound of an explosion. Five words appear in white: "Tancredo...before it's too late."
The ad, which you can't easily see on YouTube because it has been classified as "inappropriate for some users," has already begun airing on cable television in Iowa.
Tancredo spokesman Alan Moore tells CBS News the campaign released the ad because "nobody is talking about the real threats to our country."
Field points out that while the Tancredo campaign was working on the ad, the FBI released a report suggesting that Al Qaeda may target shopping malls in the United States.
"This is very real," he says. "There is nothing fictional about this. This is a real threat. And that's why we're trying to get the message out."
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Brian Montopoli Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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