Gov. Bill Richardson’s new television ad is a brilliant, touching and effective spot that portrays him as a man with courage and a big heart.
Whether the 60-second commercial will make any difference in
The ad includes interviews with Bill Barloon, the late David Daliberti and his wife Kathy, who praised the governor for securing the release of the two American men from former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1995.
“He’s the only one that was willing to leave his family, his wife, behind, travel to a dangerous section of the world, for two men he didn’t even know,” Kathy Daliberti says in the ad.
“Here’s this big guy, you know, he is a pretty big guy, and he’s got a heart as big as he is, one of the kindest guys, you know, just so nice to us,” Barloon says in the ad, tears in his eyes. “He said, ‘You guys are going home,’ and our reaction was much like mine is now.”
Simple words. Simple music playing in the background. It’s a simple ad that ends with
The ad will tug at the heartstrings of many voters in
The timing of the ad is smart. Though
To learn more about the ad, click here. Here it is: