Men appointed by G. W. Bush have bestowed Ben Bernanke with the captain's hat, and he is in command of an old-school luxury liner. The comparison to the Titanic cannot be mistaken, only the name on the side of the cruise ship is the "US Economy."
All of a sudden, a panicked look strikes the face of Bernanke. The shot pans back as the ship hits the iceberg. The US Economy is going down in the icy ocean waters. Captain Bernanke orders lifeboats lowered into the water.
As women, children and mortgage holders fill the lifeboats, Bernanke appears and begins throwing them out, and putting wall street bankers into the lifeboats instead. He throws more people out to make room for the bankers large, white sacks of money, with dollar signs and the word "bonuses" printed on the side.
As the shot pans back slowly, lifeboats float off as bankers light cigars, illuminating their bags of cash. Women and kids, and working class men holding mortgages sink in the frigid water as you hear soft laughter from the lifeboats. This is the end of the ad.
It is too bad that this is the ad that Republican challengers will run against Democrats this fall, since Bernanke was pushed through the Senate by Obama and his team. Massachusetts lesson lost. They just don't get it, or don't care.
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