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‘Citizens United’ Releases Ad Featuring Disillusioned Obama-Voters in Key Swing States

Oct. 30, 2012 2:32pm Erica Ritz

Citizens United Running Ads for The Hope and Change in Wisconsin, New Hampshire

(Photo: Citizens United/YouTube)

Citizens United is set to air 30-second TV ads in Wisconsin and New Hampshire featuring a number of disillusioned former Obama voters, all reportedly Democrats and independents, explaining why they couldn’t fathom voting for Obama a second time.

Running on CNN and MSNBC, the ad may speak to people in a similar position. More than that, however, it promotes a longer film called “The Hope and Change,” which can be seen on DVD and– more important for younger voters– the online streaming company Hulu.

The documentary has been out for several months, but has somewhat been limited to conservative audiences. Directed by Stephen K. Bannon and produced by Citizens United, the hope is that the new advertisements prompt people to watch what Sean Hannity called “the most powerful documentary” he has ever seen.

Here is the 30-second ad:

The transcript reads:

I voted for Obama.
My entire life, I’ve voted Democrat.
I’m a registered Independent.
I needed some kind of hope.
We voted for Barack Obama.
People were desperate.
I don’t think that I got what I was expecting.
What was he doing in office for the last three years?
I wanna see him behind the desk.
He didn’t make good on any of his promises.
The party’s over, the smoke has cleared.
Can we go through another four years of this?

And here is the trailer for “The Hope and Change” (it is similar to the 30-second ad, but a little more comprehensive):

According to its website, “The Hope and Change” follows 40 Americans who voted for Obama throughout their daily lives, including “unscripted and unrehearsed” interviews detailing why they’ve changed positions.

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stealthman
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:48pm
How does one register as an Independent? Sign me up!

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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:24pm
  @Dora asswipeasshole……
  
  I feel your pain. I’ve known and counseled many libs that were about to explode with all the pent-up anger they felt for their side and themselves. Don’t worry… after your obvious upcoming mental breakdown we on the right will be here for you. It’s only a matter of time and time is running out for you based on the progression of you posts.
  
  Yep, seen it many times. You’ll be a Republican in no time. Just keep up the hate. You know, just like Darth Vader. He turned and so….. will…… you……. Here’s a nice happy face for you. : )
  
  Just look in the mirror….. you’re toast.
  
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stealthman
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:44pm
How does one register as an Independent?? Sign me up!!

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Tacit Eagle
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:36pm
Obama promised Socialism in the USA. Did those folks not get that? Are they disappointed that they did not get their Socialist Workers Paradise or are they just now figuring out that Socialism is a bad idea? It is an important distinction.

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- RamonPreston
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:20pm
  He promised to raise gas prices, too. And people complain; you got what you voted for.
  
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justangry
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:08pm
I live in Ohio. I voted my entire life for Keynesians. They all promise things will get better, but they only get worse….

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- Huguenot Descendant
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:49pm
  Keynesian is a terrible economic structure. Keynes was a fool for what he developed, and Hayek who knew the fool also knew he would’ve changed his failed viewpoint later on in life.
  
  Austrian economics is the way that succeeds, we have tried Keynesian economics throughout the mid 1900′s till now and that is what got us into the financial mess we’re in. So congrats, you helped contribute to that.
  
  If you voted Keynesian I guess you voted for Bush, Clinton, Bush Jr, Gore, Kerry, McCain, and Obama cause they are all Keynesian’s. Talk about voter fraud, you must be the prime example.
  
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TruthMonkey
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:02pm
Nothing wrong with being fooled once It happens to all of us at one time or another.
Welcome to the party. Better late than never.

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- TurboCat
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:55am
  Thank God that these people who voted for O-blame-a have not taken the bait and blamed the Tea Party Republicans in Congress. They have restored my faith in humanity just now. Of course, when The Media blames the wave election in 2010 for gridlock, they are stupid enough to not know that “We The People” SENT them there exactly FOR the purpose of stopping the out-of-control abuses of government that was going on in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate. DUH! Media! That’s why we SENT them there! Stupid lame media.
  
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Teacheru
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:40pm
You can watch the full movie “The Hope&The Change” here: http://teacheru.us/?p=5883

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- cykonas
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:09pm
  Thank you very much for that link Teacher. It is a very well done expose. I hope it gets out to a wide audience. Peace.
  
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:19pm
80% of Democrats get their news from Comedy Central (Not kidding!!)

And when it comes to something important – they remain IGNORANT

A majority of them think Benghazi is a guy named Ben Gazzy

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- Bill Wallace
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:18pm
  We probably have 30% of americans who are die hard liberals who will vote democrat even if the guy is shown to be a rapist (Clinton), violated his office (Clinton), or compulsive liar (Obama/Clinton).
  
  We probably have 30% of americans who are die hard conservatives who will vote republican even if the guy is shown to be a liar (McCain), a fiscal liberal (Bush), or admits to having an affair with an underage girl and then chasing her down to some subtropical region to marry her.
  
  “Lesser of two evils,” they will say. Vot for the crook you know, instead of the other guy who is of another party.
  
  How many people take the time to look up ALL candidates? 1%? Who reviews all the issues on a ballot, including fiscal impact statements? Less than 1%?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:20pm
  Where did you come up with that 80%? Meh, it’s not really relevant. Most ‘conservatives’ get their news from Fox, which is also a joke.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:41pm
  You look like a fool when you use this: “%”….
  
  unless you post a (reputable) source…
  
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:04pm
I live in Nebraska which means we never seem to get much in the way of these messages. Red states feel left out.

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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:12pm
  Count your blessings DISMAYED. In the meantime, work hard to keep your State RED. Progressives and RINOs have a way of sneaking up and infiltrating a government. Ever vigilant is important…
  
  TEA Party!
  
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Gary_K
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:03pm
Great add….the legions are leaving bath-house barry in droves.

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- Gary_K
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:09pm
  oops ad
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:39pm
  You lose ALL credibility with words like
  bathhouse, Kenyan, Muslim, teleprompter, birth certificate, moochelle, marxist, socialist, etc.
  Ann Romney will never spend a night in the White House.
  Romney peaked 2 weeks too early.
  Even the so called gender gap he closed after the 3rd debate has re-opened.
  
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- Zekron
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:08pm
  Dora Gassbag, you never had any credibility, Obama is a Marxist, Racist, Anti-American, Lying, Fascist, Incompetent, Unqualified, Narcissistic President. Other than that, he seems like a nice guy.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:22pm
  @Dora
  
  I feel your pain. I’ve known and counseled many libs that were about to explode with all the pent-up anger they felt for their side and themselves. Don’t worry… after your obvious upcoming mental breakdown we on the right will be here for you. It’s only a matter of time and time is running out for you based on the progression of you posts.
  
  Yep, seen it many times. You’ll be a Republican in no time. Just keep up the hate. You know, just like Darth Vader. He turned and so….. will…… you……. Here’s a nice happy face for you. : )
  
  Just look in the mirror….. you’re toast.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:55pm
  VERCEOFDORA is a terrorist who likes to open the door and toss a grenade in the room except she always forgets to pull the pin first…
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:24am
  Hi East,
  
  VERCEOFDORA…… yep, you got that right…
  
  Funny how a toasted head thinks that just changing a name and keeping an avatar will confuse us.
  
  LMAO !!!!
  
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kryptonite
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:55pm
It irks me to no end when I hear a Dim say Obum is a good orator. They had a chance to hear him without a teleprompter, stuck on uh’s and simple-minded statements.

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- SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:16pm
  You are 110% correct. It bugs me too. With the telepromter, he sounds legit……without it, he sounds like Porky Pig.
  
  He has a nice voice, but his ideas are full of ****.
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:16pm
  And he is far from a ‘nice guy.’
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:17pm
The only good that came from Obama was that he awakened a lot of people to the sham of politics.
I saw through the flim-flam, snake-oil salesman when he first started to campaign for President in early 2008. I started listening to a lot of Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Rush, then and went o various websites. When Beck started the Blaze, I resisted for a few months, but finally signed up. I learned a lot on here these last two years. I’m glad these people are waking up. Hopefully, they will wake up their friends, who will wake up their friends, who will ……………….

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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:31pm
  No good comes from a commie takeover. Even if God has mercy and we are able to vote him out, he has caused irreparable damage both at home and abroad. If you can’t see that, dude, then you are unaware of how the Obama machine has transformed and weakened America, and how his policies have upset the balance of power in the world.
  
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- U.N.hater
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:31pm
  Well i knew the second he opened his mouth he was a commie POS. I didn’t need anyone else to tell me anything. But glenn and everyone on here helped to show things we prolly wouldn’t have found on our own at first anyways. Yes thank you Glenn and everyone on here at the Blaze even the troll’s. Yep you troll’s helped harden me thank you.
  
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- Konservative PUNK
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:40pm
  <—Rolls over and presses the snooze button and pops another sleeping pill.
  Wake me after Obama is out of office, I can't take it anymore.
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:40pm
  Anonymous T. Irrevelant;
  
  Prior to the 2008 election, I told my sister-in-law that everyone knew (apparently not everyone) oblama wanted to be king. What I didn’t understand is why he would want to rule over a third world country. It has been worse than I expected. Fortunately, his confident facade, but underlying moral ineptitude will deny him a second term. I fear for those not learning from the last four years.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:13pm
Strong.

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kickagrandma
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:03pm
Who would want to go through another second with this administration?

Come on, people, the man is a liar.
he is a shill.
he is FAKE.
he is satan’s.
he is over!

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HKS
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:58pm
Socialist governments have failed all over the world for centuries, socialism don’t work. You can’t have a few horses pulling all of the load, it takes all the horses, if you try it, you’ll get a bunch of pissed off horses that quit working all together and then you get Greece.

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pm
  It seems to me alot of people didn’t do their home work in 2008. I knew what Obama was before he won the nomination I sa w who his mentors are,the black liberation theology he practice,I saw what he did the the people in Grove parc place,I saw a man that was corrupt to the bone and would say anything to decieve people into believeing he wasn’t what his past would point towards.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:56pm
If Bain created 80,000 jobs and 20,000 were overseas where companies are – it’s still 60,000 jobs HERE IN AMERICA. Obama has lkost 5 million that have been replaced with 4 million miserable part time, low pay jobs for a net loss – AND it cost us $6 TRILLION to do it..
I’ll go with Bain, and so should any Patriotic American. Only a pitiful anti-American communist would choose a loss of Millions of jobs over a Tax paying Corporation that sustains 60,000 tax paying jobs,

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NetGear
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:55pm
Obama’s hope and change became smoke and pain. No more.

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gyro
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:52pm
send this in a mailer to all democrats

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Oneirishman
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:52pm
Anyone that voted for Obama, ever, should have to pay a higher tax rate as penance.

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- DadRocked
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:55pm
  I like that idea but only to those who vote for him again. We must forgive the disillusioned.
  
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DadRocked
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:51pm
Most obamanites that I cross paths with don’t even want to talk about him anymore. Four yrs ago a lot of bumper stickers in this D.C. area… now? Well one has to look for the stickers. These ads pretty much say what I don’t hear or see in this area.

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1592
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:51pm
The truth shall set you Free.

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OniKaze
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:50pm
Proof that Brain matter can grow when exposed to knowledge and experience…

The only people that will vote for Obama this time will be:

1. The Moron Vote
2. The “I don’t pay attention to politics” Vote
3. The Muslim Vote
4. The Completely ill-informed Vote.

Thats about it…

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:55pm
  The”Obama Phone” vote
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:57pm
  That just might be enough to win. It’s not like the USA of old ya know.
  
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- john vincent
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:04pm
  13th-
  
  I’m guessing you will appreciate this:
  
  http://www.sienna48.blog.com/?s=free+phones
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:21pm
  @ONIKAZE
  Also:
  5. The union vote
  6. The hardcore communist vote
  7. The fraudulent vote
  
  Note: There is considerable overlap among categories.
  
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:23pm
  @ONIKAZE
  8. The “cemetery vote.”
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:40pm
  Bush Administration came up with the phone thing.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:23pm
  @Dora
  
  I feel your pain. I’ve known and counseled many libs that were about to explode with all the pent-up anger they felt for their side and themselves. Don’t worry… after your obvious upcoming mental breakdown we on the right will be here for you. It’s only a matter of time and time is running out for you based on the progression of you posts.
  
  Yep, seen it many times. You’ll be a Republican in no time. Just keep up the hate. You know, just like Darth Vader. He turned and so….. will…… you……. Here’s a nice happy face for you. : )
  
  Just look in the mirror….. you’re toast…
  
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- DIR
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:26pm
  @ Dora
  
  Bush may have founded the free phone deal, but he isn’t running for office agaist Barry, Mitt is. Also the left wants to paint Bush and his admin. as the one’s who concocted Fast and Furious, which he did not. You say he started the phone give away. If it’s like anything else Barry has done, he’s basterdized the orginal Bush program and turned it into a monster. Even if Barry is just continuing on with Bush’s orginial program, Bush made some huge mistakes. The phone deal might be one of them.
  
  You won’t find conservatives taking up with any cheezy giveaway programs and letting some well intentioned but stupid conservative get away with it. Liberals, think Barry is beyond wonderful, even though he’s doing things a million times worse than George was angrily accused of by libs. It’s ok for libs to do certain things, but when conservatives do it’s not acceptable by both liberals and conservatives. You have patriots on one side and party loyalists (libs) on the other, many being easily bought off with worthless trinkets, like a junky cell phone while Barry and his boys are tapping into billions of taxpayer and lobbyist dollars not to mention tapping into vast resevours of power.
  
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john vincent
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:49pm
This is a heavy hitting ad.
-not sensational
-not arrogant
-not condescending
-not extreme
-it is not unbelievable

but it is:

-terse
-intelligent
-factual
-believable

This will leave a mark

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Individualism
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:49pm
thank you citizens united for the corporate/banker take over of the election. broken glass is coming.

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mcsledge
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:47pm
It’s on Americans to determine whether we make attempts at restoring this nation to greatness or destroying it. This nation will not survive four more year’s of lies and deceit in its leadership and socialist agendas.

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Urwrong
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:46pm
Why didnt they get my video im not disillusioned

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