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Obama for America

"Forward" +
  7:17 web video from April 30, 2012.

[Music] TEXT: 2008

Various news announcers:
For the fifth straight month the U.S. economy lost jobs, 324,000 so far this year...

The meltdown in the mortgage industry...

This is the biggest point drop that has ever been seen in a day...

The worst financial collapse since the Great Depression...

This is cataclysmic...

American workers were laid off in numbers not seen in three decades...

Whoever wins in November is going to come into office in January facing a deep recession, facing trillions of new liabilities...

This is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type of event.

TEXT: 4,400,000 jobs lost

TEXT: 2009 January  Inauguration Day

Obama (clip from Inauguration speech): Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many.  They will not be met easily or in a short span of time, but know this America, they will be met.

Male Announcer: On the day Barack Obama took office, America had already lost 4.4 million jobs.  An economic disaster—the worst in a generation.  Some said America's best days were behind us.  But like America he dug deep, fought back and never lost faith in our ability to meet the challenge.

The president's stimulus plan...




Notes: The first 37 seconds or so set the stage, emphasizing how difficult times were when Obama took office.  The bulk of the video focuses on accomplishments and "real results," then comes a bit on Republican obstructionism, followed by a section highlighting Obama's role as commander in chief, including the killing of Osama bin Laden and ending the war in Iraq.  Next text of accomplishments were slid on the screen.  The close included clips of Obama speaking.


From the press release...

The video outlines the challenges America faced as President Obama took office at the height of the worst recession in almost a century and details the progress that has been made reclaiming the security of the middle class and building an economy that's meant to last, where hard work pays and responsibility is rewarded.

This video, which will serve as an important grassroots organizing tool through the course of the general election, will be played live during the President's first campaign rallies next Saturday in Ohio and Virginia.