I’m loving this:
Hold onto your hats, because Democrat Jim Barksdale is out with a new ad, and he still really loves his newsboy cap. He has centered basically his whole Georgian Senate campaign around his signature accessory. The newsboy cap is on his head (and his supporter’s heads) in all press, it is featured in his ads and it even appears in his logo.
In the new spot, called “Symbol,” Barksdale describes the meaning behind his beloved cap. He describes how his hat itself is a symbol that silently represent two things about him; who he is and what he is fighting for.
One thing that the cap symbolizes, according to Barksdale, is his priorities. He calls out both Democrats and Republicans alike for signing onto “bad foreign trade deals that send our jobs overseas,” which makes it impossible to find a hat made in Georgia. He makes a deal with the voters that he will vote against such trade deals as long as they vote against his opponent, Republican incumbent Senator Johnny Isakson.
The hat also represents who he is, because as he stated in another ad, it makes him stand out. Barksdale shows by his stylistic choices that he is not afraid to be different from the crowd, or vote against the norm. His old-timey paperboy cap is associated with the working class, reminding voters that Barksdale is “not a career politician.”
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