Over the past few days, the Michigan Freedom Fund has been running this ad for the state's anti-union Right to Work bill.
Right in the beginning, you can see the kid below waving a flag.
The same kid shows up in a Republican Super PAC ad, below, against Congressman Pete Defazio (D-Oregon).
We're wondering who the other folks in the Right to Work ad might be. Anyone recognize them from other ads, stock footage or actual real life? Please include links.
Update from Julia: The intrepid Laura Neitzel found our friend above ("Young Boy Waving Flag, Slow Motion") on sale over at iStockphoto.
We also found our teacher friend (seen below at :14 in the MFF video) here on iStockphoto.
Keep us posted if you recognize anyone else in the ad, stock footage or not.
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@MaddowBlog re: 'who's in MI #RightToWorkforLess ads? ▌SWAG = SAG actors eg, Union Mems in Scree Actors Guild. Kid probably has a SAG card AND an agent.
That shot of the kid is stock footage from iStockphoto http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-video-12091285-young-boy-waving-flag-slow-motion.php
I found this clip in Getty Images (www.gettyimages.ca/footage) The title of the clip is: Young boy waving flag, slow motion. If you go to the Getty images website above and search for "Young boy waving flag, slow motion," it should be the third clip.
So, just like so many images on GOP websites which were stock images, this is the same thing -- only with video footage. It wouldn't surprise me if this entire ad was stock footage.
Sort of shows you how long the republicans in Michigan were getting this alleged rushed campaign for "right to work" pulled together. Of course, with the able assistance of ALEC and the Koch brothers-funded SuperPac that's most likely behind the Michigan Freedom Fund [sic].
Everything Gov Snyder has been parroting is straight out of the pro right-to-work play book.
You have some very smart and resourceful readers. Probably has something to do with you being smart and resourceful.
While unions at times need flexibility in their demands, it remains a fact that CEO pay is rising 127 times as fast as wages over the past 30 years. Corporate profits are skyrocketing while wages stagnate. Without strong unions this trend will continue. See Huffington Post May 2. 2012. Greed by corporations is being blamed on the worker, by those who can afford glitzy commercials.
Sheesh. I can remember when people actually used to go out and film political ads. Now they just grab some stock pictures from the Internet.
If Americans get any lazier, we'll be outsourcing our breathing.