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"It's American" Ad Script

Document Date: August 31, 2004

TV:30

ONE AFTER ANOTHER, A DIVERSE GROUP OF AMERICANS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SPEAK STARKLY TO CAMERA, WEAVING A UNFIED MESSAGE. WE SEE A SERIES OF CLOSE UP SHOTS OF EACH PERSON AS THEY SPEAK.

MAN 1:
MAN 2:
WOMAN 1:
WOMAN 2:
MAN 3:
MAN 4:
MAN 5:
WOMAN 3:
MAN 6:
WOMAN 4:
MAN 2:
MAN 7:
MAN 8:
WOMAN 5:
MAN 9:
WOMAN 6:
WOMAN 7:
WOMAN 8:
MAN 11:
WOMAN 9:
MAN 3:
MAN 9:
SUPER:

So the government can search your house
My house?
Our house?
Without notifying us.
Treating us all like suspects
It’s part of the PATRIOT Act.
The PATRIOT Act.
They want to make the whole thing permanent
With no debate?No review.
Questioning parts of the PATRIOT Act?
Isn’t liberal
Or conservative.
Left
Or right.
It’s American?
American.
We can change the PATRIOT Act.
So we can be safe?
Safe.
And free.
Free.
Safe and free.
Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself

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