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No ad in 2012 was as haunting — and few as effective — as this one from the conservative group Americans for Prosperity. A family eats dinner in sullen silence, a look of shame and anguish on the father’s face; no music or conversation. As the scene fades to black, some words appear on screen: “12.1 million Americans unemployed. It’s time to try something different.”