President Bush to Launch Ad Blitz in Key States Tomorrow using 9/11 Imagery

[tnitsuj]

from Washingtonpost.com

 

[Czar]

copy paste pls

 

[leeboy]

Ah, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: leeboy
Ah, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.

The morons bleat on....

CkG

 

[ElFenix]

booooooo! :disgust:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Czar
copy paste pls

register pls

 

[leeboy]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: leeboy
Ah, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.

The morons bleat on....

CkG

w/e sheep. Time is running out for your champion. Poof, he is a memory that will be seen only in reruns. Buh bye now.

 

[DealMonkey]

I wonder, will the ads have that lame-ass Alan Jackson song playing in the background?

President Bush's reelection campaign will begin running ads in key battleground states around the country tomorrow that focus on the president's leadership on the economy and on the war on terrorism, and feature firefighters and footage from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The multimillion-dollar ad blitz comes at a time when the president's job approval rating has been slipping and he has fallen slightly behind in polls to Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who all but wrapped up the Democratic nomination in Super Tuesday last night.

The ads strike a positive tone and don't mention Kerry. But the use of Sept. 11 imagery may cause some controversy and provide ammunition for Democrats who have long accused the president of exploiting the tragedy for political purposes.

"I know exactly where I want to lead this country," Bush says in one ad. "I'm optimistic about America because I believe in the people of America."

At a press briefing this morning at Bush campaign headquarters in Arlington, Bush media adviser Mark McKinnon addressed a question about the use of Sept. 11 images, saying "obviously 9/11 was the defining moment of these times," and that the president's response to attacks "are important parts of this administration's record."

McKinnon, Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman and chief strategist Matthew Dowd refused to divulge details of where the ads were running or the cost of the media buy. But they described it as a "moderate" purchase that would be seen on national cable systems and in select markets around the country.

Later, a Bush campaign official said that the buy would cost about $4.4 million for now but could grow. He said the ads would run, at least initially, for three weeks.

A senior Democratic official in Washington who tracks the competition's ad strategy said the Bush campaign had purchased air time in about 50 media markets in 17 states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The Bush campaign appears to be focusing resources on key battleground states from 2000 that could again be up for grabs this November.

Bush advisers said today that the ads are meant to show that the country is safer and stronger because of Bush and to make the case that Bush's policies have put America on the right path.

"We thought it important to start with a setting the table of where the country's been over the last three years," said Dowd. He called the ads -- one 60-second spot and three 30-second spots, including one in Spanish -- the beginning of a conversation that will last until the election. Dowd said ads would be on the air consistently, though not necessarily every day, until Nov. 2.

The commercials are the first phase of what is expected to be a multimillion-dollar advertising onslaught. They carry the slogan: "Steady leadership in times of change."

Bush has more than $100 million in the bank, a large part of which will be spent on TV ads over the next few months.

The Bush campaign has predicted it will raise in excess of $170 million overall, which will likely far exceed what Kerry can raise.

"President Bush has provided the kind of steady leadership that the American people are looking for," Mehlman said. "He has made this country more secure at home and abroad, and his pro-growth policies are helping to create jobs and strengthen the economic recovery. These ads share the president's optimism about America's direction."

A statement issued by the Kerry campaign today blasts Bush's ad campaign as "revisionist history," and attacks his record on jobs, federal spending and domestic issues: "He said he would create 3.9 million jobs, but 3 million more people have lost their jobs. He said he would make health care more affordable, but 2.8 million more have lost their health insurance. He said he would cut the federal debt by $1 trillion, but his policies have added $1 trillion more, leaving the federal debt at over $7 trillion. Most astonishing, George Bush?s ad features a shot of the wreckage of that tragic September day almost 3 years ago, and the firefighters who so bravely worked to save lives.

In an interview on Tuesday, Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie downplayed the Bush campaign's money advantage, suggesting that independent expenditures by pro-Democratic groups and individuals would more than even the playing field.

"Well there's not really a money advantage when you look at the outside groups, and the fact is that these organizations like the AFL-CIO, Moveon.org, Americans Coming Together -- the George Soros funded organization -- they've said they'll spend between $560-$620 million to defeat the President this year," Gillespie said. "And I'm not sure that's legal, but that's what they said. And if that's the case, then those who seek to defeat the president in 2004 will outspend those of us who seek to reelect him."

Democrats scoff at that notion, noting that the Bush campaign, the RNC and various independent groups outspent Al Gore, the DNC and assorted Democratic-leaning groups by an estimated $178 million in 2000.

"The president is going to set all kinds of fundraising records," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Tony Welch. "And somehow [Gillespie] manages to say with a straight face that they're going to be at a disadvantage. Nobody believes that."

 

[Red Dawn]

Using 9/11? Like he did something any other sitting President wouldn't have done. Well they might not have bullsh!ted the American Public to support his and his Neocons excellent adventure in Iraq.

 

[Gaard]

9/11?

Wouldn't a shot of him landing that jet be a better ad campaign?

 

[MonstaThrilla]

The ads are linked in another thread, and while ridiculously sappy and vague, they are of overall great production value and the 9/11 scenes are done in relatively good taste.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Seems the panty bindage was a bit pre-emptive - no?



CkG

 

[Vic]

I am very sick of that tragedy being exploited for someone's political or economic gain.

 

[onelove]

*yawn* in an election year, no holds are barred - he'll play his security thing to the hilt to rally his people. Based on the approval rating/numbers, I guess this is a good time for W to start dipping into the campaign war chest.

I wonder how this undecided number looks compared to prior election years - I would think you are either loving bush or hating him, depending where you come from. here's the poll numbers from last week:
George W. Bush
44%

John Kerry
48%

Other/Unsure
8%
http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04gen.htm

 

[ScottyB]

Kerry should show images of Viet Nam and then some of young Bush party-ing it up.

 

[Zephyr106]

Originally posted by: Vic
I am very sick of that tragedy being exploited for someone's political or economic gain.

Bush wants the American people to remain cowering in fear and mindful that they are in immenent danger.

Zephyr

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Kerry should show images of Viet Nam and then some of young Bush party-ing it up.

:+) I like it - maybe then cut to scenes of Kerry's senate career, again transposed against bush cutting some lines & maybe sitting in a little school desk learning his 12-step program...

ok, that's mean-spirited. but, again, this is an election year...

 

[nutxo]

Originally posted by: Zephyr106

Originally posted by: Vic
I am very sick of that tragedy being exploited for someone's political or economic gain.

Bush wants the American people to remain cowering in fear and mindful that they are in immenent danger.

Zephyr

Yeh. Kind of like when liberals like to scare old people by saying that republicans want to take away SS or medicare. Kind of like Liberals, who like to scare people with anti gun mantras. Kind of like liberals like to try to scare minorities into thinking that Republicans want to turn blacks into slaves again or something.

Fear and emotion are generally the liberal weapons.

I've seen many, many posts inferring that Bush was to blame for 9/11. If he's gonna be blamed he might as well rub it right into the ass sniffing noses of the dogs who say it.

 

[Zephyr106]

Originally posted by: nutxo

Originally posted by: Zephyr106

Originally posted by: Vic
I am very sick of that tragedy being exploited for someone's political or economic gain.

Bush wants the American people to remain cowering in fear and mindful that they are in immenent danger.

Zephyr

Yeh. Kind of like when liberals like to scare old people by saying that republicans want to take away SS or medicare. Kind of like Liberals, who like to scare people with anti gun mantras. Kind of like liberals like to try to scare minorities into thinking that Republicans want to turn blacks into slaves again or something.

Fear and emotion are generally the liberal weapons.

I've seen many, many posts inferring that Bush was to blame for 9/11. If he's gonna be blamed he might as well rub it right into the ass sniffing noses of the dogs who say it.

Tough talk for someone in immenent danger. Remember, terrorists and married gays are constantly threatening your way of life! You must remain vigilent to protect your white culture.

Zephyr

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: Zephyr106

Tough talk for someone in immenent danger. Remember, terrorists and married gays are constantly threatening your way of life! You must remain vigilent to protect your white culture.
Zephyr

hehe - one minute its a thread about an ad campaign, next minute, somebody's calling somebody else an ass-sniffer. This seems to demonstrate my point about polization of the electorate, at least here in the little AT world!

Keep an eye on that threat level - I think we are still only at "average danger" (yellow) - the kind of danger W eats for lunch (up in airforce 1.. after somebody tastes it first)

 

[Zephyr106]

Originally posted by: onelove

Originally posted by: Zephyr106

Tough talk for someone in immenent danger. Remember, terrorists and married gays are constantly threatening your way of life! You must remain vigilent to protect your white culture.
Zephyr

hehe - one minute its a thread about an ad campaign, next minute, somebody's calling somebody else an ass-sniffer. This seems to demonstrate my point about polization of the electorate, at least here in the little AT world!

Keep an eye on that threat level - I think we are still only at "average danger" (yellow) - the kind of danger W eats for lunch (up in airforce 1.. after somebody tastes it first)

The nation's terror alert level has just be raised to Code Orange in response to imminent gay marriages.

Zephyr

 

[Wolfdog]

Utilizing 9/11 may actually be his downfall. It isn't like Osama bin hidin' has been caught now has it. Or maybe he should show footage on how past 9/11 airport security hasn't exactly been all he said it would. And how a boy could still bring weapons and fake explosives onboard a plane. Or pictures of all the WOMD he found in iraq..... ;0

 

[arsbanned]

Yes, it seems unwise to use 9/11 since it reflects on him in a negative way....
I'm sure the Ad production level is top-notch; hell, with a 200 million dollar war chest, why the hell should't it be?

 

[gsaldivar]

You must remain vigilent to protect your white culture...Zephyr

 

[DealMonkey]

Suggested theme for Kerry TV ad:

Images of Osama meeting with high-level Al Qaeda operatives. Fade to images of Al Qaeda low-level operatives swinging on the monkey bars and running the tire obstacle course followed by shots of aircraft training manuals being stacked up on a metal desk. Fade to video montage of Bush clearing brush and generally "ranching it up" at Crawford. Fade to black, with white text: "Bush was chopping wood and clearing brush during his month-long vacation in Texas while our country's worst terrorist act was being hatched. Did Bush spend more time on vacation than worrying about threats to our national security?"

Optional: Picture of Condi Rice looking confused. Text superimposed: "We never imagined that terrorists would use airplanes as missiles."