Bush Campaign Ad Shifts Focus to Himself

[bluedog]

Bush Campaign Ad Shifts Focus to Himself

52 minutes ago



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with new commercials costing at least $14 million that praise the Republican for "moving America forward" amid economic and terrorism challenges.



"What gives us optimism and hope? Freedom, faith, families, and sacrifice," says the commercial unveiled Tuesday. Photos of firefighters, children, workers and soldiers fill the screen.


snip......... heralding his "steady leadership" in changing times.

Bush's two new ads do not mention Kerry but instead seek to make the case that the United States should keep the incumbent in office as the nation recovers from wartime and economic woes.


"In today's changing world the answers aren't easy," says the other ad. "We need a sense of purpose, a vision for the future, the conviction to do what's right."


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The Democratic National Committee (news - web sites)'s independent expenditure office is spending $6 million in 20 competitive states and on national cable networks to broadcast an ad in which Kerry argues that he can lead a nation at war.


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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_ads_1

[Dying Eagle]

1. The firefighters Union

Should demand the Firefighters taken out of the commercial. Make alot of noise, make the press notice. Police, Firefighters and first responders all SUPPORT KERRY!!

[lowreed]

21. I'm not a real fireman....

but I play one on TV

[soothsayer]

2. bwa ha ha, the negatives aren't working! he's in a bind if he has to try

to make HIMSELF look GOOD.

God, I can't wait to get rid of that dumbass. Hurry, November! Then hurry up Jan 20! Let's get Kerry in there ASAP.

Then let's look at that retroactive impeachment deal that Rep Conyers is talking about...

[bluedog]

3. aha

what can he really say to booster himself up?...........Everything he touches turns to shite.......no republican can name one thing he has done that is good for our country....this question never gets answered when posted on mixed boards......

[ima_sinnic]

13. no, there is ONE good thing that BushCo has accomplished:.

the Do Not Call list.
that's all I can think of, I defy any repukes to come up with any others --

[LisaM]

4. Look for his numbers to tank...

he absolutely can't run on his record. And they won't be able to run any ads while the markets are open, or they will plunge downwards as well. I think this is good news.

[central scrutinizer]

9. He'll do what he always does

wrap himself in the flag, take credit for measures he opposed, pretend to me a compassionate conservative, talk about new initiatives and fail to mention that he has no plans to fund any of them, and make not-so-subtle references to "values" which is Republican code for anti-choice and homophobia. And of course, it will be terra and more terra.

[rocktivity]

5. He's going to focus on HIMSELF?

I truly don't know whether to laugh or cry.



:scared:
rocknation

[underpants]

6. You can see a preview here

http://whitehousewest.com/

[fob]

20. Heeheeheee

[Cocoa]

7. he must be desperate

[progressivebydesign]

8. HOPE? What a fucking original idea!! N/T

[Chimpeach]

10. There is something seriously wrong with Dumbya.

[0007]

25. There is something seriously wrong with this country

since junior is running things and now he wants to focus on himself?

[omshanti]

11. SACRIFICE gives us hope? Soldiers dying gives us hope?

I don't think so!!
I tell you what gives me hope...
Let's start with you sacrificing your cushy figurehead "President" job, ok??

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[CO Liberal]

12. I Saw One of Those Commercials This Morning

The one thing that struck me about it was that after the "I'm Geaorge W. Bush, and ah approve this message" bit at the beginning, you neither saw nor heard Pretzelboy at all in the commercial. They just mentioned him in the tag line with his name superimposed on the screen.

It reminded me of 1972, when Nixon's bumper stickers said "RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT" because there were too amny negatives associated with the Nixon name.

[hang a left]

15. Can't you just see them in their campaign headquarters

running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Screaming "what do we do, what do we do?"




Bush-Cheney Campaign Headquarters:
What They Don't Want You To Know

by
Wayne Madsen

JULY 27, 2004: 1000 PDT (FTW) -- Amid a towering cluster of office buildings in northern Virginia stands a 10-story red brick and glass edifice. One of many new office buildings rising along Arlington County's growing Rosslyn-Ballston business corridor, the structure nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac at 2107 Wilson Boulevard has a special mission this year: to ensure that the Bush-Cheney administration is guaranteed another term in office.

One of three buildings in the Colonial Place office complex, Bush-Cheney headquarters has some special features that its two neighboring buildings lack: 360 degree pan and zoom cameras that resemble street lamps and roving private security guards. The reasons for the added security are quite understandable: working at the building full time are Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot; Ken Mehlman, Bush-Cheney '04 campaign manager and former White House assistant to presidential counselor Karl Rove; and a host of other GOP politicos who share the building. Common sights in the driveway are the parked black SUVs and sedans, drivers always waiting at the wheel. Sporting U.S. government license plates and darkened windows, the vehicles are a sign that 2107 Wilson receives a number of high-level government officials along with their Secret Service security details.




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Absent from the building are any campaign banners or signage indicating that this is the central hub of the national Bush-Cheney campaign. But there are telltale signs that a political campaign is being waged here. Above the maze of cubicles are televisions tuned into CNN (apparently even the Bush-Cheney campaign doesn't put much faith in Fox News and its politically biased, sensationalistic reports). Tacked to the occasional cubicle is a Bush-Cheney '04 bumper sticker or sign.

Yet the Bush-Cheney operation, with all of its security cameras and guards, does not fully appreciate the importance of operational security. While recently walking past the building on a well-traveled pedestrian sidewalk that leads to the Court House Metro station, I noticed that on the first floor, in clear view of anyone who wanted to look, were two 25-inch plasma computer screens. Both had color-coded maps of the United States. Stopping to marvel at the data being represented on the screens, I realized that one of the screens represented GOP tracking polls. In many cases, such internal political party polls - which are always highly classified - represent truer numbers than what is being reported by the national media organizations.

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http://fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/072704_bush_headq ...

[drscm]

14. What makes *Bush optimistic? The sacrifice of everyone else. eom

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[Bandit]

16. FLIP..........FLOP

First a news story saying August would be spent tearing down Kerry and now they say they will be positive and talk about Bush*. I guess they just don't know how to do it. After a few weeks of Ads saying things would be so much worse if not for Bush* and polling getting even worse for Bush* I expect they will resort to their only strength. Speaking ill of their opposition.

[young_at_heart]

17. What optimism? I'm 65 and I've NEVER been so pessimistic!

David Drier said on Bill Maher's show that there has always been hate toward presidents. He claims Bush is no different than the rest. My gut tells me he's wrong!

[democrat_patriot]

18. Ummm...Will Ferrell's ads are better.

They don't even show *?

Is his name splashed on the screen? What an asshat.

[AlFrankenFan]

19. About time

They just don't have much material to work with though, so this campaign will be very short-lived.

[deacon]

22. they are ripping off the dem convention themes!--what losers they are n/t

[pinniped]

23. Asshole's vision for the future includes killing the oceans and...

forests.

No mistake about it, this moran spells doom for planet Earth.

FUCK YOU *!

[truthisfreedom]

24. Bush Campaign Ad Shifts Blame to Himself (in a happier world)

[cliss]

26. So what are they going to do,

show commercials of BeetleBrain 24 hours a day? Just imagine how sick people will be from watching him.