Should Kerry show the body bags of 540 soldiers coming home?

[59millionmorons]

I am sure by now you have seen the Bush ads exploiting the deaths of 3000 Americans, for his political goals. Do you think it would be alright for the democrats to run ads showing the 547 body bags coming back from Iraq? Bush seemed to avoid this issue in his current ads. To answer my own question, I say no.

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. No, since he supports the crusade, that would not be wise

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Better idea

He should attend their funerals.

[JI7]

3. NO, NO ,NO, but Kerry said they deserve full military honors

[Vladimir]

4. if he could find footage

of people cueing in front of unemployment/benefit offices (does such footage exist?), it would be better than body bags. Body bags are too easy to answer by saying: You voted for it.

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[Qanisqineq]

5. 551 body bags

[wryter2000]

No

Major backfire.

[canuckagainstBush]

6. Bad plan. It would backfire bigtime. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. He should send his , could be,VP, Wes Clark to attend the funerals.

Do you want to shame and embarrass the chimp in chief? THAT is the way to do it.

[DoNotRefill]

8. that would be extraordinarily stupid....

given his vote on the IWR....there's more than enough blood on people's hands to go around....

[LiberalFighter]

9. Show the mothers/wives??

[Turbineguy]

10. No

On edit:

Let the republicans do the poor taste bit.

[Bryan]

11. No, but I'll tell you what he SHOULD do....

It might be a good idea for Kerry to start incorporating returning servicemen into his campaign. Think about it: all the vets he shows in his campaign are from his generation, but there's a new cohort of battle-scarred Iraq veterans growing every day, and nobody has more reason to question Bush than they do. With his ability and experience in organizing vets, Kerry can give them a forum, and voters will take them seriously.

[ex_jew]

12. What about showing pictures of the dead before they died ?

I think this would make a powerful impression on people if projected on a backdrop at the convention. They could have a minute of silence while the camera panned over all the smiling faces. Sure it's political, but I don't see any other way for people to comprehend the sheer magnitude of the loss.