Clench-Jawed Katie Uses 9/11 Widow to Bash Bush TV Ads

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

There are mornings like this one when you don't have to wait for Katie Couric to open her mouth to know that she's on the warpath. In her just-completed segment, it was enough to see Couric's grim, clench-jawed, tight-eyed, black-garbed look to know that Bush presidential adviser Karen Hughes was going to be in for a bumpy ride.

Couric did let Hughes get in one statement before going on the attack. After Katie's clenched-jawed greeting, Hughes did manage to say: "these ads say a lot about the American people and the shared experiences we've had over the last three years. Sometimes when you're living history it's hard to realize it. The President has great confidence in the American people, a stark contrast with the negative tone of the Democrats."

But then Katie went on the offensive, immediately grabbing her nuclear weapon from the liberal arsenal.

Couric: "There are a number of images of Ground Zero in these ads. A 9/11 widow has said she is offended. She said that 'with 3,000 people killed on the President's watch it takes an awful lot of audacity to use these images. It is in bad taste.'"

Hughes was not intimidated. She politely but firmly took issue, stressing that it was important to remind the American people of what they have been through.

But Katie came back to the charge: "at the same time is it appropriate to use those images for campaign purposes?" she asked, grim-faced.

Remember that when John Kerry starts running ads highlighting his service in Vietnam, where 58,000 US soliders and millions of civilians died. Will Katie be questioning Kerry's decency and good taste in "exploiting" those images?

Next, Katie tried a pre-emptive strike on any possible negative advertising against Kerry.

Q. "Will there be another series specifically targeting John Kerry and when will they run?"

Hughes: "Fairly soon we'll begin talking about Kerry and his record. He has voted against defense systems we're using to win war against terrorism and against intelligence."

Of course we all remember the tough questioning that Katie gave to the various Dem candidates over the course of the primaries for the endless commercials they ran bashing President Bush. Or maybe not.

Katie: "Iraq is never mentioned in the ads. Why is that? Are his campaign advisers afraid he might be vulnerable on that issue?"

Hughes: "We've just begun. I've just come back from Afghanistan where people are grateful that we've rid the country of an oppressive dictatorship and I'm sure the people of Iraq feel the same way."

Katie: "Exit polls among Ohio voters show that by far the most important issue is the economy, with few mentioning Iraq. Since by 'conservative estimates' more than two milion jobs have been lost how do you feel the President can convince the people the economy is strong and getting stronger if it is still on the forefront of people's minds?"

Of course Katie didn't mention that the people polled in Ohio were Dem primary voters, a very partisan, Bush-hating, liberal demographic.

Hughes had an excellent response, one we can expect to be hearing much more of: "Not only have we recently had the strongest growth in the last 20 years, but unemployment, while it will always be a concern for the President, is lower than the average rate in the 70s, 80s, 90s and first Clinton first term. Continuing the President's policies of low taxes, less government regulation and intrusion will work."

[anoldafvet]

"at the same time is it appropriate to use those images for campaign purposes?" she asked, grim-faced."

Katie, was it appropriate for Algore to use images of the black man being dragged behind a pickup truck in his campaign? You and your democRAT ilk make me sick.

[OldFriend]

Some 9/11 victims have exploited their loss to the point where many of us find them despicable and undeserving of our sympathy any longer.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Katie, was it appropriate for Algore to use images of the black man being dragged behind a pickup truck in his campaign?

Perfect illustration of liberal hypocrisy.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

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[OldFriend]

Sorry to say but the firefighter's unions support her heinous in NY and often make appearances with her as she demands MORE MORE MORE money for them.

[DManA]

If she hates this positive ad, her head will blow off when she sees the first negative ad.

The only Bush ad the media would not pan would be George bowing down and chanting "I am not worthy" with the voice over saying Vote For Kerry.

[DManA]

Then they'd carp at him for spending too much money on the ad.

[MEG33]

Actually that was an NAACP ad about it "feeling like Bush killed her father all over again".I think I have that right.

[boxerblues]

You can see them here.


http://www.georgewbush.com/TVAds/

[MEG33]

There is a small group that gets quoted over and over.

[reagan_fanatic]

If Couric really cared about being honest with her viewing public, she would announce everyday before she starts the show that she is a biased, liberal clintonite who slants every single news article regarding Conservatives, attacks any Conservative who dares appear on her show and gets up every morning asking herself what she can do to to further the democrat's liberal agenda.

Katie is a sad but all too common example of today's corrupt, liberal journalist with a political axe to grind.

[Doc Savage]

Of course one would always hope to eventually see a response such as, " Listen you socialist arsewipe, real Americans have had it up to here with your mucoid colon and those 60's leather boots. You're a dipsy, moronic airhead whose daily goal is to kiss as much Liberal ass as your lying lips can get a hold of. It is a critique of the self-serving Liberal media that a know-nothing two-bit talent like you could be paid millions to promote Demonrat propaganda every morning. You're a pius, arrogant, anti-American carbunculus pustule in need of lancing. May your next colonoscopy result in a perforated bowel!!"

Then again,............

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Yes, it was an NAACP ad, but can anyone doubt it was produced and aired with the connivance of the Gore campaign?

[Toespi]

Again, I want to thank you, Gov, for the sacrifice you make. You place yourself on the line every morning, something many of us could never do. You should be given a medal for watching Katie in the AM. Thank you for your service to this web-site!

[MEG33]

He didn't distance himself from it ..condemn it,so I assume Gore loved it.

[mhking]

Of course; Katie knows that by using images from 9/11, we (the people) are reminded of the good that W has done, and not the spray-painted image that Katie and her friends want us to see...

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks very much for your very kind comment. It really keeps me going, even in the face of Couric-generated acid reflux!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Link to Video of Karen Hughes Interview with Katie Couric

[OldFriend]

It's clear that Karen Hughes is going to be one EXCELLENT spokewoman for President Bush.

Watch for the media to attack her very soon.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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