Re: Bush ads, We hit a nerve!!!

My fertile mind | 03/04/04 | ME

[concerned about politics]

I'll bet he draws pictures of the event when he's bored, making machine gun sounds and dying Charlie noises like kids do when the draw.

No joke. He's get to be mentally disturbed. Vietnam was decades ago, and it's all he can come up with.

[Wolfstar]

With all due respect, those who lost family members in September, October and November 2001 to the terrorist hijackings and anthrax attacks (which I never leave out) DO NOT OWN THOSE EVENTS. September 11, 2001 and the anthrax attacks were perpetrated against the United States of America.

They were epoch-altering events. This November, the American electorate will be divided along the lines of those who still have not grasped this fact and those who do.

The presidency of George W. Bush (as well as the man, himself) was forever marked and altered by those events, which were the defining moments of the GWB presidency. His response during that gut-churning time is not part of his record, but CENTRAL TO his record.

Anyone who says he should avoid mention of 9/11 in his ads, or any other time during his campaign, is actually trying to prevent GWB from running on his record. Near as I can remember, this is the first time a president's political opponents want to avoid a discussion of his bona fide record. Gee, I wonder why...

[Fenris6]

"Our mission is to seek effective, nonviolent solutions to terrorism"

LOL. Non-violent solutions to terror - search for "root causes", blame American "imperialism", then bend over and grab their ankles. What a bunch of short-shited naive human shields. Send the whole lot over to Damascus.

[smoothsailing]

I heard he got the Bouffant de Guerre Medal for Valor from Charles DeGaulle in 1971.

Heard it from Toulous at the local french bakery shop.

[FourPeas]

Our mission is to seek effective, nonviolent solutions to terrorism

Once they've solved the problem of terrorism, they'll seek effective, non-coronary solutions to heart disease.

[Jorge]

...but tonight CNN,MSNBC,FOx,ect. have all played the hell out of it!

Bush's ad has gotten more FREE air time than he PAID FOR as a result of the Dems and libs protesting it.

And it promotes Bush's strongest issue..terrorism and national security.

I think this is one more example of "dumb" George Bush outsmarting the Dems and liberals politically.

By the way, do you see any big furor over the MoveOn.org ads smearing Bush? They are barely being mentioned.

[snooker]

And when these same liberals all gathered around the 'toon down at OKC to blame the right wingers for the bombing. Who was dividing, who was using tragedy for political gain.

Every time the 'toon spoke at OKC you know he was blaming the gun owners, and by implications all Republicans. Talk about divisive politics.

So Bush has hit them where it hurts and where they are weak. The louder they scream the more commercials he should run.

And when 9/11 comes around he should go to NYC and do the 'toon act like the 'toon did in OKC.

Fair is fair.

[jpf]

"Our mission is to seek effective, nonviolent solutions to terrorism"

Why am I thinking of the therapy scene with Doctor Evil and Scott from AUSTIN POWERS?

[CurlyBill]

The Democratic Strategy this year will be to attack any effective ad or message that George Bush puts out as "improper" or simply to accuse Bush of attacking Kerry's patriotism. They are completely bankrupt and have to rely on creating a perception that the economy is tanking and that somehow the war is not going well. They are selling snakeoil. Unreal!!!

[ohioWfan]

I think we should hit a bigger nerve and show THIS event in the ads..........hehe......

[Reactionary]

You've got it right. We hit a nerve. The good liberals know that the ads will work, and that's why they're squeeling again.

Hit them harder.

[Wolfstar]

Oh, boy, do I ever agree. All the nonsense about GWB's supposedly being "AWOL" from the guard was a preemptive Dem strike to try to prevent use of any of the Lincoln footage. They are deathly afraid that if the public is reminded of the president's sterling leadership these past three years, the election will be a blow-out of monumental proportions. They have been playing a desperate kind of defense even during their primary season. With some luck and some skillful campaigning, we can keep the Left on the defensive right through election day.

[potlatch]

ping to #19

[BlueAngel]

Excellent post, Wolfstar!

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Exactly! 

It's the same for any group that wishes to create an exclusive province for any event or any symbol (the Confederate battle flag comes to mind, or the statue of Jefferson Davis in the KY capitol, etc., etc., etc.).

I worked with someone who was killed n 9/11. Not a close friend, but more than a mere acquaintance. Does that give me some special privilege for deciding on the memorial architecture or deciding who uses the images of 9/11 in free political speech? I don't think so.

If Al Quada had sent one terrorist over to NYC on 9/11 to murder one person on a street corner - and the assailant was prosecuted, it would be The State of New York vs. [fill in the blank - name of terrorist]. It is the state which prosecutes criminal acts on behalf of all of the population. An attack the magnitude of 9/11 was an attack on our nation as a whole. While the families deserve and have received our sympathy and support - they are not elevated to a special position by that victim hood to determine things like national security policy or strategic decisions about the war on terrorism. It is a matter for the entire country to evaluate and debate and decide, through our elected representatives and officials. As such, issues in the aftermath of 9/11 and symbolized  by some subdued glimpse of 9/11 in a commercial are not beyond propriety.

I'd like to know if Democratic party operatives or Kerry campaign staff were working the phones last night after the release of the ads - ginning up reaction from the firemen (already endorsers of Kerry) and the select widows and survivors who have commented so far. That is the politicization of 9/11 that we should be outraged about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[concerned about politics]

The good liberals know that the ads will work, and that's why they're squeeling again.

The demons always screech the loudest when they're being cast out.
If you own a pig farm, better check the lock on the gate.

[KC_Conspirator]

I still think that the bullhorn picture should eventually used in the campaign. Its going to be in textbooks for the next century.

[Monti Cello]

The bullhorn scene would be perfect. I hope they roll that out later.

[harpo11]

Bring it on.
No, you bring it on.
I don't want to bring it on.
No, you've got to bring it on.
No way am I goin' to bring it on.
Man, are we nuts or what?
Bring it on. No you idiot, you bring it on.
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But, vote for us anyway.
Because we know you are really pisselled off at President Bush.

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