New Kerry Ad in N.M. Emphasizes Record

Yahoo ^ | 6/30/04 | Liz Sidoti - AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) paused his campaign advertising this week because of the July 4 holiday — except in Albuquerque, N.M., where he started broadcasting a new TV commercial Wednesday that emphasizes his various roles and mentions Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) and Bill Clinton (news - web sites).

"He's a husband and father. A pilot, a hunter, a hockey player. Tough prosecutor, advocate for kids," the ad says. "Nineteen years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."

The 30-second ad also describes him as "a combat veteran who has been praised by former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under both Presidents Reagan and Clinton" and an "author of a strategy to win the war on terror."

The ad is largely biographical, a deviation from Kerry's most recent commercials that mostly highlight his policy proposals. In May, Kerry ran 60-second biographical ads that were meant to introduce him to voters. He followed those up with commercials that fleshed out his agenda.

"This an important piece of introducing John Kerry to the nation leading up to the convention," which begins in Boston on July 25, said Stephanie Cutter, a Kerry campaign spokeswoman.

Kerry's campaign spent next to nothing — about $50,000 — to run the new ad in the one media market for a week. Cutter said the commercial likely will go up in other states and nationally later on.

After spending more than $60 million on ads since March, Kerry stopped running commercials in media markets in 19 other states and on national cable networks on Monday because of expected low viewership around Independence Day.

President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election campaign, which has spent more than $80 million on commercials, also suspended advertising during the period.

By the time the campaign resumes ads next week, Bush will have been absent from the airwaves in local media markets in 19 states for two weeks. And, he will have been dark on national cable networks for over a week.

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On the Net:

Kerry campaign: http://www.johnkerry.com

Bush campaign: http://www.georgewbush.com

[NormsRevenge]

Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites)(MA) addresses the annual Rainbow/PUSH convention in Chicago June 29, 2004. Kerry on Tuesday rejected any suggestion that he release records of his 1988 divorce, calling it old history that had nothing to do with anyone else. 'I have no intention of doing that at all,' Kerry said during a campaign stop in Phoenix, Arizona, when a reporter asked if he would release the papers from his divorce from his first wife Julia Thorn. Photo by Frank Polich/Reuters

[Coop]

New Kerry Ad in N.M. Emphasizes Record

Criminal?

[NormsRevenge]

Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) speaks at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition annual meeting June 29 in Chicago, Illinois. In a New York Times/CBS News poll published this week, 55 percent of Americans felt Kerry said what people wanted to hear.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)

[Undertow]

"This an important piece of introducing John Kerry to the nation leading up to the convention,"

Sheesh, he began his campaign last year. He's been the nominee for months. Oh yeah, he was also in Vietnam.

And they still have to "introduce" him???

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Who's John Kerry?

[WoodstockCat]

John Kerry fought in Vietnam?

[NormsRevenge]

He looks tucker'd!

Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) (D-MA) gestures during a speech at the annual Rainbow/PUSH convention in Chicago June 29, 2004. Kerry's speech focused on the promise of opportunity to every family in every city and town in America. REUTERS/Frank Polich US ELECTION

[Spok]

It seems as though he carefully avoids mentioning his VOTING record.

[kevkrom]

New Kerry Ad in N.M. Emphasizes Record

If he wants to emphasize his record, how about releasing his full military records? Oh, and the divorce records (plus the annulment records that would allow him, as a Catholic, to marry THK) while we're at it...

[NormsRevenge]

Yet he just keeps going and going.. with all these cheesy athletic shots.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., catches a pass while playing football before boarding his plane at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Tuesday, June 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

[Undertow]

Maybe he recorded a solo album.

[kevkrom]

... and his medical records... and how about an honest debate on his Senate voting record that doesn't result in Kerry or a surrogate claiming that it's an attack on Kerry's patriotism?

[Lunatic Fringe]

He's an "author of a strategy to win the war on terror."

What a coincidence... so am I!!!

STRATEGY: Kill all terrorists.

[Kackikat]

You forgot to mention John Kerry served in Vietnam, he would want you to mention that....

[Destructor]

Senator Kerry's voting record would play well in New Hampshire.

[NormsRevenge]

Mike Shelton - OC Register

[Puppage]

"He's a husband and father. A pilot, a hunter, a hockey player. Tough prosecutor, advocate for kids,"

Oh, SHUT UP!!

[Maceman]

"He's a husband and father. A pilot, a hunter, a hockey player. Tough prosecutor, advocate for kids," the ad says. "Nineteen years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."

Nothing here that strikes me as qualification for the Presidency. What's notably absent is any executive experience whatsoever. Based on this resume, he wouldn't be qualified to manage a Burger King restaurant, let alone the executive branch of the US government.

The 30-second ad also describes him as "a combat veteran who has been praised by former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under both Presidents Reagan and Clinton" and an "author of a strategy to win the war on terror."

An author of "a" strategy (not "the" strategy) to win the war on terror, huh? Sure. Just like Al Gore authored the Internet.

Mister Empty Suit, based on everything I've read here.

[Phantom Lord]

When ever you come across a Kerry supporter ask them this simple question and watch the look of confusion and utter desperation come across their face...

Could you please list for me some of the legislation that Mr. Kerry in his 20+ year career in the senate that he has gotten through congress and that he was the author of?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

"author of a strategy to win the war on terror."

Gee, am I Rip van Winkle? Did I sleep through Kerry’s strategy to win the war on terror? Or is the add claiming that his vague statements that we need to get the UN to do something amounts to a strategy for victory over the Islamofascists?