Posted on 06/30/2004 10:46:45 AM PDT by 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
Gee, they failed to mention he was Michael Dukakis's Lt Govenor.Why?
Sure, this photo appears to prove that he can play an A7 chord, albeit a sloppy one. But can he play an Eb7#9b13?
Hockey player is a great tie in.......as New Mexico has won the Stanley Cup for at least a dozen years. They have quite the legacy going in hockey.
This is likely TRUE. According to leaders of North Vietnam, Kerry was an "author of (their) strategy to win" that war.....
There is no indication concerning which side his strategy is helping win.....
White Album?
HORSESHIT!
Criminal?
Either that, or broken...
No. White-wash Album.
How many times does this jerk need to 'introduce' himself. He must be a Gore clone who, on a daily basis, had to 're-invent' himself. Jeeze, this is getting soooo boring.
it just goes to show how consistent he is.. consistently boring. ;-)
New IMPROVED DNC talking point: "The public does not know kerry"
This create undefined clay to mold him into a "centrist".
Note to DNC: We KNOW who kerry is. We have SEEN kerry act against the USA. We have HEARD kerry speak agains the USA and for communism. We can even feeeeel the pain as he voted for every tax increase.
We know kerry, we know him well enough.
He's a husband who dumped one rich wife to marry a richer one. He's a veteran who dodged out of a one-year tour of duty in four months and then spent the next several years accusing his comrades of being war criminals.
His "record," using the word in its normal sense, is the record of his votes in the Senate. He has the most liberal record of any of the hundred senators presently serving. He voted repeatedly to gut the defense budget and the intelligence services. He voted repeatedly to raise taxes. That's his record.
Well, it's difficult. But you know the media. They forced it out of him and haven't let go of it since! lol
Is Wen Ho Lee endorsing John Kerry I wonder?
I'm sure the ABQ Urinal will give him a rousing endorsement.
What Kerry did is more important then where he was.
When I think of 'record' I think of accomplishments. What were the accomplishments of Kerry's 2 decade tenure in the senate? Zilch. Nada. Nothing. Wonder why they aren't touting his voting record. hehehe.
Wow. What a headline. What exactly, does the editor think his record is? And why wasn't it in the story about the emphasis on his record?
Can ANYone identify even one bill he has introduced in the Senate during those 2 decades that was passed into law?
Holy atonal zombies, Batman. This guy sings? What does it sound like? Kuuuuuummmmmmbaaaaaayaaahhhh myyyyy Lorrrrdddd,Kuuuuuummmmmmbaaaaaayaaahhhh. Ohhhhhhhh Looorrdddd Kuuuuuummmmmmbaaaaaayaaahhhh. My brain can't get around that.
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