Posted on 08/22/2004 11:04:12 AM PDT by BJungNan
Flashback (April 7, 2004)
Kerry Campaign Hires MoveOn Director
Zach Exley, the director of special projects for the MoveOn PAC, is going to the Kerry campaign to become its director of online communications and organization. MoveOn is 527 group behind attack ads on Bush.
(Excerpt) Read more at gogov.com ...
from johnkerry.com
haven't gotten the video up of the NEW commercial he has had to pay for - 2 in three days! - but here's the background and the dialog:
New Ad: “George Bush. Denounce the smear. Get back to the issues.”
For Immediate Release
Watch the New Ad: "Issues"
George Bush Is Up To His Old Tricks: Watch the New Internet Ad: "Old Tricks". Sign the Petition.
(BACKGROUND)Washington, DC - With the Bush-Cheney campaign more intent on using its tired, old smear tactics than addressing the concerns of the American people, the Kerry-Edwards campaign Sunday unveiled a new television ad exposing the recycled Bush-Cheney attack campaign and urging the president to give the American people what they deserve – a discussion about the issues they face every day.
After four years of failed Bush policies, middle-class Americans are struggling. Good paying jobs have disappeared in record numbers. Health care costs have skyrocketed. American soldiers are fighting in Iraq, and America has failed to become as safe as we can be.
Yet even with so much work to do, the president is not talking about solutions. Instead, he and Karl Rove have flipped back to the well-worn smear page of their campaign playbook, last used against John McCain in 2000, and stood silent while their backers attack the service and honor of John Kerry and America’s veterans.
“This Bush backed smear is a case of Déjà vu for those who follow Rove and the president, but it is not what the American people deserve,” said Kerry-Edwards campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill. “John Kerry knows America can do better than lies and smear. That is why he and John Edwards have released a detailed plan to make America stronger at home and respected in the word. Their plan will strengthen the economy for middle-class families, create and keep good paying jobs in America, cut health care costs and make America stronger and more secure. That is what voters want to hear, not lies and smears, and it’s time the president realized that.”
In the 2000 Republican primary, then candidate Bush refused to disavow or condemn hateful and vicious attacks on McCain’s military record. The president is now doing the exact same thing – sitting silent while “Swift Boat Veterans for Bush” smear Kerry’s military service with proven lies.
Despite McCain calling the attacks on Kerry “dishonest and dishonorable,” Bush has yet to denounce them, just like he has yet to articulate his plan and vision for a second term.
“Issues”
TEXT OF AD:
John Kerry: “I’m John Kerry and I approve this message.”
Narrator: “American soldiers are fighting in Iraq.”
Narrator: “Families struggle to afford health care.”
Narrator: “Jobs heading overseas.”
Narrator: “Instead of solutions, George Bush’s campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry’s military record. Attacks called smears, lies. Sen. McCain calls them dishonest.”
Narrator: “Bush smeared John McCain four years ago. Now, he’s doing it to John Kerry.”
Narrator: “George Bush: Denounce the smear. Get back to the issues. America deserves better.”
But do the newsies catch on? Nahhhhh.
This guy is shameless. He is the outsourcing king.
LOL! Gosh, this is too easy. Next thing ya know, Kerry will dress up like a duck and go sit on a pond during hunting season..... Sheesh!
Zach Exley sez: "Rabbit season.....NO, duck season........"etc. etc. etc.......
BUMP FOR THE SUPPORT OF SWIFT VETS HERE... http://www.swiftvets.com/
Despiration has set in!
One possible response to Kerry's challenge to Bush to "Lets compare Vietnam service"....is for Bush to call a press conference and state that he has signed the SF180 form - and challenge Kerry to sign his..
Kerry's almost total dependance on events 35 years ago to validate his credentials to run for President, should make him EAGER to sign and make his "heroic record" public information...
Clue: Kerry won't sign. Kerry can't sign.. The records will NOT support Kerry's version of his service or his "wounds" or awards....
Semper Fi
"Despiration has set in!"
Aint that the truth! Last night on the local Seattle news they were covering the annual Seattle Hemp Fest. In it they showed a Kerry Edwards booth at the festival registering young pot smoking hippes to vote.
'One possible response to Kerry's challenge to Bush to "Lets compare Vietnam service"....is for Bush to call a press conference and state that he has signed the SF180 form - and challenge Kerry to sign his..'
actually, I read somewhere that Bush did not sign a SF180 either...might be worth looking for again..it was gere on FR....
So when is the Bush campaign going to start bringing up Kerry's Senate record?
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