Posted on 09/27/2004 2:58:25 PM PDT by jjmnolte
SPRING GREEN, United States (AFP) - Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) appealed for an end to the TV advertising war that has marked his election battle against President George W. Bush (news - web sites).
Kerry said the avalanche of negative television spots and attacks being shown on US screens was scaring off voters.
***More like kicking his Butt.
"Americans need a real conversation over our future," Kerry said in a speech at a school in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
"What they don't need is all these trumped up advertisements, they just make people curl up and walk away," added the Massachusetts senator.
***Who's gonna curl up and walk away. You now? Or you in Iraq?
"I'm calling them 'misleadisments,'" Kerry said of the adverts. "It's all scare tactics ... because (Bush) has no record to run on."
***"Misleadments?" Is that like, Misunderestimae?
The Democrats have complained bitterly about a new advertisement that shows Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), September 11 hijack leader Mohamed Atta, Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the ruins of the World Trade Center, and questioned whether Kerry was up to dealing with them.
A statement called the spot, run by the Republican group Progress for America Voter Fund, the latest in a series of "desperate and despicable attack ads" aimed at diverting attention from Bush's record.
The Democrats have rolled out a new advert of their own, titled "Despicable," in which they accused the Bush administration of "playing politics with terror" and dividing the country to win a second term at the White House.
A group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has also been at the center of the television advertising battle with controversial spots aimed at discrediting Kerry's Vietnam War record. The adverts accused the decorated Vietnam War veteran of exaggerating or lying about his exploits.
In Wisconsin, Kerry also made a personality attack against the president, saying that he and his rival are both children of privilege, but Bush considers his comfortable position an entitlement.
Kerry said "he and I, we went to the same university, we're both very privileged." Both men attended Yale University.
The Democrat added that from his education "came a sense of fairness and responsibility" while Bush "thinks it's entitlement."
Kerry said America's middle classes had suffered from the huge tax cuts that Bush had presided over and which Democrats say mainly benefit the most wealthy.
"He doesn't care, he's out of touch," said Kerry.
The Democratic contender has been in Wisconsin since Sunday preparing for the first of the presidential debates against Bush on Thursday.
He sought to highlight his own campaign commitments ahead of the November 2 election against Bush's "broken promise after broken promise".
Kerry also launched a new attack Bush's campaign in Iraq (news - web sites), a topic where Republicans have accused him of continually changing position.
"I've been right on Iraq all along," said Kerry. "I said yes, we ought to hold him (Saddam Hussein) accountable, but let's do it the right way, and I showed what it was, step by step. And step-by-step the president chose the wrong way."
I suppose this is a glimpse of how Kerry would negotiate with North Korea and terrorists.
It cracks me up everytime I read that the Dims accuse Bush of "dividing the country." This, from the guys whose signature line is that "there are two Americas."
Send money to SwiftVets.
Hit him where it hurts most.
Kerry is still whining about ads. The latest is one that questions whether Kerry who is weak on defense is up to the task of dealing with bin Laden, terrorists like Mohamed Atta, and brutal dictators like Hussein. All this bellyaching while the Dems are airing a commercial that accuses Bush of “playing politics with terror” and dividing the country to win a second term. Oh the horror! Imagine Bush trying to win a second term. What will the Republicans try next? And I guess destroying the Taliban, capturing Saddam Hussein, and establishing two new democracies is what Kerry must mean when he says that Bush is “playing politics” with the terrorists.
Can you believe what a girl he is?
LOL
When the elites do not get their way they either smack their opponents in the head with a "baseball bat" or "cry momma"!
You are so right! Liberals have a pretty small playbook when it comes fighting.
Perhaps the ads the Dems had to pull were part of their "Operation Favorite son" about Bush's national guard records BUT when the memos turned out to be screaming fakes-they had to chuck the ads....wouldn't it be great to "find" those ads if they exist.....it would prove they were participants in Rathergate.
Funny.
Four emntions of repubbie 257's ...
But more than half of Kerry's money (some 280+ million now I understand) is from HIS democratic-527's that have been attacking Bush since January.
And the writer ignores those.
The Girlie man image is France's image.
Go on John do it. I double dog dare you!
Laura Ingraham is going to have fun tomorrow!
Krybaby Kerry.
He can dish it out, but he SURE can't take it!
Funny!
The Democrat added that from his education "came a sense of fairness and responsibility" while Bush "thinks it's entitlement."
And which candidate has actually worked for a living:
Flown a fighter aircraft for 5+years
Been a CEO of an oil company
Been a director of another oil company
Run a baseball team as managing general partner
Run and worked a ranch
Run a state
Been President of the United States
And which has been a ward of the federal government for over 20 years as a Senator
having no noteworthy legislation to his name,
failing to show up for work on the intelligence committee?
Whaaaat?
Thank you John Kerry for confirmation that the ads are effective against you.
That proves it is a good idea for us to donate more $$$ to them!
Which country is the Pussy image?
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