Still Photo: 9/11. A man jumping from the burning Twin Towers.
Still Photo: President Bush at Ground Zero.
Still Photo: Media headlines attacking Bush.
Still Photo: A wounded soldier with the President.
Zoom in on the front page of the New York Times, with a voice-over saying:
"Would you vote for these people to protect your country?"
Wishful thinking, my friend. In 2004, the Bush campaign ran an ad with 9/11 imagery, the Jersey Girls complained, end of ad. As usual, the gutless, spineless, balls-less crowd in DC bent over to the Dems.
I firmly believe that without the Swift Boat ads and the Rather scandal blowing up in his face (thanks in large part to Buckhead here on FR), Kerry would be President.
It sure as heck had nothing to do with the gutless wonders at the Bish campaign who let the opposition frame the terms of debate from Day One.
We'll never get the kind of commercials we want from political candidates or the administration. They are too afraid of turning off or offending those who are undecided.
The only way this commercial could make it would be for a group of like-minded people (us, for example) to band together, raise the money to buy the time and run the spot.
I'll throw in a hundred...after my contribution to Free Republic.