John Kerry’s Negative Advertising Campaign

Bush/Cheney Campaign ^ | February 12, 2004 | Press Release

[Agrippa]

For months, John Kerry has run television ads attacking President Bush.

- To date, John Kerry has aired 27 campaign ads. 56% (15) of those ads have directly attacked the President on a range of issues including healthcare, taxes, Medicare, special interests, pollution, and Iraq.

- Of the $6.7 million that Kerry has spent on television ads since his campaign began, 73% of those ad dollars have funded a direct attack on the President. An analysis of Kerry’s buys shows he has aired $4.9 million in negative advertising across 15 states in more than 40 markets. These negative spots have run more than 9,712 times.

- For months, Kerry has used his television ads to falsely attack President Bush for ties to special interests:

“For three long years George Bush has put the special interests ahead of you.” (“Everyday” – Released 1/23/04)

“George Bush – he let corporate lobbyists rewrite our environmental laws.” (“Courage to Take on Bush” – Released 11/18/03)

“Under George Bush, we have a government that works for those at the top, not you. He’s given the biggest tax cuts in history to the wealthy. George Bush and Dick Cheney let polluters and oil companies rewrite out environment laws. They defend the loopholes that let corporations avoid taxes by moving jobs overseas.” (“Corruption” – Released 11/3/03)

“George Bush believes that what’s good for the drug companies and insurance industries is good for America, and he’s wrong!” (“Health Care Courage” – Released 11/21/03)

“What George Bush cares about is protecting those at the top” (“The Top” – Released 2/2/04)

“But right now, too many in politics are afraid to take on powerful interests…or they’re like George Bush and are working hand-in-hand with them” (“Courage” – Released 9/9/03)

To view full scripts of Kerry’s negative television spots, please visit: http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2233

[Agrippa]

The Bush campaign's teriffic Internet-only ad can be viewed here:

Unprincipled, Chapter 1

[HardStarboard]

Well ain't that just dandy: the Bush/Cheney Campaign publishes on their website a real handy compendium of Kerry's negative ads against Bush.

The Democrats are not even forced to run the ads - they can just say go to George Bush's website - all the dirt is there.

Not to be negative, but Duh!