when the "swing voters" see this ad, this will create doubt when they consider Kerry being CIC. Very effective.
Remember Kerry's famous words, "How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake?"
These words may show up in a future Swiftie ad, coupled with the question, "Do you trust Kerry to lead America in the War on Terror?"
The Kerry supporters believe that the troops really did commit the war crimes, and even if not, Kerry was right to lie about it, in order to bring about a quicker end to the war.
They’re not targeting the rabid Kerry backers. They are lost. Good riddance.
They are targeting the knuckle-headed “undecided” voters who actually decide our elections. You know, the people who vote for the guy with the best smile or the one they “feel” is nicer.
This ad makes it very hard for them to feel that Kerry is a nice man who deserves their vote.
The ad is targeted at the soft undecided center, the independents and other such voters.
I disagree. This will hit seniors and Reagan democrats directly.
My father is a Reagan democrat. He was very much in support of the military during the Vietnam war, while he was in his early 30s. He served in the Navy in the mid 1950s.
The day I turned 18, he made absolutely sure that I registered for the draft. I had no intention of not registering, but he thought that the attitude of the kids at the time might have rubbed off on me.
This ad will change his mind about Kerry. I think I know him well enough to say that it will even make him strongly anti-Kerry. I can see him actively discouraging his friends and family from voting for Kerry. He might even vote agaist Kerry by voting for Bush.
I respectfully disagree. There are moderate Democrat Kerry supporters who are also veterans. Not all of those are Vietnam veterans. A lot are too young. Some are Gulf War vets. Some are veterans of the current War on Terrorism. They have families. They know Vietnam vets. They will ask questions.
My answer to people who believe that all or most Vietnam vets committed war crimes is to ask - calmly and rationally - if they have a close friend or relative whom they know well, who's a Vietnam veteran.
If the answer is 'yes', I then ask if they believe this person, their father, uncle, brother, husband, best friend, whatever, is capable of committing the atrocities they're accused of. If the answer is I don't know, I tell them to ask that person if they ever did or ever witnessed these things.
It makes them think.