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  • 'The Hug' becomes a TV ad for Bush

    10/22/2004 8:33:38 AM PDT · by bobsunshine · 64 replies · 2,756+ views
    Progress for America ^ | 10/20/2004 | Maggie Downs
    'The Hug' becomes a TV ad for Bush MASON - At the Faulkner household, it's known as "The Hug." Now the embrace between President Bush and then-15-year-old Ashley Faulkner has turned into something more than just a personal moment. It's also the most expensive TV ad campaign of the presidential election. The commercial, unveiled Tuesday by the Progress for America Voter Fund, will run on cable stations and in nine states - Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri - at a cost of $14.2 million. Among the group's major contributors are Reds owner Carl H....