Bush leads in negative ads

The Bush-Cheney campaign has produced more negative TV ads than the campaign of Sen. John Kerry and is devoting more of its budget to airing them than Kerry is committing to his negative ads, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

But spending by independent, anti-Bush organizations has made up the difference. The $30 million those groups devoted to negative, anti-Bush ads has meant the amount of money spent on attacks aimed at each candidates is about the same.

Looking at ads produced by the two presidential campaigns and at information collected by an independent, ad-monitoring service and released by the campaigns, USA TODAY found that at least $45 million, nearly two-thirds of the $70.5 million spent so far by the Bush-Cheney campaign, has been to air its seven negative ads.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-17-negative-ad-analysis_x.htm

Joking.

was that bush was dumping tens of millions and still sliding in the polls.

I think its ok that he is throwing good money after bad...

bush is Leading kerry in something.

Seeing that they have NOTHING positive to run on, what did anyone think they would do.

They're all negative about Kerry all the time.

She was sooooooooooooooooooooooo disappointed in the tone of the Kerry campaign, I wonder how she feels about her idiot son's.

As a friend of mine likes to say, "fuck 'em in the heart!"

But in her case, this might not apply. Doubtful she has one.

... at least there are laws that say your ads must be truthful.

Unfortunately, there no such law that applies to campaign advertisements.

,...in campaign advertisements. There DEFINITELY should be reform and regulation with respect to truth in campaign advertising,...DEFINITELY!!!

http://www.rnc.org/

It's a disgusting new low.

I worked a local festival this weekend (voter registration) and I had a self-identified Republican tell me that he's sick of the negative attack ads and that he includes Bush.

We had a particularly nasty county commissioner's primary (Republican) where they went at each other with meat axes. Charges of sexual misconduct with a lobbyist -- concerned a candidate who is married with two kids. It really turned people off.

Kerry should let the surrogate organizations attack Bush's record -- Kerry should talk about what he'll do for America.