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MarinCoUSA Donating Member (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:16 PM
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Coward Bush to have balls kicked (by McCain!) in new Dem ad.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/



Today, though, the Kerry campaign came out with a very powerful ad, one which in its tone and focus is exactly where the Kerry campaign needs to go.

It's called Old Tricks and the entire ad is a brief exchange from a debate from February 15th 2000 (which the political junkies among us probably remember) in which John McCain -- then in the thick of Bush's smears -- told Bush to his face to stop getting others to smear him over his war record. He ends by telling him he should be ashamed. The camera focuses on Bush and catches him not knowing how to respond, with what I think even his supporters would have to agree is a callow, trapped look on his face.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:22 PM
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1. Very effective ad!
I wonder what McCain thinks about it?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:25 PM
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5. Yeah, would like to get into mccain's brain
cell and know exactly what he really thinks of it.

I'm sure we'll get some political reaction from him.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:24 PM
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2. The Dems don't have to edit their ads...the
the truth gets them where they want to go!
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Alpharetta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:24 PM
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3. cool.
In effect, Bush hoisted by his own petty campaign.
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Born Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 03:29 AM
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26. Dems need to taunt bush
This is good, the dems need to smoke bush out from hiding behind others. Throughout his entire time, he always finds others to do his dirty work and he hides his mistakes by blaming others. If the dems can smoke bush out into the open where Americans can see him in a true discussion of what both candidates did during Vietnam, Americans will quickly see that bush is a coward and Kerry is a hero. The bush team has made this a character issue and it's time Americans see what type of character the bush coward has.
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TaleWgnDg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:25 PM
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4. huh? wha?
you really believe rightwingers will ADMIT to a mistake? to a wrong?

=====================================================
"I'm the commander, I do not need to explain why I say
things. That's the interesting thing about being the
President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why
they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody
an explanation ..." — GWBush, asserting what seems to be
a messianic complex.
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=16802

"I'm sure something will pop into my head." — GWBush,
when asked to name the biggest mistake he had made
since 9/11. Presidential press conference, Washington,
D.C., April 13, 2004.

=====================================================
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:28 PM
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6. I'm not saying I'm perfect...
...it's just that I'm not flawed in any way.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:33 PM
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8. >
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 12:43 AM
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17. McCain has sold his soul. n/t
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Seldona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:30 PM
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7. POWERFUL!
Wow

Literaly brought tears to my eyes.

How can they sleep at night?

I mean, what they are doing should have veterans screaming for blood.

I have never served, but I would be.

It simply shits all over their sacrifices, while they themselves are chickenhawks!

I think I need a break.

Only so much sleeze I can take.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:36 PM
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9. Bush didn't seem to
hurt McCain enough to keep him from wholeheartedly supporting him for reelection.

It's a terrific ad but I fear that it will have little effect. If McCain isn't bothered enough by George's dirty tricks to stop appearing with him at campaign events, why should the American people take his concern about this stuff seriously?

MzPip
:dem:
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TaleWgnDg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:43 PM
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10. well, perhaps, Kerry in this new . . .
ad is attempting to appeal to John McCain's sensibilities and honor? Let's see how long McCain is capable of holding hands with GWBush and telling America that GWBush should disparage "that ad."
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 12:46 AM
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18. Exactly.
People (i.e. real journalists) need to start grilling John McCain on how he can continue to support a candidate who continues to act in a way McCain earlier called shameful.

That's what I like about this new, brief ad. It puts both Bush *and* McCain on the spot.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 01:12 AM
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19. You got it...
It makes both of them look bad..
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:46 PM
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11. WoooHooo!
The gloves come off and it's a bare knuckle fight.

Can't wait to see Wolf and Judy dissect that ad on CNN.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:50 PM
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12. Chimpys pitt sniffer is now a Chimpy ball licker ?
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:50 PM
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14. lol, That Lewis Black...
what a comedian.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:50 PM
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13. Do you think Kerry has talked to McCain about this ad?
Not so much asking permission but, advising him before he sees it on tv or hears about it from someone.

I believe Kerry would do that.
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schultzee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:53 PM
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15. Why is it not on Television??? Internet is not going to make it work.
They sent it to me and it preaching to the choir. Not on rePIG I know will listen or look at any Kerry info I send them. I am disposing of all rePIG friends I used to have. They need to put it on Television!
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-04 08:54 PM
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16. I hope this is the big story going into the RNC convention
that and the anti-bush protests in NYC.
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WLKjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 01:15 AM
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20. Bush has had MULTIPLE DIRECT KICK IN THE NUTS
and its only going to become more frequent
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dolstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 01:19 AM
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21. For those wondering why this ad isn't on television
the answer is simple: John McCain. McCain will probably just look the other way as long as the ad is limited to the internet. But I doubt Kerry campaign things it could get away with a TV spot using McCain as the hatchet man. That would certainly provoke a response from McCain, who has, after all, endorsed Bush.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 02:51 AM
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22. Yes. Any ideas on how to get this ad out where folks will see it? (nt)
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uhhuh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 03:11 AM
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24.  And What Would McCain Say?


Either what was done to him was shameful or it wasn't.

He was being accused of being mentally unstable after serving his country.

He can't denounce this ad without looking like a fool, a chump, and a sycophant.

He will keep his mouth shut about this, or agree with Kerry's message, but try to give a lame explanation as to why the chimp is the right man for these times.

No matter which he does, it will not help the chimp at all, and may end up hurting both him and McCain.

I think it's a nice move by the Kerry campaign. They should go national on tv with this.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 03:08 AM
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23. I do hope the new ads wake up some of the gun-ho military personnel
that think this cretin walks on waters.
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Dancing_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 03:20 AM
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25. Bush beat McCain, now McCain campaigns for Bush
So there's nothing in this shit. It's a dead end, like the Iraq War.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 05:53 AM
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27. Duplicate and title
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=767266
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