WOW, Dean to Use Shrub's "Spacesuit/Aircraft" Video in New Ads

To Dean, a Bush image is fodder
By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff, 11/8/2003

NASHUA -- Presidential contender Howard Dean plans to air television commercials showing footage of President Bush's landing on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln -- images Bush deployed as a triumphant visual coda to the Iraq conflict but which Dean says are now powerful reminders of a war gone wrong.

With mounting casualties and unrest in Iraq, the images, which include a backdrop banner reading "Mission Accomplished," are increasingly viewed by Bush's political opponents as a liability. Dean is the first Democrat to commit to using them in his ads.

"We're going to put up the aircraft carrier ad and show what his real defense is," Dean said in an interview on Thursday. "We're going to use this footage of him landing on the aircraft carrier . . . to show that he's all talk and no action. And the action he's got us into has cost us 400 lives and thousands of wounded people who will never get their limbs back."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2003/11/08/to_dean_a_bush_image_is_fodder/

You GO Doctor! Keep showin' the rest of 'em how it's SUPPOSED to be done!

I hope someone runs with that and makes an ad comparing Lieberman to Bush while the Imperial March plays.

Let's focus on the task at hand, not waste time squabbling...

Well he looks like Palpatine has no problem with the Imperial Whitehouse.

Lieberman is Senator Palpatine.

Reminds me of a certain memo-leak, in a way....it's taking control and setting the tone....

But he is a little boy with the suit way too big for him.
Or he gets out and he is wearing cap pistols.

This is something that the supporters of all the candidates were wishing for their canididate to do. It will be interesting to see if any of them condemn Dean for doing the same thing they wished their candidate had done.

Go Dean!

:toast:

gin

his presidency is over.

It's just such a perfect symbol of the modern American psyche. It says that this is a culture that cares about image above all else- that perception is reality, and that marketing is king.

Imagine- an entire country celebrated the end of a war simply because a small group of political marketing guys decided that we'd reached the proper dramatic conclusion.

They pulled a statue down and just decided to call that victory. It was romantic- it "sold". The President had a Hollywood-style display on a carrier, announced victory, and the whole country just accepted it. Just like that.

The problem is that perception is NOT reality. It's like this country had to be slapped in the face to see that the world is not just one big reality TV show.

killed and wounded.

bush took after the WTC attacks, was to get to Nebraska, and huddle in a bunker. Not exactly presidential material for wanting to look like some kind of 'tough guy'. As is his usual mental state, he was so scared he soiled his pantaloons.

:bounce:

and Clark for awhile now. After reading this I'm leaning towards Dean.

of sooo many reasons Dean (and his campaign) continues to lead the pack.

Get involved in his campaign if you haven't. You won't be sorry you did.

he keeps the momentum going with every news article that comes out about him. I love the way he is always on top of what is going on.

I think it is because Dean is no longer in office, and hence does whatever the hell he wants. The other guys have reputations and connections to keep clean.

Keep Bush on the defensive. This is what Democrats have been wanting to see.

Until now, I have never given money to political campaigns and I don't even know if I'm voting for Dean. Yet everytime I hear something like this, I find myself sending money.

The limit is $2000, right?

.

particular ads? I'd love to donate money just for this.

.

1-802-651-3200 That's the # for campaign office.

Maybe they can arrange something for you.

as far as I understand, it's $2,000 per election--meaning that you could give $2,000 to the primary campaign and then another $2,000 for the general election, if you have deep pockets. (Hellllooooo, alcuno!) Isn't that right, political junkies?

Hellllooooo, Oregonian.

Two Words on a Banner That No Author Wants to Claim
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/national/03LETT.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=642138


Whose banner is it, anyway?
http://armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2346349.php
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=188715

Bush Errs on 'Mission Accomplished' Query
Bush Disavows 'Mission Accomplished' Banner on Ship, but White House Admits Having Sign Made
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20031028_2017.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=188592

did. Right fucking on!

Go Dean

It's these strategic but accurate attacks that are but one of many major reasons why I love the Gov and his campaign.

he ought to say something about whether AWOL earned the right to wear that suit, given that we was AWOL for a year.

The jackass opened the door for an examination of his military record -- Dean need to give him one.

Your fraudulency, where were you during that year between TX and AL?

(my memory is bad... was it AR?)

where whistle ass went AWOL to campaign for another repug.

Dean is the Democrat we have been dreaming about. One they is not afraid of speaking out for us, the citizens of the Democratic Party.

He gives me such hope that we CAN take our country back!

he has no fear -- i kind of thought Clark would have been the first to use the aircraft carrier footage in ads (and he could still do it anyway), but i love dean for being first to do it.

the battle against shrub. Talk about an in your face ad - that's better than when he ran the ads in TX while idiot boy was on vacation in Aug.

Instead of Mike in a tank, we'll have Chimp on a carrier.

No one will take it to Chimp harder than Dean. No has to date and no one else has yet shown the proclivity to do so. So calm the fuck down you Chicken Littles.

To all those naysayers who moan and whine about Dean----his tenacity to come out front with this shows what kind of a campaign he's running, and it's the BEST campaign out there in the field. Sure, Clark has been talking smack about Bush but I don't see any TV ads yet from him.....and it's DEAN who's the first one to do this!!!! I just can't get how some people are blind to this....

I am so happy and delighted to see someone like Dean, with a background and ancestors steeped in American history, stand up for us in restoring our democratic republic. The speeches I like best are those in which he quotes people like Lincoln, Jefferson, and Paine. He is a smart man with a big heart, and he really seems to love people and hate it when they are being taken advantage of, lied to, divided, and killed for geopolitical gain. The Dean for America Declaration of Independence, released today, is in keeping with this. The whole thing is much more than I could ever have imagined. I worried that Democrats couldn't find someone to beat Bush. I am frankly amazed that not only have we been able to do so, but that we have someone as talented and devoted as this fine man. It blows my mind.

Bush doesn't have a chance and won't even know what happened.

His supporters are laughing Dean off complacently. They won't know what happened either. Some of them will be bright enough to comprehend the message and vote for Dean to restore some kind of sanity to our country. Some of them already understand. The election next year will be historic.

Great days are ahead.

P.S. I love looking at the photos on the DeanforAmerica site, especially the ones showing the campaign staff in Burlington. They are living at headquarters, as evidenced by the details of their surroundings. They are working so hard.

Ass!!!!

:kick:

GO DEAN!

I think it's VITAL that we commandeer that imagery, that we make him look like such a superficial self-serving buffoon the Bush Regime won't be able to go near it. I hope Dean won't forget to mention that the ship had to stay offshore an extra day to make the event happen. If the Pretzel-Dunce is lying about saying that MAJOR combat operations were over (once and for all, is that true or not?), that should be pointed out, too. And The Mission Accomplished sign is not a minor matter. It says a lot about Bush's personal character that he's so repulsed by the prospect of admitting a mistake he'd tell a lie which he should have known he'd get caught in.


rocknation


P.S. All Clark needs to do is put Georgie's Commander Codpiece pic next to one of him in full uniform, or better yet, in military action. Oh, I hope it true that one will serve as VP if the other wins!

I think EVERY candidate should use that clip in EVERY ad they make. Clark could make lunchmeat out of the shrub with those clips! Good move Dr. Dean!

Love it, love it!!

AND, I'll love it even better if Mama Babs comes out screaming bloody murder ("how dare you do this to my boy"??) Bwahahahahaaaa!!

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

I just thought that up and had to share it with someone.

Glad you shared it.

I had figured that Kerry and/or Clark would use footage of Bush* on the aircraft carrier, but now that Dean is, it will not have the same impact Dean's will have. Once again, Dean puts himself in the news.

Sounds like the good doctor is going in to a bit of proctology

shove it up Bush's ying yang, twist it, and make it hurt real bad! heh heh ... This is why I love the Doc!

Thank GOODNESS a Dem candidate is finally going to use this footage.

Remember when it first happened... we spent plenty of time here in the DU Forums speculating over who would benefit more, during the campaign, from showing Chimpy McFlightsuit on the carrier. Looks like the Dems win!

:D

...you see, this 12-inch boot can easily slide into your anus...yes, don't worry...are you ready?...here it comes..." - Dr. Dean, Proctologist-at-Large. ;)

Later.

RJS

He is trying to remove the cancer from the White House.

The Doctor is in!

...can remove what ails us.

Later.

RJS

I had thought that there would be some kind of copyright law or something to prevent that, glad there apparently isn't. Which makes me wonder...

Can he use the moron's SOTU address where he spewed the yellowcake lie?

Can he use Cheney's "nuclear" claim vid from MTP?

Can he use Rummy's appearance where he stated "we know where they (wmds) are, near Tikrit and Baghdad, to the north and east and west and south, somehwat." - ?

I mean, the Mission Accomplished debacle is probably the most starkly visual, therefore probably the most effective for a short tv spot, but can Dean (or anyone else) use some of the other wealth of documented proof of the lies of this regime?

at any rate - GO DEAN!

That those events will get pounded into a lumpy paste no matter who the nominee is. Someone would have to be retarded to run against Bush and NOT keep hammering those sterling moments in American history home.

They could use Take Back the Media.

That is so awesome. Gotta credit the Dean team for being way out in front.

I'm waiting to see a bus headed to Crawford, with Bush on board, with "Mission Accomplished" on the side.

...to be the first to use this? I mean, duh, it just seems obvious to me...oh well. :)

Go Dean!

Later.

RJS

Can't wait to see it.

But seeing Clinton smiling there warms my heart. It sure as hell beats Shrub's smirk!

.

Go Dean!

Good for him, good for us!

That comment looked bad enough when he made it, but it looks much worse after we've lost 3+ helicopters and who knows how many soldiers. Hubris is what's going to take down the * Administration...

Take no prisoners. Tell it like it is. Stick it in Smirky's ear.

I love him.

Time to write another check. Hell, it's worth it just to see some fricking truth on TV for a change.

If the GOFP decided to use any kind of "groundbreaking" stunt at the World Trade Center site before, during, or after the 2004 Republican National Nürnberger Partei Convention in the Big Apple, make sure to feature that prominently in campaign commercials.

Expose the craven fearmongers exploiting the memory of greater New York's dead against the bastards.

It's just something every minute with this campaign.

"Dean goes negative on Bush".

And it'll get huge airtime nationwide!

show a couple or three different times when Chimp makes the joke then say, "Are you laughing? Not only is the death of 3000 not a laughing matter, the President didn't even make that promise during the campaign, he just made the story up to be funny."

:)

Before the Bush regime starts using that imagery in its own campaign, hijack it and give it a different, subversive meaning!

It's a genius move!!

a lot of people in the US loved that moment. Not me. I was already sending ean checks. But could americans see this as anti-american and even anti-military? I see run the sound byte of "bring 'em on" while showing clips of wounded GIs and flag draped coffins. It shifts more blame to Bush.

a bloody nose.

Dean leads again.

at the signing of the WOMAN KILLER so-called "partial birth" abortion bill!

Dr. Dean, tell us there is no such thing and shove it up their crotches for me!!!

(not committed yet, but cheering nonetheless!)