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MAlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:31 AM
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You all waited for Kerry to strike back.
He now appears to have enough funds to buy ad time and define himself.

Here are the first two ads.
http://www.johnkerry.com/features/heartandlifetime/email.html

Apparently the campaign just bought the biggest add buy in Presidential political history. Good stuff.

Really good biography ads, I think.



Sorry if dupe.
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:36 AM
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1. Excellent ads n/t
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:36 AM
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2. Go Kerry
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:39 AM
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3. Great messages! n/t
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Nightjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:45 AM
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4. Sweet!
Uninformed Americans.............
.........meet John Kerry. Our next great president.
Thanks for the post MAlibdem!
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:46 AM
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5. Those are GREAT!!
Glad to see him doing some 'defining'!! Excellent, and positive ads. I like the bit in the first one about how we are a nation of optimists, and we need to believe in ourselves again :D
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vickie Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 10:07 PM
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13. I love these ads!!!
These are terrific ads and well worth the wait. Hopefully they will be able to counter some of the lies and filth of the Republican mean machine.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 10:51 AM
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21. Hi vickie!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:46 AM
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6. I'm not sure I like the wife and daughter being used.
They're not exactly founts of objectivity--well, next to the twins maybe they are...

:headbang:
rocknation
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 01:59 PM
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9. You should start a campaign for objectivity in political advertising.
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LionInWinter Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:50 AM
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7. Now THAT'S a campaign donation well used!
:thumbsup: :headbang:
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 12:43 PM
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8. Now he needs to have some ads
that point out W's failings. The electorate needs to be reminded that under the previous president (a Democrat, how odd) we had peace, prosperity, full employment, and a budget surplus. We now have war and more war, rising deficits, the worst job losses since the Great Depression. A simple, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" ought to be enough, but all the rest should be hammered home.

Kerry ought to see if he can get invited to a funeral or two. He wouldn't have to use it himself in an ad, but word would get out. Then an ad simply pointing out that W hasn't attended a single funeral would be enormously effective.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:00 PM
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10. That's what moveon and the media fund are for. Kerry should stay positive.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 05:56 PM
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11. NICE job, Kerry.
THERE you go. That is going to help a helluva lot.

Excellent. Back on track.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 05:14 PM
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24. I'm saying something NICE about Kerry, BTW
in case you didn't notice.

Yall better RECOGNIZE!
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Nameless Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 06:31 PM
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12. Good ads
I like the ads, but he needs to do more, especially here in Michigan. According to the latest CBS/NYT poll, Kerry is up by 2 points, but that could change. Right now, Kerry needs to put out ads more clearly defining specific stances he takes and responding to specific claims made by the Bush camp. With the tons of money he has, he should be better able to do this. I discussed this last week on my blog:
http://namelessweb.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_namelessweb_archive.html#108311814680702108
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adadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:30 PM
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15. Welcome to DU
from a fellow Michigander. :hi:
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 10:52 AM
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22. Hi Nameless!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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JHBowden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 10:12 PM
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14. I dig them too.
Kerry's biography is a huge asset, and I'm glad he's getting it out there.
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Nicholas_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:59 PM
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16. His speech today
At the Anti Defamation League tore Bush apart without mentioning his name. It was eloquent, well pointed, and he inferred to his actually flying a plane over Israel, not pretending to land one on an aircraft carrier.
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virtualobserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 08:10 AM
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17. better, but one line pissed me off....
"He broke with his own party to vote for a balanced budget"

When have republicans ever been for a balanced budget?

It plays into the Dems are big spenders theme.
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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 09:04 AM
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18. Glad you caught that. It was Clinton's balanced budget
bill.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 09:16 AM
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19. AWESOME ADS!
These are great!:bounce:

Bush can only use bash Kerry ads 'cause he has such a horrible record. Why can't some people see what an incompetent moron Bush is...*sigh*
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DoveTurnedHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 09:17 AM
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20. These Are GREAT!
I like how they are very complementary, but different. It reinforces the general theme while getting additional, excellent facts out there.

DTH
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cclark401 Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:28 PM
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23. Great Ads!
They serve to "lift you up" and make one feel good about what America can be!

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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 08:51 PM
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25. Excellent Ads!
I'm proud to have helped put them on the air.

Great to see a positive message in the midst of all the negativity and bad news.
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:23 AM
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26. I like them OK
but I wish I could have writeen them. I dind;t find them all that memorable.
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