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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 07:16 PM
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Bush Campaign: No Plans to Use Reagan in Ads

Bush Campaign: No Plans to Use Reagan in Ads
By Adam Entous

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040612/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc_3
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election campaign said on Saturday it has no plans to use Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) in campaign ads, but Republicans said his legacy would be invoked in other limited ways.

Administration officials said they doubted the Republican icon's death would have much impact in the presidential race and did not want to be seen as trying to capitalize on it for political gain one day after his funeral.

"You have to strike a delicate balance," an administration official said.

"It needs to be and will be subtle," Republican political consultant Scott Reed said of using Reagan's legacy in campaign speeches and events to rally Bush's conservative base.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 07:26 PM
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1. So they Are going to use rr's "legacy" - just "subtly"
And only because they don't want to "be seen as trying to capitalize on it for political gain one day after his funeral."

And, "You have to strike a delicate balance," an administration official said" - ??? wtf do these greedy, warmongering cowards know about being "delicate?"

Ha Ha - we'll get to see the liars try to be "subtle" and "delicate." That ought to be good for a laugh.


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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 07:28 PM
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2. They'll probably be as subtle
as they were in that first ad with the flag-draped coffin and the firemen. They'll get shot down about it as fast, too.
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virgdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 07:40 PM
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3. Such as the "limited" way they used Reagan in Bush's campaign website...
Give me a break. Bush's handlers will use anything that they think will boost Bush's campaign. They are desperate, and desperate men will resort to desperate measures.
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