Bush Ad Mocks Kerry Shift on Positions

[GiovanniC]

John Kerry (news - web sites) windsurfs left and right in a new television ad from President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign that says the Democrat's positions on Iraq (news - web sites), education and health care shift "whichever way the wind blows."

"In which direction would John Kerry lead?" asks the ad, which is set to Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube Waltz."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_ads

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Idea for Kerry ad:

"George W. Bush: Cannot ride a bike, stay on a Segway, or eat a pretzel without injuring himself. Does that sound like someone you want holding the nuke-you-ler football?"

[bemildred]

1. Bring it on!

Let's have a full scale food fight.

[Cocoa]

2. the Bush campaign is too jokey

and so is Bush himself. I saw his campaign event from Monday and it was way too lighthearted for the times we're in.

At the debates, Kerry should repeatedly tell Bush to get serious, when Bush says something silly.

[soothsayer]

3. Well, Kerry DID fall off his bike FIRST..... but I think it's cool that

they want to show him windsurfing! He's so hip.

Imagine dumbya trying to do it. They'd be dragging the seas for his body before you knew it.

[Demobrat]

6. Except for the fact that most people can't afford it.

I really wish Kerry would knock off the expensive sports until after the election.

[Career Prole]

10. Shrub's hobby is playing with soldiers.

That ain't exactly cheap.

[SidDithers]

12. Bullshit...

Windsurfing is not an expensive sport.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2920&item=5125692550&rd=1
There's a used board listed for $5.00 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2920&item=7102593470&rd=1
There's a complete set, board, mast, boom, 2 sails for $175.00

Once you've got the equipment, there are no more costs for windsurfing.

How much to take a family to a NASCAR race, or an NFL football game?

"Most people" can afford windsurfing, if they were interested in trying the sport.

Sid

[Demobrat]

15. Tell that to an unemployed factory worker

flipping burgers for minimum wage in Ohio.

[SidDithers]

16. So, Kerry should only do stuff that "most people" can afford?...

There will always be someone who can't afford whatever it is he does. Some people can't afford to eat. I guess Kerry should go hungry too, he might offend people by affording food.

Sid

[Demobrat]

23. For the next six weeks

I don't think it would be too much of a hardship.

[Cocoa]

much cheaper than golfing

why is golfing ok, and windsurfing not?

[Demobrat]

24. It's all in the perception, dear.

It's kind of like skiing. It's not the lift ticket, it's the trip to the resort. If you think it's OK for Kerry to perpetuate an elitist image, I'm not going to bother to argue. Obviously, JK can do no wrong.

[ContinentalOp]

33. Windsurfing? Elitist? WTF?

Since when has windsurfing not been totally white trash? Since when is heading out the lake with the water skiers, speedboats, jetskis and fishermen not a totally middle class, middle american pasttime? Has water skiing suddenly been accepted into the genteel realm of cricket, polo and country clubs?

This is one of the silliest right-wing talking points this election. I've seen it several times around the web: "Gee how nice that he can go water skiing. I'd love to if I had a job." The republican party is so out of touch that they expect middle america to believe that waterskiing is some exotic pasttime and at the same time they're putting focus on the shitty economy they created! What a riot :)

[VolcanoJen]

4. Good.

Good idea, not to talk about your record, and I don't blame you. Keep avoiding the issues, Chimperor. Thanks for playing right into The Closer's hands. :D

[mth44sc]

5. Slide on over here

to see the Kerry/Edwards response

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x864314

[WI_DEM]

7. why don't we cut an ad showing Bush saying that the CIA

report was just "guesses" and when he said the war on terrorism is "unwinnable" and as the coup--the clip of him saying finding Bin Laden is "not a priority."

They use all this stuff against us, we have lots we could use against Bush.

[Princess Turandot]

30. you left out "catastrophic success" : )................nm

v

[jdsmith]

8. "Progress [sic] for America" windsurfing ad played here in KY

It has inconceivably cheeeep graffics and a too-cool voice-over from a "surfer chick."

Does windsurfing really strike middle America as elitist?

[KC21304]

9. I see a large picture of Cheerleader Bush,

and a voice over saying, " we know they are not Bush's favorite sports, but windsurfing, hockey, and skiing can be fun. Sometimes it's good to try something new." And next picture showing Bush falling of Segway.

[liveoaktx]

11. Where's the ad for Which Way Will Bush Lead? with his flip flops?

No way that this should not get answered.

Lautenberg-Bush Flip Flops

[w4rma]

13. It it were a Repug being mocked the headline would say "alleged shift".

These news outlets need to be called out on their headline writers. They are doing this, because they think they can get away with it and noone will call them on it.

[RevCheesehead]

14. No - my dream ad response: A Bulldozer

A bulldozer that keeps on going in one direction, no matter what gets in the way. In the end, the bulldozer is headed to a cliff. Voiceover: "Sometimes a change in direction is exactly what is needed."

[On the Road]

17. The Flip-Flop Meme is Getting Old

I think it was brought out too early.

[Nashyra]

19. The footage of the * talking about getting the terrorist

and then asking reporters to "watch this shot" and smirking

[krkaufman]

18. The ads/spin are obviously successful...

... as evidenced by the headline, which includes the misleading "Kerry Shift on Positions."

The headline itself is an ad for Bush.

edit: More evidence of lazy/slanted reporting is this excerpt from the article...

In fall 2003, while facing a challenge from Democratic primary opponent and anti-war candidate Howard Dean, Kerry voted against $87 billion in reconstruction money for Iraq and Afghanistan.

The article claims that Kerry voted against the $87 billion due to positioning vs Dean -- rather than because he felt the $20 billion in actual reconstruction money should have been paid for NOW (via rollback of some of the tax cuts for the rich), rather than foisting all costs off on future generations.

And thus the R-W propaganda machine rolls on.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

22. Yes. It is a lie. Kerry has been strraight as an arrow.

I think Bush can be shown to be the shifter here.

[Maeve]

20. We KNOW which way Dubya is leading us

Down the garden path and off a cliff!

Lemmings, ho!

[David Zephyr]

21. This Ad Played This Morning Here In Los Angeles.

n/t

[progressivebydesign]

25. My response ad:

A quick cut of the offending Kerry ad.. with the music. Then the record scratches to a stop. The voice over says something about the ad being amusing.. but then says our nation's health care crisis and education for our children is NOT a laughting matter. Then a few graphics with voice over, clarifying what Kerry REALLY DID say and do. Then.. voice over: OUR FUTURE, NOT A LAUGHING MATTER.

[RamboLiberal]

26. Inside Politics just showed Kerry response ad

With background of waving American Flag it shows in letters - paraphrasing here:

Over 1000 Dead

Iraq........

And something like while this is happening Bush runs a

"Juvenile and Tasteless" Attack ad

[progressivebydesign]

27. Perfect... that's the absolute best response...

Respond to their jokey, immature attacks with reality. That's what I was going for... Thanks for letting me know. I love the way the Kerry campaign is handling things right now.

[Catfight]

28. Don't forget the WMD joke, throw that in for the Bushclown. n/t

[Princess Turandot]

29. There were a few people interviewed on CNN..

this afternoon who kept using the same word 'juvenile'. 'Americans are being beheaded and our president is responding with juvenile ads'. I hope they use 'juvenile' a lot, which hopefully most people know the meaning of lol

[David Zephyr]

31. Rate This Yahoo Story A "One".

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_ads

[The_Casual_Observer]

32. bush said yesterday that he is ready to lead

he has been saying this for 4 years. bush has no plan. bush didn't consider the consequences of this invasion, only that it "feels good"
at the time. They have no strategy other than to shit the public until events change by themselves, at which time they shit the public some more.

[0007]

34. junior is being a silly ass while Laura plays with a make believe dildo

"One thousand U.S. casualties. Two Americans beheaded just this week. The Pentagon (news - web sites) admits terrorists are pouring into Iraq," the ad says. "In the face of the Iraq quagmire, George Bush (news - web sites)'s answer is to run a juvenile and tasteless attack ad."