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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 05:55 PM
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A 200 million dollar War-chest for ads may back fire.
Most Americans have an aversion for anything ostentatious. In other words, exceeding what is normal!

junior has lied, so what credibility will his stupid advertisements have?
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 06:10 PM
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1. Whoever ends up our candidate should hit him on it..
Edited on Mon Feb-02-04 06:12 PM by SoCalDem
"Can't Buy Me Love" would be a good song for the background..

Theme..

If Mr Bush is doing such a good job, why did he spend YOUR tax dollars for a whole year, flying around on his "hands-out-across-America" Tour?

Every town he visited had to pay a lot for security when he came. Money that they NEEDED for their citizens.. He spoke for a few minutes and then was off to his fundraiser...the REAL reason for those trips..

Why WOULD an incumbent president NEED 200 million dollars to run for re-election if he was really doing such a good job??


Oh yeh... Sleazy ads cost a lot of money.. Truth is free if you'll listen :)
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 07:08 PM
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4. Once there was a musician who wrote the lyrics and music to a great
love ballad. Everyone that heard the music fell in love with it. While in New York one day he took his masterpiece to a publisher. Played it on the piano with a great emotional effort and drew tears from the hard nosed publisher. "I don't understand why this has never been put on the market," said the publisher. By the way what is the name of this great piece you authored? The writer looked him sadly in the eyes and said, the name of the song is, "I love you but you don't give a fuck about me."
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 06:15 PM
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2. It _should_
but I worry that it won't. :(
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Frank Rose Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 06:46 PM
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3. My fear is they will spend 1/2 on advertising and
the other half on a Ken Starr investigation. I think they spent 100m on Bill to finally find something that stuck.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-04 07:42 PM
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5. Where did you ever get the impression that americans are
turned off by ostentation?

Did you watch the superbowl last night. I saw parts of it.

Have you looked at american cars lately? commercials on TV.

Americans WORSHIP ostetentation.
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