Just saw the Bush ads -- they are terrible!

[WillyBrandt]

Watch all three.

http://www.georgebush.com/tvads/

It wasn't what I expected. I expected lots of Sept 11 shots; instead, there was a subliminable, quick shot of the towers, another shot of a fireman, and that was it.

Are they offensive? Absolutely. They defile the dead, and they mock the murdered.

But what surprised me is how simply terrible they were. Weak. Pansyish. The motto is "Steady Leadership in a Time of Change," which sounds like one of those slogans you REJECT very early, after wide laughter throws it out.

What tone deaf dopes. One ad says "Today America is turning the corner." You think a struggling family, NASCAR dad in it or not, is going to believe that Hooverian nonsense?

The team was clever enough, however, to put the "approved this message" thing in the beginning, so that you aren't reminded of the shithead who is being advertised.

You know, I once thought the GOP were cynical geniuses, at least when it came to political marketing. But they aren't. They're powerful haters, thugs--and morons.

REPEAT AFTER ME: They are not magicians! They have got NOTHING to run on. All the imagery will fail them. The only thing we have to do is fight: we must fight the Bushies, we must fight the pro-GOP right wing groups, we must castigate the whore media, and we must fight the Bush-enabling quislings like Nader and his low ilk.

We can outwit, outfight, and beat these fuckers.

Remember: We have a candidate who, if nothing else, is a grizzled old fighter who isn't embarassed to exploit his REAL, EARNED strengths. And we have a party thirsty for political blood every second.

We're going to win. Hope you enjoyed those $2000 dinners, you Republican suckers! Because all you're getting is that single meal!

[lolly]

1. Somebody forgot to mention

The chicken in everybody's pot?

Or maybe just a rubber turkey.

[WillyBrandt]

2. Bush will crucify America on a cross of Gold

Or something :)

[FloridaPat]

3. That's their big mantra - he makes the tought decisions and stands

by them. Not like to others before him who keep flipping on the issues. I have heard a lot of people say he is a great leader because of that. The fact that the decisions are nuts is irrelevant. Maybe those people could be drafted first!!!

Yes, the ads are something. The first one was funny, like all the Bush comments that are not based on realities. And he does have a vision for America. But he doesn't dare run on his vision because the voters would put him in an insane asslym/

[Leilani]

4. I agree that they are terrible!

But one of the ads shows firefighters carrying out a dead person, covered by a flag.

The ads are ineffective. All he has is 9/11, & he is now seen as exploiting that day. The point needs to be hammered home that he didn't want the commission to investigate what happened, & under pressure he allowed it to go forward. And he has stonewalled at every turn. Now he is refusing to meet with the whole panel, & will only give 1 hour.

What is he hiding? And if we don't address the failures of 9/11, they can be repeated.

[WillyBrandt]

5. Whatever he does he gets shit for it--nothing is working!

I think more important, from a purely electoral perspective, than pointing out the commission stuff... is the plain anger of the families of the victims.

That has emotional resonance, and it is truly righteous outrage

[zulchzulu]

6. Just tell any Chimpy fans you know that they are "just great"

All 3 are weak. The 911 exploitation is disgusting. An easy ad to bitchslap the Chimpsters is to have 911 footage and have copy about how Bush cut back on firehouses, is dragging his feet on the 911 investigations and the fact that it happened under his watch.

The Morning In America rip-off was particulary a yawner.

[gulliver]

7. First one.

"I'm positive, optimistic, and positive of my optimistic optimism. I'm President George Bush and I approved this message." He had to remind us he's president. He better not act in any more of his ads if he knows what's good for him. Comes off like a twit reading someone elses words. Funny how a guy who supposedly knows who he really is ends up sounding different depending on who writes his lines.

Second one.
"I'm George Bush and I approved this message." (Where'd the "I'm President George Bush" go? I notice they didn't have him saying it directly to the camera. It was a voice-over over footage of him walking toward the camera. Then, blah, blah, blah.

Third one.
Same intro. Cheesy voice-over with him walking toward the camera with his magnificent manly stride -- every bit the football cheerleader we all know he really was. Then, Clinton's fault, Clinton did it, it was his mess, don't blame me. It's better now. Close with a nice "Terms of Endearment" piano arpeggio.

You're right. They are terrible. I was worried, but not now. Thanks for making me watch them!

[WillyBrandt]

8. Yep. They sucked.

[gulliver]

9. You are right!

Thanks for making me look at them!

[shivaji]

10. Since Junior's ad is so bad, why make a big deal about it, and

let the media give that ad a bigger news exposure?
Just ignore it, and it will die out from ineffectiveness.
I don't understand why our leaders are objecting furiously
and giving 4 times more FREE publicity? Dumb frickin move!

[WillyBrandt]

11. Because bad publicity is sometimes worse than no publicity

And * is getting bad publicity over this crap.

[neoteric lefty]

12. The reason

why they are pansyish and vague is because Bush doesn't have much of a record to run on. I am also suprised that they didn't put more Sept. 11 in the their adds. I would have put 10 bucks on seeing a clip of Bushy with his arm around the fighter fighter with the bullhorn. It seems like they decided to hold back on their whoring of the September 11th attacks.

[mikehiggins]

13. All three ads were boring. None were up to the level of Child's Pay

for example, or some of Kerry's own ads during the primary.

They are helpless, you know. They really don't have the skillset to win the election. The only thing Bush really has going for him is the incumbency, and he can fritter that away with ease.

Without SCOTUS and brother Jeb he wouldn't have gotten into office in the first place.

We can only hope Kerry will stay awake and alert over the next few months, rather than slip back into the Senatorial mindset that made him such a boring, boring candidate before Iowa. The Kerry that ran in early and middle 2003 is not the guy who can beat Bush in 2004.

The guy who stalked around the stage with his "band of brothers" might be able to just do it.