Bush's ads damage Kerry more than Clarke's testimony damages Shrub

[DaveSZ]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/administration/whbriefing/


Who Needs Good Press?
Tuesday, Mar 30, 2004; 11:00 AM

We here in the media have been abuzz for months now about how the Bush White House has been suffering one public relations disaster after another.

But guess what? It may not matter.

Because advertising really does work.

USA Today's Susan Page, reporting on a new Gallup poll, writes: "A week of hearings on Capitol Hill and criticism from a former counterterrorism aide have eroded President Bush's poll standing on fighting terrorism. But that's nothing compared to the damage that Bush's campaign ads may have done to Democratic candidate John Kerry."

[gulliver]

1. People are still thinking about Clarke

The kind of people swayed by the Bush ads are easily swayed. The people swayed by the Clarke testimony aren't. That means (and I would bet) that the gains for Bush are short term from the ads and the losses due to Clarke are long term or permanent.

The Bushians would not have put Rice through such a wringer if they didn't know they were in serious trouble. I love the pictures of Rice smiling all over the place today. These Bushies make me laugh.

[sallyseven]

2. The Gallop Poll is full of liers.

They don't really poll anyone. They make it up.

[w4rma]

3. The polls are likely correct. The GOP is trying to overpower us. (nt)

[Nashyra]

5. I am literaly sick to my stomach

I knew the press and the media were in the RW camp but never in my wildest imagination would I believe what I am seeing now. The spin that is going on for the * WH is demoralizing. I just don't think Kerry is coming off strong enough. I can't think of a worse fate for this country to see this asshole in the WH for four more years, if he is actually re-elected I will have to stop talking to any one that voted for this jerk, imcluding family members. It will just prove how stupid the American people are. Record job loss, record gas prices, largest attack on our soil in the history of this country, Enron, an illegal war, the rest of the world hates us, how the fuck could anyone think about voting for this guy? I'm ready to start crying, I am just about ready to throw in the towel and say fuck it, the american people deserve the shit they will get if they put this guy back in the WH. I think from now on I think that will be my line"if your fucking stupid enough to believe this fucker than you deserve what you will get which is absolutely nothing". Record bankrupticies and foreclosures, just wait until after the elction.

[sniffa]

4. it's bizarro worLd

up is down
bLack is white
Lies are truth
bush is doubLe pLus good

[Auntie Bush]

6. And that is just an example of what all that money can do.

I fear for our country when he REALLY starts spending. I never dreamed the Sheeple would fall for what he says hook line and sinker. I used to think we were more intelligent...but I guess not.

Rove knows more people are too busy with their lives to keep up and check for truth. That's why he does everything in his power to keep the Sheeple broke and ignorant. Why he doesn't fund No Child Left behind and cuts funding for Education He really wants the elitists to rule the masses and keep us in our place.

[Cocoa]

7. possibly true

but coming from Gallup, I consider this to be damage control.

[Auntie Bush]

8. I hope you are right but I'm really scared.

:scared: I'm also scared that this country is becoming so much more religious that we will join the rest of the world and end up in a religious war...who knows where? :shrug: We can all thank Bush for that!

[Cocoa]

9. don't believe the religion stuff either

jeez the media is really pushing religion the last month or so, but I think it's all garbage.

[DaveSZ]

10. Yeah I had thought the American people were more informed

but it seems they are easily swayed by stupid misleading adverts.

[DrFunkenstein]

11. If The USA Today Reports It, It Must Be True

Not like they didn't report that the recount found that Bush would have won the election anyway.