M O N D A Y , A U G U S T 1 6 , 2 0 0 4Bush TV Ads Getting Smarterby Michael in New York on 8/16/2004 09:44:00 PMUSA Today details two new ads unveiled by the Bush campaign thatare effective and smart.</p><p> The less damning one ties in to the Olympicsby saying "this Olympics...there will be two more free nations." Thathighlights the one unquestionable good of those twin invasions -- thepossible self-rule of Afghanistan and Iraq after suffering years ofhorrible dictatorships.</p><p> Afghanistan features its first female athletesand the Iraqi socceer team is enjoying an unexpected string ofvictories.The one targeted directly at Kerry scores a direct hit; Kerry's teamhas done a poor job of responding."It charges that when he was a member of the Senate IntelligenceCommittee in the mid-1990s, Kerry missed most of the panel's openhearings...."The weak response from Kerry's team was that this was based onlyon the 65 open meetings and didn't include attendance for the morethan 329 closed hearings.</p><p> But the committee's Republican chairmanSen.</p><p> Pat Roberts of Kansas immediately called on Kerry to let himrelease those attendance records as well.</p><p> Kerry's people didn't offerattendance figures for the hearings that aren't public record, so wecan only assume they aren't good either.They need to come up with a better response -- how does hisattendance compare to other members at the time or some suchreasoning -- or Bush will wisely bring this up again and again.</p><p> Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Daily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...10 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...14 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsZP Heller: Why Dr.</p><p> King Would Break the Silenceon Afghanistan - We must invest in our owneconomic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan'shumanitarian crisis.18 minutes agoFiredoglakeOperation Stonewall Stalls Johnsen and Koh -While we wait for the last ballot count in theFranken-Coleman contest, I thought I'd tie inOperation Stonewall to the Republicans' bizarreand seemingly ...20 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...J O H N ' S P H OT O S Watch Bush’s LiesThe first casualty of the Iraq War was thetruth.</p><p> Free videos.www.leadingtowar.comBush Furniture guideLooking to find Bush Furniture? See ourBush Furniture guide.pacificindustrial.comPolitical AdvertisingWin political campaigns with cableadvertising.</p><p> Micro-target voters.www.spotcable.com/political AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush ...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/bush-tv-ads-getting-smart... 1 of 64/6/09 8:09 PM
