I heard this morning, and found confirmation here, that President Bush has requested that the SBVT's pull the ads that have been gleaning so much attention in the past weeks.
Bush is quoted as saying:
That means that ad and every other ad. I don't believe we ought to have 527s. I think they're bad for the system," Bush said on Monday in Crawford, Texas. "I frankly thought we'd gotten rid of it when I signed McCain-Feingold" campaign finance reform.
Bad for the system? I think so - it opens the door for crap like this. That's right folks, MoveOn.org is pulling in the star power. Maybe they should check with Alice Cooper before starting these ads. His quote may focus on Rock Stars, but I'm thinkin' many of those so called Movie Stars fall into the same group.
What I think is funny is that the SBVT has Veterans that served with Kerry or were effected BY his actions telling Their story and how They feel. MoveOn.org? Yeah, their pulling in people that make a living telling stories and pretending to be other people to manipulate the public. Big Difference, in my mind anyway.
I think the best thing about the FoxNews article is when President Bush says:
Bush said that he thought Kerry "served admirably and he ought to be proud of his record," but it remains undecided whether that will extinguish the political firefight that has built over Kerry's service in Vietnam.
That's class. It's not true and Kerry brought it on himself, but still that's class. That's My President.
Posted by Tammi at August 24, 2004 07:19 AMIsn't it crazy that Kerry is so upset about this SBVFT ad when he sat and said nothing while his 527s spent 63 million dollars (remember that one ad that said President Bush was 'poisoning pregnant women'?) sheeeesh! I hate that no one on the left seems to realize how disingenuous that is!
Posted by: ALa71 at August 24, 2004 08:53 AMHeh. Should I read anything into the fact that Bush said "served admirably" instead of "served honorably"? :-)
Oh, and thanks for the Alice Cooper link. I love that guy :-)
Posted by: Harvey at August 24, 2004 08:54 AMAt least he put it off long enough for them to get a couple of adds out! I can't begin to say whether it's good or bad for him to ask that the adds be retracted. Now I'll be waiting for Kerry to tell MoveOn to pull their adds too... waiting... waiting...
Posted by: Teresa at August 24, 2004 09:14 AM"the SBVT has Veterans that served with Kerry or were effected BY his actions telling Their story and how They feel. MoveOn.org? Yeah, their pulling in people that make a living telling stories and pretending to be other people to manipulate the public."
So very true. Exactly what I thought when I read it! And Cooper, well, always liked him. As with the others, I like him even more!
One thing that has me going right now, is the Kerry Kamp is screaming about how the SBVT have taken the truth and twisted it to make Lurch look bad. (Like he needed help!) Sounds a little like a feature length ad by a certain lardass. And no one from their kamp condemned him! Yeah, I know, movie vs. ad, but we all know that in this case, they are the same. The goal (besides to make money) was to unseat the President.
Posted by: That 1 Guy at August 24, 2004 11:08 AM