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03/04/2004 Archived Entry: "More on Bush's ads..."
More on Bush's ads...
NY Daily News:
"It's a slap in the face of the murders of 3,000 people," said Monica Gabrielle, whose husband died in the twin tower attacks. "It is unconscionable."Gabrielle and several other family members said the injury was compounded by Bush's refusal to testify in open session before the 9/11 commission.
"I would be less offended if he showed a picture of himself in front of the Statue of Liberty," said Tom Roger, whose daughter was a flight attendant on doomed American Airlines Flight 11. "But to show the horror of 9/11 in the background, that's just some advertising agency's attempt to grab people by the throat."
Mindy Kleinberg said she was offended because the White House has not cooperated fully with the commission and because of the sight of remains being lifted out of Ground Zero in one of the spots.
"How heinous is that?" Kleinberg asked. "That's somebody's [loved one]."
Firefighter Tommy Fee in Rescue Squad 270 in Queens was appalled.
"It's as sick as people who stole things out of the place. The image of firefighters at Ground Zero should not be used for this stuff, for politics," Fee said.
The word that comes to mind is 'backfire.'
Update: CNN's Jack Cafferty is reading emails about the ads. Not a single one supported Bush or his use of Ground Zero. Not a one. This is significant, in that Cafferty usually balances pro-and anti-Bush emails in this segment. Since he didn't read any supporting bush, do we assume he didn't get any?
Update 2: Cafferty just said that the email they got on this was 80% negative. Start the countdown to when the ads are pulled. Any minute now...
Replies: 12 people speak up
Has anybody commented on all the minority faces yet?
That's really gonna sit right with people. I'll bet the images of black folk lining up to support the presnit inspire laughter everywhere.
Posted by baconslab @ 03/04/2004 09:56 AM NY
the rabid wingnuts calling into c-span this morning thought these ads were fanastic.
Posted by jeff @ 03/04/2004 10:03 AM NY
Let's all sing it loud right now
Georgie Porgie's going down! :)
Posted by steve-o @ 03/04/2004 10:05 AM NY
you must have been watching a different segment than i was. when jack was reading the letters he said that the mail was 80% negative, then he went on to read several more pro bush than anti bush letters. my guess is that one of the producers came in and reminded him which side CNN was on...
Posted by justin @ 03/04/2004 10:20 AM NY
disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful
There is an unusally rotten stench coming from the bushco feed lot. I hope everyone can soon smell it. Are these smelling salts powerful enough to awaken the true patriot in us all? Been sounding like an alarm clock to me for awhile.
Posted by Aristophanes @ 03/04/2004 10:24 AM NY
A new AP story has Karen Hughes' comments this morning in CBS. It's arrogance personified. Click the name.
(Hey, Stranger! Is your e-mail working?)
Posted by Hoffmania! @ 03/04/2004 11:19 AM NY
I, too, was watching CNN this morning. During that brief segment, Jack "look at me, I'm a gruff New Yawka" Cafferty read only negative e-mails. It brightened up my morning.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 03/04/2004 11:46 AM NY
Of course, Soledad O'Brien jumps in to defend Karen Hughes after several negative emails were read. Interesting that these "news" people always feel that they have to do that -- stand up for Bush. I've seen it a million times.
Posted by Monkeypox @ 03/04/2004 12:11 PM NY
Dear editor,
I haven't seen the ad, but I heard some of it on NPR this morning. I'd like to place a call to your "request line."
I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that your and/or your buddy SymbolMan put together a Flash video showing a timeline of 9/11. It had alternating scenes of the WTC on 9/11 and W reading goat stories to kids as the planes slammed into the towers.
I would like to see an update of that:
Shows scenes playing of the Bush ad style and theme.
Information showing the (in)actions of George W. Intelligence Failure Bush such as your recent "President (blank)" post, your "Spine" post, a Salon article that I ran across las night from two years ago that highlighted the different approach to combating Osama for Clinton (had meetings every 2 or 3 weeks on the subject) vs. Bush (subject discussed in a couple of meetings out of 90 to 100 that were held between Jan-01 and Sep 01! They were more interested in "missle defense").
Maybe preface this with the data and
WONDERFUL GRAPHIC from Uggabugga, along with scenes of W kicking back at Crawford, golfing, picking his nose, etc., split screen with shots of Al Quaida training camps. THEN show the WTC while Bush sat on his ass in an elementary school.
Anyway, just a thought. It can't be any less successful than my requests to hear Iggy Pop on commercial radio.
Posted by Larry Dean @ 03/04/2004 12:53 PM NY
Hoff,
Now that you mention it, my email seems to be broken. I'm getting stuff (got your 'gift,' thanks!), but I can't seem to send anything out....
Sorry, Dude. Thought I was replying all this time.
Posted by editor @ 03/04/2004 04:11 PM NY
Here's a real slap in the face to the 9/11 families thanks to Bush.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/international/europe/04CND-TERR.html
Posted by Demeur @ 03/04/2004 05:13 PM NY
Haven't seen the ads(and don't plan to), but I sure hope there is going to be a quick response, preferably ads featuring victim's and firefighters' statements of outrage at politicizing this tragedy, and contrasting the claims of steady leadership with Bushco's clearly fearful approach to investigations of what really happened. Maybe even ask "How could you, Mr. Bush, have allowed the Bin Ladins here to have left the country, while American citizens were not permitted to fly anywhere?"
Ideally, response shouldn't even be by Kerry campaign or Dems, but by outraged citizens. But the longer the response time the less its effectiveness. Wasn't it Goebbels who said that if you repeat a lie enough times people start believing it?
Posted by mb @ 03/04/2004 06:51 PM NY
