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03/11/2004 Archived Entry: "Okay, now shoot the other foot."
Okay, now shoot the other foot.
Heh.
The center of the screen is filled with three different rectangles of slow-motion video. In the top panel travelers at an airport study the arrivals and departures monitor. In the center panel there is a shadowed image of a person wearing a gas mask. And on the bottom there is a close-up of a swarthy, somewhat sinister-looking man with darting eyes who slowly turns toward the camera. He is clearly the terrorist in this scary montage.The Bush campaign held a conference call for the press this afternoon to unveil the ads, and one reporter asked whether it was appropriate to use an Arab-American to depict a terrorist. Campaign aides said the actor in "100 Days" wasn't Arab-American. One official on the call insisted it was just a "very generic" image.
Do they want to lose this election?
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What's the matter?
I think the ad clearly shows the infectious optimism that the Bush campaign hopes to bring to America.
You wouldn't want him to play on our fears like a librul would you?
Posted by baconslab @ 03/11/2004 06:47 PM NY
Just saw this ad on tv in addition to the latest Move On.org ones that have been airing. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/09/politics2014EST0836.DTL
Keep up the pressure.
Posted by Demeur @ 03/11/2004 10:44 PM NY
Haven't seen the new one yet despite getting NY news on the satellite. All over the blogosphere though it's being called the "Muhammed Horton" ad and being roundly sneered and/or laughed at.
Bushco is really shooting his wad early, you should pardon the expression. He can't possibly have wanted to use this one until it was really time to whip up the "Live in Fear, Only I Can Protect You" theme. It seems like NONE of his supposedly sure-thing issues are catching traction.
BTW does Kerry get Secret Service protection this early, or not until after the convention? I want people around him at ALL times who will check out the small aircraft, keep their eyes on rooftops, and remind him not to walk through hotel kitchens.
Posted by Xan @ 03/12/2004 12:11 AM NY
