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Another case of political campaigns pushing the limits of the rules. I don't believe the ad portrays an endorsement of the Bush administration by the USOC and I personally am not offended by this ad. It will be up to some judicial body to determine if the ad violated the rules. I don't believe anyone here is in a position to say for certain that there was a definite violation, it's just opinion at this point.
In terms of opinion on the subject, my feelings would be the same if there was an example of Kerry using the Olympics in an ad. Had there been a terrorist attack at the Olympics and Kerry used that in an ad as an example that the world is not safer from terrorism, I would have no problem with it.
In another corollary, IMO, it's not too unlike Kerry using McCain's words against Bush in his ad. He didn't get McCain's endorsement of it but did it anyway. He went on to pull the ad when McCain came out against it but if he hadn't I would have no problem with him continuing to run it. Of course there is nothing illegal about that ad and no specific rules that it comes close to violating but the principles are about the same.
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