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Ustwo · 09-17-2004, 06:28 PM

Both candidates have a number of 527 adds. The two getting the most press are the moveon.org adds and the swift boat adds.

Do you think these adds help or hurt 'their' candidates cause?

My opinion is the swift boat adds help Bush. They are Vets saying Kerry isn't a hero, and after Kerry spent the last year making sure everyone knew he was a Vietnam war hero, anyone questioning that, especially other vets has got to hurt to some degree. Most of the undecided types don't know WHAT Kerry did in Vietnam so if someone comes out and questions it in a plausible way, showing footage of Kerry during the anti-war years, it could quickly tarnish that war hero image. Now I have NOT seen a single swift boat add, I tend to watch only the history channel, discovery, the science channel and the very odd fox news, oh and the playboy channel. I've seen snippets of them but never a full add. They might be horrible lies, but from what I've seen they SEEM plausible.

The moveon adds I think also help Bush. Now if you really don't like Bush I'm sure they seem just fine, but if you are not sure, you maybe like Bush personally but you are worried about Iraq, I think the adds go to far. People who are still undecided obviously don't feel Bush is a liar about WMD's if they did odds are they wouldn't be voting for him, they don’t think he is evil, stupid, or in big businesses pocket for war profiteering. As such claiming he is will only upset these people. It reminds me a bit of a peta billboard. It gets your attention, but makes you want to go out and have some KFC hot wings. Oddly I have seen moveon.org adds on Fox News, which is ironic since their homepage is basically ‘Fox News Sucks!’.

09-17-2004, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	527 adds, hurting or helping? Both candidates have a number of 527 adds. The two getting the most press are the moveon.org adds and the swift boat adds. Do you think these adds help or hurt 'their' candidates cause? My opinion is the swift boat adds help Bush. They are Vets saying Kerry isn't a hero, and after Kerry spent the last year making sure everyone knew he was a Vietnam war hero, anyone questioning that, especially other vets has got to hurt to some degree. Most of the undecided types don't know WHAT Kerry did in Vietnam so if someone comes out and questions it in a plausible way, showing footage of Kerry during the anti-war years, it could quickly tarnish that war hero image. Now I have NOT seen a single swift boat add, I tend to watch only the history channel, discovery, the science channel and the very odd fox news, oh and the playboy channel. I've seen snippets of them but never a full add. They might be horrible lies, but from what I've seen they SEEM plausible. The moveon adds I think also help Bush. Now if you really don't like Bush I'm sure they seem just fine, but if you are not sure, you maybe like Bush personally but you are worried about Iraq, I think the adds go to far. People who are still undecided obviously don't feel Bush is a liar about WMD's if they did odds are they wouldn't be voting for him, they don’t think he is evil, stupid, or in big businesses pocket for war profiteering. As such claiming he is will only upset these people. It reminds me a bit of a peta billboard. It gets your attention, but makes you want to go out and have some KFC hot wings. Oddly I have seen moveon.org adds on Fox News, which is ironic since their homepage is basically ‘Fox News Sucks!’. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.