Is this Bush's Oct suprise?

[rl6214]

If it is, it's pretty lame.

http://www.ashleysstory.com/#



Hope this isn't a dupe, I didn't see it anywhere.


ETA: My 500th post...Yehaw!

[Eurobabe]

1. mmmmmmbbmbmmmmm

[Skidmore]

4. Da pukin' punkin is back....

It must be time for Halloween.

[Demit]

2. I don't know, but he looks even uglier than he has lately, in that photo.

[Ron Green]

6. Ha Ha... I think it was taken with a very wide lens. He looks scary.

[apnu]

3. Bunko:

"Paid for by the Progress For America Voter Fund"

[progressivebydesign]

17. Look at my link below, and contributor info:

Amway gave 4 Million. Alex Spanos Construction gave 5 Million. The stupidass company I got a home equity loan through gave millions!

[Carla in Ca]

22. Here is the link

<http://www.progressforamerica.com/pfa/wrapper.jsp?PID=1101-165&CID=1101-061706C>

[mikehiggins]

5. Oh, Jeeze Louise, you guys think this is as low as they can go?

I wonder if we'll see W cuddling any dead Iraqi kids.

[RobertSeattle]

7. Kerry Campaign also has "9/11-Emotion" video out today

http://www.johnkerry.com/video/console.php?video=101904_ever_since

[snowbear]

8. no way..

The commercial that starts airing today by the Kerry Admin.. er.. Campaign is UNBELIEVABLY touching!!

I forgot the 911 Mom in it right off.. but she and her little girl created an unbelievably eye-opening ad showing why they support Kerry to protect them! :hug:

[CitySky]

20. check out the Security Moms for Kerry website

more great stories

[blm]

9. "Hey Karl, How long do I have to hold for this shot?"

.

[lukasahero]

10. Of course shrub-head is looking

straight at the camera and not the little girl. Just can't pass up that photo-op now can he?

[Ishoutandscream]

11. How about "Bush doesn't have to comfort Ashley

because he read the goddamn PDB on August 6th and did something to prevent Ashley's mom from dying?" Or something to that effect.

[soleft]

12. Man, that looks like hard work

trying to...love her the best he can.

[progressivebydesign]

13. I KNEW before I clicked your link what that would be!

I saw it as I passed the USATODAY newstand. THAT is THE most expensive ad in the campaign, FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bush should be ashamed of himself, exploiting that child. I read up on their Foundation. While I deeply sorry that she lost her mother, the Foundation was interesting. They are asking for donations, but have NO information on what the Foundation does.. or who it has helped.. only that it's spreading "GOD'S love", etc.

I'm certain that Kerry has innumerable grieving family members of 9/11 to exploit themselves for Kerry.. but would he want that?

This is just sick. And... of course, the USA TODAY is only happy to oblige with a frontpage story with their webaddress. (don't forget SURVEYUSA is owned by USATODAY).

[snowbear]

14. LOL !!!

Ok Crozet, that picture is toooo funny!! I'm going to make one like that this year! B-)

[progressivebydesign]

15. PLEASE READ!! IMPORTANT!!! Who is PAYING for this????

http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=com&orgid=714

PROGRESS FOR AMERICA VOTER FUND:

Contributors of at Least $10,000 Amount Raised
A.G. Spanos Construction Co. $5,000,000
Ameriquest Capital Corp. $5,000,000
Alticor Inc./Amway/DeVos Family Interests $4,000,000
T. Boone Pickens $2,500,000
Robert C. McNair/Houston Texans $1,250,000
Contran Corp. $1,000,000
Chartwell Partners Inc./Univision $1,000,000
American Water Works Company Inc./Ware Family $1,000,000
Omni Hotels $1,000,000
TRT Holdings Inc $1,000,000
American Financial Group Inc./Lindner family businesses $750,000
Paul Singer/Braxton Associates $750,000
Crow Holdings $600,000
Alice Walton $600,000
Public Storage Inc. $500,000
Yancey Brothers Co. $500,000
Saunders Karp & Megrue $300,000
Trust Company of the West/TCW Group $300,000
AXA Financial Inc. $250,000
Chesapeake Energy Corporation $250,000
Recipients of at Least $10,000 Amount Spent
Mentzer Media Services, Inc. $20,407,630
TSE Enterprises, LLC $907,955
CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS $591,243
Austex Development Group $466,250
Moore Information Inc. $135,300
Patton Boggs $59,698
Stevens Reed Curcio & Company $28,000
FYI Messaging, LLC $15,451
Cassidy and Associates Inc. $15,000

[highplainsdem]

16. I'm glad they're wasting millions of ad dollars on this.

It's a terrible campaign commercial, and Bush looks bad. As someone else pointed out, he isn't even looking down at the girl -- he's watching the camera.

And it's likely the entire thing was staged just for the cameras.

Check out the USA Today story at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=710&e=12&u=/usatoday/mostexpensivetvcampaignadgoesforemotions , which is linked to their ad analysis at http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-10-18-ad-analysis_x.htm .

The photo was taken by the girl's father, Lynn Faulkner, who's identified as "a marketing consultant and a Republican."

Those facts are, for some reason, left out of the ad...

[durablend]

23. I just saw it...

"His job is to make me feel safer" (or something like that)

WRETCH :puke:

[0007]

18. Now your eligible to go for a star by your name.

[crispini]

19. Wow. How substantive. NOT. n/t

[MsAnthropy]

21. Muffling dissent, as usual n/t

[Bush was AWOL]

24. I actually just watched it on tv here in Ohio

and it's pathetic. Yeah, I feel bad about what happened and all, but if that story wins Bush any votes than American's are dumber and more gullible than I thought.

The Freepers think it is the closer in Ohio. LOL!!!!!!

[demokatgurrl]

25. Poor kid. Goes through that and then has to hug Bush.

[expatriate]

26. I lost a number of friends and family members

in the WTC on 9/11, and I find this absolutely nauseating. It's still a very painful and difficult thing to live with, and to see him exploiting it just makes it worse.

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. Muggin for the camera as usual.

:puke: It's always about him isn't? And how disgusting of him to comfort that girl when he didn't lift a finger to stop the attack that killed her mother in the first place. The chimp could not care less and it shows in that photo op. :puke: :puke: :puke: