DNC's Ad Mocks Bush Over News Conference

[Eye and Monkey]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18769-2004Apr16.html

Washington Post
Saturday, April 17, 2004; Page A05

The Democratic National Committee is trying to hang President Bush with his own words -- and pauses.

A mocking ad posted on the party's Web site yesterday uses footage of Bush struggling at Tuesday's news conference to answer a question from Time magazine's John Dickerson on what has been his biggest mistake in office.

"Hmm. I wish you had given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it," the president is shown saying, slowly. "You know I just, uh, I'm sure something will pop into my head here, in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet. . . . You just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be on coming up with one."

Some suggested mistakes fill the screen: "Mission accomplished." "We found the weapons of mass destruction." "Bring 'em on." The tag line: "Credibility is on the ballot this November."

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[htuttle]

1. Swish

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. Saw this on CNN..

I'm surprised, they basically showed the whole thing! I think its a great ad, too. Gotta give the DNC credit.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Now we learning. and how Ironic, Bush himself is our ammo.

Poetic Justice I suppose.

[WhereIsMyFreedom]

6. LOL

That's funny because the DNC claimed that they couldn't air it on TV because the video was copyrighted to CNN.

[VolcanoJen]

3. Link to the DNC video here...

http://www.democrats.org/mistakesweremade/index.html

[pinniped]

5. Not bad, yet there continues to be numbers of braind dead morans...

like the nut who wrote this to the SF Chronicle editor:


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/16/EDG8D655411.DTL

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Bush-baiting media
Editor -- The behavior of the various reporters at the April 13 presidential press conference made it abundantly clear why the public holds the media in cynical contempt. These trial-lawyer wannabes baited the president every which way in order to get a John Kerry sound bite -- and the president handled them with courtesy and complete understanding of what they were after.

Compared to the changeable and feckless dithering of Kerry, the president was confident and true to his goals and he will have my vote in November.


CONNIE BERTO
San Anselmo
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I'm afraid some morans are beyond repair.

[RetroLounge]

16. Do a Google search on the following

"feckless dithering Kerry" or "feckless dithering Gore" or "feckless dithering Clinton" and you get all kinds of RW sites, including Free Repugnant. She's just using their talking points. Another example of a Freeper without enough brains to think for herself. They probably have a list of KKKarl Rove approved buzzwords.

RL

[BigDaddyLove]

27. Not only that, but............

the usage of the phrase "trying to get a Kerry sound bite" out of Bush, came directly from Limbaugh's mouth as he was desperately trying to explain why his leader is such a dumbass.

Amazing how quickly things travel on the rotted right-wing grapevine.

[54anickel]

23. They obviously prefer cement boots over flip-flops n/t

[TheFarseer]

7. maybe Kerry is a flip-flopper, but

Bush takes it to a whole new level by also lying his ass off

[Atlanticist]

8. Kerry just needs to quote Keynes :

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do Sir ?

[Tuttle]

9. Very good

I hope Kerry's point men are here today...


Tut-tut

[Judi Lynn]

10. Tht IS good. Have never heard it.

Republicans seem to believe it's unmanly to learn more information, and grow into a new understanding of anything.

The quote you posted is well formed. Thanks.

[greenman3610]

11. I have spread this link around

How can we get more coverage for this ad.
I think it is the best yet.

[NuttyFluffers]

20. should be blasted from the heavens, that.

that Keynes quote should be emblazoned on Kerry for prez shirts. take that flip-flop nonsense pushed about and turn it back on them. shows the whole 'steadfast' bush attitude for the farce it is... stubborn stupidity.

[Lisa]

29. "steadfast Bush" -- focused on re-fighting Gulf War even after 9/11?

Sounds more like "inflexible", doesn't it!

p.s. one of the actors from "The West Wing" commented that he found it strange that longtime friends of Bush said that the thing they admired most about him was how he hadn't changed during the decades they'd known him ... what kind of person doesn't learn, mature, and otherwise transform due to life's experiences?

[TahitiNut]

30. Kerry changes his mind; Bush* doesn't have one.

:shrug:

[ultramega]

32. Bush flip-flops (96 and counting)

http://www.compassiongate.com/promises/index.htm

[moondust]

12. Picking on an invalid.

Shame on that dirty old DNC! Shame!

[BeatleBoot]

13. Lol!

Literally Laughing out Loud

(Isn't that alliteration?)

[NeoConsSuck]

14. Why don't they show an ad of..

The chimps conference side by side with a third grader giving his/her first oral report? See who is more coherent, and has a firmer grasp of the English language.

[Oilwellian]

15. "You put me under the spot here"

This wasn't just "on" the spot, it was freaking UNDER the spot! ROFLMAO! :D

[sandnsea]

17. I didn't catch that

That's pretty low, when you're UNDER the spot!!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

18. inside joke

"I'm sure something will pop into my head here, in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet. . . "

he was waiting for karen hughes to tell him what to say in his earpiece.

[evworldeditor]

19. Dems Trying to Bait GWB Into a Campaign Sound Bite?

... or so charge the repugs and their talk shows flaks... Guess what? It worked!!!!

Can this guy really be this stupid or conceited or both?


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http://www.evworld.com

[Onlooker]

21. The ad is too vague

They should list more specifics: jobs, the stock market, the budget deficit, weapons of mass destruction, and so on.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

22. My Dream Ad

In the days leading up to the Bush/Kerry Debate, they should run a series of "Bush vs. Bush" debates. Use footage from the 2000 debates with Al Gore saying, for example, that the U.S. wouldn't engage in "nation building," countered by a clip from Bush explaining that we'll be keeping our troops in Iraq indefinitely.

I'm sure there must be a half dozen good clips on other subjects.

[The Animator]

24. Bush vs. Bush: Like they did on the Daily Show!

Sometime at the beggining of the war, John Stewart put together a debate between President George W. Bush 2002, and Govenor George W. Bush from the 2000 campaign. It shows the stark contrast between what the man said to sneak into office, and what he has done since aquiring power. It is very enlightening.

[pfitz59]

25. Why not play "Secretary of State Rumsfeld" clip?

Shrub was flailing on his news "conference"! Was a horrific thing to watch. To think he represents the best America has to offer is terrifying. The Chimp is a disgrace and an irrevocable stain on our national image! A shame, a travesty, an imbecile wearing a suit!

[54anickel]

26. The old Elvis rendition of "My Way" keeps playing in my head, could

make a great slide show.
Regrets, I have a few. But then again too few to mention.....

[ashling]

28. watching the Press Conference, I felt as if I was watching a clip from SNL

[opihimoimoi]

31. surreal wasn't it?

Whoever put him there is a genius.

He is such a clown, a joke, and a laugh.

He is a whole shipload of ammo for the Dems.

[cornfedyank]

33. i would add these two things

1. something to the effect of if he can't stand the pressure of a damn press conference, how can we trust him to make decisions for our country when the real pressure is on. finger on the button stuff.

2. add that insensitive joke about looking for WMDs under the coffee table played over pictures of funerals.

[JawJaw]

34. Agreed

Something like....

"Can't find 'em here! snikker, snikker, hehheh"