how many times have you seen that Kerry gas tax add on CNN/MSNBC?

[buycitgo]

I mean tonight?

I've seen it four times since the press conference ended

just on those two channels

I've seen it at least twenty times since saturday

other than once, when my GM was wathing, I've been able to turn it off by the time the penguin finishes swishing down the hall

point is WHERE is all that money Kerry raised being spent?

he's getting KILLED by that ad alone, IMO

I saw ONE Kerry ad all weekend

[osaMABUSh]

1. several times - i don't think it is effective

i think there is a credibility problem with anything that comes out of that campaign

[buycitgo]

4. right........he needs to HAMMER away that you can't believe ANY

THING he says

there's a ton of stuff they can use to show he out and out LIED about so many things that there's NO reason to take him seriously about anything

[buycitgo]

2. not that I think anybody but haflwits on the order of B* would be swayed

by these iditiotc POSs the B* boiler boys put out

BUT, the media LOVE to play them over and over, discussing how much they affected that early 10 point lead Kerry had

why?

because they allowed Kerry to be defined by the propagandists

and it may be too late

[madrchsod]

3. 30+ cents since jan

what about that chimpy-paying off the saudi`s to keep them quiet?

[buycitgo]

6. FORTY FIVE cents in NW Chicago suburbs since then

from 1.40 to 1.85 where I live

[mike1963]

5. Billions and billions.....

:eyes:

[EndElectoral]

7. Hidden Tax

I saw this on another board. Thought it kind of showed the hidden tax we're paying on imports due to Bush's fiscal polices. Talk about a gas tax....

"The economy, and how well it is doing will affect the upcoming election. So I thought I'd see how our dollars are holding up.

The Euro expanded in Europe on 01/01/2002, and I thought that might be a good place to make a comparision between the Euro and the Dollar (as well as the British Pound and the dollar).

1 Euro bought 0.903098 dollars on 01/02/02

1 Euro bought 1.0361 dollars on 01/02/03

1 Euro bought 1.2592 dollars on 01/02/04

1 Euro buys 1.1923 dollars on 04/13/04


1 British pound bought 1.4451 dollars on 01/02/02

1 British pound bought 1.5975 dollars on 01/02/03

1 British pound bought 1.7902 dollars on 01/02/04

1 British pound bought 1.816 dollars on 04/13/04

Now what do these figures tell us? They tell us that a Euro was worth about 90 cents in January of 2002, but is now worth about 1.19. It tells us that the British pound was worth 1.44 in January of 2002, but is now worth a 1.81.

In other words the values of foreign currencies has strengthed while the dollar has dramatically weakened. How does that affect us? Well, primarily in terms of buying power and specially in terms of imports....gas prices anyone?

You got it. Those prices going up and up are reflections of our weakening dollar abroad. We've lost 47 cents on the pound on a little over two years and about 29 cents on the Euro. That means we pay more for Opec imports because our dollar doesn't buy as much.

Now with wages stagnant, we in essence are paying a hidden tax for the devalued dollar. And that dollar is primarily devalued because of the massive deficit spending of this administration."

[DietVanillaCoke]

9. Money making...

I moved back from the UK last year and I cashed in those British pounds for American dollars. Got a lot of money.

[TheDonkey]

8. Kerry is being smart, saving his money for the real campaign, "wacky"...

is going no where. shrubs credibility is in the toilet and the commerical is just pointless. Not sticking and look at the poll #s for some proof

[cally]

10. I think it's semi-effective the first time or two

but after that it just seems dumb. I don't find it cute or nostalgic, just demeaning. I've now seen it about 30 times. It's a waste of money.