What should the first Kerry ad say ?

[kentuck]

Should it be anti-Bush? Should it be positive? Should it question the leadership of Bush? Noting that it is a marathon from here to November, what should be used as a starting point?

Personally, I think it should be something slightly ambiguous, without going totally negative, such as - a list of facts about unemployment, people without healthcare, our loss of prestige around the world, etc. End up by saying, "We can do better". Just plant the seed before we hit them broadside just before the election. Maintain a positive image as much as humanly possible.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Definitely positive

We can't let him start the tone of the election with a negative ad. Let Bush start, and he inevitably will.

[damnyankee2601]

6. Indeed. How aboute JOBS, JOBS, JOBS

(Not unemployment, unemployment, unemployment.)

[CalebHayes]

2. Here are some good photos of Kerry on a boat in Vetiatnam...

here are some pictures of Bush driving drunk.

[info being]

3. Don't know, I haven't seem him say anything coherent yet

Except when he attacks Bush.

[grannylib]

4. I agree...we need to keep it as clean and 'high road' as possible in the

ads; let Chimpy and his minions resort to negativity, since their record sucks donkey dick... *ROFLMAO*
They got nothin'. If Kerry stays positive for the most part, and is extremely cautious about how he criticizes Chimpy in ads closer to the election, it would be good.

[kentuck]

5. Oh, it will get negative soon enough....

That is the only way Dubya knows how to fight... We need to have our guns greased and loaded when that happens...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. Oh I know

But I want to be able to point to every goddamn GOP hypocrit that will inevitably try to say that Dems are fighting dirty that it was Bush who started it, not Kerry.

[damnyankee2601]

11. Use the MoveOn ads.

As soon as Shrubco goes negative, unleash all of them. People will collect them on TIVO like baseball cards. You could even run the "Hitler" ad just once if Shrubco got too militaristic. It would be like the Babe Ruth card. Everybody would be googling trying to find it, and they'd run acroos all our websites.

[HuskerDem]

7. I am John Kerry and I approve this message because nobody knew

George Bush would fuckit up so bad. What do I mean? Everything. Take your pick.






OK, It'll never happen but wouldn't it be great?

[genius]

8. I have an idea for a guaranteed winner ad

However, I know Rove's people read this site. Does Kerry have anyone we can contact with our suggestions. Generally in campaigns the people at the bottom answer the emails and take messages and I would like to send my suggestion to someone who's in a position to decide whether or not to use it.

[Mr.Green93]

10. show the towers falling

show bush reading emotinonless to childern..........bush knew

[A J]

12. If we go negative....

talk about how bush is screwing over the future. That is something that can really touch people. Hit that theme hard and start with the the MoveOn deficit ad.

[SerpentX]

13. "Dear George ..."

Wait, what are the seven words again?

[caledesi]

14. Lots of split screens of * when he was running and what he said

after becoming the pResident. Remember the Daily show debate with Gov. Bush and President * - it was great.

Gov Bush - we must show the world we are a humble nation (paraphrasing)

Gov Bush - we can't just go around to other countries telling them what to do

Gov Bush - No nation-building.

[bif]

15. How about a series of horrible economic numbers

Like the national debt, cost of war in Iraq, maybe even the numbers of soldiers killed in Iraq followed by the closing line: "John Kerry for president, because America can't afford another 4 years of George Bush."

[guajira]

16. B* Says his job is to keep us safe - Then Why did 9-11 Happen?

Or - B* Says he's leading the country - Unfortunately he's leading it in the WRONG direction!!!

[Carolina]

17. Shock and Awe

Can't be wimpy feel good ads. Screw that because as Jeff Koopersmith says:

"It's War! ... This is not a time for the temperate.

The President and, more than ever, the men and women around him will display no conscience. They are in a fight to the death -- a filthy fight -- and they've proven over and over again that they are not above the worst kind of hate-mongering, the grimiest mudslinging, and the basest of puerile political smut-peddling...

Kerry should take care to take aim at the White House -- on every front, and at all possible junctures. He should assemble his troops vigilantly, and launch them at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- without apology, hesitation, or regret...

This is not the time for thoughtful contemplation... So John Kerry, remember this: you are not a crown prince, you are David for the average American who has put heart in you to slaughter Goliath.

Today, slings and stones won't do it... you will need political weapons of mass destruction.

You will need to step away from your gentlemanly posture in order to do battle in the filthy trenches now being dug by Republican power mongers in states both Red and Blue."



JEFF KOOPERSMITH is a political consultant, opinion research
authority, policy analyst, read the whole column at:

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20040303Koop.html

[estherc]

18. the first ads are already out

and they're good. Go to his web site and see them.

I'd like to see an ad hammering home the message that the Iraq war is not the war on terror but a diversion from the war on terror.

[BruinAlum]

19. I wish it could say fuck you Bush but I know better.

[gottaB]

23. I wish it could say Fuck Bush

In huge white letters sort of like this:



With a voice over like, I know something about aircraft carriers for real....

and then,

I'm John Kerry, and I approve of this message, because this pResident is the most ideological, most deranged, most frothing at the mouth, most idiotic pResident we've ever had, and he needs to be put down like a rabid dog. Fuck Bush.

[BruinAlum]

28. I like yours better

:D

[OutlawCorporatePolls]

20. this one..

George W. Bush - Steady Leadership In Times of Change

[Carolina]

21. LOL

:hi:

[bif]

22. Here's an ad I did

[guajira]

25. Show all the Face - many ignorant Americans would think that is

Kerry!!!! <sigh>

[DrFunkenstein]

24. Enron/Halliburton Vs. Energy Independence

When Kerry mentioned energy independence during his victory speech, it got the biggest applause of the night. People want to know that Kerry is going to do something real for them, something they can watch happen.

Health care would be my second choice, because both will be major overhauls during the next 4 years.

[Leilani]

26. Talk about uniting the country

How under Bush it' become so divided.

We need a Pres for ALL Americans, not special interests.

[Leilani]

27. One of Shrub's biggest weaknesses in polls

is he's controlled by special interests.

Talk about how it is hurting average Americans.

About all the money he is raising.

All the money going to Iraq, while US is hurting. (another weak pt)

[kentuck]

31. I think that message is more powerful than Democrats realize

at this time. George W Bush said he was a "uniter"...He has been anything but...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

29. "I'm sorry."

[Perky]

30. Go after Bush Administration

For waffling on the rationale for war.. and the Deficit and then back out the attack ads until the convention.

Truth of the matter is.....The anger at Bush in this country is palpable. Cut him once and let him bleed for a while.

Credibility is a huge issue in this campiagn.