Sunday, March 07, 2004
ScrappleFace: Kerry Slams War Images in Kerry TV Ads
ScrappleFace: Kerry Slams War Images in Kerry TV Ads: "Kerry Slams War Images in Kerry TV Ads
(2004-03-05) -- As Democrats assailed the Bush campaign yesterday for airing TV ads that include brief images of the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, Sen. John Kerry lashed out at his own presidential campaign for employing 'savage, militaristic imagery' in his ads.
'Where's the respect for the families of the victims of the Vietnam war?' asked the presumptive Democrat nominee as he viewed his own ads, apparently for the first time. 'Images of a man toting a weapon, of gun boats on patrol, descriptions of battle scenes...these must be tremendously upsetting to the Vietcong vets and to the tens of thousands of American war protestors like me who fought valiantly for a despicable cause.'"
This one was even better than the last. . . .
(2004-03-05) -- As Democrats assailed the Bush campaign yesterday for airing TV ads that include brief images of the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, Sen. John Kerry lashed out at his own presidential campaign for employing 'savage, militaristic imagery' in his ads.
'Where's the respect for the families of the victims of the Vietnam war?' asked the presumptive Democrat nominee as he viewed his own ads, apparently for the first time. 'Images of a man toting a weapon, of gun boats on patrol, descriptions of battle scenes...these must be tremendously upsetting to the Vietcong vets and to the tens of thousands of American war protestors like me who fought valiantly for a despicable cause.'"
This one was even better than the last. . . .
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