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10 Jun 2004 07:42:24 AM |
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Republicans Upset Over Bush Plan to Use Reagan Images, Speeches in Campaign Ads. |
As anger towards the proposed ad campaign builds, GOP leaders are
urging the White House to scrap the campaign and destroy the ads
before they become public.
One longtime GOP consultant told Rove he was a "goddamned idiot" for
even considering putting the ads on the air.
"Conservative Republicans are already unhappy with President Bush,"
the consultant said when questioned by Capitol Hill Blue.
"It won’t take much to make them stay home on Election Day."
National polls show Bush clearly in trouble with voters.
A new Los Angeles Times poll shows the President trailing Kerry 51-44
percent with 60 percent of Americans saying the nation is on the wrong
track.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4667.shtml
Jun 10th, 2004
Republicans Upset Over Bush Plan to Use Reagan Images, Speeches in
Campaign Ads
By TERESA HAMPTON
As the nation prepares to bury former President Ronald Reagan,
Republican insiders fight among themselves over plans by the political
team of President George W. Bush to use images of and speeches by
Reagan in new television ads aimed at jump-starting a faltering
campaign.
"They’re disgusting," says one long-time Republican who participated
in a focus group to preview the new television ads.
"They dishonor the memory of Ronald Reagan and if President Bush
allows these ads on the air I, for one, will not vote for him in
November."
The ads, ordered up by Bush political advisor Karl Rove immediately
after Reagan’s death last Saturday, use images of Reagan and excerpts
from his speeches in what one angry GOP conservative describes as a
"callous attempt to tie George W. Bush to the legacy of Ronald Wilson
Reagan."
One proposed ad even goes so far as to show Reagan saying "George, go
out and win one for the Gipper."
The clip comes from Reagan’s speech to the 1988 Republican National
Convention where the former President’s request was to Bush’s father,
George H.W. Bush, in his successful 1988 run for President.
"I cannot believe our party would stoop to using Mr. Reagan’s memory
for such political gain," says another Republican who has heard about,
but not seen, the ads.
"This goes way beyond any moral or ethical bounds."
As anger towards the proposed ad campaign builds, GOP leaders are
urging the White House to scrap the campaign and destroy the ads
before they become public.
One longtime GOP consultant told Rove he was a "goddamned idiot" for
even considering putting the ads on the air.
"Conservative Republicans are already unhappy with President Bush,"
the consultant said when questioned by Capitol Hill Blue.
"It won’t take much to make them stay home on Election Day."
National polls show Bush clearly in trouble with voters. A new Los
Angeles Times poll shows the President trailing Kerry 51-44 percent
with 60 percent of Americans saying the nation is on the wrong track.
The sliding poll numbers sent the Bush campaign media team into
overdrive over the weekend to get the ads ready to show to focus
groups on Tuesday but found the reaction overwhelmingly negative,
campaign insiders say.
"Many Republicans are already nervous about the extreme negativity
that the Bush campaign has engaged in so early in this campaign,” says
one GOP strategist.
"Never before has an incumbent President gone so negative so early
against an opponent. Following that with a cynical use of a former
President that so many Republicans revere is not just unwise. It’s
just plain dumb and stupid."
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has sent a message to the White House
expressing her "extreme displeasure" at any attempt to use her late
husband as a campaign tool in the Presidential campaign.
"That doesn’t surprise me," says a GOP operative who served in the
Reagan White House.
"Nancy doesn’t like President Bush. If he’s smart, he’ll tell Rove to
burn the ads. George W. Bush doesn’t want Nancy Reagan as a public
enemy."
Some GOP consultants, however, defend the ads as a necessary tool in
what is becoming an increasingly tough campaign.
"A Presidential campaign is war," says one, "and in a war you do
whatever it takes to win."
But political scientist George Harleigh says the Bush campaign is
stepping on too many toes that it will need in November.
"Ronald Reagan has achieved god-like status among conservative
Republicans and you don’t mess with his memory," he says.
"If they are smart they will pull the plug on the campaign and order
the ads destroyed. Unfortunately, the Bush campaign has not yet
impressed us with its intelligence."
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Sure looks like Karl Rove has pooped again.
Harry
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11 Jun 2004 07:32:48 AM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:<8plgc01ld09cu47t56175vbcbp5dvhar38@4ax.com>...
As anger towards the proposed ad campaign builds, GOP leaders are
urging the White House to scrap the campaign and destroy the ads
before they become public.
Bush: "Look at ME... I am just like Reagan!!!" Yeah, right. Reagan has
been so idolized/sanitized/glorified/sanctified that any comparison
will only make Georgie look like a little boy.
This wild media orgy - wholly owned and operated by Republicans - over
Reagan will stay awhile. It took several years for people to realize
that Princess Di was just another bed-hopping *****.
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11 Jun 2004 02:54:22 PM |
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"MrPepper11" <MrPepper11@go.com> wrote in message
news:57cfd534.0406110432.13d639e4@posting.google.com...
Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:<8plgc01ld09cu47t56175vbcbp5dvhar38@4ax.com>...
As anger towards the proposed ad campaign builds, GOP leaders are
urging the White House to scrap the campaign and destroy the ads
before they become public.
Bush: "Look at ME... I am just like Reagan!!!" Yeah, right. Reagan has
been so idolized/sanitized/glorified/sanctified that any comparison
will only make Georgie look like a little boy.
This wild media orgy - wholly owned and operated by Republicans - over
Reagan will stay awhile. It took several years for people to realize
that Princess Di was just another bed-hopping *****.
The blowback may have started. The lead story on two of the local tv
statiosn in Charlotte and on Fox Edge ! was the overcoverage of Reagan's
funeral, along with man in the street interviews where people didn;t
understanf the hype.
larry
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| User: "Kenneth-" |
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| Title: Re: Republicans Upset Over Bush Plan to Use Reagan Images, Speechesin Campaign Ads. |
10 Jun 2004 10:20:51 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
As anger towards the proposed ad campaign builds, GOP leaders are
urging the White House to scrap the campaign and destroy the ads
before they become public.
One longtime GOP consultant told Rove he was a "goddamned idiot" for
even considering putting the ads on the air.
"Conservative Republicans are already unhappy with President Bush,"
the consultant said when questioned by Capitol Hill Blue.
"It won’t take much to make them stay home on Election Day."
Anybody see the one that shows a picture of Reagan clearing brush from
his ranch and next to it, a picture of Bush clearing brush at his ranch
with a chain saw?
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| Title: Re: Republicans Upset Over Bush Plan to Use Reagan Images, Speeches in Campaign Ads. |
10 Jun 2004 01:19:50 PM |
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On 10-Jun-2004, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Sure looks like Karl Rove has pooped again.
Harry
"The man with the plan." He might end up being a Kerry asset.
Eric
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"The big elephant sitting in the corner is that George W. Bush is
simply unqualified for the job... What's his accomplishment? That he's
no longer an obnoxious drunk?" [Ron Reagan, Jr. during the 2000 GOP
convention]
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