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To: LindyBill who wrote (33904)	3/11/2004 2:57:24 PM
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Conservative Group Begins Low-Budget Ad to Defend Bush By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Excerpt While liberal advocacy groups are spending millions of dollars on television ads attacking President Bush, David N. Bossie has launched a far more modest venture in the president's defense. Bossie's group, Citizens United, began running a 30-second spot this week making fun of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). But while the Media Fund, a group led by Clinton White House aide Harold Ickes, is spending $5 million on its initial anti-Bush ads criticizing "corporate greed," Bossie's budget is a little more than $100,000. "We're a conservative group with a lot of small donors around the country," Bossie said. "We don't have big pockets." The ad, running in at least 10 states, takes aim at Kerry's wealth: "Hairstyle by Cristophe: $75. Designer shirts: $250. Forty-two-foot luxury yacht: $1 million. Four lavish mansions and beachfront estate: over $35 million. Another rich, liberal elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a man of the people: priceless." Said Bossie: "We decided to use humor as opposed to the hate-filled speech and vitriol used by left-wing organizations against George Bush." Why is Bossie advertising when the Bush camp is beginning to tap a $100 million war chest? "The president's campaign is not going to be able to answer every single attack that is false or misleading or just plain nasty," he said. "I plan on being on offense in defining who John Kerry is to the American people." REST AT washingtonpost.com

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