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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H-Man who wrote (11572)	4/2/2004 10:01:13 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

New Ad Against Kerry Spoofs Mastercard's 'Priceless' Commercials By Jimmy Moore Talon News April 2, 2004 A new political ad recently produced by Citizens United takes a humorous look at likely Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry's claim that he is a "man of the people." In the ad, Citizens United uses a parody of the recent Mastercard commercials to illustrate Kerry's wealthy status. The 30-second ad begins with an unflattering photograph of Kerry dressed in formal wear and goes through a series of examples that show the Massachusetts senator is a very wealthy man. "Hair-style by Christophe's: Seventy-five dollars," the voiceover announced exclaims. "Designer Shirts: Two-hundred fifty dollars." The ad continues, "Forty two-foot luxury yacht: one million dollars. Four lavish mansions and beachfront estate: over thirty-million dollars." The parody ad ends with a picture of Kerry standing with fellow liberal Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy. "Another rich, liberal elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a 'man of the people' ... Priceless," the ad concludes. Citizens United President David N. Bossie said his group wanted to show the American people that Kerry is not the "average Joe" that his campaign and supporters would like voters to believe. "John Kerry's a rich, liberal elitist, and the American people need to know the truth about him and his record," Bossie said in a release. The group has been running the ad on broadcast and cable outlets in key battleground states as well as on the Internet in the first of many responses to the attacks on President George W. Bush leading up the November election by unregulated liberal groups like MoveOn.org. "The vitriol that's being used by the left in their hatred of the president -- and the man himself -- seems to come through in their ads," Bossie noted, explaining why his group were running the ads. "We wanted to counter that." mensnewsdaily.com