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Democrat Attack Ads Coming Down

An attack ad produced aired by a shadowy 527 run by recently resigned Kerry and Gephardt staffers, which questioned Dean's ability to keep this country safe and associated Dean's face with bin Laden's, has been taken off the air. It was pulled in response to heavy criticism by the unions and other donors who unwittingly paid for the spot's production and air time.

Pretty sad when the constituents have a better sense of propriety than some the candidates.

I think that what MoveOn.org is doing right now is the wave of the future in political advertising. They requested their members to create 30 second ads, collected them and put them on line and now members are voting on their favorites. They expected 200-300 hundred; they got over 1000. When members get it winnowed down to the very best ads, celebrity judges will pick the final candidates and they will raise the money to put the ads on the air. If you would like to put in your two cents about how Progessives should critique Bush, go to Bushin30Seconds.org.

Maybe some day candidates will do the same thing, allowing supporters to create ads for them and choose the best ones to air. Now that's a grassroots capaign. Do you think Dean should try this approach? His ads have been very pedestrian so far.

posted by Michael Bryan @ 12/19/2003 11:57:00 AM