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May
12, 2003
George Jumps the Shark
The
First Ad of the 2004 Campaign
By RICH PROCTER
All they had to do was nothing. Just leave the
whole military issue alone, George. Just declare victory in your
ginned-up little turkey shoot and looting party and go back to
shaking down your loyal corporate "donors"--you know,
Mr. Cheney's cronies who are going to harvest mega-bucks from
those no-bid contracts to "re-build Iraq's infra-structure."
But noooooooo. The Republicans, God bless
em, HAVE to overreach--it's in their DNA. Trent Lott can't just
wish Strom Segregation-Forever Thurmond a happy birthday--he
has to turn a photo op into a Klan rally. Rick Santorum can't
just cough up platitudes about "family values"--he's
got to demonize, criminalize and threaten the entire non-hetero,
non-Republican population of America (and insult the Westminster
Kennel Club in the bargain).
It's not enough the Bush/Rove Thug Cabal
and Gun Club owns the Supreme Court, the Presidency, the House,
the Senate, AM radio, and Cable Television. It's not enough they're
about to shove a tax package down our throats that is going to
produce decades of billion dollar deficits, and destroy every
constructive social program passed since Teddy Roosevelt was
President.
Now the people who brought you the Ronald
Reagan who single-handedly liberated Nazi Death Camps while making
Army training films in Burbank want to sell you George W. Bush,
the Right-Stuff, Top Gun, Roger Ramjet death-from-above sky jock.
They want to smother America with a "counter-myth2"that
will obliterate the unpleasant truth of Junior's AWOL past.
C'mon, America! Could a guy who looks
this spiffy in a flight suit have used his father's political
connections to get out of serving in the REAL military, during
a war? Could a guy who looks this gung-ho giving the "thumbs
up" to actual military personnel (of which he was never
one) have spent the war "trembling in Texas" when others
risked their lives in Vietnam? All Bush and Rove and their
whole power-hungry junta had to do was nothing. Instead, they
commandeered an aircraft carrier, had it turned around so Bush's
TV crews (yes, the Bushies were shooting their own footage) could
get a better angle, and used the carrier (at American taxpayer
expense) as a free prop for the first campaign ad for "Bush/Cheney
104--They Did Their Job, Even If You Lost Yours." What
they've done is given the Democrats--IF THEY'VE GOT THE GUTS--a
dynamite visual for a scorched earth ad campaign that puts Bush's
non-service record back in play. I've taken the liberty of
writing a television spot (yes, I used to do this for a living,
and have 11 CLIOS to prove it.)
SPOT #1 -- OPEN with black-and white
slo-mo footage of Bush on the deck of the aircraft carrier, giving
that fatuous "thumbs-up."
Anncr--Lucky thing George was a passenger
when he landed on that carrier. You see, George lost his flight
status back in his National Guard days when he wouldn1t take
a drug test. That was before he went AWOLS
FREEZE ON GEORGE--ZOOM IN ON FACE--CHYRON
AWOL OVER FACE
ANNCR--That's right, AWOL from his military
duty in time of war. Seems to be a habit for George.
CUT TO IMAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT LINE
ANNCR--He's AWOL in the fight for American
jobs--his administration has lost over two million in four years,
the most since the Hoover AdministrationS.
CUT TO IMAGE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
ANNCR--He's AWOL in the search for Osama
bin Laden. Said he'd get him dead or alive, but then guess he
just lost interest.
CUT TO EMPTY FILE FOLDER MARKED "9-11
INVESTIGATION"
ANNCR -- just like he lost interest in
investigating what really happened on 9-11. Starved the investigators
of money, and then stonewalled them.
CUT TO "LAZY E" ENRON LOGO
ANNCR--And he's AWOL in the fight to
demand integrity from American businesses. Of course, how can
he slap handcuffs on the folks who paid to put him in the White
House?
BACK ON BUSH IN RIDICULOUS "TOP
GUN" GARB
ANNCR--Bush has been grounded for 32
years, and AWOL for 30. Isn't it about time America had a President
interested in serving his country?
SUPER UP "ANYBODY BUT BUSH 04"
I hereby donate this ad copy, or any
variation of it, to any candidate that has the guts to run it.
Unlike the Willie Horton ad that Bush's father used on Dukakis,
this one is nothing but the truth. George is asking for it.
He "jumped the shark" when he put on that zoom bag.
So let's give it to him.
Rich Procter
can be reached at planetniner@yahoo.com
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