Everyone concerned about negative attacks against Kerry should take heart at this
softball...
Citizens United, headed by former Republican congressional aide David Bossie, began airing the ad -- a parody of MasterCard's "priceless" commercials -- on cable and broadcast channels Sunday in select presidential battleground states.
The ad shows Kerry, boats at a marina and oceanfront property as an announcers says: "Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. Hairstyle by Christophe's $75. Designer shirts: $250. Forty-two foot luxury yacht: $1 million. Four lavish mansions and beachfront estate: Over $30 million."
Another shot is of Kerry and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., with the words: "Another rich, liberal elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a man of the people. Priceless."
Ooooh, devastating. I guess soon we'll get an ad campaign devoted to Kerry being a big meanie, or one about how his mother wears Army boots (no, scratch that, they don't want to bring up Kerry's military service). Although it looks to me like the ads are just going to be a big waste of money, one wonders if MasterCard will be as quick to sue here as in 2000 when the Nader campaign ran a similar series of ads.
Am I wrong thinking if that's the best they can do against Kerry, Dubya's toast?