I have been silent for a while. I understand that there rules about swift boat postings, but I don't knbow what they are, so I very well may be breaking a rule I do not know, but here goes.
FIRST: it MUST be in Kerry's name, not a 527.
Second: The party should as loudly and repeatedly as possible demand that for every time the swift boat ad gets run, the Kerry answer gets run behind it. This will not happen of course, but if the demands are public enough, the press will HAVE to give us the same coverage as the swift boat ads get.
I am not a video producer, nor do I have access to Nexus to get the video I need. If the idea has any merit, the research should be simple for someone to polish off.
NOW TO THE AD.
(Kerry stands facing the camera.) "I'm John Kerry, and I endorse this ad."
(Faded flag waving in the background.) Text over with voice reading.:
America stands at a crossroads. There are two candidates for President, with VERY different views of how to resolve the issues that we face.
One of those candidates has made military service an issue. Let's compare their records.
(Faded stock footage of a swift boat) 60 minuets style page of Kerry's Bronze Star Citation, with key phrases highlighted. With voice over reading quotes. Clearly id document, again ala 60 minuets. (EXTREAMLY IMPORTANT AS WILL BE SEEN IN NEXT Scene.)
(Black screen) TEXT with voice over, Meanwhile, about the same time, George Bush was "serving" in the Alabama air national guard. (Give date of following fitness report.)
Clip from 60 minuets when they showed the Alabama national guard commander that was supposed to be Bush's unit commander, stating he could not complete Bush's fitness report, because he had never met the man, and could never swear the man had stepped foot on his base.( this is where the nexus search comes in. This segment aired winter of 99 or spring of 2000, but I cannot pin it down, and 60 minuets would need to approve the clip.)
(Black screen) TEXT with voice over reading: During a time when our nation is in grave danger, John Kerry says:
(Clip of Kerry from convention "This is John Kerry, Reporting for duty")
(Black screen) Text with voice: and, where is Bush?
(Scene from Fahrenheit 9/11 where card tells bush about second plane. Keep it up long enough to show deer in headlights look for 5 seconds or so.) Fade and put text with voice: On September 11th 2001 (put exact official number) Americans died when terrorists attacked us.
Fade text: Voice says: In America we call that Absent with out leave.( over faded images military style stamp stamps AWOL.
Give date of mission accomplished speech.
(clip of jet landing and then Bush in front of Mission accomplished banner.) Fade and put up Text with voice: (list number of deaths in Iraq SINCE Mission accomplished speech.) have died SINCE Bush said "Mission Accomplished."
Fade text, Stamp AWOL
(Clip of Bush speech saying we have the best economy in 20 years.) Fade, text and voice reading number of jobs LOST since Bush took office. Fade Text and Stamp AWOL.
America is in serious trouble, and we need a serious leader, not an AWOL privileged son.
(Repeat Kerry reporting for duty clip and fade out.)
(End of AD)
I THINK with a good editor, this could fit into a 60-second spot. If not, it could be trimmed until it does.
But it MUST be a KERRY AD, IN KERRY"S voice, not a surrogate.
Thanks
Jim Roker
The ever {un} popular MR TeK