An idea for an anti-Bush ad

[EstimatedProphet]

Let me start by saying that I am not a professional (and when you read what I wrote, that will be abundantly clear!), but I had an idea for an ad in response to the stories that Bush is defining Kerry. I think this is a good time to define the liar-in-chief, before he moves farther and does irreprable damage. I think Kerry needs to go to work; if done right this will coincide with Clarke, and if he waits much longer the tide will turn away from him.

So, here's my ad idea:
Scene: family at the dinner table. Preteen kid (son, 8-9 years old) is talking loudly:
“An’ there’s monsters all around us! An’ they chased me around the yard and threw rocks at me! An’ they spit acid that burned right through Jimmy’s bike! An’ they blew up a big building downtown too!”
Cut to: Father sitting at table, raising up the paper he’s reading to avoid looking at son.
Cut to: Mother standing at sink, blowing through hair hanging over her forehead, obviously tired and frustrated.
Cut to: Teenaged sister sitting at table, rolling her eyes with a disgusted look on her face.
Cut back to: Son who is becoming more agitated and louder: “An’ they’re all ALIENS! They’re from Mars! We have to stop them! They make everyone their slaves an’ they talk for them an’ make them try to hurt us! They HATE us! We’re not their slaves an’ they HATE US BECAUSE THEY CAN’T CONTROL US!”
Pan back to show whole kitchen: Son is now standing and yelling, Father turns away from the table and actively ignores son while reading paper, Mother is bent over the sink in exhaustion, Sister is turned away from the table with her hands over her ears.
Son: “But I showed ‘em! I stood up to ‘em an’ kicked ‘em in the knee and they all ran away because they’re so scared of me! But they’ll come back, I know they will!”
Voiceover: “When all you do is lie, and the lies get to be outrageous, everyone quits listening to you.”
Fade to black. Voiceover: “Isn’t it time we quit listening to the Bush Administration lie to us?”

It's short and to the point, and it takes the kind of statements that the Bushies have been making and puts them in the context of a kid (which when you think about the kind of lies they have been saying, it's about the right scale) making stories for attention.

Anyway, the thing is, IMO that we need to start defining Bush right now, because that will help nullify any attack they try in the future. When they try their smear campaigns after we have defined them as liars and smearers, it will just reinforce our message. but it has to be done soon, before Bush is successful at defining Kerry as a waffler, because after that, any new idea will be used to "prove" that Kerry flip-flops. When I think back to Carter's presidency I remember that one of the things that hurt him from the RNC were the anti-Democratic party ads, and they were extremely negative and pretty mean:
The ad with a Tip O'Neill/Kennedy type telling his chauffer to keep driving because they can't be out of gas;
The shrinking dollar ad;
I know there were more, but those are the two that I can remember right now. The ads they put out were very damaging to Carter and Democrats in general, and were never really countered. So, I think it's vital that we start defining back, before it's too late.

[Blaze Diem]

1. Here's Another One..makes me want to weep!

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/true911.html

[EstimatedProphet]

3. I'll have to check that out

[agincourt]

2. I like it,

The RW always uses fear and paranoia to get the sheeple in line. I think we got to hammer shrub's propaganda mill as well as shrub to make any impact. There is so much stuff we could use it's mind boggling. It's a lot better than just wasting our efforts answering rove attack ads.

[EstimatedProphet]

4. Exactly

If all we do is answer charges, they define us. That's how it works.

[CBHagman]

5. I like your ad idea.

And you're right; we have to do more than just react.

Frankly, there's so much dirt on the Bush administration -- the secrecy, the lies, the regressive system of taxation, the callousness, the cuts to literacy programs -- that it's almost difficult to pick a place to start.

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Thanks

Hey, if we all get to brainstorming, maybe we can give the DNC some good ideas!

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Self-important kick

:kick:
I dunno, I just think it would be kind of cool to see if we can come up with ad ideas...help out the campaign and all, maybe...

[EndElectoral]

8. Heres' a thought for an ad.

A woman is giving birth to a child. The soldier father is linked via a video in Iraq, giving her encouragement to push.

The child is born. And they give the baby to the mother, and a man walks in and says you'll have to come up with a name. She names the kid Freedom, and thereupon the man gives her a bill for $37,000 dollars that Freedom now owes to pay off his portion of the deficit.

[vetwife]

9. Here is my idea for an ad

Show a newborn baby. Hand the baby to the Parents, then hand the baby a bill for 35,000. DUE UPON RECEIPT !
Referring to our deficit ! small note Welcome to Bush's America !

[vetwife]

11. Look at the times for my and end electoral's ads

WOW...Were we thinking on the same lines or what ! Posting almost the same idea at the same time !

[BillZBubb]

10. One huge problem with your ad...

We were attacked on 9-11. We can't win the argument that Bush* always cries wolf. That won't fly.

I do think you are on the right track though. We do need to make people understand their chances of dying in a terrorist attack inside the U.S. are significantly lower than being killed by lightning. But, we have to do it in a way that doesn't imply we won't do everything possible to lessen even that threat.

[EstimatedProphet]

13. Well, the wording may need to be changed

Like I said, I'm far from being a professional. However, I do think that we can make a very valid point that this administration lies an awful lot. They don't even really try to cover it up anymore; they just say "No, this is true, really!" and then go on to a different subject as if that's all that's needed.

[jbm]

12. my ad...

I have always been amazed at the stark contrast between the conservative and liberal 'heavyweights'. The liberals always seem to be energized and happy and give hope,while the conservatives make me downright depressed...sooo...my ad would be nothing more then nice music and a photo slideshow of all the past and present liberal greats,surrounded by people and clearly energized. I'd toss on some two or three word slogan at the end,but I've always thought the right pictures would send a powerful message just by themselves.

I think your ad idea is great btw!