Posted on 05/21/2004 5:16:01 PM PDT by antaresequity
I just witnessed the first Kerry campaign add on Comcast MSNBC in ultra liberal Marin County California, physical home of Barabra Boxer, and Lynne Woolsey.
The add shows Kerry in repeated photos from his Viet Nam service, with head shots of his daughter, Theresa, and two vetrans [including the guy he pulled from the river]...and the emphasis of the spot is his military service[?] and strong national defense position [?].
As a life long Californian living in Marin County, this is a watershed event of sorts.
Both Clinton and Gore never ran adds in this ultra liberal market.
This must mean that the Kerry team now believes that California is in play. A recent poll by Survey USA done between 5/4 - 5/6 shows Kerry and Bush in a dead heat [K%46- B%45] in the Sunshine state.
The poll was conducted on 635 Likely voters, and has a error of %4.0
| GORE/LIEBERMAN | DEM | 79135 | 64.19% |
| BUSH/CHENEY | REP | 34872 | 28.29% |
| NADER/LADUKE | GRN | 8289 | 6.72% |
| BROWNE/OLIVIER | LIB | 506 | 0.41% |
| BUCHANAN/FOSTER | RFM | 186 | 0.15% |
| HAGELIN/GOLDHABER | NL | 113 | 0.09% |
| PHILLIPS/FRAZIER | AIP | 54 | 0.04% |
| KENYON/KENYON | 0 | 0.00% | |
| MC REYNOLDS/HOLLIS | 0 | 0.00% |
Kerry spending money in California is a very very good sign...
This ad was running in Seattle when I was out there 3 weeks ago.
Wow..Kerry was in Viet Nam.........astounding news
Bigfoot in the jungle Alert!
Kerry spending money in the San Fran area?
I'd love to see his internal polling...
If it was on MSNBC, is possible the ad aired nationally, and locally?
If it was on MSNBC, is possible the ad aired nationally, and not
locally?
This is series for sure...
Marin County is home of Taliban Johnny Walker Lindh...it is so far to the left its unbelievable.
Welcome to Marin, where animals have more rights than humans, and every other vehicle has an Impeach Bush sticker.
Watch what their media people do, not what they say. Common Tator, any thoughts on this? This shouldn't be happening on Bay Area local spots, not if Kerry is in good shape out there. Arnold has been running the table out there over the past six months. Methinks it might be having a spillover effect.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
The scene with Kerry walking through the "jungle" with his M16 is a "re-enactment" or what is known in the business as "Faked".
He did that for his earlier campaigns in Mass.
Same ad running on the Portland, OR broadcast stations.
sorry for the double post
I doubt it...Comcast handles the targeted marketing, and the add was sandwiched between two geographic specific adds...
If Kerry was going to advertise in Cali, places like Marin County is where I'd expect him to start. Drum up the base, get higher turn out in the areas where people already mostly support you. If that's not enough to make your numbers move, then you start advertising in swing areas.
Maybe I'm missing something, but why would an ad portraying Kerry as a war hero in Vietnam appeal to the Communists in Marin County?
OR makes sense, because of the upcoming primary..Kucinich is polling what, 20%?..could be very embarassing..
Are you sure this was aired locally? It may have been aired on the network itself.
So he is forced to spend money in Washington State, Oregon and California...
Last time I checked those weren't battle grounds...
Their internal polling must be ugly...
The funny thing is, that this market is all about NO WAR...of any kind..."you cant hug your kids with nuclear arms...."
They do protests every Friday night at the Corner of 2nd and Irwin Streets and catch the folks coming off the freeway...I am headed down with my digital camera to capture the lunatics on film right now...
As an ex Marin county resident, I am stunned to hear that he was spending money there. Marin is a "given". He should pull 60 to 70 percent WITHOUT SPENDING A PENNY. That is a stupid waste of advertising dollars, IMHO.
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