'Swifties' make $4.7 million ad buy

United Press International ^ | 10/21/2004 | UPI

[Riprock_Dash]

I hope it helps convince the senior citizens not to vote for Kerry. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[kabar]

I have contributed three times so far.

[IGOTMINE]

LOTS of military serving in Florida...MILLIONS of retirees, too.

[Stateline]

These guys are awesome.......

[HundredDollars]

I agree the ads are great. The Vets reminded me of my father, uncles, coaches, community leaders, etc. Real men, honest men for which I have so much respect.

If anyone can watch that "theyserved" ad and feel these guys are liars as the MSM try to portray them, they are a lost cause and Bush will never get their vote anyway.

[dangus]

No moreso than WI, IA, MN, MI, NJ, or the other 16 swing states they aren't buying in.

It's simple: If Bush carries these two states, he's in. No matter what.

[dangus]

No, he doesn't need to get them both. If he gets Florida, he can lose PA, MI, and OH, and still win simply by carrying New Mexico (+7) and Wisconsin. Or Oregon. Or Minnesota. Or Iowa. And he is ahead in all those states. In fact, if he takes the blue states Mason Dixon has him leading in, he can lose all four tossup states.

[blackie]

Big Swifties ~ Bump!

[jbwbubba]

I think thata Bush has a real shot at WI, NM and Iowa. Bush has been up or tied in most polls there. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see WI and NM in Bush's win total

Oregon will likely go to Kerry

MN, who knows Republicans have added a lot of new voters and the polls are close but the same polls showed Coleman losing to Mondale two years ago.

Bottom line, if Bush wins all the states he had last time, he wins, he can even afford to lose NH or WV, and still win.

[OldPossum]

Re your post #2, I wonder, too, about Pennsylvania being seen as not going to Bush.

There are hordes of hunters in that state (I think more than any state in the Union) but from my small circle of acquaintances in that state who are hunters, they are either indifferent or not aware of the vast differences between President Bush and Senator Horseface on the Second Amendment.

[BushisTheMan]

"incredibly stressed by the rigors of the campaign, it has taken its toll on him."

Well, for a guy who hardly worked and lived off his wife's inheritance, I'm sure this is true. He looked positively horrible.

When he made his "Every day when I got to work at the White House, I'll blah blah blah" speech, I thought "You'll go to work for a change?"

[twigs]

I live in PA and just got a devastating brochure from them in the mail yesterday. IIRC, it was 12 pages and simply lays out Kerry's service and lies. It was powerful. Hubbie said he couldn't imagine anyone reading it and then voting for him.

[onyx]

I was afraid of that.

Let me see if Petronski and Mo agree.

[Mo1]

Rendell will produce the votes needed for Kerry to win.

He's from Philly and knows how the game is played

I don't trust Rendell at all

[onyx]

In an honest vote count, would Bush win IYO?

[clyde260]

Bump for tomorrow

[Ditto]

That figure should be flipped, IMHO, but, nonetheless, these are the two states where they should be with their resources to blanket the airwaves thoroughly in all of the TV markets.

Ad time is likely more expensive per minute in Florida than Ohio which would account to the $ difference.

[GeronL]

I live in PA and just got a devastating brochure from them in the mail yesterday. IIRC, it was 12 pages and simply lays out Kerry's service and lies. It was powerful. Hubbie said he couldn't imagine anyone reading it and then voting for him.

from who?? or is that from whom?

[GeronL]

#61- He looks stoned drunk in that pic