GOP turns it up: They Want To Kill Us
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238
The first canary dies, as a BushRoveMehlman friendly “independent”
group (re)emerges from the shadows to begin what will be an onslaught
backed by tens of millions of dollars for national security (and,
then, more under the radar, social issues) messaging to voters to rev
up a base that does not want Charles Rangel to chair Ways and Means.
From the creators of “Ashley’s Story” (LINK
midterm election year.
The conservative organization “Progress for America” is slated to
have a 1:00 pm ET press conference to announce a TV ad buy, Internet
campaign, and other grassroots activity reminding Americans about
“the reason for the War on Terror.” This comes in the wake of
President Bush making major speeches on the topic this week. It
should be Noted that PFA has recruited the father of Flight 93’s Todd
Beamer, David Beamer, as its spokesman for this announcement. The ad
— the full script has not yet been released — is entitled, “They Want
To Kill Us.”
The ad is expected to address the War on Terror, 9/11, the USS Cole,
and the first World Trade Center bombing among other things and is
expected to start in one state today on broadcast television plus
national cable, Internet, and quite a bit of direct mail. Expect the
ad to run for a week to ten days before PFA starts rotating in the
next spot. Note to broadcast network executive producers: just TRY to
resist using this as an element tonight. Note to cable producers: you
are going to use it, no matter what we write.
Perhaps Howard Dean or some twenty-seven-year-old from MoveOn or
Rangel himself will lead a Thursday/Friday Democratic comeback, but,
for now, give September 4-8 to the GOP.