NYT: Movie Ads or Political Ads?Complaint Says Line Too Fine

[DeepModem Mom]

ADVERTISING
Movie Ads or Political Ads? Complaint Says Line Is Too Fine
By JIM RUTENBERG

Published: June 27, 2004


The advertising push behind Michael Moore's new documentary critical of President Bush, "Fahrenheit 9/11," is angering some Republicans, who say it is little more than a commercial campaign devised to help Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.

For instance, one television commercial for the film, which opened nationally on Friday, shows Mr. Bush in mid-golf game, talking emphatically to news cameras that follow him around the course.

"We must stop these terrorist killers," he says before turning his back to tee off and shouting back at the pack, "Now watch this drive!"

The scene is one of many featured in the film that paint the president as cavalier, cynical and insincere in the war against terrorism.

Until the marketing campaign began, Republicans had been dismissive of the film, arguing that it would have little effect on the election because its audience would consist mostly of people already planning to vote against Mr. Bush.

But the advertising campaign has been a different story....


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/politics/campaign/27ads.html

[acmavm]

1. What crybabies. They should just shut up and face the fact that they've

got a scheming loser on their hands. If the republican party didn't know what they were getting into when the decided to run the guy, that's their own tough luck.

Everything boils down to reality and the first amendment. bush* and his corrupt administration provided the grist for a real fine movie. And even though they may not know it, the First Amendment has not been revoked.

[NJmaverick]

2. Amazing showing george bush talking to reporters

Is helping John Kerry to win? That isn't campaigning it is telling the truth. I think it says a lot when simply allowing the candidate to speak is helping the other side.

[Democat]

3. Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Clearchannel, and most newspapers aren't enough?

What a bunch of crybabies.

Take the entire media down along with Moore's movie if you want to be that way.

[RC]

4. I just thought of something...

What would happen if during their September conventions, they picked two different people for the president and vice-president? Then ran an all out smother the US campaign. Leaving dimson & the wizerd to sink out of sight?

[NJmaverick]

5. STOP SHOWING OUR CANDIDATE SPEAK!

You are helping the otehr side!

[2Design]

6. I love how RW is helping to promote this film....that is such a smart

move on Moore's part...
and then there will be advertising for the DVD

[nolabels]

7. The DVD

Capitalist and this thing that is called a market will now strike back at one of it's creations that it spawned. Wasn't that a Greek tragedy in a earlier time?