New Bush Ad planned: Reagan saying "Win 1 for the Gipper, George"!

[Dems Will Win]

Republicans Upset Over Bush Plan to Use Reagan Images, Speeches in Campaign Ads
By TERESA HAMPTON
Capitol Hill Blue Staff Writer
Jun 10, 2004, 08:15


As the nation prepares to bury former President Ronald Reagan, Republican insiders fight among themselves over plans by the political team of President George W. Bush to use images of and speeches by Reagan in new television ads aimed at jump-starting a faltering campaign.

“They’re disgusting,” says one long-time Republican who participated in a focus group to preview the new television ads. “They dishonor the memory of Ronald Reagan and if President Bush allows these ads on the air I, for one, will not vote for him in November.”

The ads, ordered up by Bush political advisor Karl Rove immediately after Reagan’s death last Saturday, use images of Reagan and excerpts from his speeches in what one angry GOP conservative describes as a “callous attempt to tie George W. Bush to the legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan.”

One proposed ad even goes so far as to show Reagan saying “George, go out and win one for the Gipper.” The clip comes from Reagan’s speech to the 1988 Republican National Convention where the former President’s request was to Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, in his successful 1988 run for President.

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http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4667.shtml

How dare they use a dead guy to promote their candidate (Note my avatar)!

Hope we see these on the air. Nothing could kill his campaign more, other than reinstating the draft this June instead of next June.

Will get Nancy mad too!

What do you think of all this? Will it ever happen? Will just word of it getting out hurt Bush?

Did Kerry make a deal with the devil to get Bush to do such things?

[Blue-Jay]

1. Oh please oh please oh please oh please AIR THIS AD!

That would be out-fucking-standing for Kerry!

[rpannier]

2. I Hope He Uses Them

It will look like what they are...shameless defiling of the dead.

[demnan]

3. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!

They seem to have the reverse midas touch these days, everything they touch turns to shit!

[molly]

4. They are imploding

everything they have done lately is dumb and dumber. I think Nancy will be VERY upset.

[sniffa]

5. i'm shocked

shocked, i teLL ya. this is just the faLL back pLan, as reagan wasn't scheduLed to die untiL october.

[cjbuchanan]

6. Wow, that is ugly

I don't think they would do this. It would be political suicide.

However, I bet they will use it at the convention. I can see a "Salute to Reagan" montage. It would end with the "George, win one for the Gipper." line.

[Vickers]

7. I tellya, the RW is pure class, ain't it?

Gawd, I hope they do this. It's so ghoulish!

[slinkerwink]

8. PLEASE USE THOSE ADS! IT WILL BACKFIRE DELICIOUSLY!

[JI7]

9. this is Capitol Hill Blue, not very reliable

not that i would be surprised if it did happen. but to see if it's true we need more reliable sources to confirm it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Reagan: One For The Reaper

with thanks to the British Private Eye.

[Cat Atomic]

11. Karl Rove: Overrated Imbecile

Can we please stop calling this man a "genius" now?

[ElementaryPenguin]

12. Right on, Cat!

Ridiculous Rove is soooo friggin' overrated, it...well it HURTS!

:hurts:

[SeattleDem]

13. But the Wellstone memorial was overly partisan....

hmmm, do I see a double-standard here??

[Blasphemer]

14. BWAHAHAHA

Damned focus groups! If only they would air them without having the benefit of viewer reaction. What complete a-holes. I'm sure the Reagan family will be blasting these bloodsuckers in due time.