The media and John Kerry

[madeuplikebowie]

Boy, those Bush ads must be working. I asked my sister what she thought of John Kerry and she said "Isn't he bad too?, didn't he vote for something and against something?" . Damn it, if even my liberal marajuana smoking nofx listening sister is confused over John Kerry, its rather disheartening. Of course, I explained everything and set her straight, but still...

[Markus.CNNFan.com]

1. Re:

Sad to hear, these commercials in the USA obviously do have a pretty big impact...unfortunately

[Demobrat]

2. It's not just the media.

Kerry needs to stand for something besides ABB. So far he has failed utterly.

HE LATEST round of polls, coming on the crest of a wave of extraordinarily bad news for President Bush, ought to make one point abundantly clear to Sen. John Kerry.
He is not going to win by merely tapping public disgust with the policies and missteps of the Bush administration. There may be a legion of Americans who are motivated beyond words to toss Bush out of the White House, but it does not -- at this juncture anyway -- appear large enough to produce the required 270 electoral votes.
Kerry is going to have to win over a large contingent of swing voters, many of whom are giving Bush the benefit of the doubt even as the Iraq war festers, the 9/11 hearings reveal an administration asleep at the switch and the economy sputters in many places, including here. Kerry is going to have to show those voters that he can do a better job of fighting terrorism, navigating the U.S. out of Iraq and restoring prosperity.
He is going to have to do it by leading, not hedging.
And he is not doing it now.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/26/EDGGG5VKNO1.DTL

[movonne]

3. I think that if bush ads does this then...what is she thinking...does

she think that the bush ads are going to say how great Kerry is??? Go see the new moveon's ad comparing Kerry's war record with bush's.

[Demobrat]

4. People don't analyze the strategy behind every ad they see.

They just let the message sink in.

[lovedems]

5. I would even simplify it even more. I think they look at the image

and let that sink in rather then the message. That is why they used those images of fallen fire fighters in the first * ad that aired. They are strong on image and slogan and very short on message.

[doc03]

6. Local Media on John Kerry in Wheeling WV Monday

The local TV station WTOV in Steubenville lead with talking to anti-Kerry Bush people including a comment from Bob Ney. Then they
talked to a few people from the Kerry event. After that they
announced their on line poll results.
If the election were held today who would you vote for:
--- Bush 60%
--- Kerry 38%
--- Nader 2%