# Is anyone else bothered by the nightly Dubya ads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589 "2004-03-11T01:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/1 "2004-03-11T01:00:19Z")
Tonight was the third night in a row Dubya ran an ad during the national news. It’s eight months before the general election. He must have boatloads of money if he’s spending this much money this early. I find it scary. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/2 "2004-03-11T01:16:15Z")
I’m amused by the nature of the ads I’ve seen: “A lot of stuff has happened to America recently… important stuff… traumatic stuff… financially-disastrous stuff. George W. Bush was president at the time. Keep him in office for four more years.” No claim to have accomplished anything, or even to have tried. Just “please maintain the status quo! Please?” It’s almost like an admission that there’s not actually any good reason to keep him, while simultaneously stirring up bad memories of his time in office. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/3 "2004-03-11T02:55:28Z")
I don’t watch much TV anymore, but I’ve heard about the ads. I found a nifty remix of that ad, though. “The only person who can get us out of this mess is the person who got us into it.” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/4 "2004-03-11T13:02:33Z")
During the nightly news? Then the Bush campaign is paying to run their ads during the news. Either that or the spots are falling in the show through the rotation schedule. I don’t find them attacking. Wait for the ad that shows Kerry talking out of both sides of his mouth…for the war, against the war. For increased intelligence, voting against it. For increased armour for the troops, voting against funding it. _Those_ will be funny. It’s going to be an interesting race. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/5 "2004-03-11T13:09:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > It’s going to be an interesting race. ``` It will be more about mud slinging... not interesting at all ``` ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/6 "2004-03-11T13:12:08Z")
No, it’s not the content of the ads that bothers me – that’s a separate issue (sic). What freaks me out is that the Bush campaign has so much money to burn that they’re buying expensive TV time _eight months before the general election_. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/7 "2004-03-11T13:16:07Z")
I’m bothered by the fact that people actually are swayed by political ads. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/8 "2004-03-11T13:39:15Z")
I don’t know exactly how far the spread is, but if the president, with roughly 10 times the campaign finances at the moment (don’t quote me on this, I’ve seen the figure around, though), and after his four years of experience _still_ can’t do better than a tie against Kerry in the polls… Ah well, that’s what propaganda’s for. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/9 "2004-03-11T13:40:27Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Wait for the ad that shows Kerry talking out of both sides of his mouth…for the war, against the war. For increased intelligence, voting against it. For increased armour for the troops, voting against funding it. > > _Those_ will be funny. From Salon: Bush is against a Homeland Security Department; then he’s for it. Bush is against a 9/11 commission; then he’s for it. Bush is against an Iraq WMD investigation; then he’s for it. Bush is against nation building; then he’s for it. Bush is against deficits; then he’s for them. Bush is for free trade; then he’s for tariffs on steel; then he’s against them again. Bush is against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli Palestinian conflict; then he pushes for a “road map” and a Palestinian State. Bush is for states right to decide on gay marriage, then he is for changing the constitution. Bush first says he’ll provide money for first responders (fire, police, emergency), then he doesn’t. Bush first says that ‘help is on the way’ to the military … then he cuts benefits. Bush: "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. Bush: “I don’t know where he is. I have no idea and I really don’t care.” Bush claims to be in favor of the environment and then secretly starts drilling on Padre Island. Bush talks about helping education and increases mandates while cutting funding. Bush first says the U.S. won’t negotiate with North Korea. Now he will Bush goes to Bob Jones University. Then say’s he shouldn’t have. Bush said he would demand a U.N. Security Council vote on whether to sanction military action against Iraq. Later Bush announced he would not call for a vote. Bush said the “mission accomplished” banner was put up by the sailors. Bush later admits it was his advance team. Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the US. Bush after meeting with Pres. Fox, he’s against it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/10 "2004-03-11T13:55:39Z")
The ads sound a bit lame to me. [This](http://www.bloggerheads.com/images/bush_cheney_supermen.jpg) is how they should approach the issue. ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/11 "2004-03-11T16:25:54Z")
I am not bothered by the ads any more than I am bothered by listening to John Kerry dish out the garbage he is dishing out. He just isn’t using tv commercials. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-nightly-dubya-ads/233589/12 "2004-03-12T01:05:27Z")
George W. Bush is shooting for an unprecedented $200 million campaign “war chest”; that’s going to buy a lot of bullstuff between now and November.