U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Ads

The U.S. presidential election, 2004 Campaign Ads file has been subdivided into two additional parts:


 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Republican Campaign Ads
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Democrat Campaign Ads

Also see:


 * internet activism
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Active Advocacy Groups
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Ad Issues
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Issues
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Quotes
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: The Culture War
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Wedge Issues

Fact Checking

 * According to William Saletan, writing for the March 18, 2004, edition of MSN's 'Slate', "If you're against Bush, you're against America."


 * "If you oppose George W. Bush's policies, or if you're supported by anybody who opposes George Bush's policies, you're anti-American.


 * "That was the message of the 1988 presidential campaign of George H.W. Bush, who suggested that his opponent from Massachusetts was against the Pledge of Allegiance. Now it's his son's campaign message, too.


 * "Facts don't matter when you run on this theme."

Campaign Ad Spending
Posted March 18, 2004, by Kash at Angry Bear blogspot:

Bush seems to have won the battle for the first half of March. From The National Journal's Hotline (requires registration) on March 17:

AD SPENDING, 3/3-14

BUSH-CHENEY Estimated spending: $8,197,514+ Spots aired: 8,071 States: AR, AZ, CA, FL, IA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, WA, WI, WV, nat'l cable

KERRY Estimated spending: $310,137+ Spots aired: 415 States: AR, AZ, FL, IA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, WI, WV

Organization: Spots; Spent MoveOn.org (anti-Bush): 3,651; $3,184,203 The Media Fund (anti-Bush): 2,124; $2,061,101 Log Cabin Republicans GOPers (pro-gay marriage): 34; $69,103 Citizens United (anti-Kerry): 34; $25,420 New Democrat Network (pro-Dem, Spanish-language ads): 69; $13,294

SourceWatch Resources

 * 9-11 Truth Movement
 * 501c4
 * 527 committee
 * America Coming Together
 * bundling
 * Bush administration propaganda and disinformation
 * Bush's Rangers
 * Georgeland
 * John Forbes Kerry: U.S. Presidential Campaign 2004
 * Just Four Moms from New Jersey
 * Media Fund
 * MoveOn
 * National Media, Inc.
 * photographic manipulation
 * pre-emptive campaign strategy
 * public polling industry
 * September 11, 2001
 * soft money
 * using fear as a political tool

Other Campaign Ads

 * See Anti-Bush Archive at BushOut.tv.
 * Issue Ads, Coalition for the Future American Worker. TV and Radio Advertising.
 * Ron Fournier, "Newsview: Bush, Kerry Circle for Fight," Associated Press, March 7, 2004 (inactive link): "In John Kerry's world, President Bush is a job-killing, gay-bashing, special interest pawn. To the president, Kerry is a tax-raising, flip-flopping liberal who is soft on terrorism and hard on the U.S. military. ... 'It's down-in-the-gutter nasty on both sides,' said Democratic strategist Jim Duffy. 'We could really see a donnybrook, with all of us rolling around in mud, blood and the beer.'"