Hello Friends.

As you know, I tend to watch the election season pretty closely. And lately, we have heard all kinds of talk about so called 527 groups, and whether or not those ads are legal. The Swift-boat veterans ad attacking Kerry is a controversy that has recently come to light.

So I decided to attempt to create the PERFECT 527 ad. It would be legal because it neither endorses nor attacks either one of the candidates. It simply makes a point, and asks a question, and allows you to come up with the answer. And I have no doubt that different people will come away from the ad with 2 completely different conclusions. But I think it is really good and that is the primary reason you will not see anything like this on television.

I throw this one out there for the purposes of enlightened discussion. Let me know what you all think- (and let's keep the hate speech to a minimum!)

Diamond Jim

Well, I have several issues with the ad (mostly, why is the man of presumably Middle Eastern decent portrayed as our enemy - Is he a known terrorist ? - Our enemies, like our friends, come from all colors of the rainbow) but with respect to ``who does our enemies fear the least'' I would say:

GWB, without question.  Afterall, the man responsible for attacking US is still at large and I would think an inspiration to those who share his views.  

I do believe GWB planned on hunting down OBL but thought he could take care of Iraq first (afterall, they have deeper pockets).  This was a blunder (I'm trying to keep the hate in check ... must resist) to say the least.  His ``Mission Accomplished'' claim to victory attests to his (must resist ...) unwarranted confidence in accomplishing his Iraq agenda.

I support a war on terror but feel that this is only possible through a joint World effort. In my view, GWB is incapable (uninterested) of such a feat.  I don't know if Kerry is, but why the hell anyone would think Bush is:

(1) Doesn't really care about a joint World effort unless others blindly follow US (if they don't they are cowards and have given in to the terrorists);

or

(2) Lives in fear (e.g., their children won't be safe to walk home from school - they have more to fear from kidnappers and child molesters).  

Wow! Thanks for the 527, now my mind is made up.  Im voting the other guy this election because the enemy fears GWB the least.  Thanks for helping make up my mind.  Take care, now.

This ad is outstanding! Leaves no doubt in my mind as to who I will vote for!

Do you really think Kerry will be more aggressive in hunting down those dogs?  I think terrorists would rather have Kerry in the White House, so I plan to vote for Bush.

The fact of the matter is, terrorists do not care about who is elected.  They make their plans for destruction based upon their fanatical hatred and the availability of fanatics to carry out those plans.
    It amazes me how otherwise intelligent people can write baseless assertions that terrorists have a preferred candidate.

"Who does our enemies fear the most?"

It looks like Bush was the grammar consultant on this ad.

There's a lot more for terrorists to fear with the unknown than with a proven buffoon.  They are chomping at the bit for Dumbya to win the election; they succeeded once under his watch, and with success breeds confidence they could pull off another one.

If so, then I disagree that you ``think''.

Not an ignorant statement, but a conjecture, like yours.

/Zin

oh, yeah ........ nevermind he's still Free, and Bush said Osama Bin Laden {the guy behind 9/11, in case you forgot or something} didn't matter anymore and isn't a concern anymore. Look it up.

Further more, your saying "I think terrorists would rather have Kerry in the White House" is JUST as ignorant a statement.

Reading this made me think back to the Iran hostages of 1979-1981.  Jimmy Carter was unsuccessful in negotiating their release, but when Reagan was elected, they were released right before he was sworn into office.  I do think they were afraid of what Reagan might do once he officially became president.

The hatred and crazy mindset of terrorists is always the number one factor in their behavior.  However, I personally feel that a terrorist's next target can have other outside influences, such as politics, religion, or economics.

The release of the Iran hostages was probaly done more to curry an expedient favor than out of fear.  I hope that you understand that Iran and Iraq were seriously going at each other's throats at this time, the last thing they needed was for us to back Iraq 100%.  As things turned out, the Iranians were right in that they did in fact get us to help them fight Iraq by giving them weapons that we could have worked to keep away from them.