Bush campaign takes to the air.

• Author: Dowd, Maureen
• Position: Perspectives - George W. Bush - Brief Article

With up to $60 million to spend by convention time, Bush's re-election campaign is plotting the most expensive political advertising seduction in history. In scary/gauzy images, the President does his best to shift the blame, take the credit, and transmit concern about regular folks--waitresses, black children, middle-class families--when he really spends more time helping his corporate friends. Bush implies that we should be scared because we're not safe, so we need to keep him to protect our...