More on the Ads

Understand something: everyone and anyone has the right to criticize the Bush ads (you know, the whole Free Speech bit). Further, I am not surprised that the DNC and Kerry campaign would criticize them. Indeed, they will likely criticize any ad Bush runs, especially if it is one that they think is effective.

My criticism is no aimed at the criticism itself (although I maintain that Kerry and McAuliffe are not truly indignant, but see 911 as a weakness for the Democrats), but my critique is aimed at the press. To take a handful of people, ascribe to them the role of "Victims' Families" and pretend as if there is a firestorm of controversy over these ads is disingenuous at best.

Indeed, the irony here, is that the ads have given Bush a huge amount of FREE publicity, and has largely changed the course of the media-conversation to more being about Bush than Kerry, even after his big wins on Tuesday.

Hence, it raises the question as to whom it is who has outmaneuvered whom?