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zakur
15th May 2004, 07:42 AM
Story (http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/15/loc_cicadapolitics15.html) "Every 17 years, cicadas emerge, morph out of their shell, and change their appearance," the narrator says in an Internet-only campaign video e-mailed Friday to 700,000 Bush supporters across the country.

As time-lapse photography captures a cicada breaking out of its shell and developing adult wings, the ad continues:

"Like a cicada, Senator Kerry would like to shed his Senate career and morph into a fiscal conservative, a centrist Democrat opposed to taxes, strong on defense. But, he leaves his record behind."And the Kerry campaign response?"Maybe, if given another 17 years, President Bush could create a job in Ohio," said Kerry's Ohio communication director, Jennifer Palmieri.Burn!

Dorian Gray
15th May 2004, 10:22 PM
Judging solely on the ad itself, that was a horrible analogy. The 20s cars and the guy saying "Mr. Kerry - No" were much better.