PRODUCED BY: Riverfront Media (the political arm of Greer Margolis Mitchell Burns and Shrum Devine & Donilon)
INITIAL LOCATION: 17 states: Washington, Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon, Wisconsin, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, West Virginia, Arizona, Arkansas and Ohio
INITIAL MEDIA BUY: More than $2 million
RUN: N/A
SUMMARY:
This advertisement aired soon after the first wave of Bush-Cheney '04 spots attacking Kerry. The commercial alludes, briefly and generally, to the four-term senator's military service and applies this idea of fighting "for his country" to Kerry's three decades as a prosecutor and elected official. The spot says Kerry has "the military experience to defend America" -- likely a subtle contrast to President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, neither of whom served in the U.S. military. (Bush was in the National Guard.)
