This would be funny if the stakes weren't so high.
Here we have another Democrat wagging his finger in our faces and telling us he never ran a negative campaign ad, not a single time.
"I haven't run negative advertisements yet. My advertisements in this race are positive."
(John Kerry Speech, American Society of Newspaper Editors 2004 Convention, Washington, DC, 4/23/04)
Tell The Truth Senator! (warning: 5MB avi file)
The very first ad Kerry ran was a negative attack on the President, and his attacks haven't stopped since.During the Primaries:
73% of Kerry's ad dollars were spent on negative ads attacking the President.
17 out of 29 Kerry ads were negative attacks on the President.Since March 3rd:
67% of Kerry's ad dollars have been spent on negative ads attacking the President.
5 out of 8 Kerry ads have been negative attacks on the President.Overall:
Kerry has aired 37 ads, 21 of which were negative.
(Ad transcript here: Bush/Cheney 2004)