In a story today in The Washington Post about the planned Bush campaign of ads trashing John Kerry, we learn that two of the entities preparing the mud fest will be a company that brought us the Taco Bell talking dog and the writer of Kentucky Fried Chicken ads.
One thrust will be that Kerry is beholden to special interests. The campaign leaders see no hypocrisy. From The Post:
Acknowledging that Bush has received major financial support from corporations, McKinnon said: “The issue is hypocrisy in saying you’re going to take on the special interests, not who took the most special interest money. You don’t hear the president in the Oval Office railing against the special interests. You do hear John Kerry railing against the special interests.” The campaign has previewed this theme in an online video calling Kerry “unprincipled” and “brought to you by the special interests.”
So being beholden to special interests is OK; saying you’re not when you are is. Fair enough. Wonder if Bush will run on a campaign supporting feeding at the special interests trough?