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A Very Kerry Weekend : RNC
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"A Very Kerry Weekend" is an animation patterned after the "priceless" MasterCard commercials intended to reveal John Kerry's wealth. After highlighting Kerry's luxurious boat, high-end bike, expensive meals and exclusive vacation spots, the clip ends with a picture of his coastal home. The animation is meant to present Kerry as wealthy and out of touch with the common person.
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Broken Record : DNC
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The video shows clips of an empty warehouse and displays negative economic statistics with a voiceover of the President saying the economy is strong. The video ends as the camera focuses on a record player, and the President repeating, "our economy is steady and strong."
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Earth Day : DNC
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The video opens by mockingly calling President Bush an outspoken proponent of the environment. The video goes through a laundry list of purported anti-environment policies enacted during Bush's tenure. The video closes by asking the viewer to observe Earth Day 2004 and provides a link for more information.
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Fortunate Son : DNC
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The video begins with a narrator remarking, " Vietnam forced a generation to make choices. Some chose war, others chose deferment." The remarks play over clips of soldiers in combat. It then switches to clips of President Bush taking the oath of office as the voiceover says: "thirty years later it's hard to pass judgment on those decisions, but we do expect out leaders to be honest about them." Copies of documents and clips of Bush's interviews about his service are edited in a way to suggest the President was dishonest.
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Halliburton : DNC
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The video opens with headlines about Halliburton overcharging the US government. It then shows clips of Vice President Cheney defending the company as the video challenges Cheney's words. The video ends with the words, .Scredibility is on the ballot this November.
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Halloween : RNC
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"Halloween" is an animated video portraying Senate minority leader Thomas Daschle as a tricky man. With chilling music playing in the background, Daschle hands out tricks on the budget, homeland security and prescription drugs. The video is intended to convince voters that Democratic leadership is a scary proposition.
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John Kerry's Flip Flop Olympics : RNC
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This game addresses the Bush campaign theme of John Kerry's "flip-flops" on issues. Players must remember Kerry's positions on specific issues and click on the "for" or "against" signs in the correct order. Judges for the game are caricatures of prominent Democrats Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.
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Kerry Vs. Kerry : RNC
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This interactive animation presents a boxing competition between two images of John Kerry fighting to defend two different positions on each of 35 issues. Each round centers on a different issue such as homeland security or the marriage amendment. The video is narrated by boxing promoter Don King.
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Kerry's Coalition of the Wild Eyed : Bush Cheney '04
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A compilation of clips of various John Kerry supporters, including Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Michael Moore and John Kerry himself, expressing anger and disappointment towards President Bush and the current Administration's decisions. It includes clips from MoveOn.org's video contest that compare Bush to Hitler.
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Kerryoke : RNC
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"Kerryoke" is an interactive animation in which the user can sing along with a parody of "The Way We Were," using new lyrics provided by the RNC that suggest a "flip-flop" theme in Kerry's Senate record.
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Kerryopoly : RNC
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Modeled on the popular board game, "Kerryopoly" allows the viewer to roll dice to move around a game board, landing on Kerry's properties and possessions. Included are Kerry's houses, jet, bicycle and haircuts. All claims about the price of Kerry's possessions are cited with news sources.
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Kick Bush Out : DNC
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This interactive game lets the user click on different Bush quotations. The statements address the issue of WMDs, a balanced budget in 2005, and Bush's leadership style. A cartoon donkey kicks the President into the air with successively bigger kicks after each quotation.
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Mistakes Were Made : DNC
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Somber in tone, "Mistakes Were Made" uses clips from the President's press conference in April of 2004, in which Bush claims that though mistakes were made, he couldn't think of any. A list of mistakes that Bush could have used in his answer is displayed.
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Read His Lips : DNC
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This video juxtaposes a clip of the President claiming that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire uranium from Africa with headlines that prove that claim to be false. The video ends with a plea to the viewer to sign a petition on the DNC Web site that calls for an independent bi-partisan investigation into the President's activities.
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Remember : DNC
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This Memorial Day video begins with a clip of President Bush making a promise to members of the armed forces. It uses a White House memo to assert that the President will cut veterans benefits if he is elected in November. The clip ends with the words, "credibility is on the ballot."
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Republican Survivor Episode 6 : DCCC
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Republican Survivor is a humorous parody of the television reality series "Survivor," starring several prominent Republicans. President Bush ends up winning the final contest against Ann Coulter. Before the video ends, the host urges the viewer to vote against the current Bush administration on November 2nd.
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Safer : DNC
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This DNC video contains clips of the President and Tom Ridge making contradictory statements about whether Saddam Hussein is a threat. The video ends with the words, "credibility is on the ballot."
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Social Insecurity : DNC
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The backdrop for this video looks like a social security card with a graph in the middle that represents the declining stock market. A caricature of the President then pushes two individuals in wheelchairs down the slope of the graph as a narrator criticizes the President's social security privatization plan.
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Social Insecurity - The Sequel : DNC
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A follow up to the Social Insecurity video, this animation depicts a grandmother asking the President about his promised prescription drug benefit plan. The video concludes by calling the President's plan scary and outrageous.
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The Illegal White House Leak : DNC
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Using news headlines, the video claims that the White House leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame for political reasons. Before urging the viewer to sign a petition to launch a bi-partisan investigation into the situation, the video shows a clip of President George H.W. Bush lambasting those who would leak their country's intelligence secrets.
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Truth Squad : DNC
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"Truth Squad" compares Bush and Kerry's personal, political and career achievements and failures from the 1960s through the 1990s. The video uses pictures and some video footage of the two candidates to accompany bullet points.
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Turned the Corner : DNC
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The video begins with clips from several Bush speeches in which the President remarks, We're turning the corner, and we're never looking back. Then video then turns to graphs that indicate an economic downturn, and the words, The last guy who talked about corners? Herbert Hoover. Who, like Bush, failed to Create a Single New Job.
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Unprincipled : Bush Cheney
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A woman's voice guides the viewer through a mock Web search of John Kerry's Web site, searching for keywords such as "Special Interests," "Watchdog Groups," and "Unprincipled." Each search returns newspaper articles and video footage of Kerry speaking.
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Word : DNC
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Word is a DNC video that juxtaposes video footage of George W. Bush compiled over the last four years with government reports and newspaper articles to address Bush's record on education, healthcare, prescription drugs, deficits, veterans, social security, homeland security and national security.
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