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The ad can also be seen here.
A major TV ad buy has been made to show a TV commercial supporting GWB and showcasing his warmth, humanity and compassion.
The most expensive TV ad buy of the presidential campaign shows President Bush consoling a teenage girl whose mother died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
The ad, created by the conservative Progress for America Voter Fund, will run until the election on cable stations and in nine key states at a cost of $14.2 million, said the group’s president, Brian McCabe.
The ad was inspired by a photo of Bush hugging Ashley Faulkner, who is now 16, while campaigning in Lebanon, Ohio, on May 4. The photo, taken by the girl’s father, Lynn Faulkner, was widely circulated on the Internet. As Bush shook hands in the crowd, the Faulkners’ neighbor told him that Ashley had lost her mom on 9/11. Bush enfolded Ashley in his arms and offered her comfort.
Regular readers of this weblog saw the photo, and read about the accompanying story, right here in a June 10th posting, A Private Citizen’s Photo of President Bush Circulates Across the Country.
Thanks again to Sal for forwarding that picture and story to me.
