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July 10, 2002
GLOVER PARK GROUP SHOWS BUSH, CHENEY, PITT AS ‘FOXES'
 

The Glover Park Group has produced an ad for American Family Voices attacking President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt as "foxes guarding the henhouse."


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American Family Voices

The 30-second spot, which was timed to coincide with Bush's speech on business scandals yesterday, trumpets the President's role on the board of Harken Energy, where he reported a stock sale eight-months late; Pitt's career as an accounting industry attorney, and Cheney's connections as former CEO of Halliburton, which is being investigated by Pitt's S.E.C.

Pictures of the three men are intertwined with an image of a fox, the White House, and news clippings about Bush's sale of Harken stock and Cheney's reign as CEO of Halliburton. A San Francisco Chronicle headline from July 4 reads, "Story Changes on Bush Stock Sale," and a UPI headline from May 29 points out that "Cheney's Old firm" is under S.E.C. investigation.

"Bush thinks tough talk can hide the record... that's sly – like a fox," says the ad, as it dissolves from a photo of Bush to a fox.

Former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart, and Gore advisors Carter Eskew and Michael Feldman, formed the GPG last year.

A Democratic National Committee spokeswoman linked former Clinton advisor and "Crossfire" host James Carville to the four-staffer AFV, according to The New York Times, but its 501(c)4 status allows the group to keep the identities of its backers a secret. The White House blasted the ads based on Carville's involvement. "They represent the most partisan of partisan attacks," said Ann Womack.

The ad will run in Washington, D.C., and New York beginning today.

 
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