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."
Frames from ad for
American Family Voices
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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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