Was the Bush "Mission Accomplished" used in tv ads?

[Eric J in MN]

Did either the Republicans or Democrats run any tv ads which showed Bush in the flight-suit?

[wurzel]

1. No. Because the pilot of the plane was later killed in Iraq.

[soothsayer]

2. debunked. Not killed in Iraq. But he was killed, unfortunately. n/t

[dennis4868]

3. what does the pilot have to do with it?

The Mission Accomplished banner was all about Bush not knowing what the hell was and is going on in Iraq and the fact that these assholes in the WH had not post war plan....the pilot who unfortunately died would not be in any way the focus of the ad.....

[Democrat 4 Ever]

4. Rove is turning purple he wants to use that photo so bad

Rove spent a lot of time, money and effort staging that photo op for use in this election. Imagine how surprised he is that a short year later that one photo represents Bush's ineptness in a nutshell?

Rove goes to all the trouble of making up the sign, moving the ship farther offshore so the jet could land, buckling little BoyGeorge into his costume, turning the ship so the lighting will be perfect for the pictures, commanding all those sailors on deck - and ordering them to smile dammit, and finally practice, practice, practice for little Bushie to get his speech just there on deck in front of his Mission Accomplished mislead. All for naught - the mission isn't over, people are still dying and we are losing more and more ground each day and the price is skyrocketing into the stratosphere. Rove is left just hoping the pic doesn't show up on TV in a Kerry ad - he created the perfect ad for the competition.

[dennis4868]

5. If Kerry is suppose to be so tough.....

why hasn't he used the MISSION ACCOMPLISH banner in his ads or the 7 minute reading of MY PET GOAT when the country was under attack...what is Kerry afraid of? We have to F the repubs and put their heads up their asses until thye cannot take it anymore....we have to play hardball with these frauds.....

[Democrat 4 Ever]

6. I've said before that Kerry's campaign should

PhotoShop that Mission Accomplished sign, changed it to Mission Unaccomplished and paste it over pictures of soldiers fighting and dying, kids and their schools, people languishing in doctor and hospital waiting rooms, over long lines of people signing up for unemployment, you name it - Bush has handed us a million photo ops.

[Spazito]

7. The DNC has an ad that uses the "Mission Accomplished" lie...

http://www.democrats.org/

Scroll down to New DNC Ad: Guard

Watch and enjoy!