David Kranz, the dean of South Dakota political reporters, mentions Tom Daschle's "blog ad" in his column today:
Daschle, like Thune, has a political ad on an Internet blog site. The Daschle message says, in part: "Besides his own re-election for president, there is nothing more important to George Bush than defeating Tom Daschle. You can help fight back. Don't let Washington Republicans have their way. ... The more you help, the better chance we have to defeat Bush and Frist."
Curiously, Kranz omits the most prominent, hard-to-miss text on the face of the ad, which read "Help Stop George Bush! Bush & Thune Team Up To Defeat Tom Daschle! It's Up To You To Stop Them!"
It's easy to see why Kranz omitted the Daschle quote "Help Stop George Bush!" The word "stop" is synonymous with the word "obstruct." Nothing "disappoints" Daschle more than being called an obstructionist, as the term was used to describe him in 2002, with devastating results. But out of their own mouths shall ye know them. Once again, we see an example of Kranz placing Daschle in the most positive light possible.
Even more curiously, the Daschle campaign has now discarded the blog ad mentioned in Kranz's column. In its place is a new blog ad, seen below.
Interestingly, the image captured (shown at right) is not the image you see on the ad, which has pictures of Tom Daschle and John Kerry side by side. Nevertheless, one can read the small print below the message "Give John Kerry a Senate He Can Work With!" You can see the ad at, among other blogs, www.mydd.com.
UPDATE: A reader has kindly captured the main photo from the Daschle blog ad, with photos of Daschle and Kerry side-by-side:
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