2008 POLITICAL ADS: WHITE HOUSE, ECONOMY

Campaign For America's Future: "Thanks For The Memories!"

Updated: January 1, 2011 | 2:11 p.m.
September 1, 2008

Producer: in-house

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 09/01/2008

Ad Buy: 365,000 hotel rooms nationwide, including 5,000 in Twin Cities area

Cost: $15,000

Summary: Left-leaning group sarcastically thanks conservatives for the last eight years of Republican leadership, pointing to Hurricane Gustav to remind viewers of Katrina.

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Script of "Thanks For The Memories!" (TV)

(Text on screen: To the conservatives gathered in St. Paul:)

MUSIC: Thanks for the memories... of sentimental verse...

(Text on screen: Sign: Welcome To New Orleans)

MUSIC: ...nothing in my purse...

(Text on screen: Sign: Foreclosed; For Sale; Midland County Treasurer; 989-832-6850)

MUSIC: ...the chuckles when the preacher said, "For better or for worse"...

(Text on screen: Sign: Mission Accomplished)

(Text on screen: You've done a heckuva job!)

MUSIC: ...how lovely it was...

(Text on screen: We'll take it from here.)

(Text on screen: OurFuture.org; Paid for by Campaign For America's Future)

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