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Television Commercial

Highlights Kerry’s Conflict with Ronald Reagan



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—(October 25, 2004) "In The Face Of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed,” a new film that focuses on Ronald Reagan’s war against Soviet Communism, has inspired a television commercial produced by Americans for Peace Through Strength, a 527 political organization, designed to show how John Kerry opposed many, if not all of Reagan’s defense initiatives during his administration.



Phil Anderson, the executive director of Americans for Peace Through Strength, said “We are running an ad campaign that spotlights the stark differences between the leadership President Reagan provided to win the Cold War and Senator John Kerry's lifetime commitment to weakening our national defense."



“It was never my intention to get involved in the political contest,” said Stephen K. Bannon, the writer/director of ‘In The Face Of Evil,’ who also directed the television commercial, “but I have been outraged at John Kerry's comparing himself to Ronald Reagan, whose policies Kerry consistently fought during Reagan's presidency while Kerry was a junior senator in the 1980s."



During the Sept. 30 presidential debate, Kerry had said, "We need to rebuild our alliances. I believe that Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy and others did that more effectively, and I'm going to try to follow in their footsteps."



The commercial, which begins running this week in the battleground states of Ohio and Wisconsin on cable news outlets and the Internet, features the 1984 Reagan-Mondale debate, and shows Reagan citing Walter Mondale’s Senate voting record, which he pointed out was against every defense proposition initiated by Reagan. The commercial goes on to show how Senator Kerry opposed those same programs.



Americans for Peace Through Strength is also sending out an email to 4.5 million Republican activists to drive attention to its Web site, www.thestakesarehigh.org. After the election, Americans for Peace Through Strength will continue to educate the American people about the critical issues involved with winning the war on terror and securing democracy in Iraq.



"In The Face Of Evil" is based on Peter Schweizer's best-selling book, "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism."



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To view The American’s For Peace Through Strength Commercial:
http://www.thestakesarehigh.org

Contact: Americans for Peace Through Strength, Phil Anderson (202) 315-5100