October 29, 2004

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  Bush Campaign to Recut Doctored Ad

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  Thu Oct 28, 6:27 PM ET

  
  

  By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
  

  INDIANOLA, Iowa – President Bush’s campaign acknowledged Thursday that it had doctored a photograph used in a television commercial to remove the president and the podium where he was standing.

  
  

  A group of soldiers in the crowd was electronically copied to fill in the space where the president and the podium had been, aides say.
  

  
  

  “Bush is talking to the troops, the troops are real,” said Bush spokesman Steve Schmidt said.
  

  
  

  The ad, released Wednesday, is an emotional appeal in which Bush defends his decision to go to war and empathizes with fallen soldiers and their families.
  

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