Bob Dole TV-AD
Shown Feb. 7th on WMUR-TV Six O'Clock News
Attack on Forbes
Transcribed by Greg Levandoski


[Low, droning sound persistent throughout ad.  `THE PRESS CALLS STEVE FORBES'
NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN...' is written over the whole screen with `STEVE FORBES'
highlighted in black.]

Male Narrator: "The press calls Steve Forbes' negative campaign,..."

[Fades to the four press quotes which are shown individually on the
screen, highlighted in black with their sources written at the bottom
right of the screen.  The sources are in their respective order,
`Washington Post 1/18/96', `NBC - 1/30/96', `CNN - 1/30/96', `The Chicago
Tribune - 1/24/96.']

"...`Simply untrue', `Takes liberties with the truth', `Misleading', `Highly
negative.'" 

["Cymbal" sound and cut to video at the top of the screen of Dole laughing
with another woman at an outdoor event with a Dole banner in the
background.  `DISTORTING BOB DOLE'S COMMITMENT TO SENIORS' written on the
bottom half of the screen on a black background. `DISTORTING' is
underlined in red.]

"Now he's distorting Bob Dole's commitment to seniors." 

["Clinking" sound and cut to shot of Forbes in the top left of the screen and `FORBES'
RECORD:' in the top right of the screen.]

"But Steve Forbes plans to..." 

[Previous text stays on the screen and `END SOCIAL SECURITY AS WE KNOW IT'
appears on the bottom half of the screen with Federal News Source -
11/17/95' written underneath it.]

"...end Social Security as we know it.  He..." 

[The top half of the screen remains and the bottom half is replaced with
`SUPPORTS FORCED RETIREMENT AT 65' and `Federal News Source - 11/17/95
underneath it.]

"...supports forced retirement at age 65." 

[Top half of the screen remains again and the bottom half is replaced with
`WAS SUED FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION BY HIS SECRETARY' and New York Times -
1/28/96' underneath it.]

"Court records show Steve Forbes was sued for age discrimination by his 65
year old secretary." 

[The top half of the screen remains once more and the bottom half is
replaced with "...older woman didn't fit in." 'Judicial Opinion at 7,
Citing deposition of Hoillingsworth' written underneath.]

"A Forbes manager claims, The older woman didn't fit in.'" 

[`PAID FOR BY DOLE FOR PRESIDENT, INC.' fades in across bottom of screen
and remains i£«ènto the next screen, in which, `STEVE FORBES' is written
across the top of the screen on a black background as a "slamming" sound
reverberates.]

"Steve Forbes." 

[`UNTESTED' and `NOT TRUTHFUL' "fall" onto the screen, highlighted in white
with accompanying "sliding" and "slamming" sounds as they are narrated.]

"Untested.  Not truthful."