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Democrats (Acting like little babies) Insist Republicans Pull Bush Ad
AP via Road Runner ^ | 11/23/03

Posted on 11/23/2003 11:03:50 AM PST by areafiftyone

Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle is demanding that Republicans stop showing their first television ad of the 2004 presidential race, which he called "repulsive and outrageous."

The 30-second ad, featuring clips of Bush during his State of the Union address last January, portrays the president as a fighter of terrorism as Democrats retreat from the fight.

"It's wrong. It's erroneous, and I think that they ought to pull the ad," Daschle told NBC's "Meet the Press" program on Sunday.

"We all want to defeat terrorism," the South Dakota senator said. But "to chastise and to question the patriotism of those who are in opposition to some of the president's plans I think is wrong."

The Republican National Committee has no plans to honor Daschle's wishes.

"We have no doubt that Sen. Daschle and others in his party who oppose the president's policy of pre-emptive self-defense believe that their national security approach is in the best interests of the country," RNC spokeswoman Christine Iverson said. "But we also have no doubt that they are wrong about that, and we will continue to highlight this critical policy difference as well as others."

Other Democrats on the Sunday talk shows joined Daschle in his criticism.

Presidential candidate Wesley Clark said the ad is wrong and ought to be pulled. It violates "the pledge the president made to not exploit 9-11 for political purposes," Clark said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy called it an "attempt to stifle dissent." On ABC's "This Week," Kennedy said "dissent is a basic part of what our whole society is about."

Speaking on CNN's "Late Edition," presidential candidate and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman said the ad was misleading, nothing more than an attempt "to get the public's mind off the joblessness in America, the bad prescription Medicare drug bill ... the energy bill, which sells out to lobbyists."

Republicans countered that there was nothing wrong with the ad, which was airing Sunday in Iowa, the day before the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines.

"It's portraying the president's leadership that he's displayed since Sept. 11, which I support," Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said on ABC. "I think it's a very legitimate statement to be made in the coming presidential election."

The ad will air through Tuesday in Iowa, and then may run again in New Hampshire during the next Democratic debate in December, said the RNC's Iverson. She said the party plans to run ads in conjunction with the Democratic debates, but the decision hasn't been made whether to simply run the current ad or new ones supporting the president.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ads; dems; electionpresident; gwb2004; rnc; sotu; whiners
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To: ChadGore
"Why can't they say it?"

Because they believe in placating the enemy and have absolutely no intention of continuing the war on terror.

161 posted on 11/23/2003 3:53:07 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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To: nicmarlo
Pres. Bush: "Who let this little @$$h*le in?"

162 posted on 11/23/2003 3:58:45 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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To: areafiftyone
Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy called it an "attempt to stifle dissent."

If it stifles dissent, it's only because it embarrasses the dissenters.

163 posted on 11/23/2003 4:01:13 PM PST by Jorge
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To: MeeknMing
Tommy Wormtongue

164 posted on 11/23/2003 4:02:05 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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To: sweetliberty
Re: "Why can't they say it?"

Because they believe in placating the enemy and have absolutely no intention of continuing the war on terror.

What's more is they long for the return of the support we had in the days following 9/11 (a masochistic stance, in my view).

165 posted on 11/23/2003 4:03:42 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: sweetliberty
Repulsive and Outrageous


166 posted on 11/23/2003 4:03:43 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: No More Gore Anymore
"Don't question our patriotism."

To which we should reply, "what patriotism?"

167 posted on 11/23/2003 4:05:01 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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To: Jorge
Re: Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy called it an "attempt to stifle dissent."

Freedom of speach is not a safe harbor for fabrication.
When Teddy lies through his teeth, he should expect the record corrected.

168 posted on 11/23/2003 4:06:02 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: sweetliberty
Their patriotism to self is quite clear.
169 posted on 11/23/2003 4:07:31 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross
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To: No More Gore Anymore; sweetliberty

170 posted on 11/23/2003 4:10:24 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: sweetliberty
Re: "Don't question our patriotism."

I always thought that those who whine about their own lack of patriotism after 9/11 didn't have enough *before* 9/11.

To me, and most conservatives I know, a patriotic response after 9/11 and into today is not only natural, it is WELCOME.

171 posted on 11/23/2003 4:10:45 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: No More Gore Anymore
Re: Their patriotism to self is quite clear.

< shaking head >Party before country.< / shaking head > democrats just lack statesmanship.

172 posted on 11/23/2003 4:13:05 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: areafiftyone
Little Tommy used to be deeply disturbed -- now he is a full-blown quagmire.
173 posted on 11/23/2003 4:17:32 PM PST by Ed_in_NJ
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To: areafiftyone
If it repulses Tommy, then it is very, very good. Keep it up, RNC.
174 posted on 11/23/2003 4:25:11 PM PST by doug from upland (Hillary didn't hire Pelicano.......my butt)
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To: areafiftyone
All the Dems are screeching about this ad.

It must be a good one!

175 posted on 11/23/2003 4:50:37 PM PST by Gritty ("How about the left's war on poverty? When are we getting an exit strategy on that?" - Ann Coulter)
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To: doug from upland
Frustrate 1 liberal a day, that's all we ask. Thank you GOP :)
176 posted on 11/23/2003 4:55:09 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: areafiftyone
I saw Wesley Clark whinning about this on the tube this morning...have you noticed that this man NEVER blinks his eyes..he's just too weird.
177 posted on 11/23/2003 5:18:15 PM PST by AuntB (REFORM SS DISABILITY: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/SSDC/petition.html)
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To: sweetliberty
Tommy Wormtongue

Lord of the Class Warfare/Obstructor 'Rats ! ...


178 posted on 11/23/2003 5:23:32 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (http://richard.meek.home.comcast.net/SorosClintoon.JPG)
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To: areafiftyone
For once the RNC had the balls to go up and stomp on the bees nest. Judging by the coordinated response I would say they are expecting ads like this. I think the ad is very effective and the Rats know it.
179 posted on 11/23/2003 5:26:19 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: AuntB
They are all bizarre looking. Edwards looks like a Ken doll, Kerry looks like Lurch, Dean looks like a ventriloquist dummy especially when he smiles and Wesley Clark looks like a weasel!
180 posted on 11/23/2003 5:28:59 PM PST by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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