However, this kind of thing has been used in the past by Clinton people to gin up sympathy, and therefore avoid the real issue at hand.
Exactly. The Clintonites know how to play the "victim card"...aided of course by their lap dogs in the press.
This is just like Bubba trying to blame Rush on the McVeigh bombing. You cannot criticize these people without it being a hate crime.
However, notice that the Kill Rumsfeld ad came a couple of weeks after the premiere of Hot Air America.