Posted on 09/29/2004 12:28:30 PM PDT by kattracks
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has ``a different view of Osama bin Laden,'' her campaign rival charged Wednesday in an attack ad that uses a picture of the al-Qaida leader and the senator's words to challenge her credentials in the war on terror.``She did not praise Osama bin Laden and we should stop playing politics with the war on terror and get on with winning it,'' countered Alex Glass, a spokeswoman for Murray.
She called the commercial a ``desperate political attack'' by GOP rival George Nethercutt, who trails in the polls.
The ad shows Murray telling an audience in 2002 that bin Laden had been at work in unnamed countries ``for decades building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities. And the people are extremely grateful,'' she says.
``He's made their lives better. We have not done that,'' she adds.
Nethercutt appears briefly on screen in the ad, saying he approved it ``because winning the war on terror means fighting terrorists, not excusing them.''
Nethercutt, a five-term House member, has consistently trailed Murray in the polls and lags behind his rival in campaign cash as well.
He launched the ad at a time when party officials and donors alike must decide which candidates deserve their strongest support in the final month of the campaign.
While the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already run independent television ads in a few key races, Washington is not among them.
Nethercutt's prospects for an upset are likely to depend in part on gaining strong financial support from the party.
Campaign rivals often clash over the war on terror, but even in the presidential race, neither President Bush nor Sen. John Kerry has suggested the other man views bin Laden as anything but an enemy of America.
The ad was posted to Nethercutt's Web site early in the day, and a spokesman said it was airing statewide.
Glass said the ad took Murray's remarks out of contest. She said the senator had voted to go to war in Afghanistan in the wake of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to bring bin Laden to justice and eliminate his terror network.
She said Murray planned a formal response in a conference call with former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., a Vietnam veteran and triple amputee.
If she doesn't like the Republicans using her words she shouldn't have said them.
It's about bloody time he used that quote!
Still, it probably won't be worth more than a few points at the polls. Washington is jsts a really liberal state.
Excellent. If they're calling in Max Cleland, you know the ad is having an effect! LOL
Good. Nethercutt's trailing and has nothing to lose. He needs to attack and attack hard!
GO GEORGE!!!
Sure sounds like she adores the man and hates America to me.
Good commercial. It should be supported.
Isn't that why Helen is about to blow? Sorry, just couldn't resist.
It is so refreshing to see Republicans actually calling Democrats on the carpet over their anti-American rubbish. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Check this out!
Nethercutt ping!
Taliban Patty is a little commie B!TCH
While I can understand them being lackluster about Bill Jones (who??) here in CA, I had previously read that Nethercutt had a pretty good chance against OsamaMama. What happened?
Or as a senior army NCO said to me 32 years ago, "What's good for the goose is good for the hen."
BUMP. Good ad. Patty Murry is sleaze. I cannot believe she is ahead in the polls, but, as Michael Moore said, 'Americans are the dumbest people on the planet.' Dumb enough to vote for Patty Murray.
I apologize for that profusely. Please ignore it and pretend it was never thought nor posted. Thank you.
Dumb enough to vote for Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Fritz Hollings, Bob Graham, Pat Leahy, Jim Jeffords, and that's just the Senate! Don't even get me started on the House!
Patty Murray is an imbecile-- Bin Laden did no such thing. His family built things, but they're contractors, not philanthropists. Osama had NO SOCIAL PROGRAMS. Ask the people of Afghanistan or Sudan. Osama didn't get popular in the Arab world because of benevolent Leftist-style social programs, he got popular for killing Americans. PERIOD. Social programs don't win over bloodthirsty Islamofacists, spilling blood does.
How, exactly, is Max Cleland the answer to her problem? What, when they have no answer they trot out Max in the hope that no on would dare contradict him because it would be "questioning his patriotism"?
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