Posted on 12/12/2005 2:52:06 PM PST by johnny7
The RNC's new Web video "Retreat and Defeat" starts with a flat-screen TV playing clips from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Sen. Barbara Boxer, and Sen. John Kerry. As they speak, a white flag waves over their faces while ominous music moans. Dean says the war in Iraq can't be won; Boxer says withdrawal should start after the Iraqi election; and Kerry says U.S. soldiers shouldn't be "terrorizing kids and children, you know, women." Then the camera pans back, and we learn that we've been watching these clips over the shoulder of a U.S. soldier dressed in desert camouflage, his semiautomatic rifle strapped to his back. Candy canes hang on the wall just above the screen, which flashes the message: "Our soldiers are watching and our enemies are too."
The video conveys the impression that somewhere in Iraq, a soldier is having his mission and Christmas tarnished by weak-willed Democrats. Here is a frame from the ad and the actual picture of the soldier, taken two years ago. As shown below, the soldier was really watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The soldier and the Grinch, pre-doctoringWeb ads are a special low art meant to stir the base. Both parties use them: They are cheap to produce and usually highly misleading. Both parties also hope the media pick up on them and spread their messages without the party having to buy actual, expensive air time.
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"They only scream like stuffed pigs when their words and the true are used against them!"
bingo!
Does this mean that the Energizer Bunny is not a real rabbit?
Let these nattering na-bobs keep yapping. The more they scowl and whine, the more people will be curious about what they are talking about and see it for themselves. I would love for CXN or ABCBS to have a story about it and play it for all to see.
What am I missing? How is it misleading to point out Dems hideous statements?
this is the lamest attempt at spin I have ever heard.
If DNC talking points start circulating about "doctored pictures in the ad" we'll know they've hit rock bottom. We'll also be able to brand anyone (Juan Williams?) who tries to push this crap as a hopeless shill and propogandist.
Uh, that's exactly what they said. You cannot spin this one. Nice try.
skerry once again blames our soldiers for somethin' that NEVER HAPPENED...as he did during NAM. Boy this guy just keeps putting more nails in his stinkin' coffin.
This ad is an example of EDITING or PRESENTATION, that is, tuning up a message for effect. Does Monday Night Football "doctor" the games they televise when they put players stats and faces up the screen next to an instant replay? That's basically the same thing as in this video.
The underlying message and, more importantly, the quotes from the 'rats are unedited and genuine.
Of course it all makes sense once you twist your brain around enough to understand the democrat misdset. To a group that thinks "surrender" means "victory", I guess "edited" can mean "doctored". And of course the 'rats themselves never doctor things. They just make things up, like memos, whole cloth.
I guess you and I agree. I thought the ad was fair, considering they made these statements and evidently believed them-unlike the lying ads Dem put out about us.
Exactly. Let the RNC run these spots during 'American Idol' or 'Lost' if you REALLY want to see TSHTF.
It depends what the meaning of "is" is...
Oh puhleeze! John Dickerson is just too pathetic! The only thing misleading here is Dickerson's lame attempt at changing the subject.
It's a FACT that Dean, Boxer and Kerry did say what the ad shows them to have said.... PERIOD, END OF STORY. WHO THE HELL CARES ABOUT THE CANDY CANES, FCOL!
Dickerson is a loser moron who can't even argue the point that Democrat leadership is anti-war and anti-American, AND THAT'S A FACT.
The Donks are right. Absolutely no soldier anywhere in Iraq saw the craven posturing by the lily-livered Donk "leadership". < /s>
Set the controls for hyper-spin!
Whoever wrote this is a complete idiot. No one in their right mind actually though that soldier was standing there watching that ad - it was to symbolize the fact that the comments from the Democrats are demoralizing to the troops and their mission. There's nothing "doctored" about that. Beyond stupid. This is the best the liberals can come up with? Seriously?
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