[bnelson44]

Where is he dishonoring our brave relatives? He is simply saying don't politicize the war. You might be (as I am) against that view, but it doesn't dishonor our guys.

[new yorker 77]

Allowing members of your own party to lie about the troops, the President and their war effort by creating verbal cannon fodder for terrorists and insurgents via al Jazzeera on a daily basis as you sit back and only get offended when the opposition party replays the rhetoric you had no problem with in the first place is the very definition of dishonor.

[Soul Seeker]

You need to read his statement. That isn't what he says.

"The Republican Party’s latest ad is a shameful and disgusting attempt to distract the American people from the problems in Iraq.

THAT is a politicized statement. Distract? problems in Iraq? That is political speak. He is inferring nefarious motives to distract from the content of the ad.

I hope that President Bush realizes how shameful it is to play politics when what we really need is leadership, and that he will direct his Party to take down this ad immediately."

Another politicized statement. Putting a shot in there that the President is derelict in leadership during wartime.

IF he is really "sincere" is asking for politics to be absent, he would not make these political inferences.

The entire statement is political. And it's meant to attempt to intimidate to cease the ad, because the ad is effective in pinpointing what the Democrats are doing. Calling for surrender.