Democrats Insist Republicans Pull Bush Ad
Gore blasts Bush political ads as "not worthy of the presidency"
Remember the good old days? You know, when President Bush promised not to exploit 9.11 for political gain? I know that y'all are going to be shocked about this, but it turns out that it was just another lie- you know, like the "Iraq has WMD's" shtick?
WASHINGTON - 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, which aired in Iowa over the weekend, features clips of Bush during his State of the Union address last January. It portrays Bush as a fighter of terrorism and says his opponents "are now attacking the president for attacking the terrorists."
"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....
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."
The Bush Adminstration knows that if they can paint Democrats as "soft on terrorism", they won't have to address the general ineptitude and lack leadership Bush has displayed on virtually any issue, foreign OR domestic.
Of course, there is the small thing of the promise not to exploit 9.11. Of course, none of y'all really took him seriously, did you? Look, if Bush is capable of stealing an election, can we really count on him not exploiting almost 3,000 dead Americans? Wake up and smell the cat litter....
