The DNC IED
Several people have forwarded me a link this morning to the Democratic National Committee ad against John McCain that shows two American soldiers at the moment an explosion goes off beside them.



Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 10:09 AM
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Posted by: Jeff at April 29, 2008 10:28 AM (ueKJq)
Both parties use fear as part of their political expression. GWB didn't mind using images of 9/11 and bodies being pulled from rubble either to further his argument to be re-elected...(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/politics/030304-2v.htm)...Love the irony of a Spanish speaking ad in GWB's voice...
Posted by: matta at April 29, 2008 10:39 AM (F+fRS)
Posted by: Conservative CBU at April 29, 2008 11:09 AM (M+Vfm)
tired of his party and the "TRASH" that runs it.
They are as elitist as they come.Ried,Pelosi,
Durbin,Murtha,ect,ect.They have no use for our Military,infact I would say it borders on total
contempt.This Country needs an other Teddy Roosevelt.I'm not much of a John McCain fan but
looking at the 2 on the other side it's a no brainer...As for Bill Ayers if he was run over by
the "L" today I wouldn't even blink.You know I
think I'll stay home and clean my Gun's today...
Posted by: Gator at April 29, 2008 11:11 AM (uaTZE)
Which plenty of lefties have been willing to do, matta.
Posted by: Rick C at April 29, 2008 11:13 AM (76b+R)
David Duke, on the other hand, can call himself a member of any party he wishes. McCain isn't beholden to Duke in any way, shape or form.
Sheesh, can you think rationally at *all* about these kinds of things?
Posted by: Wildmonk at April 29, 2008 11:13 AM (O7a8U)
That being said, the libs don't really care about the soldiers, alive or dead, they are merely tools to be used and discarded as necessary. Notice that the dems haven't been telling us how important it is to have a vet as POTUS during a time of war, ala 2004.
Posted by: Saint Patton at April 29, 2008 11:13 AM (MQVqX)
Posted by: Kevin at April 29, 2008 11:14 AM (L6xiZ)
Posted by: wyzbok at April 29, 2008 11:24 AM (HqhQg)
@Rick - agreed, neither party is above such stupidness...
Posted by: matta at April 29, 2008 11:41 AM (F+fRS)
Duke also sought office as a democrat and Duke won his senate seat over the objections of high-ranking Republicans. Republicans didn't want Duke, big difference from the loving embrace given to Obama by the libs.
Sorry but if the left can try to tie McCain to Dubya in a quest to somehow taint him, then Obama's connection to Ayers (and others) is fair game.
Posted by: Gil at April 29, 2008 11:42 AM (MQVqX)
Posted by: Doh at April 29, 2008 11:51 AM (txZij)
Posted by: megapotamus at April 29, 2008 11:54 AM (LF+qW)
Posted by: megapotamus at April 29, 2008 11:59 AM (LF+qW)
Did Duke commit a crime as Ayers did?
Posted by: Hemisphere Danger at April 29, 2008 12:02 PM (MQVqX)
Posted by: moptop at April 29, 2008 12:05 PM (I5axq)
Just wait...just wait....we've learned alot from you guys. There's much much more to come in the switboating of the Republican Party and Senator Grampa Munster.
You just wait....
Posted by: TimPundits at April 29, 2008 12:19 PM (AgR20)
Because the libs know the price would doom their party for the next twenty years. So instead they inch up to the line but don't quite go over; it will still cost them.
Posted by: Sacred Trust at April 29, 2008 12:19 PM (MQVqX)
I wonder if 90% of them will work against him like 90% of the Swifties worked against Kerry.
If not that, at least all of their allegations will be unable to be refuted because McCain will not release his Service records. Like Kerry.
Yep,
KKK=Republican
DNC=RNC
Kerry=McCain
the new math at work.
Posted by: hang all traitors at April 29, 2008 12:23 PM (2z4Bl)
Posted by: anon at April 29, 2008 12:33 PM (evspJ)
I think what you are trying to say (but I admit I have a hard time crawling around in the fever swamp of left pseudo-intellectuals so I may be wrong) is "TANGing".
TANG-Texas Air National Guard.
TANGing means lying blatantly; using forged documents that are comical in their inauthenticy; destroying the reputation of your employer; having yourself and subordinates fired over the incident and having an inquiry done by a former Senator to assess just how big a lie it was... Like Dan Rather, Mary Mapes and CBS News.
Is that what you mean?
Posted by: hang all traitors at April 29, 2008 12:33 PM (2z4Bl)
"There's much much more to come in the switboating of the Republican Party and Senator Grampa Munster."
The problem with your strategy is that Swiftboating relies on truth, not lib fantasies.
Posted by: coggieguy at April 29, 2008 12:36 PM (mTQTD)
Speaking of the Munsters and JFKerry, I rented the first season of the Munsters has an episode, I think it is "Far Out Munsters", that has a beatnik poet that I swear looks and sounds just like a young John Kerry right down the the sonorous voice and incomprehensible beatnik poetry.
Posted by: anon at April 29, 2008 12:42 PM (evspJ)
Posted by: brando at April 29, 2008 01:19 PM (qzOby)
Posted by: Capitalist Infidel at April 29, 2008 01:26 PM (kNqJV)
Obama bashing is fine, but has nothing to do with the subject...
Posted by: matta at April 29, 2008 01:38 PM (F+fRS)
Posted by: Diggs at April 29, 2008 01:52 PM (6T736)
Posted by: DaveP. at April 29, 2008 02:33 PM (3Aj1g)
That will allow McCain to publicly describe in detail--for the first time--exactly what was done to him. Broken shoulders, teeth broken out with a rifle butt, etc.
When the dust settles, the entire country will see McCain as a man who endured unimaginable physical and psychological pain in the service of his country.
And he'll be running against either Hillary "Sniper Dodger" Clinton or Barack "My Pastor Hates America" Obama.
Sweet.
Posted by: Tom W. at April 29, 2008 03:18 PM (UUp3o)
Posted by: Diego at April 29, 2008 03:47 PM (0V8Cs)
Posted by: megapotamus at April 29, 2008 03:56 PM (LF+qW)
Yeah, Obammy ain't runnin' for dogcatcher. He is the leader of the Dem party as long as he is the front runner for Prez. If he gets the nom, win or lose he is the Dem leader until the next cycle. So, no cookie there, either. The hilarious thing is, even if Ayers is successfully declared off limits, even if Wright is, it does not matter. Obammy has a deep, deep bench as regards lifelong associations with vicious domestic radicals. Obviously, he is one himself.
Posted by: megapotamus at April 29, 2008 04:00 PM (LF+qW)
Actually more, the dems never met a terrorist they didn't want to protect and love.
Posted by: Sara at April 29, 2008 04:00 PM (Wi/N0)
In 2005 he told Chris Matthews: “I would hope that we could bring them all home,” he said on MSNBC. “I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with their training and equipment and that kind of stuff.”
When Matthews pressed him on keeping bases in Iraq, offering up the German and Korean precedents McCain said:
“I not only think we could get along without it, but I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence,” he responded. “And I don’t pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be.”
Kind of sounds like he was just touting the then current Bush "hide in our bases" strategy but he was talking long term.
Then in 2006 he changed his mind. The Korea model sounded just fine. He needed to a political hug from George Bush.
But last fall he told Charlie Rose: “Eventually I think because of the nature of the society in Iraq and the religious aspects of it that America eventually withdraws”
Now of course there's another election and he's running for president. Now he considers anyone who holds the position he himself embraced in 2005 and 2007 a terrorist sympathizing defeatist. He'd like us to keep killing Iraqis until those who are left accept domination by a nation that invaded, occupied and destroyed their country. One that arrested them without charge, imprisoned them without trial and tortured them.
As with almost every other issue, on Iraq John McCain is all over the map. He is intellectually and temperamentally unsuited to be president. We've already had a president like that for the last years. We do not have the time or resources to waste another four years.
Posted by: markg8 at April 29, 2008 04:21 PM (7xxF4)
There is a phrase, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
That phrase neatly sums up Obama's unthinking, inflexible view of the conflict, and that of the progressive wing of the Democratic party in general. You were first trapped in a quagmire of "the war is lost," in March of 2003, and nothing will change that ironclad view, no matter what what develops.
Wars have their ups and downs, and this one is no different, but at this point of the conflict, with al Qaeda having conceded that they cannot win, and al Sadr's militia being cut to shreds even with Iranian Quds force support, no credible observer sees anything but a decided U.S. advantage in the conflict.
It is too early to say the war is "won," but you lose credibility if you claim coalition forces are not presently winning.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at April 29, 2008 04:44 PM (HcgFD)
Posted by: justbecause at April 29, 2008 04:50 PM (jjtod)
War is about adapting your plans to what your allies and your enemy do. That's just what McCain is doing... as the situation changes, McCain sits down and takes a long look at what the new strategy should be.
It's amusing that not too long ago, the anti-war lefties were demanding a change in strategy; that is part of what led to the Surge, which was, let us remember, a new strategy. Now, all of a sudden, it's bad form to consider new strategies.
There's a term for people who try to fight today's war with yesterday's battle plans and strategies: losers.
Posted by: C-C-G at April 29, 2008 07:14 PM (RP0Mk)
Posted by: Thomas Jackson at April 29, 2008 10:36 PM (LHaZf)
The complaint was we weren't training them fast enough, then oh, the Iraqis flee from battle! Now mark puts us back on track with unjust invasion, and America is terrorizing the poor Iraqis. Last time I checked they ELECTED their government. They didn't elect Joe Bob from Texas to rule Iraq, they elected some Iraqi folks. America is fighting to keep those Iraqis alive through a turbulent time. And the results will be a stable country that doesn't threaten other nations.
The Left doesn't take merit into consideration. They see a political enemy and they Attack Attack Attack until it is gone, no matter what is being argued. The War on Terror started after 9/11, but the opposition started in Florida 2000.
There's more blood on Iraqi/Al-Qaeda/Iranian hands than on any American's. Everytime a carbomb goes off, the Dems take a poll.
Posted by: Dave at April 30, 2008 01:36 AM (o9pa5)
You're wrong. To the best of my knowledge, he has never been convicted of a violent crime- but he has been convicted of fraud and filing a false tax return, and has served time.
Search wikipedia for his entry, the details are there. Apparently CY's 'questionable content' filter doesn't like 'wikipedia.org'.
Posted by: rosignol at April 30, 2008 05:17 AM (kBAUO)
@CY - McCain "evolved" his position??? Shouldn't that be "intelligently designed"? Is that the answer for his changing position on the GWB's tax cuts, religious endorsements and public financing as well? Love the nuances.
Posted by: matta at April 30, 2008 07:08 AM (F+fRS)
Posted by: megapotamus at April 30, 2008 08:36 AM (uJ9Kn)
Posted by: submandave at April 30, 2008 11:39 AM (0135J)
@subman - I knew he ran as a democrat but he switch to be a Republican and its not really the point. My analogy was if the DNC = Ayers, then RNC = KKK as Obama knows Ayers and Duke knows KKK. My point is that CY's post of smear tactics of guilty by organization is childish. I know alot of good people who are both democrats and republicans who do a lot of good work at local, county and state level. They don't deserve to be smeared simply because of the associations of 1 individual.
Posted by: matta at April 30, 2008 02:04 PM (F+fRS)
Posted by: megapotamus at April 30, 2008 04:50 PM (LF+qW)
If the Party of the Donkey ran primaries the way the Party of the Elephant does--that is, in a reasonable fashion--Obama would have sent Clinton back to New Yahk months ago, and their party might have had a chance to coalesce behind Obama.
As it is now, thanks to the oh-so-fair proportional representation rules of the DUMB-o-crat primaries, there's a good chance that the party will split right down the middle during or after the convention.
I begin to wonder if Dean isn't a Karl Rove agent.
Posted by: C-C-G at April 30, 2008 06:59 PM (RP0Mk)
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