The shameful MoveOn ad
I wrote about Monday is now available here. Just click on any of the still shots on the right side.
Not that I would suggest such a thing, but they do have a forum where folks could leave a comment about what they think of MoveOn rubbing salt in the wounds of any family with a loved one in the middle east, which I still feel is one of the lowest cheap shots they've made...
Added: The Republicans being singled out for special local airings of this ad are:
Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Duncan Hunter of California; Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston of Georgia; J.D. Hayworth of Arizona; Jean Schmidt of Ohio; Geoff Davis of Kentucky; and Steve King of Iowa.
In Frelinghuysen's case, MoveOn didn't like his statements last Friday during the withdrawal debate:
I
n his remarks last Friday on the House floor, Frelinghuysen called the immediate withdrawal of troops "a recipe for disaster, a dangerous defense policy, the wrong message for our soldiers and Marines who are truly doing the work of freedom."
"Frankly, I am concerned that such talk will only embolden the terrorists and demoralize our war fighters," he added.
"Our only exit strategy from Iraq should be victory," Frelinghuysen said. "Anything less than that virtually guarantees the next battleground may be closer to home!"
MoveOn says he was attacking Murtha personally:
Frelinghuysen and the other congressmen are out of step with the American people, who want a change of course in Iraq, Tom Matzzie, the Washington, D.C., director of MoveOn.org Political Action, said Tuesday.
"Frelinghuysen basically said Murtha was helping the terrorists," Matzzie said. "The debate that day was about repudiating John Murtha."
Uh, no, that's not quite what he said, Tom. But if the shoe fits...
