Bill Kristol notes MoveOn’s new attack ad against McCain:
the organization boasts on its Web site, “This isn’t your average political ad — it lays out the truth about McCain’s Iraq policy in a personal and compelling way.” MoveOn also claims, “We just got the results back and polling shows that voters found it to be more persuasive than any other ad we’ve tested before.”
I’m not persuaded. Having slandered a distinguished general officer, MoveOn has now moved on to express contempt for all who might choose to serve their country in uniform.
Their new and improved message is presented in a 30-second TV spot, “Not Alex,” produced in conjunction with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. It’s airing for a week on local broadcast stations in markets in the swing states of Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin, and on two national cable channels, with a reported buy of over half a million dollars.
The ad is simple. A mother speaks as she holds her baby boy:
“Hi, John McCain. This is Alex. And he’s my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can’t have him.”
Take that, warmonger!
Heck, I’ll donate money to get that ad out – I can’t think of anything which might better inform the American people of the nauseating, dishonsest, selfish and defeatist views of the left than this ad. In 7 sentences, it demonstrates how entirely mean spirited and out of touch the left is – after that, its just a matter of the fairly easy task of tying Obama to MoveOn and the rest of the left…and let him either denouce his core supporters, or go down to McGovern-like defeat.
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