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September 11, 2007"It's no time for politics"
Check out the dog-whistle content in this ad, currently running in the U.S. (via):
"They attacked us"... which is why we're in Iraq (oh, and Afghanistan) and shouldn't "cut and run".
It's a good thing we're above playing politics, isn't it?
More here and here and here...
Sourcewatch: Freedom's Watch is a new White House front group of prominent conservatives with a pro-Israel agenda masquerading as a grassroots movement (i.e. astroturf). Formed only two weeks prior, it began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign on August 22, 2007 "to urge members of Congress who may be wavering in their support for the war in Iraq not to 'cut and run'."
But for the whopper we turn to Think Progress, who have this item on Ari Fleischer (who is the group's spokesman and a founding board member... and former White House press secretary to President George W. Bush):
Think Progress - Fleischer Ignorant Of The Name Of Wounded Iraq Vet Featured In His TV Ad: On MSNBC's Hardball tonight, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, who is leading a White House front group to defend Bush's escalation, was unable to name the wounded Iraq veteran featured in his organization's pro-war ad. "I don't have his name in front of me," said Fleischer when asked by host Mike Barnicle if he knew the soldier's name.
I wonder if/when John Kriesel will realise that he's being used as cannon fodder all over again.
(You can see all four videos here or here.)
UPDATE - Some related linkage for you:
Infowars - Pro War Ads Falsely Link 9/11 To Iraq
CounterPunch - Watching Freedom's Watch
Posted by Manic on September 11, 2007 2:05 PM in the category The War on Stupid
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Prime Jon Stewart material, surely...
Posted by: Jherad at September 11, 2007 3:08 PM
No, really, he actually says "it's no time for politics."
WTF?
Posted by: tyger at September 12, 2007 12:24 PM
It's a sterling example of what is often referred to as 'Rovian projection'. I've been meaning to write an article on it for a while now, particularly as the Tories are starting to toy with it more often.
Posted by: Manic at September 12, 2007 12:29 PM
Heh, I had to look that up - that's a keeper.
Posted by: Jherad at September 13, 2007 10:38 AM
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