Allen appears in ad with wife, Redskins helmet, wants to focus on issues

[underpants]

like Iraq. :eyes:

I'm looking for the ad-I'll post it when (if ) I find it. I HAVE to see the football helmet.

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The ad opens with Allen noting the campaign's disastrous recent drift away from "the real issues you care about" and acknowledged that "some of this I've brought on myself."

"But the negative personal attacks and baseless allegations have also pulled us away from what you expect and deserve," he said.

With his wife, Susan, at his side and a Washington Redskins helmet and a portrait of his late namesake father and football coach behind them, Allen recounted signature events of his term as governor - parole abolition, more stringent academic testing for Virginia students and welfare reform.

Later, he buttressed President Bush's intent to keep U.S. troops indefinitely in Iraq until that country's fledgling government can stanch sectarian bloodshed that threatens to plunge it into civil war.

"I want our troops to come home as soon as possible. And I want them to come home in victory, not defeat," he said.
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The first-term senator last night recounted his efforts as governor to abolish parole, cut taxes, invest in education and improve welfare. Allen then reiterated his opposition to what he called a hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. He has supported President Bush on the war from the start.

In a memo to GOP supporters over the weekend, Allen campaign strategists described last night's address as a "turning point."

Before the ad aired, Jarding dismissed it as an "act of desperation" and a "sham."

"It's the height of cynicism for Allen to say, 'I can do all these months of self-inflicted damage and people are going to be dumb enough to believe all is going well in George Allen land,' " Jarding said. The candidates are scheduled to debate one more time before the Nov. 7 election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100201299.html