GOP Ads Try To Tie Dean To Terrorism

[NashVegas]

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A Jewish Republican group greeted Howard Dean's election to chair the Democratic National Committee this week with an ad campaign seeking to depict him as a supporter of terrorism.

The group, the Republican Jewish Coalition, placed full-page advertisements in the Washington newspaper Roll Call and in Jewish weeklies around the country, featuring a large picture of Hamas members decked out in costumes resembling suicide bombers. Above the photo, referring to a long-recanted September 2003 quote from Dean, is the statement: "DNC Chairman Howard Dean Says, 'It's not our place to take sides.'"

Beneath the photograph, the ad features 2003 quotes from Democrats, including Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who criticize Dean's remark.

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The National Jewish Democratic Council called the Republicans' anti-Dean ad a "vicious smear campaign." It said the ad campaign "dangerously politicizes support for Israel, threatening the crucial legacy of bipartisan support for Israel."

[chicagojoe]

1. Radical Right Scum will stop at nothing.

[Maat]

3. I second that.

The radical right will stop at nothing.

[renaissanceguy]

27. I hope they die.

Pathetic assholes.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.14744291

[coloradodem2005]

2. So much for Marcus of Queensbury Rules.

I don't like this shit, but it is time to get tough and give them a taste of their own medicine.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Sorry to be pedantic

but you do know it is "Marquis of Queensbury Rules"?

<g>

[Mandate My Ass]

12. Isn't is actually Marquess of Queensbury?

IIRC, it is Marquess.

[Redstone]

21. You're right....Marquess.

Redstone

[reprobate]

55. Actually, it's the Marquis of Queensbury. Unless it was his wife.

[Kelvin Mace]

23. Well, you bring up another pedantic point

Within the realm, it is Marquess.

However, on the continent, it is Marquis.

The question is whether the US could be considered "the continent" or whether it would be option #3:

"Hey, jackass! You're blocking the fight."

[Mandate My Ass]

26. I thought it was a pedagogic point myself

but that could just be me. :D

[Blue_Tires]

37. it's not the Queen of Marksbury???

lol

[ewagner]

4. Confirmed!!!!

Howard Dean scares the sh$t out of Republicans...............

[chicagojoe]

7. Absolutely !

The second he became Dem leader, the Radical Right Radio Cabal went nuts, spinning that Deans' leadership will drive the Dems into the ground. Nothing could be further from the truth, and they know it.
LIES LIES LIES.

[ewagner]

11. CNN and MSNBC

have been running anti-howard pieces all day....

they're doing their best to marginalize him EARLY AND OFTEN

the talking points must have been FAX-BLASTED already!!!

[flyarm]

41. that tells me they are scared of dean..very scared!! n/t

[Supersedeas]

70. they certainly are all on message

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. I think that's one of the reasons

Dems love him so much. GO, HOWARD, GO! :yourock:

[Voltaire99]

40. Hate to spoil your heroic fantasy: This isn't about the Republicans.

This is about a pro-Israeli group trying to see to it that Dean doesn't upset the apple cart.

They want Dean, like nearly all mainstream office-holding Democrats, to understand how important it is never to question Sharonism or a single act of the Israeli military.

Observe their use of Pelosi and Lieberman in the ad. That's done to show how docile, obedient Dems should behave.

No, this isn't partisanship of the Democratic-GOP kind, my friend. It's about ensuring that Israel continues to get carte blanche in its foreign policy from both parties.

And mark this: whatever fleeting displays of independence and self-direction Dean might have shown on the campaign trail, he will very quickly learn to put that behind him now. He's a full-time fund raiser now, and as the saying goes. . .the customer's always right.

[NashVegas]

47. There's a Great Editorial On This In the Same Issue of This Paper

If you register you can read it. It's a NY-based Jewish mag, btw.

And the pro-Israeli group being discussed in the article is a Republican group.

[Lizzie Borden]

44. I just gotta admit...

that makes me smile! }(

[Say_What]

5. Recycled accusations. 'Terrorism'--just another word for 'Communism'

USSR is gone so they can't use the communism excuse. Instead they have today's word 'terrorism'. Too f*ck'n predictable.

[Cats Against Frist]

13. No, actually they get both

they get to call anybody "brown," a terrorist -- both foreign and domestic, and then they get to call Democrats like my parents with their Chevy Tahoe, 6 televisions, and brand-new Pergo flooring "communists."

[Massachusetts]

6. I hope HD reacts with a vengence.

Thats what the "average" American wants to see.IMO

[Mist]

8. This whole "whoever we don't like is a terrist!" thing is getting so OLD

I hope Howard Dean gets right in their faces!

[President Jesus]

62. welcome to the human race

are we no different calling republicans fascists?

is this no different than communist labeling? before that it was anarchist, etc, etc.

My point is, it'll never end because virtually every human being is guilty of labeling their opponent something extreme.

[MemphisTiger]

10. And they think we are out of line when we

call Bush Hitler

There is nothing I hate more than hipocrisy.

[Just Me]

Yep. Bush is really a fascist that bombs oil-rich Muslim countries. n/t

[oddmanout]

14. They will stop at nothing!

Wake up boys and girls, this is a good example of how they will use any and all means to discredit their opponents! If you don't like their policies, your a terrorist, God-hating Queer that will sneak in your house at night and set your dogs and children on fire!

Fighting fire with fire may not work against them, they have to be exposed as the fear-mongering narrow-minded, bigoted, racist, sexist power hungry control freaks that they are....

:dem:

[Guaranteed]

16. Oh, no. We've got to hit them back, and HARD.

And we'll win, when we do. Because THEY are the failures when it comes to our national security.

[nolabels]

19. Mostly, in one way or another every person in the US gets called one......

By this band of crooks sporting the GOP insignia.

It's yea, if your not lockstep with us GOP cadre then you are a evildoer. I am so impressed with the intellectual level of it all

[Guaranteed]

15. That's it. We need our own ads.

Pretty simple ones.

Pictures of the burning towers. Then a good ten seconds of "WHERE'S OSAMA?"

Maybe thrown in some pictures of Daddy Bush shaking Saudi hands.

[seemunkee]

18. No need to add the Saudis

Just have the clip of

"I don't know where he is.
I have no idea and I really don't care.
It's not that important.
It's not our priority."

[texanshatingbush]

39. Add another clip, also.....

Need to add also a clip of Condi Rice stating famously that the United States would not be involved in nation-building.

Moral: watch carefully what the Bushies DO rather than listen to what they SAY !! If their lips are moving, they are lying !!!

[shanti]

68. it seems

they only understand sound bytes.....time to give it to them, eh?

[denverbill]

17. His wife is Jewish for pete's sake.

It's kinda tough to paint him as anti-Israel.

[depakid]

24. These people don't care

It's not as if they're rational.....

[Generator]

20. Ah fuck more overt sleazy propaganda with FEAR at it's core

Yes, Howard Dean is a threat to America.

No-that would be the government you have America, the one that did nothing to stop 9/11 and has done nigh squat except get Saddam in jail since then.

Does anybody ever ask how having Saddam in jail would stop a terrorist from getting on an airplane TODAY and raming into your dowtown landmark?

No, they don't.

The security here would be the first place to start. And they have done bandaid fixes on that.

Where's Osama?

Does the Taliban still exist?

How many warnings as the FAA ignored today?

[BreweryYardRat]

22. Ugh.

More sleazy tactics...time for us to fight dirty, too.

[livinginphotographs]

25. Here we go again.

The primaries are sooo last season.

[tabasco]

28. So Dean is the guy that decided to let Bin Laden escape ...

in order to invade an oil-rich country that had nothing to do with al-qaeda instead.

Wow - I had no idea that was Dean that did that.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

52. DingDingDing!

We have a winner!

[BrightKnight]

57. deleted. - n/t

[toad12]

30. The more the GOP attacks Dean

the more sure I am the DNC made the right choice.

[tom_paine]

31. As a Jew, Jewish Nazis make me sick!

Even if they ARE Kinder and Gentler (for the moment) this time around.

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[jswordy]

33. "It's not our place to take sides." In context...

...that quote made perfect sense. I heard it in the context of the speech Dean gave, in which he argued against the U.S. being on one side or the other of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He argued that it would be best for the U.S. to take an even-handed role as a mediator for peace.

I AGREE 1000 PERCENT!

[Generator]

34. Yes more propaganda tactic:take a quote ouf of the context

Maybe he should have said "Yes, it's our business..we need a draft right now and we shouuld send all the boys and girls over there to kill every last terrorist."

Would that be tough enough on terrorists?

Think, America. What's the answer to the rhetoric..if you get involved you make it your business to take on every bad guy in the world..it's your sons and daughters that pay for it..it's your country that pays for it.

[Guckert]

35. Looks like they pulled all the Presidential smear adds out of the trash.

This could be their first attempt at recycling.

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[lasttrip]

38. they are afraid. very afraid. nt

[indepat]

42. Anyone not with us is tied to terrorism by definition

[Binka]

43. Oh Yes If Your're Not With Us You Are Against Us Shit

I have to bang my head upon a wall when I hear this drivel. Please when are the grown ups coming back? Really. My head is quite sore.

[tsuki]

45. It's the McCarthy Era all over again. The House Sub-Committee on

Un-American (Aiding the Terrorists) Activities coming to the Hill soon.

[98geoduck]

46. Glad someone agrees! Whatever happened to Bush / Bin Laden family ties

[corbett]

48. The RJC Gives Judaism A Bad Name

Israel would have been A LOT better off under a Kerry presidency!

[ausiedownunderground]

49. This is the voice of Sharon speaking - Howard we know where you live!

Because Lieberman and Lantos gave us your address! Scarey stuff! Sharon and his right wing "Jewish" fascists seem worried! Could Dean "clear out" the Democratic party of Sharon's "Shills"? We can only hope, but Howard better stay out of airports!!

[shiina]

50. "Page Not Found"

Did they pull it?

[NashVegas]

53. works fine for me

I just logged back in and it came right up on the front page.

[sakabatou]

51. A minority within a minority

[AgadorSparticus]

54. way to showcase their fears. wow, they are REALLY scared of Dean.

i read nonsense like this and i get this image of a person screaming threats but their voice is shrill and cracking and their knees are nocking. yea. real scary. LOL

[proudbluestater]

56. Sorry, my brain refuses to process "Jewish Republicans" so I

can't make sense of the entire article. Just reading that, well, it's more unbelievable than gay Republicans. People just have no sense!

[galledgoblin]

61. "Jewish Republicans"?!

I know, I have a hard time wrapping my head around that phrase to.

but actually it kinda makes sense, in a twisted way. fundies want to bring about the apocolypse, so they need Jews to move back to the Holy Land. thus they do all they can to support Isreal, and gain the support of Jews. I'm sure you are all familiar with this by now. >_-

[Coastie for Truth]

72. Don't you remember the Sonnerkommandoes in the Camps.

[ArnoldLayne]

58. Maybe its time for Howard to see how cowardly these nuts

he ought do what Zell Miller said to Chris Matthews. He ought to challenge some of these idiots to a dual or if he sees them out somewhere he ought to knock the shit out of one them. I think alot of working men would admire him for being pugnacious by not putting up this crap.

[98geoduck]

64. "my family didn't have business deals with the Bin Ladens" or shake

hands with Sadam.

[killbotfactory]

59. Jesus. The GOP is going apeshit over Dean, ain't they?

Has anyone ever ran ads against a chairman beforE?

Me thinks Dean was the right choice.

[98geoduck]

60. The GOP and Right Wing Press are going to get their asses handed to them.

Hilarious!!!

[bpilgrim]

63. i bet the M$MH see 0 CONTROVERSY and LIES in this ad?!

Jewish groups will be OUTRAGED at the denigration of the HORRORS they suffered through in a REAL HOLOCAUST by this GROSSLY INACCURATE 'comparison' :puke:

peace

[JohnLocke]

65. On behalf of the 75% of Jews who voted for Kerry, I apologize to Dean (nt)

[shanti]

66. scared shitless, they are of dean

they are out to destroy him. they're taking his comments out of context about african americans too.

divide and conquer.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

67. "Harder They Come, Harder They Fall"

- Jimmy Cliff


http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/harder_they_come_soundtrack/harder_they_come/jimmy_cliffthe_harder_they_come-76812-lyric/

[bdot]

69. Why not make commercials attacking back?

They could easily show that Bush, cheney..etc..etc..etc.. support terrorism. Heck, an ad just showing how they fund the terrorists would be nice.

[Coastie for Truth]

71. Craig Unger kinds ties the Bushes and Bush Consigliere Jim Baker to 9/11

Maybe the GOP should be tied to 9/11 and AlQaida.

See Craig Unger "House of Bush, House of Saud..."

1. The Bush business deals with BinLadin sib Salam binLadin -- and sib Salam's mysterious death in Texas. (Family honor)

2. The numerous business deals between the Bush family investment house (Carlyle Group) and the bin Ladin sibs --- the "decadent west" - Osama couldn't be happy about that. (He isn't).

3. The reported payoff by Bush Attorney Baker's Brit-Dutch client, Royal Dutch Shell Group to the Philippines Al Qaida franchisee, Abu
Sayyaf. This was reported in a law suit filed in the Netherlands. (Protection)

4. The reported payoff by Bush Attorney Baker's Brit-Dutch client, Royal Dutch Shell Group to the Indonesian Al Qaida franchisee, Jemaah Islamiah. This was also reported in a law suit filed in the Netherlands. (Protection)

5. The "Zelig" of all of this is Bush crime family consigliere, Jim Baker.

=> Be like Rove, never defend => attack.