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Originally posted by Undertoad
There is nothing at all wrong with the ads, and nothing wrong either with the Ds overnight response, which so far has included bringing out 9/11 widows to morning television the day after this broke. The shots in the ads are understated and brief compared to the massive media overresponse, which has only served to put everyone on notice that the day will in fact be politicized by both sides and we all know it.
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I agree that this will focus the debate, which will be helpful. Personally, I think someone in the Bush campaign misjudged the reaction of the public and they are opting for brazening it out.
I actually do think that bringing bodies into commercials, even for an instant, is in bad taste, simply because noone can get the consent of the deceased. The White House probably felt that they could do so since they 'owned' the rights to 9/11. I'm looking forward to a lot of that kind of hubris from the Republicans. It's affected (or infected) their domestic and foreign policy and I'm looking forward to them bringing it to their campaign policy with, I'm hoping, equally disasterous results.
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