Pathetic as always by the Republicans...
Faith Group Misleadingly Attacked in Political AdFaithful America, an online community of more than 80,000 people of faith, yesterday became the subject of a political attack ad for speaking out against the abuses committed Abu Ghraib in 2004. The misleading ad refers to Faithful America as a "liberal group that ran ads on Arab TV apologizing for the actions of U.S. troops." The attack does not mention that the Faithful America ads were a specific response to the abuses committed at Abu Ghraib, or that America's political and military leaders similarly deplored and condemned the abuses of detainees at the Iraqi prison.
Faithful America mobilized around the tragic brutality at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004 by raising money from its grassroots network to place an advertisement on Arabic-language satellite television expressing sorrow for the abuse. "As Americans of faith, we express our deep sorrow at abuses committed in Iraqi prisons," the ad stated. "We stand in solidarity with all those in Iraq and everywhere who demand justice and human dignity. We condemn the sinful and systemic abuses committed in our name, and pledge to work to right these wrongs."The Faithful America ad, which ran in June 2004, came on the heels of statements from America's political and military leaders that also deplored and condemned the abuses committed at the Iraqi prison:
"I view those practices as abhorrent."
-- GEORGE W. BUSH, on Arab satellite television, May 2004"Totally despicable."
-- COLIN POWELL, U.S. Secretary of State, May 2004"Totally unacceptable and un-American."
-- DONALD RUMSFELD, U.S. Secretary of Defense, May 2004"It was sickening and outrageous."
--CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. National Security Adviser, May 2004Faithful America stands by its response to the horrors of Abu Ghraib and calls for the ad's sponsor to remove its negative and misleading attack on Faithful America from the airwaves.
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Faithful America is an online community of tens of thousands of citizens motivated by faith to take action on the pressing moral issues of our time. Faithful America is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization
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On the Faithful America ad campaign, the Danville Register & Bee (who endorsed us today!) recognized back in April that even though the ad "won't help in the 5th," it was the right thing to do.
http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/...The abuse of prisoners in any jail and prison is legally and morally wrong. The pictures of prisoner abuse in Iraq were a stain on the American flag. They shamed our great nation, and the vast majority of coalition troops in Iraq who have served with honor and dignity and have done their best to treat the Iraqi people with kindness and generosity.
For Perriello to be involved in a public relations outreach to the people of the Arab world was a decent, honorable thing to do.
WDBJ in Roanoke actually suspended the NRCC ad yesterday because of another false claim about Tom's position on same-sex marriage.
And we all know how truthful the "New York lawyer" claim is... Tom was born and raised in Virginia and has never practiced law in New York or elsewhere.
Wouldn't it be nice if Republicans could learn to tell the truth?
This sort of ad (with its "let me tell you what to think, you dumbie" attitude) has worked well for the GOP over the last three or four election cycles, BUT, what if it has worn out its welcome? Even the repetitious threat of, gasp!, liberalism, much less the rural vs evil big city is beginning to sound kind of old. Conservatives have had their chance, and they blew it. Not even the moldy threat of New York/San Francisco liberalism works as well as of yore--- folks might be thinking: Maybe it's time to try the other side, and see what happens.
The contrast with Obama ads, even so-called attack ads, is striking; can it be that even rural conservatives actually apprciate being talked to more as adults, instead of as members of an intermediate school clique?