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Re: Lying Demos run a very misleading ad

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From: abracadabra
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:31
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"T.Carr" <TCarr13397@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<bfho67$ari$1@slb5.atl.mindspring.net>...
> > "alohacyberian" <alohacyberian@att.net> wrote in message
> > news:QoZSa.65596$3o3.4373807@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > > "Auld Chiel" <ac@keech.net> wrote in message
> > > news:114RP4nt50NF1r31219b@keech.net...
> > > > CNN
> > > >
> > > > Democrats are launching a television ad that accuses President
> > > > Bush of misleading Americans on the nuclear threat from Iraq.
> > > >
> > > > The ad says: "In his State of the Union address, George W. Bush
> > > > told us of an imminent threat. ... America took him at his word."
> > > >
> > > > The video shows Bush saying, "Saddam Hussein recently sought
> > > > significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
> > > >
> > > > The ad continues: "But now we find out it wasn't true.
> > > >
> > > > Republicans claim the ad improperly quotes Bush because his
> > > > entire statement was: "The British government has learned
> > > > that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of
> > > > uranium from Africa."
> >
> > > If that isn't an illustration of extreme desperation on the part of
the
> > > Democrats, I don't know what is.  Will it backfire?  KM
> >
>
> abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com
>
> > Actually it's Democrats growing a backbone and doing to the Republicans
what
> > they've been doing for years.
> > One difference - the Democrats don't have to lie
>
>   Lies of omission are no different than lies of comission..unless one
> is a partisan 'dem

A "lie of ommision" in a campaign advertisment is normal in the USA.
Certainly they never bothered you when Republicans have used them in past
campaigns.
However to pretend that the Democrats are being particularly awful for using
this one is just plain silly.
And I'd bet that you'd agree (if nobody were watching) that using Dubya's
quote (most of it at least) is a lot more honest then how Dubya and company
sold the "war"
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Subject: Re: Lying Demos run a very misleading ad
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