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Bush asked to pull ad beacuse the Bad Guy™ it shows is an Arab.
2004-03-31
Hat tip LGF
A newly formed group wants the Bush campaign to pull or change an ad it deems racially offensive. The group, 2004 Racism Watch, says the ad makes reference "to terrorism and terrorists while highlighting a photograph of an anonymous man of Middle Eastern descent" and wants it changed or taken off the Bush-Cheney 2004 Web site.
Sheesh!
Actor Ed Asner, a spokesman for the group and member of its advisory committee, called the use of the picture "disturbing," and, in a statement, compared it to a controversial ad used by the 1988 Bush-Quayle campaign to highlight problems in the Massachusetts prison furlough system.
*shakes his head and sighs*
Other members of the group’s advisory committee include actors Ed Begley Jr., and Susan Sarandon; former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga. and authors Noam Chomsky and Barbara Ehrenreich.
The usual keanulint IQs.
Posted by:Steve from Relto

#15  Nine more Americans died today because of Jewsih lies about WMD while Mr. Pruitt censors the truth.

PLEASE NOTE: Delete space in censored URL below.

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Posted by: Johnson TROLL   2004-03-31 3:00:45 PM  

#14  Wow, Ed Asner. Not like he's got a lot of time on his hands these days.
Maybe he get a new show on lefty radio and offer handy tips on shaving your back.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-03-31 8:12:39 PM  

#13  What kind of racist bigots are these clowns that they see a man with dark hair and slightly swarthy skin (who could as easily be Italian or Hispanic or Eastern European as Arab) and automatically think Arab and terrorist?

Oh, right.... Never mind.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-03-31 6:47:23 PM  

#12  [Troll droppings deleted]
Posted by: Franklin TROLL   2004-03-31 3:00:45 PM  

#11  At least Majette's got 4 GOP guys running against her for the Senate seat and 2 of them are black REPUBLICANS.
Posted by: Jen   2004-03-31 2:50:11 PM  

#10  Jarhead: I think you're wrong in one respect. I don't know that Zell will back her (I hope he doesn't). She ran as a moderate, but has swung left (big time...although not as far left as McKinney, Asner et al). She even voted against the resolution a few weeks ago in support of our troops. I don't think Georgians (outside of Atlanta) will put up with her. Hopefully, someone will run against her as Republican and win, but McKinney's different as she's running for Rep. seat for a specific (urban) district, that she one many times before the Repubs voted against her in Demo primary a few years back (which put Majette in office as Demo. Representative).
Posted by: BA   2004-03-31 2:48:02 PM  

#9  BA, I think Majette will pull it off. Zell will back her and the south has had enough of the lib-dem foolishness - especially in regards to race. BTW - fuck that fat bastard ass-ner.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-03-31 2:31:53 PM  

#8  Scary thing is here in GA, Zell Miller (the lone Demo who's supporting Bush) is retiring and Denise Majette (who defeated McKinney in primaries thanks to local Repubs.) is running for his seat. That leaves her House seat open, so we'll probably see more of McKinney, as she's already thrown her hat in the ring for that House seat! May we pray for common sense to rule in that district.
Posted by: BA   2004-03-31 2:12:32 PM  

#7  #5 Bill, I have a similar feeling but it's not as strong as it was before.

However, I'd like to point out that I also have a "gut feeling" that the reason why may be similar to Arnie's run in CA. All the papers and polls were screaming a dead heat between Arnie and Davis, but Arnie won by a large margin. I even thought that some papers called it a "landslide".

Could the National Media be perpetrating the same scam?
Posted by: Daniel King   2004-03-31 2:12:02 PM  

#6  former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney

This racist, antisemitic bitch has the gall to be part of a group that's supposedly opposed to racism?

And on the flipside, a group that is supposedly opposed to racism let that racist, antisemitic bitch join them?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-03-31 12:29:37 PM  

#5  The lefties are in for a surpise in November. Dubya wins. Perhaps they will all do us a favor and commit self martrydom so they can get out of my sight. They sicken me.
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-03-31 11:55:26 AM  

#4  Ed Asner can join any group he wants - he will always be known as "the loud-mouthed fat guy on that one show. No, not Danny DeVito."
Posted by: BH   2004-03-31 11:52:57 AM  

#3  Y'know, come to think of it, Asner looks like some of the fucktards I used to deal with in SaoodiLand. Slap a khaffiyeh and fan belt on his ugly mug and voila! Wotta buncha suckass cheesedicks.
Posted by: .com   2004-03-31 11:52:42 AM  

#2  Wouldn't it make the Left a lot more comfortable if President Bush just pulled ALL his ads?
Posted by: Jen   2004-03-31 11:46:04 AM  

#1  i hear that guy is realy italian.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-03-31 11:43:48 AM  

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