To all al-Qaeda:
Oh Jihadis
Oh True Believers
An infidel woman has praised me. I don't know how to react. Allah be praised. If I can get a devil woman infidel to say good things about me, we are winning, Allah be praised.
ObL
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| Rival Uses Bin Laden Ad to Attack Murray |
| 2004-09-29 |
| Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has "a different view of Osama bin Laden," her campaign rival charged Wednesday in an attack ad that uses a picture of the al-Qaida leader and the senator's words to challenge her credentials in the war on terror. "She did not praise Osama bin Laden and we should stop playing politics with the war on terror and get on with winning it," countered Alex Glass, a spokeswoman for Murray. She called the commercial a "desperate political attack" by GOP rival George Nethercutt, who trails in the polls. The ad shows Murray telling an audience in 2002 that bin Laden had been at work in unnamed countries "for decades building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities. And the people are extremely grateful," she says. "He's made their lives better. We have not done that." Nethercutt appears briefly on screen in the ad, saying he approved it "because winning the war on terror means fighting terrorists, not excusing them." Nethercutt, a five-term House member, has consistently trailed Murray in the polls and lags behind his rival in campaign cash as well. He launched the ad at a time when party officials and donors alike must decide which candidates deserve their strongest support in the final month of the campaign. While the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already run independent television ads in a few key races, Washington is not among them. Nethercutt's prospects for an upset are likely to depend in part on gaining strong financial support from the party. Campaign rivals often clash over the war on terror, but even in the presidential race, neither President Bush nor Sen. John Kerry has suggested the other man views bin Laden as anything but an enemy of America. The ad was posted to Nethercutt's Web site early in the day, and a spokesman said it was airing statewide. Glass said the ad took Murray's remarks out of contest. She said the senator had voted to go to war in Afghanistan in the wake of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to bring bin Laden to justice and eliminate his terror network. She said Murray planned a formal response in a conference call with former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., a Vietnam veteran and triple amputee. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-29 8:53:52 PM |
| #7 Looks like the cows have come home to roost, eh Patty? Knew that one would come back to bite you in the ass. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-29 8:49:43 PM |
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| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-29 7:12:53 PM |
| #5 Comrad Murray has been blanketing the area recently with TV ads even more negative and refuses to even debate Nethercutt. That's cuz Murray is feverishly trying to find the address of the Osama bin Laden Memorial Daycare and Maddrassa When she finds it, she's debate Nedercutt. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-09-29 5:45:10 PM |
| #4 Comrad Murray has been blanketing the area recently with TV ads even more negative and refuses to even debate Nethercutt. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-29 5:28:22 PM |
| #3 Nethercutt has not suggested Murray views bin Laden as anything other than an enemy of America; her own words have. Let's all hope Murray's comments take her out of the contest. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-29 5:09:43 PM |
| #2 It's about f'ing tim George N. This is the ad that cuts to the bone! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-29 4:33:59 PM |
| #1 It's embarrassing the way the Democrats keep wheeling out Max Cleland to impart a patina of strength on defense issues to people like Murray who consistently vote against the military. He is, or at least was, a nice man. He must be incredibly bitter to let himself be used this way. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-09-29 4:33:40 PM |