Democrats MoveOn after Newspaper Ad

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Democrats MoveOn after Newspaper Ad

Posted on September 12th, 2007 by vicezilla

Democratic congressional leaders and the party’s presidential candidates yesterday refused to repudiate a liberal group’s ad questioning Gen. David H. Petraeus’ character.

Capitol Hill Democrats rejected a call for votes in both chambers to condemn the attack newspaper add, run by MoveOn.org, saying Republicans are trying to take attention off what they call the president’s failed Iraq policy.

The MoveOn.org ad that ran in the New York Times on Monday features a photo of the general, who is giving testimony on Iraq to Congress this week, and the headline “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”

Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, introduced a resolution to condemn what he called MoveOn.org’s “smear campaign” of Gen. David H. Petraeus.

Thanks to the Republicans, the MoveOn people must be happier than a tornado in a trailer park with all the publicity their ad has gotten. What’s next? Billboards from House Republicans urging people not to look at the NY Times ad? Give me a break.

The ad is a non-issue. The real issue is Bush’s failed Iraq policy. I would like to think that there are far more important issues to tackle in the Senate other than screaming over a newspaper ad.

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