Charles Taylor, at Salon, writes about the latest ad from the RNC. You know the one that says that "Some are attacking the President for attacking the Terrrorists." Kind of a goofy sentiment right there, as going after Osama bin Ladin and the Taliban had widespread support. But perhaps the RNC is still under the illusion that there is some kind of link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin.
Mr. Taylor ends his piece saying, "This ad is not going to change anyone's mind about Bush, neither supporters nor detractors. If the RNC had played strictly to Bush's immediate post-9/11 leadership, it might have been on firmer ground. To raise the already widely rejected link between 9/11 and Iraq suggests a real blunder. The ad is a glimpse of the themes the Republicans plan to use in the election. If the Democrats can't make hay of this, then their candidate might be left like Jon Lovitz as Mike Dukakis in the "SNL" sketch saying of another Bush, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.""
We'll have to see what the DNC comes up with.
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