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Boehner Gets Nailed on Campaign Ad HypocrisyPosted on Jul 17, 2006
From Greg Sargert at the Prospect: “GOP House Majority Leader John Boehner wants you to know that it’s OK if Republicans use images of people killed on 9/11 for political purposes, but at the same time, it’s very very bad indeed if Dems show pictures of flag-draped coffins.” How’s that? Well, the dead in the Democrats’ ad were soldiers killed by Islamic militants in Iraq, and the dead in Bush’s ad were civilians killed by Islamic militants on Sept. 11. Having a hard time figuring out why it’s OK to exploit one group and not the other? So was a reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer. He called Boehner on it. And his response was, well, ridiculous. Check out Bush’s video and the Dems’ video
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