Lamont Heads New GOP Bogeymen Lineup

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060810_lamont_gop_bogeymen/

Posted on Aug 10, 2006

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has released a video titled “From NDR to Ned Lamont: The Democratic Party’s Transformation From Strength to Weakness.” Its message is obvious. Its logic is ludicrous—i.e. that only blind adherence to Bush’s failed policies will make America safe.

Below are excerpts of the text that accompanies the video:

FROM FDR TO NED LAMONT: THE DEMOCRAT PARTYS TRANSFORMATION FROM STRENGTH TO WEAKNESS

Yesterdays Democrat Leaders Promoted the Doctrine Of Peace Through Strength:

JANUARY 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt: We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations, far away. (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., 1/20/45)

MARCH 1947: President Harry S Truman: [I]t must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. (President Harry S Truman, Address To Joint Session Of Congress, Washington, D.C., 3/12/47)

AUGUST 2006: Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT): [I]f we leave [Iraq] tomorrow itll be a disaster for the Iraqis, for the Middle East and for us. (ABCs This Week, 8/6/06)

Below is an e-mail that RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman sent out to the RNC mailing list (no hyperlink available):

From: “Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman”
To:
Subject: Weak and Wrong: Today’s Defeat-ocrats
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:41:56 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Friend,

In politics, there are turning points that can define a political party for
decades to come. Yesterday’s defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman in the
Democrat primary in Connecticut is such a moment. Because he stood for a
strong national defense and victory in Iraq, Joe Lieberman was successfully
targeted for defeat.

For a political party to reject a respected Senator who just six years ago
was its candidate for Vice President is virtually without precedent. It
speaks volumes about the new Democrat Party: if you stand for a strong
defense and victory in the War on Terror, you have no place in the party
and you must be purged.

http://www.gop.com/WeakandWrong

Watch the video and get the facts about what this means about the decline
of the Democrat Party - from leadership that would “pay any price, bear any
burden” to defend freedom to leaders who want to cut and run from the War
on Terror, and surrender other tools needed to keep America safe.

http://www.gop.com/WeakandWrong

The message from Connecticut is clear, and Ned Lamont isn’t alone. He is
joined by Rep. John Murtha, architect of the Democrats’ position on Iraq
and the man who wants to be the next House Majority Leader, who claims
America is more dangerous than Iran and North Korea and says, “We’ve become
the enemy.” And by Howard Dean, who calls the idea of victory in Iraq “just
plain wrong.” Watch how the new Democrat Party always chooses weakness over
strength, blaming America first.

http://www.gop.com/WeakandWrong

With 90 days to go before the election, National Democrat leaders have made
their choice in favor of defeatism, isolationism, and blaming America
first. Where do you stand?

Sincerely,

Ken Mehlman
Chairman, Republican National Committee

From GOP.com

This is the final frame of an anti-Democratic propaganda video produced by the Republican National Committee. Pictured (from left): DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Daily Kos founder Markos Zuniga, Conn. Senate primary winner Ned Lamont, filmmaker Michael Moore, Dem. Rep. Jack Murtha.