result #103682 - REPUBLICANS START TO AIR FEAR TACTIC ADS

=== Whether John McCain or Barack Obama, remember to register to vote! ===

result #103682 - REPUBLICANS START TO AIR FEAR TACTIC ADS

user ballots

Popular Ballots
Recent Popular
Recent Votes

Best
Worst
Yes or No
Choices
What If
Prediction
Advice
Would You
Crime
Recommend
Quiz

TV & Movie
Music & Radio
Political
Science
Sports
Relationship
Techonology
Culture
Philosophy
Religion
Ethics
History
Food & Health
Fashion & Beauty
Crime
FanBase

Discussion
Bug Report

political : REPUBLICANS START TO AIR FEAR TACTIC ADS

[+] serious ballot by TomSmith
created Thu Oct 19, 06

Perfect timing since I made a ballot on this topic last night

GOP to Air Ad Warning of Terror Attacks
Oct 19
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press Writer

The Republican Party will begin airing a hard-hitting ad this weekend that warns of more cataclysmic terror attacks against the U.S. homeland.

The ad portrays Osama bin Laden and quotes his threats against America dating to February 1998. "These are the stakes," the ad concludes. "Vote November 7."

Brian Jones, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said the ad would run on national cable beginning Sunday, but he declined to discuss specifics of the buy.

The commercial tracks with Republican Party strategy to make the war on terrorism a central theme of this election. It will air as recent polls show Republicans losing ground as the party best able to combat terrorism.

Last month, President Bush made the war against terrorism a recurrent topic in public appearances. But his message was drowned out by the e- mail sex scandal involving former Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida and by increasing fatalities in Iraq.

The ad displays an array of quotes from bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, that include bin Laden's Dec. 26, 2001 vow that "what is yet to come will be even greater."

The ad also cites al-Zawahri's claim to have obtained "some suitcase bombs," followed by a scene that appears to show a nuclear explosion.
Despite al-Zawahri's claim, portable nuclear devices are believed to be particularly difficult to produce and elusive to rogue regimes and terror groups.

The ad is also featured on the RNC's Web site. The party said the ad, called "The Stakes," will be e-mailed to millions of GOP supporters, activists and the state parties.

Democrats denounced the ad as scaremongering.

"This is a pathetic move by an increasingly desperate GOP," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. "Clearly Republicans are so afraid of their abysmal record they can't offer one example of what they've done to keep America safe."

Former U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, a Democratic congressional candidate running against incumbent Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said the war in Iraq has made Americans less safe. "It's disturbing that the Republicans in Washington are trying to reinvent history with this latest message of fear," he said.

this is really despicable on their part. Check out ballot from last night too 103584

This only makes me want to vote them out	50%
We're on to them	16%
Hey, if it works..	12%
How low can they sink?	8%
Oh my word! Save me Republicans!	0%

Ballot #103682: has 21 total votes.
invite people to vote on this ballot!

Comment:

content @ BESTANDWORST.COM

smile bank:

similiar ballots:
67225. We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Why didn't Bush quote that line during HIS inauguration?
41083. What do we fear in 2004 that we didn't fear in 1964?
102938. Lower gas prices : tactic to win election?
86173. Will the tactic of smearing opponents' Military Service backfire?
77625. Republicans: Which Republicans do you dislike?
67447. Do you Fear Death?
72490. Xenoglossophobia is a fear of what?
73167. Do you FEAR AIDS?
86060. Do you Fear The Reaper?
100208. What is something they should eat on Fear Factor?

email this ballot link to friends

COMMENTS:
Not sure why it didn't link to the other ballot. its ballot #103584

by TomSmith on Thu Oct 19, 06 8:12pm [+]

Both parties use fear tactics. It might not be fear of terrorism, but fear is definitely used by both.

Of course having said that, I have seen democrats use the reverse. That terrorists are more likely to strike if we don't get the republicans out of office and get out the middle east. That may be true, but it's still a fear tactic.

by Grumpy_Person on Thu Oct 19, 06 10:30pm [+]

Voted : This only makes me want to vote them out
Promoting the external threat is how dictators keep the support of the people. I'm not at all surprised by this.

by cranky on Fri Oct 20, 06 4:40am [+]

Voted : We're on to them
Not surprising.

by skylab on Fri Oct 20, 06 5:01am [+]

Voted : This only makes me want to vote them out
I used to think "How low can they sink?!?" But after witnessing new depths with each passing week, every election cycle, I subconsciously repress that question, fearing the answer.

by Cathexis on Fri Oct 20, 06 7:57am [+]

Voted : This only makes me want to vote them out
Is their October surprise still on for this weekend? IC_tune

by _Beelzebubba on Fri Oct 20, 06 8:52am [+]

Voted : This only makes me want to vote them out
Oh, my...

(Yes, I know it's getting tired, folks. Method to all madness, you know...)

by Truthseeker013 on Fri Oct 20, 06 1:45pm [+]

have to agree with Grumpy, because I remember the LBJ "Countdown" ad.

by Truthseeker013 on Fri Oct 20, 06 1:55pm [+]

Voted : Hey, if it works..
This has been their racket since inception, so ....uh...yeah.

by Freon on Fri Oct 20, 06 11:22pm [+]

About Us | Join Us | Privacy Policy | Contact