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In reply to the discussion: Wendy Davis TV ad focuses on Abbott in wheelchair [View all]Omaha Steve
(100,016 posts)15. Max Cleland!!!!!!!
Payback is a bitch.
http://www.allgov.com/officials/cleland-max?officialid=28945
In 2002, Cleland ran for re-election against Republican Saxby Chambliss, who had avoided military service thanks to a football-related knee injury. Nonetheless, Chambliss aired a TV attack ad that challenged Clelands commitment to defending the United States against its enemies by accusing him of voting against the formation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Cleland had voted to give DHS employees civil service protection, which Bush opposed. The ad failed to point out that Cleland supported the creation of a Department of Homeland Security before Bush did, and that Clelands no votes were on procedural questions. The Republican attack ads made it look as though Cleland was voting against Homeland Security itself, and one TV ad morphed Clelands face into Saddam Husseins while suggesting that Cleland was indifferent to the safety of the American people. The ad was so controversial that Republican Senators Chuck Hagel and John McCain both protested, leading the Chambliss campaign to stop airing it. The race was consider a toss-up, but on Election Day Chambliss won handily, 53%-47%. Nevertheless, Clelands loss raised him to martyr status within Democratic Party circles, where he has remained popular ever since.
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Here we go again. The empty wheelchair is the icon of the injured people Abbott dumped. Texas
DhhD
Oct 2014
#7
Instead of providing justice for the victims, he provided relief to Profiteers and signaled
DhhD
Oct 2014
#17
It's fair, hard-hitting, and tells the truth. I would have done it differently...
johnfunk
Oct 2014
#24
Exactly. USA Today frames it as a Wendy v. Wheelchair, when it's about victims rights!
ffr
Oct 2014
#48
JuanitaJean nails it: It was Abbott who made his wheelchair into a campaign star.
Paladin
Oct 2014
#12
Agree 100%. The the Repukes are whining shows how true it is. Abbott got called on the carpet, and
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#66
The ad does not show Abbott in a wheelchair. What difference does her sex make?
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#40
Then you know any voter who wouldn't vote for a woman wouldn't vote for Wendy anyway.
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#54
Ppl who whine about the "tone" of Wendy's ad were never going to vote for her anyway. I think her ad
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#68
Ad is pretty bad in delivery. Have the people involved in the examples cited in the ad.
EEO
Oct 2014
#62
Love Wendy's ad. It's even better cuz the faux DEM "Centrists" hate it...they whine about her "tone"
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#70