Cleland defends (Sherrod) Brown from TV attacks

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia says he was reminded of his own campaign experience when he saw a new Republican television ad against Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. So the disabled Vietnam veteran came to the Ohio Democrat's defense.

"I've seen this movie before. I've seen what distortions can do," Cleland said Friday. "It beat me in 2002, and I hope the voters of Ohio don't buy it."

Cleland and Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., railed against a National Republican Senatorial Committee ad that said Brown, a congressman from northeast Ohio, voted against better body armor, vehicle armor and housing for U.S. troops in Iraq.

The Republican group spent about $1.2 million to produce and air the ad about 1,000 times statewide.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_el_se/ohio_senate

[JI7]

1. good for him, and the Republicans have no shame

continuing to accuse Democrats of these things while they being in power have done nothing to get the troops these things. fucking asshole phony pricks. i hate them .

[Monkeyman]

2. Max will do this everytime there a swiftboat ad

http://VETSFORMURTHA.ORG

[brentspeak]

3. There should be a Sherrod ad featuring Max

talking to Ohio about how he, Max Cleland, was the target of slanderous ads in Georgia, and how the GOP is once again trying to play tricks with the voters' heads, this time with Sherrod Brown.

[MrPrax]

4. I take it, it's not VoteVets?

Here's the one VoteVets is running against repukes, Senator Conrad "I'm wondering if that's all they're hiring" Burns and Senator Macaca.

LINK to ad (video load warning) and subsequent donor site.

If you want to sit through an ad -- Salon has a good article about how the GOP is quite concerned about this group's plans to run these ads elsewhere like Arizona against Kyl.

Very effective ad...I guess Imitation is the best form of flattery. :shrug: