LOL!Freeps in uproar- Ad w/General endorsing Kerry (former Bush Suuporter)

[kerry-is-my-prez]

This has been playing over and over again in Florida -it's a great ad.

The ad can be viewed at http://www.democrats.org/stronger/ad.html

The script of the ad is below:

AUDIO
As a fighter pilot, I saw my share of combat.
As chief of staff, I led the Air Force during the first Gulf War.
And four years ago, I endorsed George Bush for President.
But this year, I¹m voting for John Kerry.

Nothing is more important to me than protecting America. John Kerry has the strength and common sense we need in a commander in chief. And something more - a real strategy to make America safer.

Here's the Freepers crying about it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195700/posts

[terrya]

1. CNN seems to be playing it somewhat frequently. I just saw it again.

It's a very effective ad.

[Catfight]

2. Time to character assassinate, that's all the repugs do.

[Cha]

12. What a party, what an agenda!

I don't know how anyone of good conscience could belong to that group?

[denverbill]

32. Yep, they've broke out their 'perfumed prince' moniker.

Some repuke operative came up with that one to slur Clark with during the primaries. Since then, they've used it on any officer that supports Kerry.

[DemBones DemBones]

39. To contrast with their stinky pretender to the throne, huh?

:eyes:

[Cheswick2.0]

3. That add is playing in Pa too

I have seen it several times in the last few days.

[myrna minx]

6. It is playing in Minnesota too. n/t

[Cha]

15. Great! I haven't seen it here in New York but

I haven't been watching tv this summer except for the occasional c-span, hbo.

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Common sense.

It's a shame that that is a distinguishing factor, but there you have it.

I half expect Kerry to run on "Competence".

[Vickers]

5. 'I half expect Kerry to run on "Competence".' Bwahahahahahaha!

:toast:

Classic!

[HFishbine]

7. Buwhahahah! Tears in my eyes!

"No offense, but he's Air Force ... 'nuff said ..."

Um, who was it who joined the Air National Guard?

[onenote]

9. damn, you beat me to it!

[maxsolomon]

8. i haven't seen one for bush or kerry in washington

since before the dem convention.

washington STATE. man i wish this place was named 'tahoma'.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

10. He's from Florida - I think it's a Repub area also... Lake Oswego

n/t

[LuminousX]

11. Look at them malign an entire

branch of service just to malign this guy.

Look at how quickly they attack his character, assuming he is 'on the take.'

[merh]

28. Are they maligning the Air Force - isn't that Georgie Porgie's

branch? (Air National Guard) :shrug:

WHAT MORANS!!! :silly:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

13. I've seen/heard it at least 4 times today

on CNN (sorry, hubby is addicted to CNN). It's a great ad - understated and to the point - especially like the mention of "common sense," something Commander Bunnypants of the USA Titanic is sorely lacking.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. Here's the link to the ad on Democrats.org

can't post it for some reason - but it's on Democrats.org website.

[Cha]

19. Thank you, you are a gem!

That to me was a very sobering ad and I mean that in the best possible way! I absolutely Loved it!

[SpiralHawk]

16. There are lots more of these ads coming

i read a story the other day in a back issue of The New Yorker. It was about the man who put these ads together -- he filmed dozens of former Bush voters who -- for a host of sensible reasons -- will not drink the kool aid again. The ads are all shot and in the can -- and they will roll them out one after the other.

The idea of the ads is to talk to any Republicans who have common sense, and to appeal to them to use it.

[Cha]

23. Thanks for that info, SpiralHawk!

I love those kind of ads ..kind of like at the Convention when they had Republicans up on the big screen who were going to vote for Kerry/Edwards.

[Jokinomx]

17. It running in Michigan also--I thiink it is one of the best ads so far...

:kick:

[HFishbine]

A gem

"You can also assume that the reason the general flip flopped and left Bush for Kerry, is that Bush didn't buy his support and the fine general is bitter that his pockets didn't grow under Bush."

Yeah, I guess one could assume that without any supporting evidence whatsoever if one was inclined to form opinions based on blind devotion and a complete lack of critical thinking... Oh, wait. Nevermind.

[drscm]

43. At least this freeper understands that people in power only support

*Bush if they are bribed. Case in point: the Coalition of the Willing.

It's too bad the freepers will not benefit from any of *Bush's bribes.

[democrat_patriot]

18. It's in AZ

At first I thought it was * ad, and than BAM!

[greekspeak]

20. Its funny to read that thread

After writing hateful comments about the Air Force, the poster rebuffs negative responses with "oh...you are from California." I guess the motto here is "support our troops unless they are in the air force or from California." Typical freeper hypocrisy.

[proud patriot]

21. What Fun ..Wheeeee !

:-)

[HFishbine]

22. LOL! Okay, okay. Last one, I promise.

"McPeak has outted himself as an enemy of this country."

I think there are going to be a lot of exploding heads come November.

[WiltedFlowerChild]

24. It's also

playing here in New Mexico.

[Cha]

29. Cute ..your screen name!

Welcome Aboard, WiltedFlowerChild!

[Cha]

25. Is like alice cooper's talking point..

that The Democratic Rockin' Rollers ala Bruce Springsteen are "traitors"?}(

[Catch22Dem]

38. Not exactly what he meant

I pointed out in another thread, he said they're "traitors to rock-n-roll" which shouldn't be mixed with politics EVER. The freepers took this as an Alice Cooper endorsement, because they're tards.

Note - I don't agree with Alice, but I figured I'd just clarify the statement. I mean if rock-n-roll didn't mix with politics, CSN&Y would never have given us "Ohio" and no one would have ever heard "What's Goin' On"

[hatrack]

31. Will McPeak votte for Bush aftter outting himself againstt America?

DU waits breathlessly for confirmation from Free Republic!

[ComerPerro]

26. That was a good ad, thanks for posting

[Career Prole]

27. Duh...how due ya spel GOP?

Can't anyone spell there? Bunch of freakin' rubes. :D

[DaveSZ]

30. I thought freepers support the troops?

?

[HawkerHurricane]

51. They support the troops...

only as long as the troops support Bush. Troops who don't support Bush, like McCain, are derided as 'insane', 'bought off', 'traitors', 'girlie men', 'Californians', etc.

It's in the playbook: "We support the troops who support the President, when the President is Republican. We support the troops who deride the President when the President is Democratic."

[HFishbine]

33. I was confused too.

I always thought it was G.O.P. but apparently it's actually, "Gee, Opie."

[Career Prole]

37. HA! A pronunciation key! Thank you most kindly!

:toast:

[xchrom]

34. freepers are just pigs to a trough spewing pig shit

out the other end.
and as they like to so glibly say, as though it's intelligent and definitive, '''nuff said''.

[Kahuna]

35. I like the emphasis the general put on "common sense.."

anybody besides me think it was a dig. :eyes:

[librechik]

36. It's airing in Colorado

frequently!

[artslave43]

40. freeper sh*ts

Those freepers are idiots....like all the right, they can't spell, they can't think, they have no idea what they're talking about and they impune everyone even vaguely associated with whatever they are moaning about without a thought, and they all sound like they've hit some scum bar somewhere and are pissing their time away with a keg or two....I encountered lots of them, especially the ones from the south who called me incredible names because I am living in SF, CA, when I was owner of some internet stock and was posting on Raging Bull. GEZ$, all of them (this was in 2000) hootin' and hollerin' about how "everything was going to get better when George was Prez"....yeh, right. What's that stock worth now? Zero. I got one guy from NH so pissed at me that he revealed that his father was in the Bush administration (the first one) and that he was an important man still, and that "everyone better buy defense stocks when George became President because there is going to be a war."

That's howcome I was depressed when the chimp who didn't win the votes became the prez over the chump who did....they KNEW already. Scumbags.

[Gwerlain]

41. I saw it last night on cable feed

on CNN in Washington State- unfortunately I can't tell if it was put in by the cable company or by the original CNN feed.

[Lefty48197]

42. Their heads are exploding

The Republicans have awoken in a Kafka novel. They've been telling themselves for years and years, that THEY are the only ones who could possibly defend America, and that Democrats are weak on defense. Now that we have the military heavyweights lined up in favor of our own military heavyweight candidate, the Republicans heads are exploding. They just can't bear to face the truth, so their heads blow up.

[Keirsey]

45. ok, freepers

What's *'s plan? To keep doing what he's been doing?

If you keep doing the same old thing, you're going to keep getting the same old results. In *'s case: nothing.

[Zech Marquis]

44. I saw that ad today

and General McPeak was the big cheese for PACAF when our family lived in Japan in the late 80s/early 90s. That's a big big BIG endorsement coming form him! The poor freeps must be spitting mad over it :evilgrin:

[wolfgirl]

46. Sometimes I'm comforted

by the BS the freepers post. Especially after reading such wonderful, diverse and insightful discussion threads on the DU, I am heartened and believe there is no way that Bush & Co will win this election. Those freeper morans can't possibly win this time. It is too hideous a thought...

[Owl]

47. That ad is the best!

The absolute best!

[zanana]

48. It's been playing in NH

It's fun being a swing state!

[EST]

49. I wish I could be amused on viewing the freeper page

I only found saddening and, somehow, forlornly desperate.

[Massacure]

50. Um, why are they saying his plan is secret?

What's so hard about doubling intelligence, creating a nation building team of 40,000 people, and increasing training to make each soldier more effective?

[OnionPatch]

52. Respect our troops, unless they swing left....

This is about the 10th post I've read at that site and I think it's going to be the last. Those people are the dregs of humanity. But maybe it's really not nice to make fun of the mentally ill. I hope Bush's mental health screening catches them all and puts them soma.