Dems Fold Again - Democrats pull ad with flag-draped coffins

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By SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press Writer

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.

The ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called for a "new direction" and displayed a staccato of images, including war scenes, pollution and breached levees as well as a photograph of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay doctored to look like a police mug shot.

The campaign committee replaced the ad with a radio commercial that targets Rep. John Hostetler, R-Ind., for opposing an increase in the minimum wage. Democrats have made a minimum wage increase a central theme of this year's election.

Democrats had featured the video ad for nearly two weeks on the DCCC Web site where it had gone largely unnoticed until Republicans began objecting to it this week. On Thursday, more than a dozen Republicans, many with military backgrounds, called on DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., to apologize. Democratic Reps. John Spratt of South Carolina and Chet Edwards of Texas asked Emanuel to pull or alter the ad.

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[Champion Jack]

1. Spineless Wimps

[libhill]

2. Another lost election -

Gawd / guns / gays, over and over and over.....

[Totally Committed]

4. It's like some demonic version of "Groundhog Day"....

isn't it? Will the Democrats ever wise up?

This particular incident makes me sick.

TC

[libhill]

5. I'm beginning to wonder...

every time I think the Dem's are showing some backbone, it's back to the wimpy "aw, shucks - we don't want to hurt their widdle Rethug feelings, let's grovel and apologize". I have yet to see the Repukes apologize for a god damn thing. And they have a hell of a lot to apologize for.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. It is not fascism and there are no dead people.

Our loyal opposition party is once again hard at not working.

[Minnesota Libra]

6. Everyone Who Wants The Commercial to run should..........

....get together and raise the money and run it "as a public service". So do we just condemn others for not doing what we want them to do, or do we do it ourselves???

How much do we need and are there media sources who could give us a discount??

[win_in_06]

7. Repugs will still bring up the fact that the ad was run and try to use it

against us. Might as well have continued to run it and get the votes we need.

Major backfire here.