Reply #88: It's namecalling, MadFloridian. I didn't like it. It was childish sounding. [View All]

[beachmom]

That's what is not being talked about. The fact that half of the activists, and quite a few moveon members, did not like that particular ad.

I think your posts have been superb on many issues, but this issue is really quite simple. A lot of Democrats just didn't like the over the top language of that ad. For me, Petraeus is not the problem. Bush is the problem. Wes Clark said at YearlyKos that we should be screaming about how Bush is hiding behind generals, instead of taking responsibility for Iraq policy. The problem is less the generals, and more the Bush administration.

You are right -- no Democrats defended that ad (maybe one House member). The simplest answer is that people sincerely did not like the language, even if they have many shared goals in common with Moveon. It went beyond the DLC and reached all the liberals to. Nobody liked the ad.