Bush Bashes Dems Over "Disgusting" MoveOn Ad

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Bush bashes Democrats over 'disgusting' MoveOn ad
Nick Juliano
Published: Thursday September 20, 2007

Taking questions from reporters in the White House press room Thursday morning, President Bush seemed more eager to pile on a week-and-a-half's worth of Republican attacks on a MoveOn.org ad than he was to talk about issues with actual geopolitical impact.

At the tail end of his press conference, Bush gave an extended diatribe on the evils of a 10-day-old anti-war advertisement and took an opportunity to link Democrats to the attack on a top general.

The president called the group's full-page New York Times ad "disgusting," and he accused Democrats of caring more about the feelings of liberal activists than the US military.

"I felt like the ad was an attack not only on General Petraeus but on the U.S. military. And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Democrat party spoke out strongly against that kind of ad," Bush said. "That leads me to come to this conclusion: that most Democrats are (more) afraid of irritating a left-wing group like MoveOn.org ... than they are of irritating the United States military. That was a sorry deal."

Bush was responding to a question from the Washington Examiners' Bill Sammon, who the president refers to as "big stretch." Thursday's response from Bush was more partisan and intense than in response to a previous attempt by Sammon to get Bush to swipe at Democrats from the podium.

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[iconoclastic cat]

1. Bush scared the goats, and they fainted. nt

[blm]

2. I feel the Purple Heart band-aids weren't an attack on Kerry but ALL Purple Heart vets.

Did I miss Bush saying that?

Did I miss the media bringing that up?

[katmondoo]

6. I thought the purple bandaid was one of the most disgusting

acts of betrayel by the repugs ever. This while supporting the troops. I hate them.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Hardly a peep about the Swift Boat Liars though.

[reality based]

4. Nice to see how the Senate coordinated on the talking points!

[AndyA]

5. Let me get this straight.

The MoveOn ad was an attack on General Petraeus and the U.S. military, but refusing to give troops time off, adequate pay, a plan to win the war, and indeed sending them to be killed in an illegal war isn't?

With this kind of "leadership" I don't see how anyone could possibly not agree with the MoveOn ad. It spoke the truth. MoveOn.org is not the party lying to the American people. George Bush and his Republican cronies are.

Get it straight, America. The war in Iraq is a lie, and it always has been.