They were going to attack any criticism of Petraeus and turn it into a smear on the military--

[rudy23]

--that's why they put him out there to sell B*sh's plan in the first place!

[JeffR]

1. Nailed it!

K & R.

[blm]

2. Exactly -

it would have been ANYBODY who opened their mouths and said something, anything- perfectly or imperfectly - it can ALL be spun with the complicit media pressure.

[TomInTib]

3. yep. And MoveOn walked right into it.

I still cannot believe they did something so dumb.

They should have seen it coming. You would think they would have some professional Marketing people on board.

[KAZ]

5. You're a Vet, right? So, did Westmoreland Be-tray-us?

[TomInTib]

9. Goddamn right.

But we were in the streets by then.

Creating our own reality.

But I am a retired Marketer now, and I was shocked when I saw that ad in that morning's NYT.

That ad would have been so effective without the BetrayUs aspect. The Right would have been on the defensive, rather than foaming at the mouth with self-righteous spittle and bile.

But I will continue to support MoveOn, bonehead moves and everything else.

[KAZ]

10. I guess you and I agree. Again! World gone mad. :)

[babylonsister]

6. MoveOn got attention and $1 million as a result of their ad; more are in the works,

and I applaud them. I think the reaction at least shows the pettiness and hypocrisy of the rethugs. An ad gets their attention so they don't have to discuss the real issues, and they voted down 3 major bills this week to support the troops. What's wrong with this picture?

[Jackpine Radical]

7. When you own the media like the Bushswine do, you can spin ANYTHING in your favor.

The alternatives are to shut up about everything or to say what ya gotta say, knowing full well that they'll twist it against ya.

As it turned out, MoveOn scored at least a cool million so far in sympathy donations.

[B Calm]

4. BINGO!

[KAZ]

8. The Chimp hides behind anyone he can find. Ask the fired

Generals. Either you are his "skirt", or your ass is grass. Eh, that would be a hula kind of thing, wouldn't it?

[babylonsister]

11. Speaking of skirts:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x309083

[KAZ]

12. Thanks Sis. Good read. I haven't been to the Smirk in ages.

It's my sister's favorite site.