Raising the Dead for the Midterms

Kurt Nimmo

It stinks of desperation: as the midterm elections close in, the RNC has released a fire and brimstone ad, depicting an all too familiar cast of characters—the dead Osama, the banal doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, and a congregation of ninja-clad terrorists training in comical jujutsu. "These are the stakes," the ad balefully concludes. "Vote Nov. 7." According to the Boston Globe, the "ad, which is being e-mailed from the Republican National Committee to millions of GOP activists, is unusual both for the directness of its emotional appeal and for what some party leaders acknowledge that it represents: the need for the GOP to shift the national discussion to the party’s perceived strength of national security before the midterm elections." In other words, the Republicans are once again exorcising the Muslim Freddy Kruger, "raising the level of fear of a terrorist attack, and framing the issue in a way that could benefit the Republicans."...

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