Leftover video from this morning's post. This is an ad from National Republican Trust PAC opposing a proposed mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero. Note the complete absence of anything approximating reality.
This is the sort of fearmongering and demagoguery that gets people killed. This is no "celebration of the murder of 3,000 Americans," it's just a freakin' community center -- several blocks away from Ground Zero. To my knowledge, no Republican has denounced this ad.
They know who their base are. It is most definitely not GOP PC to be Muslim.
Politico:
CBS and NBC have refused to air a provocative ad from the confrontational, well-funded National Republican Trust PAC that calls on Americans to oppose the building of a mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site.
The ad — which has about 100,000 views on YouTube — intersperses some of the most horrifying images from the Sept. 11 attacks with the sounds of Muslim prayer and images of Muslim militants. It focuses on what's become a divisive — and partisan — issue in New York state, the erection of a Muslim cultural center on Park Place, in the neighborhood near the fallen towers.
"On Sept. 11, they declared war against us," the ad's narrator says. "And to celebrate that murder of 3,000 Americans, they want to build a monstrous 13-story mosque at ground zero."
This is the sort of fearmongering and demagoguery that gets people killed. This is no "celebration of the murder of 3,000 Americans," it's just a freakin' community center -- several blocks away from Ground Zero. To my knowledge, no Republican has denounced this ad.
They know who their base are. It is most definitely not GOP PC to be Muslim.
