"Clarke: Bar 'My' Ad"

Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCXLVIII

"Clarke: Bar"? "Clark: Bar"? "Clark Bar"? Somebody has a tin ear at the New York Post.

Oops.

Former counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke wants an anti-Bush group to stop using his words in their new TV commercial, which label the president a "failure."

But the group, MoveOn.org, says it's going to keep running the spot — which was made with images from Bush's own re-election campaign commercial and from a CBS interview.

Clarke, who charged that the Bush White House ignored terror warnings in the months before 9/11, said he doesn't want his remarks from a CBS "60 Minutes" interview to be turned into a political attack ad.

"I just don't want to be used," said Clarke, who has sought to erase doubts that he's a Democratic sympathizer by noting that he's a registered Republican and voted for Sen. John McCain.

"I don't want to be part of what looks like a political ad. I'm trying hard to make this not a partisan thing but a discussion of how we stop terrorism in the future, keep this on a policy issue."

The little-noticed MoveOn.org spot offers a blistering attack on Bush's record in the war against terrorism.

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I wonder if it's as "blistering" as "Bush = Hitler".

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 04/01/04 05:46:18 PM
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