October 13, 2004
The Lunatic Fringe Strikes!
The lunatic fringe of the Democratic Party released an ad this week that managed to insult Republicans, Special Olympians, and thoughful, reasonable Democrats nationwide.
Tennessee GOP spokesman Dave Dahl (presumably not the Channel 5 weatherman) said:
“This kind of reckless disregard for those who suffer from mental disabilities is much larger than any state representative race. This act is so atrocious and indecent that my campaign will be sending a copy of the Fitzhugh flyer to the United States Special Olympics Committee, the Special Olympics International Group and state and national advocacy groups who work with and support special needs children and adults,” said Dahl.Mainstream Democrats need to condemn the actions of their lunatic fringe.
UPDATE: I'm informed that the ad was in fact put out by the Tennessee Democratic Party. Not the aforementioned "lunatic fringe". I apologize for an inadvertent overestimation of the integrity of the Tennessee Democratic Party.
UPDATE II: But wait! The Democrats say it's a GOP smear tactic! I suppose that if the Tennessee GOP were dumb enough to pull a trick so easily figured out, they'd deserve a brickbat or two, and me along with 'em. I guess we'll see!
Posted by Mitch at October 13, 2004 03:45 PM | TrackBack
Here's an update:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_57093.asp
Remember: When caught, blame the GOP.
Posted by: Jerry Leigh at October 13, 2004 04:48 PMThis ad is pretty much a bad rip-off of something that's been floating around the Internet for a while. That version goes "Arguing on the Internet is like running in the Special Olympics..." and can be found all over the place by an appropriate Google Image search (as such, I will refrain from posting a link to it.) I'm sure there's some irony in that...
Posted by: Vexorg at October 13, 2004 06:57 PMThis is a poor photoshop job of a joke that originally read, "Arguing on the Internet is like..."
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2004 09:41 PMNevertheless, the use of this "ad" by Democrats should be all over the mainstream media. It would be if Republicans were using it.
Posted by: Drew at October 13, 2004 09:54 PM