Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Breaking down MoveOn.org's newest ad.

On my way home from work tonight, I heard (on Bill O'Reilly's radio show) that MoveOn.org released a new ad attacking John McCain's '100 years' statement regarding military deployment's to Iraq (video HERE).

In case you don't want to view it, I'll let the Associated Press describe it before commenting:
In the ad, an actress with an infant child speaks as if she were addressing McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee.

"Hi John McCain," she says. "This is Alex. And he's my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can't have him."
Quip: Given that he's just a baby, do you think he would he have to join the infantry?

Observation: Since he's just a baby, he couldn't enlist until he's 18, and even then it would be voluntary. While the folks at MoveOn.org are apparently not that great at math, by our calculations that'd be well after McCain finishes his second term.

Sarcasm: Given MoveOn.org and the Democrat party's general opinion of the military, she must not think her baby's going to be very bright. After all, in 2004, John Kerry told us that if 'you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.'

Prognostication: He winds up registering as a Republican as an act of rebellion against his overbearing, suffocating, overprotective mother. Just sayin'.

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