Drudge has supplied a link to the White Flag video which will be begun on TV tomorrow I believe and has caused sharp comment by those who have seen it.
Link to access White Flag video.
From a World Net Daily article, GOP video skewers Dems' 'Retreat and Defeat':
GOP video skewers Dems' 'Retreat and Defeat' [/] Features white flag waved over comments this week by Kerry, Dean [/] Posted: December 9, 2005 [/] 12:46 a.m. EasternGOP video chastises Democrats for 'Retreat and defeat' strategy [/] The Republican National Committee has posted a video on its website that shows a white flag of surrender waving over images of Democrat leaders commenting on the war in Iraq.
[…] Asked to comment, a Democratic strategist told the Drudge Report, "This is way over the top, but we have no one to blame but Dean, Kerry and others who continue to pander to the anti-war activists within our party."
The video begins with text on a TV screen saying, "Democrats have a plan for Iraq. Retreat and defeat." After clips of comments from three Democrats, the screen says, "Our Country Is At War. Our Soldiers Are Watching. Our Enemies Are Too." The camera view then widens to reveal a soldier watching the screen, and the video concludes with the text, "Message to Democrats: Retreat And Defeat Is Not an Option."
A Republican strategist familiar with the ad told Drudge, "The Democrats, especially Howard Dean have a way of trying to turn the tables and say 'that's not what I meant' – its just those 'evil Republicans.' This video will make them crazy – it reinforces what they really believe with what they actually said – and that is devastating for the Democratic Party."
The video leads off with a clip from Dean's interview Monday with a San Antonio radio station in which he said the U.S. cannot win the war in Iraq.
The "idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong," Dean said on WOIA.
[…] The video also includes Kerry's remarks Sunday to CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer, asserting U.S. soldiers were "terrorizing" Iraqi children.
"And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the – of – the historical customs, religious customs," Kerry said Sunday. "Whether you like it or not ... Iraqis should be doing that." [My ellipses and emphasis]
