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Friday, December 09, 2005

GOP video skewers Dems' 'Retreat and Defeat'

Features white flag waved over comments this week by Kerry, Dean

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.

The video features controversial remarks earlier this week by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts suggesting the U.S. can't win the war in Iraq and that American soldiers are "terrorizing" Iraqi children.

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.'

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.

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