RNC Calls on Networks to Halt Anti-McCain ‘100 Years’ Ad
MIAMI — The Republican National Committee demanded Monday that television networks stop running a television ad by the Democratic Party that falsely suggests John McCain wants a 100-year war in Iraq.
The ad says President Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years, then plays a clip of McCain saying, “Maybe 100. That’d be fine with me.”
The announcer then says: “If all he offers is more of the same, is John McCain the right choice for America’s future?”
Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said the ad deliberately distorts what McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee, said.
The committee’s chief counsel, Sean Cairncross, said he sent letters Monday to NBC, CNN and MSNBC insisting that they stop airing the commercial.
At issue is McCain’s answer, in January, to a question about Bush’s theory that troops could be in Iraq for 50 years.
McCain said: “Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, that’d be fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.”
Democratic Party chief Howard Dean said “there’s nothing false” about the ad.
“We deliberately used John McCain’s words. This isn’t some ominous consultant’s voice from Washington. This is John McCain’s own words. And we’ve been very upfront about everything that he’s said.”
I lost all respect for Mr. McCain when he said that he would not involve himself in negative ads. Just look at him now, just as down and dirty as the rest of them. Sir you can’t have it both ways and not expect it to come back to you.
What difference would it make as long as we win 10 days , 10 years 100 years! Mc Cain will make a great Leader!
McCain is probably the only realistic one. Look for how many decades Britain, Russia and other countries have tried to gain control Afghanistan. Iraq is different, but still has similar deep rooted religious feeilings.
I can’t imagine why Americans wonder why politicians are liars…
What ever it takes to end this war we should do. Pulling out would send the wrong message. The USA dollar is failing and will be about half it’s value about time this war ends. Buck up and quit whining it’s too late to turn around 100 years sounds like a great idea if that what it take to win. Quit pissing and moaning!
Maybe the DNC will agree to pull the ad when the Republicans stop airing Jerimiah Wright? What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
i dont get it. we cant leave iraq if its too peaceful for fear of it falling back into violence but, on the other hand we cant leave iraq if its too violent for fear of an attack. Continue at this rate and we wont be there for just 100 years we will be there forever.
It’s hard to believe that people in this country would allow the DNC to outright lie and cheat to get their way. I come from a family of Dems and change to the RNC because every time I turned around the DNC would try winning on nothing but lies. People like Howard Dean, Schumer, the Kennedy clan, Feinstein, Boxer, and the California liberal media made me embrace the RNC. Wow, I’m proud of the change I made.
Too bad that the media is just like the demoncrats and caters to them.
They specialize in distorting words to their favor. I would trust nothing I see on the news, including the weather forecast!
to mr dean,
I will wonder what you will say on judgement day as to the deception you propagate to our already in trouble country.