GOP ads accuse Dems of not protecting kids

[Beet]

Wow this is low. Just because you represent a group in court does not mean you approve of everything they are associated with, and just because you worked for the ACLU once does not mean you approve of everything the ACLU has ever done. Negative ads are coming from both sides, but the tone this year is really negative. I wonder if it'll hurt turnout.

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By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 20, 6:32 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The text is white against a black screen. The sound is the electronic warbling of a video game. But in this political ad, the message is in the faceless voices of cheerful children engaged in mayhem.

"Hit the hooker with the tire iron!" "Steal the old lady's car." "Shoot her first!"

The ad accuses a Democratic candidate of voting against banning the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to children. Another ad, in Connecticut, says a Democrat voted to permit convicted sex offenders in public housing. Yet another, in Arizona, linked a candidate's work as a lawyer for the
American Civil Liberties Union to the ACLU's defense of a pedophile's group.

In the fallout from former Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record)'s electronic sex scandal, Republicans are turning the tables on Democrats, airing ads and leveling public accusations claiming their opponents have failed to protect children against sexual imagery, sexual violence or sexual predators.

[The Dowager Mod]

Willie Horton, an old republican tactic when they see defeat looming.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The ad accuses a Democratic candidate of voting against banning the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to children.

Freedom Fighter, whoever he is.

[Gabu]

I knew there was a reason why I always had an underlying feeling of pessimism for the Democrats' chances.  I'd really like to believe that the voters don't buy this sort of thing, but we'll see.  It's always been shown that voters react much more strongly to negativity than to positive messages.

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Republican heads will explode if they ever find out about David Goldberger. He was the Jewish ACLU attorney who defended the right of Nazis to march in Holocaust survivor neighborhoods.

[mgrossbe]

that is the right thing to do. I think you are refering to the case in skokie il. I am jewish but even though i could never understand why the hate us so, it is their right to. As long as they are non-violent the right to speech should be protected. It takes courage to stand up for the unpopular voice espcially when you disagree with it. That is why i always respected John Adams for his defense of red coats. Or the women just aquitted on wensday for defending terriorist. the day we attack people for defending the rights of the hated and unpopular is the day we throw away the consitution and go back to a repressive monarchy.