On That MoveOn.org Ad
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Just for the record, I don’t like MoveOn.org. But seriously, how is their attack ad against General Petraeus any different from any number of other attack ads from any number of other lobbying organizations? Isn’t this the free political speech we wanted in the U.S.? Aren’t we happy that anyone can voice their opinion in a full page NY Times ad? Wasn’t it just days ago that conservative bloggers grudgingly accepted the decision that Daily Kos could talk politics without government regulation? And wasn’t it not too long ago that we all celebrated the Supreme Court decision to allow political “issue ads” again? Is this a case of “be careful what you wish for?”
P.S. One of the conservative hive mind talking point of the day seems to be, “We question MoveOn.org’s patriotism.” (The other is the way over-used logical fallacy, “If Democrats don’t condemn this, they must support it.”) It’s everywhere. Well, on QandO and Captain’s Quarters at least. I say question away. We just watched Letters From Iwo Jima this past weekend at Casa Krehbiel. One of the cool things about America is that, unlike Imperial Japan, it’s not against the law to be unpatriotic. You can have whatever opinion you want (if you’ve got enough money, that is).
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