GOP to Rocky: Shut the H-E-double hockey sticks up!
Joe Cannon, GOP chairman and congressman Chris's brother, is calling on loyal Utahns to get on the blower with Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.
Rocky, the GOP says in radio ads, is sending the world a negative, disrespectful image of our reddest of red states.
What to do? "Call Rocky and tell him to stop embarrassing Utah," the GOP says.
Produced by good Republicans, the "Call Rocky" campaign manages to confuse protests of what some see as a botched occupation of Iraq with being soft on terrorism: "Do we do whatever it takes to win the war on terror? Or do we embolden the terrorists with a cut-and-run strategy?"
Offered that choice, who wouldn't suspend the Constitution and whatever else it takes?
Cannon's ad warns Utahns that Rocky has "invited professional protester Cindy Sheehan to convince you that America should retreat."
Apparently due to the restrictions of a 30-second spot, nowhere does the GOP acknowledge that Sheehan's soldier son, Casey, was killed in Iraq. (Apparently, that posthumous Bronze Star didn't impress mom.)
But before you Democratic candidates start slagging the Republicans for choking off debate on the war you might want to check the Tribune's recent survey.
We asked Utahns if anti-war protestors like Rocky and Sheehan played an important role in the national debate on Iraq or simply aided America's enemies. Only 45 percent of Utah's Democrats said they had a legitimate role in the debate. A full 13 percent, said they aid U.S. enemies.
And if you are wondering whether these were true-blue Utah Democrats: 42 percent responded they were "not sure."
-- Glen Warchol
Rocky, the GOP says in radio ads, is sending the world a negative, disrespectful image of our reddest of red states.
What to do? "Call Rocky and tell him to stop embarrassing Utah," the GOP says.
Produced by good Republicans, the "Call Rocky" campaign manages to confuse protests of what some see as a botched occupation of Iraq with being soft on terrorism: "Do we do whatever it takes to win the war on terror? Or do we embolden the terrorists with a cut-and-run strategy?"
Offered that choice, who wouldn't suspend the Constitution and whatever else it takes?
Cannon's ad warns Utahns that Rocky has "invited professional protester Cindy Sheehan to convince you that America should retreat."
Apparently due to the restrictions of a 30-second spot, nowhere does the GOP acknowledge that Sheehan's soldier son, Casey, was killed in Iraq. (Apparently, that posthumous Bronze Star didn't impress mom.)
But before you Democratic candidates start slagging the Republicans for choking off debate on the war you might want to check the Tribune's recent survey.
We asked Utahns if anti-war protestors like Rocky and Sheehan played an important role in the national debate on Iraq or simply aided America's enemies. Only 45 percent of Utah's Democrats said they had a legitimate role in the debate. A full 13 percent, said they aid U.S. enemies.
And if you are wondering whether these were true-blue Utah Democrats: 42 percent responded they were "not sure."
-- Glen Warchol
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