And The GOP's Heart Shrunk Three Sizes That Day

Followup to the post about GOP's 'white flag' ad attacking Democrats...

Salon has investigated the ad and found some frustrating amusing answers:
The Grinch Who Doctored Photos
The RNC's fraudulent new ad.

The RNC's new Web video "Retreat and Defeat" starts with a flat-screen TV playing clips from Democrat[s] ... Then the camera pans back, and we learn that we've been watching these clips over the shoulder of a U.S. soldier dressed in desert camouflage, his service rifle strapped to his back. Candy canes hang on the wall just above the screen, which flashes the message: "Our soldiers are watching and our enemies are too."

The video conveys the impression that somewhere in Iraq, a soldier is having his mission and Christmas tarnished by weak-willed Democrats. Here is a frame from the ad and the actual picture of the soldier, taken two years ago. As shown below, the soldier was really watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas!...

The image in the ad:



The actual image the GOP reworked for the ad:


The article continues...

What neither party has done—until now—is inject the idea that the other party is undermining our troops overseas...

This is not the president's official message, at least in classier settings. "There's an important debate going on in our nation's capital about Iraq," he said last week at the Council on Foreign Relations, "and the fact that we can debate these issues openly in the midst of a dangerous war brings credit to our democracy."...

....The video's treatment of Barbara Boxer is just bizarre. "So there's no specific time frame," they quote her as saying, "but I would say the withdrawal ought to start now, right after the elections December 15th." The liberal California senator has surely said something more incendiary somewhere, but that quote is simply stating administration policy...

Our soldiers are watching. But all they're seeing is a cartoon.

If the Democrats plan to retaliate with an ad of their own, might I suggest the Star Wars Holiday Special?

Superimpose Dick Cheney over Bea Arthur and you've got an entertaining, if confusing, ad!