Saturday, 15 July 2006
DCCC pulls ad featuring flag-draped coffins
Contributed by Bill Faith

Uproar Leads Democrats to Pull Flag-Draped Casket Ad

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.

The ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called for a "new direction" and displayed a staccato of images, including war scenes, pollution and breached levees as well as a photograph of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay doctored to look like a police mug shot.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 15, 2006 at 12:29 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink

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