Max Cleland Dead at 79 - Georgia Democrat Faced Republican Tactics That Heralded Trumpism 1/ esquire.com/news-politics/…
“George W. Bush, installed by the Supreme Court…, called for national unity in the face of a monstrous tragedy. By & large, he got it.” But “Karl Rove, looked at the nearly 3K dead Americans & saw an arsenal of political weapons they cld use in the midterm elections of 2002.” 2/
“Rove called on an ambitious conservative ad man named Rick Wilson to put together one of the most scurrilous attack ads since Lee Atwater gave Willie Horton his turn at centerstage.” 3/
“The ad opened with pictures of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and the point of the ad was that Max Cleland, who left half his body in a war zone, lacked the gumption to ‘lead’ during the time of terror” 4/
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6/ Depraved stuff. This is @TheRickWilson, discussing the ad, which he created, and bragging that he has “no moral center” & will “destroy the innocent” to win an election. RIP Max Cleland
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