DCCC Pulls Campaign Ad Featuring Airplane Flying Over NYC Skyline
- Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:44pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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The special election for the congressional seat formerly held by New York Rep. Anthony Weiner is just four days away, leading the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to double down on their attacks of GOP candidate Bob Turner — and apparently forget a few sensitivities along the way.
The DCCC had to swiftly edit their television ad Thursday after it garnered a wave of attention for its depiction of an airplane flying low over the New York skyline.
The ad, released just days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks Turner for his comments about the U.S. tax code. The plane features Turner’s name and the word “loopholes” is written in the sky (see above).
After the ad piqued the attention of several media outlets, including the New York Observer, the DCCC quickly removed the images of the buildings and yanked the original off YouTube:
According to the New York Post, a spokesperson said it “made a small tweak to remove the brief image of the skyline.”
The Turner campaign had some harsher words.
“This was as dumb as President Obama sending Air Force One over the Statute of Liberty for publicity shots,” spokesman William O’Reilly said.
Even Politico weighed in on the ad’s appropriateness:
How the Democratic admaker would fail to be cognizant of the sensitivities around seeing an image of a plane hovering near the Big Apple’s skyline three days before the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11 is hard to fathom.
A GOP win over Democrat David Weprin could be within reach in the heavily Democratic district, with Turner leading by 6 points according to the most recent polling.
You can watch the new ad below:
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Comments (45)
lizaz
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:12pmTalk about insensitive!!!!! Wow!!! Not too bright!!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 11:20amOMG – New Yorkers must be the most sensitive people on the planet. First , they worry about how muslims might feel because we all acknowledge that muslims were behind 9/11. Now, you can’t even show a picture of an aircraft over the NYC skyline. Gee whiz, why didn’t they move La Guardia and and JFK over to Jersey where aircraft would offfend sensibilities?
Forget the aircraft, you should be offended that the DCCC is trying to invoke fear, not violate sensitivities. News flash, earthquake hits Alaska, NYC panics! Get over yourselves. NYC was attacked on 9/11 because of how it represents what muslims despise about the U.S., not because it was NYC. You can’t even elect leaders who believe in what America represents.
Report Post »sb36695
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:59pmDemocrats are beyond stupid!
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:59pmAnd these are the SMART people who want us to give our billions to them…this just goes to show, don’t argue with idiots because they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. I think Mark Twain said that… ;-)
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:51pmThe dccc, keeping in classy
Report Post »jacques.daspy
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:33pmIs that one of those despicable executive jets? Shame!
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:38pmTHIS IS A REFERENDUM OF OBAMA… THAT IS WHY THEY WILL LOSE…
And now the media is starting to talk to Hillary about running and guess what she is starting to answer: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/sep/hillary_vs_obama.html
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:59pmThe only potentially good thing about an HRC Presidency is that if she is having a bad day she might “vaporize” Tehran and Karachi.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 7:48pmWell Teabub, If migraine headaches are a reason to not to support a qualified candidate. Then we must also look into the pros and cons of PMS. ( c ;
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:35pmDID YOU SEE THAT THE GOP CANDIDATE IS WORKING…
This is a seat that the Dems have always found as safe and barely spent any money. Now they are spending millions and still may lose. ( http://url2it.com/hkjt )
Now they have shot themselves in the foot with this ad…
Report Post »MBA
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:22pmOh yes, the totally insensitivity of the democrats until they are forced to have public compassion and responsibility. The public show doesn’t change their true colors–antiAmerican and self-absorbed.
Report Post »Isaiah52021
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:09pmCome on..their statement was that Republicans are terrorist, that is what they were saying without saying it. How many times has the left called conservatives terrorist on just the last month alone. Think about it.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:46pmYep, and we are the ones thats SOB’s and Barbarians — ……….
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:22pmDemocrat/Liberal/Progressive/Socialist/Communist…no matter what you call them,it STINKS!
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:33pmWHORES!!!!!
They’re all nuttin but fricken whores!!!!!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:41pm“How the Democratic admaker would fail to be cognizant of the sensitivities around seeing an image of a plane hovering near the Big Apple’s skyline three days before the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11 is hard to fathom.”
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Not hard at all. THEY ARE STUPID and it over-rides their reasoning.
term limits for congress
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:30pmI call them Criminals.
When your local news comes on tonight and there is a story about a bank robbery or a 7-11 getting robbed, ask yourself, ‘I wonder which Democrat did that?’
In your local jail, what do you think the ratio of Democat:Republican would be?
The party of criminals. The party that doesn’t see the need to follow the rules or abide by law. The party that justifies actions on [perceived] victimization. And, that’s exactly how the DNC intended it.
Report Post »poster
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:22pmIdiots.
Report Post »gooeylewie
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:17pmDCCC or CCCP?
striking resemblance eh?
Report Post »lanurse1
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:28pmWOW very perceptive :) …great comment!
Report Post »Clean Patriot
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 9:36amYour reference to the CCCP will just go over the heads of the young ignorant libs out there.
Too bad, b/c it is right on the money.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:09pmThey’re just following the lead of their “chosen-one” Obama who did the exact same thing – for a photo-op.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:20pmNothing is an accident, everything is part of the plan including your tolerance.
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:09pmI am so damned sick and tired of the left using this tragedy for your political gain. When it suits your cause, or pocketbook, you’re for this or that (and i use the term VERY loosely) exploitation of the 9/11 attacks.
When you need to pander to your base and/or prop up the ACLU or the Ground-Zero Mosque, you decry ANY sort of opposition with your flawed and fallable twisted logic (or lack thereof).
I am SICK of you tosspots (look it up, lol)
-Sy
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:14pmTosspots, kind of covers it all.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:07pmTo some extent I don‘t think it wasn’t suppose to be purposefully insensitive. They have just moved on from 9/11 like CAIR wants.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:18pmInterest thought. I can‘t understand why there isn’t a picture of the planes flying into the towers on every street corner, every train station and every airport in America. They should engrave the photo on a postage stamp. I’d buy one.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:41pmNot that I am morbid or anything, but when the movie United 93 came out, I bought it, and routinely watch it just to keep it vivid. We can’t forget. Not even 50 years from now, That day changed all of us and some more than others. My son is a constant reminder. He was 5-months old when 9/11 happened and immediately after, my husband’s job kept him traveling 75% of the time because he works for a major defense aircraft company which embeds its personnel with US military forces. Intrinsically, (right or wrong) I blame 9/11 for the weak bond between my husband and son.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:07pmOh no, not another insensitive Dem blunder….. Can you imagine what the Lefties would do if the R’s had put out the same ad?
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:03pmThis is the liberal mind..always driven by the wrong emotions with a adolescent brain.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:03pmTypical liberal evilness. These people need to be “taken out”, if I might borrow a bottom-feeding phrase from one of this country’s biggest bottom-feeders.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:14pmI am not so sure it was a MISTAKE or STUPID. Look how much more exposure the ad has gotten
Report Post »by doing it this way. Would we have even known about the ad otherwise????
Scarybones
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:38pmNot a mistake at all but a calculated and not so subtle attempt to link Republicans with Terrorists. They play it off like it was a mistake but they knew exactly what they were doing.
Report Post »simplygilly
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:01pmSmear Turner for proposing “cuts to medicare and social security” and praise Obama for the same? I don’t get it.
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:00pmLiberalism is no more than a game to influence the stupid.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:59pmBeing up by 6 points in the polls against a Democrat in a Democratic district is meaningless. Reid was consistently down by 6 points in his reelection campaign, then miraculously soundly trounced his opponent when the votes were counted. Isn’t that funny how that happens?
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:56pmTypical lib persona,They have no ideas that are good for U.S.A.,just throw mud and see what sticks. Hope the election goes the way of being Pro America(north America).
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:54pmWow. Stoop SO LOW.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:54pmThey can edit pictures as much as they want but everything about the DNC is offensive to Americans. They are weak, stupid liberals who have no real courage. They can’t even their commercials! Weiner apparently likes your support, but for me I’m glad I not on a team headed by lesbians, sexual deviants and intellectual cripples.
By the way, I thought your creative design department was back in school now. I guess not. They apparently flunked sixth grade and dropped out this year.
Say “high” to Debbie “2×4” Watcherbutt-Schitz for us.
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