HIKIND OUTRAGED AT DEMOCRATS SCARE TACTICS

Recorded on September 9, 2011
NEW YORK CITY- (NEW YORK POST)

Red-faced House Democrats were forced to yank offensive images of a jet buzzing around lower Manhattan in a planned TV ad attacking GOP congressional candidate Bob Turner -- just as New Yorkers prepare to observe the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the 30-second ad, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sought to rap Turner for a quip he made that he "never met a tax loophole I didn't like.''
But it was too clever by half.

The ad shows a "Bob Turner for Congress'' corporate jet approaching the lower Manhattan skyline -- an ominous image approaching the anniversary of 9/11. After complaints, the DCCC quickly removed it.

BAD IDEA: This TV ad was meant to mock congressional candidate Bob Turner as a private-jet elitist -- but the imagery of lower Manhattan was reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.

A spokesperson said it "made a small tweak to remove the brief image of the skyline.''
The Turner campaign, facing off against Democrat David Weprin in Tuesday's special election for the Queens-Brooklyn House seat vacated by disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, said it was a boneheaded move.
"This was as dumb as President Obama sending Air Force One over the Statute of Liberty for publicity shots,'' said Turner spokesman William O'Reilly.

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[613miri]

you go mr hikind!!!

[AntaresInScorpius]

i cant vote in the election but i hope turner wins.

[emn1822]

Weprin is losing 50-44

Thanks bob for renewing my faith in the USA