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.
you go mr hikind!!!
613miri 5 months ago 5
i cant vote in the election but i hope turner wins.
AntaresInScorpius 5 months ago 4