True North

Paul Schmelzer, at the Minnesoros Independent - the site that joked about John McCain’s teeth (although to be fair, they didn’t know he’d been tortured in Vietnam) writing on the new Al Franken ad.

He starts by quoting Franken - who, to give credit where it’s due, has spent a lot of time in Iraq entertaining the troops - in his latest spot (emphasis added by me):

“We’re building 810 schools, 4800 water and sewage projects and 1047 roads and bridges.” But there’s a kicker: We’re building them not in the land of I-35W and Winona’s Highway 43 bridge, but in Iraq.

The message could come off as harsh—running the risk of seeming anti-troop or, for that matter, anti-Iraqi (who, bombed to kingdom come by coalition troops, might rightfully expect a little rebuilding)

Uh, Paul?

Since about April of 2003, most of the “bombing to kingdom come” has been done by the insurgents.

You know - the “other” bad guys?

But the ads, which will run in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Rochester and Mankato, might not satisfy supporters of Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, who could read into it a less-than-immediate pullout of troops in Iraq.

To be fair, to win over the Nelson-Pallmeyer supporters, he’d have to claim that we’d murdered a million Iraqis.

Franken’s not depraved enough get most of Nelson-Pallmeyer’s supporters.

Cross-posted and comments welcome at Shot In The Dark.