Democrats criticize attack ads using flood
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DES MOINES — Calls and mail pieces blaming Barack Obama and congressional Democrats for taking a summer vacation after the floods hit Iowa are being called “disgraceful” by the Obama campaign.
Joye Winey of Cedar Rapids, a Democrat and Obama supporter, reported receiving both a flyer and a call.
“I don’t think it’s a very appropriate thing for anybody to be using the flood and flood victims to get votes,” she said. “You know, this is our little 9/11 out here, even though we
didn’t have people die, and it’s kind of an untouchable thing.”
She said while Obama has helped secure flood aid, McCain has only shown up for photo-ops.
Campaign flyers sent to Iowans funded by the Republican National Committee show a flooded building along with sandbags superimposed with the words “Iowans deserve better.”
“Iowans needed our help,” the flyer says. “But Barack Obama and his Democrat Congress went on vacation.”
The flyers also include a picture of Republican nominee John McCain and a pledge that a McCain administration “will respond to natural disasters with the speed they demand.”
Democrats who control Congress faced criticism when they adjourned for their summer recess before approving additional flood aid for Iowa and other Midwestern states.
A notation on the flyers says they were authorized by McCain-Palin 2008.
Republican National Committee spokesman Chris Taylor said they stand by the fliers.
Obama’s Iowa spokesman, Brad Anderson, asked the McCain campaign to reconsider the strategy.
“It’s frankly disgraceful to start politicizing the flood in the last couple weeks of an election and a time when there’s so many challenges out there in Cedar Rapids,” Anderson said.
Charlotte Eby can be contacted at (515) 243-0138 or chareby@aol.com.
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