http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/17/1337267/-Foley-family-demands-apology-from-right-wing-group-for-using-their-son-s-murder-in-campaign-ads?detail=email
The parents of an American journalist beheaded by ISIS militants in a video in August are asking for [a political ad showing images of their son] to be pulled and an apology. [...] The advertisements targeted Democrats running for the Senate in competitive midterm election races.
“I think it is deplorable and there should be an apology,” said John Foley, the father of James, to New England Cable News.
They shouldn't have to ask. It should be blatantly obvious that if a terrorist group makes a videotape of an act of terrorism in order to terrorize Americans, you should not be promoting those terrorists' footage as campaign fodder. Whatever line you want to imagine is still in American politics, it crosses it. It is repulsive.
I don't expect there will be an apology because the group "Secure America Now," advised by such luminaries as radio host Mike Huckabee and former anti-Ambassador John Bolton, was already craven enough to link Foley's murder to their own preferred issue, keeping migrants from crossing the (southern) border. Having the parents of the man killed point out that they're scumbags probably won't have an effect.
HUCKABEE or CHARLATAN ELMER GANTRY? this guy said he would leave the republicans if they didn't continue with the bigotry of same sex marriage denial, we'll see who has the most aroma of elephant dung on their shoes. don't remember any noise lately about him in 2016 is he getting a swollen head thinking they'll come running to beg him back?
apologizing is tantamount to admitting you were wrong not in republican DNA, if your kid dies and they can use it to attack Pres. or this admin. just shake your head or better still hit the news circuit and expose them as just another uncaring about those over there who they don't really care about dying or coming back as long as they can make political hay, it's a good day. Nov. 4th
